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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
12
John G. Benson pastor of Brazil's First Methodist Episcopal Church writes that the Redpath Chautauqua began in 1911 and, by yearly repeats, transformed the city's intellectual atmosphere. He notes population changes and vows to preserve the event for its moral and social impact.
The late Bishop McIntyre lauds the Lyceum and Chautauqua movement saying it remains magnetic and masterful. He recalls figures like Gough Beecher Colfax and Phillips, praises its growth and moral impact, and envisions it as a reform force spreading across the land through justice mercy and humility.
Addressing an audience of 6 000 at Columbus Ohio Rev Joseph K Gritlis Tahan lectured on this year’s Redpath Shautauqua program and participated in the Indian conference held under the Ameri afa Indian Association two or three years ago. Tahan is a member of the association with attendees from many parts of the country representing various tribes. The meeting featured papers and discussions on race welfare. On Sunday the 15th Tahan and others spoke to 600 in a Columbus hall.
Professor Petrie, the Egyptologist, reports a dramatic tomb robbery from the twelfth dynasty near Cairo. During the exploration a man crawled into the sarcophagus, disturbed the mummy, and perished when the tomb collapsed, with his fellow robbers fleeing as the shaft was filled.
The article describes a cheap ha gameter using camphor potassium nitrate and ammonia nitrate dissolved in alcohol in a bottle. A pin hole vent and a bladder seal create a liquid that changes with approaching weather, forming star-like particles and a sediment as indicators.
A fragment from the Kan City Journal shows a quarrel over taste and lending clothes. One speaker mocks another for poor taste while defending generosity, highlighting social tension and mistaken style judgments.
Report of Engineer and Viewers for free gravel or macadamized road in Boone township Harrison County Indiana. The 1330 foot, 30 foot right of way road will be graded to 18 feet with a six inch crown and funded at 3000 dollars. Specifications require culverts, bed stone and limestone crust, with drainage channels and a 12.25 yard bed stone per 100 feet.
Report details the Boone township free gravel road project including grinding screenings to one inch, stone layering, drainage, and cross culverts. It sets contractor duties, bonds, penalties for noncompletion, monthly estimates, right of way width, and procedural notices for the July 17, 1915 vote.
The Harrison County Board of Commissioners will receive sealed bids for the Jackson township C. J. Cleuser road improvement by grading draining and paving. Bids due July 9 1915 at 2 PM. Bond double bid amount required, noncollusion affidavit mandatory, bidder responsible for full completion per plans and specifications.
Notice of sale set for July 10 1915 at 2 PM in Corydon Indiana for twenty two hundred dollars in free gravel road bonds. Bonds total 20 with denominations 110 each dated June 8 1915 at 4.5 percent interest semi annually. Payouts begin May 15 1916 with subsequent payments every Nov 15 and May 16 until paid. Sold at par plus accrued interest. J D Pitman Treasurer.
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