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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1916
Page
6
Twenty towns have been added to the circuit this year and the increase in attendance has been used by the Redpath Company to enhance the program with three great musical concerts six lectures and many other entertaining and instructive attractions. A season ticket lets you attend all events and hear everything.
Officials and union leaders resume talks in a nationwide conference on wages and hours for engineers firemen conductors trainmen and switchmen. The open session involves major railways and has set a record in capitalization and workforce scope.
J A Hottell a veteran optometrist offers free eye examinations and complete U S made glasses with crystal centrex lenses hair pin chain or ear loop for 3 00 aluminum frames at 1 78 cages included office upstairs in Bullett Block for a limited period through July 187.
Wheat harvest time is here as Mrs Elizabeth Williar is ill with malaria. Local residents, including K D Williar, John May, and families from Corydon to Brandenburg, gather for births, funerals, and visits. Labor suspended at Newston as floodwaters recede and crews expect to resume work soon.
Frenchtown The Corydon Democrat records social visits and local activity. John Arnold and Ed Nolot haul logs for Henry Steerstedter while Dolph Troncin and Philip Seacat buy automobiles. Miss Mabel Conrad and David Schuman make their first communion. Families visit relatives in Crawford and Louisville. weather brings rain and wheat prospects are weak.
Carl King, a youth from Louisville, boarded a Southern train to St. Louis and robbed four passengers in the steering car. He jumped from the moving train at forty miles an hour, fracturing his skull and breaking an arm. He was found near Birdseye and Jenglish and taken for medical care. Charges were pressed as a result of the incident.
The centennial observance in Indiana features historical pageants across the state from Bloomington to Indianapolis and Corydon. The goal is to showcase the commonwealths development from teaching beginnings to modern schooling and to inspire patriotic efforts beyond Indiana. Motion pictures of the pageants were to be shown nationwide. William Roberson was convicted of perjury in Crawford Circuit Court for false testimony at a coroner's inquest into the death of William Roll shot by Jerry Moore in English.
New Middletown baseball team defeated Corydon junior squad 19 to 0 on the home diamond last Sunday afternoon. DeBerry pitched well for New Middletown while Corydon hurler Rosenbarger gave up numerous hits including several three baggers. Batters and lineup details appear in the report along with an unrelated sale notice for a sorrel mare, a yearling black mare, and a cow.
A garbled local notice mentions Miss Dion Faith Hottel being ill on a case of illness, plus a community celebration planned with speakers. It notes a large acreage for sale near Corydon, a dairying machine outreach by Wenning and partners, and visits to neighboring counties. Carl Brown returns home from Terre Haute after Normal College studies.
Indiana farmers welcome H. E. Barnard's statement that the health department pasteurizing order covers commercial dairies and creameries, not farmers selling butter locally. It targets farms only if they buy cream from others to make butter, with the rule effective July 1.
The report notes a disrupted stockholders meeting marked by confusion and extended delays. Key participants and the agenda are unclear due to partial OCR text, but references to legal and financial proceedings suggest ongoing corporate governance tensions.
A petition to the Board of Commissioners of the county seeks authority to grade and pave a road in the township. The plan describes grading a thirty foot width, laying a rock road, and draining toward the center with a depth of inches. road length about two and a half miles. Signed by Jacob B. Heuser and fifty+ petitioners, dated July and filed with county auditor.
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