Harrison County Indiana Sealed Bridge Bids at Rocky Hollow Ford
The Board of Commissioners of Harrison County Indiana will receive sealed proposals for a concrete bridge at Rocky Hollow Ford Washington Township. Bids opened and contract awarded on July 1923. Estimated cost 495 dollars. Bids must include labor and material per plans in County Auditor office.
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Board of Commissioners
Harrison County
Indiana
Office of Auditor
Corydon
Rocky Hollow Ford
Washington Township
Office of
County Auditor
Rocky Hollow Ford Bridge
Fifty Five Motorcycle Visitors Tour Corydon and Wyandotte Cave
A party of 55 riders from Muncie Marion and Kokomo visited Corydon and Wyandotte Cave last Sunday and Monday. They traveled 200 miles by Harley Davidson motorcycles with 29 bikes split among Muncie Marion and Kokomo. The group included 27 Muncie club riders and 20 Marion club riders. They toured historic points and enjoyed Corydon and Blue River hills on their seventh annual trip with routes via Anderson Greenfield and Columbus to Seymour and Brownstown.
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Corydon
Wyandotte Cave
Muncie
Marion
Kokomo
Anderson
Greenfield
Shelbyville
Columbus
Seymour
Scottsburg
Sellersburg
New Albany
Brownstown
Wallonia
Salon
Palmyra
Lake Manitan
Turkey Run
Yellow Banks
Webster Lake
Tri-Lakes
Blue River
Famous Name Lands Owner in Prison
Robt. E. Lee, grandson of Gen. Robert E. Lee, sentenced to two years in Atlanta federal prison for using the mails to obtain fake oil stock. At 78, he received $12.30 weekly for the use of his name as a magic wand. Crooks swindled about three million dollars across multiple states. cases tried in U. S. Court in Texas last week. Some criminals awaiting trial. others given long terms, up to twenty five years. Rich men, widows, banks, and trust companies suffered losses nationwide. New Middletown Milling Company ad copy follows.
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Robt. E. Lee
Ger
Robert E. Lee
Atlanta
Mr. Lee
Lee
Iman
U. S
Texas
Indiana
Timber Rights Fight Over Blunk Farm In Boone Township
Litigation looms over timber rights on John T. Blunk’s Boone Township farm. R H Humphrey & Co sues in Harrison Circuit Court claiming timber under a contract with former owner Robert McFarland, while Aetna Life Insurance Co seeks to bar Humphrey from taking the logs. Blunk counters with a contract claim against Humphrey. he had bought the land from McFarland and mortgaged it to the insurer.
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John T. Blunk
Boone Township
R. H. Humphrey & Company
Harrison
Mr. Blunk
Robert McFarland
Aetna Life Insurance Co
R. H. Humphrey & Co
Blunk
Humphrey
McFarland
Insurance Company
Bids Sought With Bond Requirements For Harrison County Contract
Harrison County Indiana seeks bids for a public works contract with a bond equal to double the bid amount. Bonds must ensure faithful performance and labor/material payment. Bids require a noncollusion affidavit. time for completion to be set after award by the Board of Commissioners. Co W Smith, Auditor. 1-19-3-w.
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Board of Commissioners
Indiana
Harrison County
W. Smith
Harrison Co
Ind
Trip Through the Middle West A Family Journey
Mrs. Wv. C. Davis recalls a six week motor trip from Corydon to Kansas Iowa and Indiana visiting relatives in Flora Santa Fe Brooklyns and Urbana. She details weather crops roads schooling commencements and family milestones including graduates and a speech by Dr. David Kinley.
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Middlewest
Corydon
Middle-West States
Kenneth Rothrock
Louisville
Billy
Flora
Ilinois
Smith Burgess
St. Louis
Harrison County
Grant Burgess
Santa Fe
Kansas
Grant
Lyman
Winfield
Brooklyn
Iowa
Melvin
Vinton
Grinnell
Guernsey
Williams
Indiana
John Morgan
Iowa City
Morgan
Jasper N. Davis
Charles McCutcheon
Mclean, Jr
Levi Burgess
Ellsworth
Illinois
Ralph Peper
Thornton
Ind
Wyandotte
Davis
New York
Columbia University
Urbana
Myrtle
University Ofllinois
Phi Mu
Phi Mu Sorority
David Kinley
Wv. C. Davis
Mary Louisa Elliott Dies in Sellersburg Ind
Mrs. Mary Louisa Elliott born July 31 1852 died June 11 192 at 6 o clock P M wife of Joseph Ellicott of Sellersburg Ind She was the mother of two children by a former marriage who died in infancy Survived by husband three stepchildren and Maria E Byrn two sisters and two brothers Funeral at M E church Sellersburg burial Wolfe s cemetery near Georgetown
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Mary Louisa Elliott
Joseph Ellicott
Sellersburg
Ind
Chauncey C
Eraula Burn
Harrison County
Maria E. Byrn
Annis Yuk
Milltown
Inn
Lycurgus Lynn
Tilton
Kate Gardner
Crandall
Chas. G. Byrn
M .E Church
Wolfe's Cemetery
Georgetown
Farm Activity and Social Visits Highlight Local Life
Farmers are plowing corn while neighbors visit families across the area. Several gatherings are noted, including an ice cream supper planned for Saturday night June 23, 1923. Multiple visits between Bussabargers, Peppers, Wisemans, Fawvers, and Hughes are recorded, with Frieda Peper staying with Mrs. Wiseman.
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Russell Bussabarger
Robert
Li. KE
Bussabarger
Harley Creech
Oakland City
J.C. J. Peper
Chas. Peper
Clara
Irma
Jay Wiseman
Fred Agnie
Ollie Sigman
George Signin
New Albany
Annie Rothrock
James
Jacob Fawver
Dan Fawver
Harold Sieg
Ruth Peper
Elizabeth Bussubarger
Woodford Hughes and Son
John Hughes
Rumsey
J. (. H. Peper
Woodford Hughes
Zelma Watson
Ralph Wright
Ward
Clarence Stauth
Jas. Sanerheber
Marion
Harve Franks
Dan Faw
Ramsey News Briefs and Obituary Notes
Mrs. R F Davis received a telegram from Mason City Nebraska stating her step father John Mulvany died at noon aged over ninety. He left the county in 1878 and settled in Custer county Nebraska. Several locals attended school or visited relatives around town and at the University of Wisconsin. Hoosier Elm Chapter D A R marked Flag Day with a program and pledging to Riley Memorial Hospital and Harrison House endowment funds. Cor Sec.
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Robert Sigler
Wm .Hiser
Danville
Ward Housel
A. E. Housel
University of Wisconsin
Harley Goss
Ed. Davis
True Davis
Odessa Wiseman
Terre Haute
Mattie Sigler
Wm. S .LaHue
Fairdale
Geneva Crayden
Minnie Fellig
Crandall
McSpaddin
Maggie Crayden
New Albany
C. H. Welker
Roy Davis
Lucille
George Beal Sr
Woodford Hughes and Son
John Hughes
Hoosier Elm
G. 8. Wilson
P. Vogt
Riley Memorial Hospital
Harrison House
Vincennes
America
Morgan
Helen P. Griffin
Six Brothers Served in Southern Railway
The June issue of the Southern News Bulletin features six brothers in the Southern Railway Company. John Wesley Patrick Henry Daniel Dickson Murray Franklin Wiley Herbert and Willie Chester Massey are profiled with their service lengths totaling 190 years, five in North Carolina and one in Richmond Virginia.
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The
Southern Railway Company
Southern News
John Wesley
Patrick Henry
Daniel Dickson
Murray Franklin
Wiley Herbert
Willie Chester Massey
Southern
North Carolina
Richmond
Death and Burial of Godlove Beck
Godlove Beck a farmer from Webster Township south of New Middletown died June 16 1923 after long illness from tuberculosis and other ailments. Funeral Sunday was led by Rev A Ruehman with a large attendance. He was 39 years 11 months and 4 days, married to Louise Hertling in 1914 with two daughters Hulda Marie and Esther Elizabeth. Survived by wife two daughters a sister Mrs Christina Jemison of Dogwood his parents and three brothers and one sister preceded him in death. Burial note includes a poem about a land beyond and peace with Christ.
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Godlove Beck
Webster Township
New Middletown
A. Ruehhnan
Michael
Catherine Beck
Salem Reformed Church
Louise Hertling
Hulda Marie
Esther Elizabeth
Christina Jemison
Dogwood
Moberly M E Epworth League Program
Sunday evening June 24 program at Moberly M E church led by Mrs Henry Clunie with hymns and choir. I O Lahue discusses Christian Citizenship topics for June 10 and 17. Robert Pitman presents Today’s Challenge to Christian Citizenship. Performers include Nolan A Wolfe Waldo Engleman Julie. Recitations by Joe Pitman Ethel Cole Glenn Troncin Eldo Troncin and Helen Windell with Mrs Waldo Engleman story for boys and girls. All welcome. program starts 7 30 PM.
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Moberly M. E
Robert Pitman
Nolan A. Wolfe
Waldo Engleman
Joe Pitman
Ethel Cole
Lymn—Choir
Helen Windell
Glenn
Eldo Troncin
Harrison County Marriage Licenses Record Opens in 1918
The county clerk reports a vast marriage license record set with 592 pages opened January 2 1918 and 591 licenses issued since. It notes twenty one licenses filed under letter A beginning with Caleb Newman and Patsy Hancock’s February 7 1809 marriage.
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Caleb Newman
Patsy Hancock
Busy Bee Club Elects Officers At Leader Home
The Busy Bee Club met at Mrs. B. F. Smith’s home and elected Clara Nettie Seipel as president, Fairy Seipel as secretary, Evelyn Elbert as cheer leader, and May Frances Tranum as publicity officer. The ten member group will hold its next meeting June 21 at the leader’s home.
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Busy Bee Club
B. F. Smith
Clara Nettie Seipel
Fairy Seipel
Evelyn Elbert
May Frances Tranum
Children’s Day Observed at Zoar Sunday School
Zoar church six miles northeast of Corydon hosted the Sunday School Children’s Day exercises last Sunday night. The program featured songs and recitations with all children participating. The church was filled and a generous offering was collected. Ed Yeenowine serves as superintendent of many years.
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Zoar Sunday School
Zoar
Corydon
Ed Yeenowine
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Red Crown
Vv. HL
Bullett & Son
W. L. Miller
J. L. Rowe Herst Hardware Co
Chas
Bucks Harrison County Auto Co
Rothrock
Andy Schellenberger
Lanesville
Jo Guhol
Lanseville Ina
Wee Te Meena
Easey
S&s. Green & Son
Elmer Foster
Wm. Heckelman & Son
New Middleto
L. N. Rooksby
Davidson Landing
Sylvester Thompson
New Amsterdam
Farmers Merc. Co
Harry Cunningham
Evans Landing
Otto Montgomery
Valley City
Tullie Deen
Marion Cunningham
Idlewild
Alford Rogue
Mauckport
D. B. Beanblossom
J. K. Flora
W. E. Wolpert
Laconia
R. F. Holliday
G. A. LaDuke
Elizabeth
Walter Applegate
Central
Wm. Blake
J. A. Fowler
Leo Elbert
Barnes Bros
W. H. Wade
Moberly
John H. Heth
Bulleti
Corydon, Ind
Indiana University
J. E. P. Holland
New Middletown Milling Company
United States
Alex Miller
Louisa Ellicott
This County
Gethsemane
Miller
Laura R. Miller
Christ
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