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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
7
The Corydon Cannery closed its strawberry work last Saturday. Several residents and relatives visit or travel, with notices of sales, requests for help, and local events. Notable items include health notices, a field secretary visit, an ice cream social, obituaries, and various family updates from Corydon and surrounding communities.
Two hundred bushels of good ear corn for sale by Henry F Gettelfinger of Fradford Indiana Palmyra Exchange contact TM j23-2w. Chirenee Shceloff and Frank Nad eff of near Greerville recently bought musical instruments from Frank W Shireman the music dealer. Shceloff bought a player piano and Nad eff bought a frafanola.
Harry C. Cauchiin of the Southern Telephone Company in New Albany visited home folks last week leaving Saturday to see his brothers Bennett in Milwaukee Wisconsin and John in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Mr and Mrs J A Miller spent the weekend with Mrs Ellen Crosby at Crandall and renewed lifelong friendship. Mr and Mrs August Siege visited De Pauw relatives two weeks, Sieg wed Ruth Freed of Fairbury. A May 27 move to Louisville was planned. Simpson Murr seeks a well driller for his Depauw farm. Mrs Ellen Crosby reports a fruit patch and berries valued at 45 dollars and a 20 gallon cherry harvest. Sam and Allie Pfrimmer plan two week visit to Walter Venner’s farm in Kentucky after a trip from Corydon.
Illinois visitor Spence Davis stays with brother Cort Davis as relatives gather. Mrs Amanda Davis of East Walnut Street remains ill. Mrs J J Applegate of Glenwood Place New Albany visits. Ollie Davis of Illinois visits Cort and Mrs Davis in Ramsey. Zev and Rev Moore visit Petersburg and Shoals. Moore preaches at Shoals basket meeting. Columbia records offer world class artists. Shireman Music dealer advertises livestock for sale. Miss Mildred Gwartney, employed in Louisville, visits. Miss Margaret Pyatt accompanies her home. Standard bred White Leghorn cockerels advertised from Purdue strain. Fielding Funk of this place travels to Louisville for cancer treatment. William Taylor transports Mr Funk in a TI car. Political speakers on Columbia Reids. J Hedges, reader from Washington township, tried on peace warrant. bond posted for circuit court. Mrs Robert B Watson and daughter Mave travel to Shively Ky for niece Laura Watson wedding. A G Ward Bloomington Ill announces engagement of Lois Ward to Reaugh Farquar Jordan of Detroit Mid. Son of F O Jordan, Corydon. James A McRae returns from Louisville. may stay then head to Los Angeles. plans French Lick trip.
Mr. Sam Kannapel, transporting his car from Corydon to Cannelton, collided with a large truck in Louisville. Passenger Johnny Glesson escaped injury. the car was wrecked and had to be hauled away at a cost of twenty dollars, with a quip that he should have had a Ford.
Mr Otto Cunningham superintendent of Jersey cattle at Bishop Manor Farms Trvington Alabama sent unlimited bids by mail on two young daughters from the Pfrimmer Farm sale dated June 6. The two heifers were secured and will be kept on pasture this summer due to unsafe shipping conditions from the north. they will be shipped next October.
Lee F. H. Adams of Detroit is visiting his parents in Corydon Junction for a week or more. He runs an insurance business there and serves as president of Consolidated Underwriters, Incorporated, a thriving firm. He recently called on this office after a trip to Corydon and also visited Detroit offices in the Dime Bank Building. Uncle Josh’s new Columbia record is recommended for a laugh.
Mrs. Mary C. Froman of New Amsterdam is seriously ill and not expected to recover. The Redpath Chautauqua is scheduled at Corydon from July 14 through 19.
Seventeen hundred people from New Albany and Louisville attended a picnic at Kern Grove on June 14. Corydon Redpath Chautauqua opens July 14 at the Fair Grounds with multiple lectures and season tickets urged. Local visits include Mrs. Preston Barba in Tiffin and Mrs. Lee Reas in Oklahoma. Readership urged to buy season tickets and note upcoming events and sales at W. H. Bullen & Sons.
John T. Blank and family relocate from Corydon to the McFarland farm in Boone township which he bought earlier. They plan to work timber and will return to Corydon in the fall before school opens. Winnie D. and John are two of their children, and many friends will miss them.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wuest and Mrs. Wuest's mother Mrs. John Erbele and brother Mr. Will Erbele of Louisville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Scharff and Mrs. Katherine Keller of South Corydon.
Twin daughters were born to Mr and Mrs Elden Marshall near Palmyra on Wednesday. Dorothy died that day and the remains were taken to Horner's Chapel for burial Thursday. Surviving daughter is Martha.
Andrew Keen of Posey township renewed his subscription to the Democrat during a pleasant call yesterday. He notes his wife is in poor health and formerly Miss Mary Jenkins, stating she has been poorly for many years.
Mr and Mrs Lee Wheat and son Lee Jr of Kansas City Missouri visit C M Wheat northeast of Corydon who was seriously ill but is now slowly improving They also visit their aunts Mrs Lorena Emily and Mrs Nannie Conrad
Mr and Mrs Frank W Shireman and daughter Evelyn travel to Madison last Sunday with Mr and Mrs George Wath. They went via Scottsburg and returned through Lexington. They report wheat growth favorable along the route and especially near Madison for this season.
Victor Rothrock of White Cloud travels through Corydon every Tuesday toward Louisville with a load of calves hogs sheep cream and roots including may apple ginseng and blood root. M S Atwood Smith near Corydon visited local homes delivering copies of the March Watch Tower magazine from the International Bible Students Society and cited prophecies of Pastor Russell.
The Corydon Elevator reports upcoming events at Bethany including a fortune teller on June 26 and a Christian Endeavor social that night. It notes a pie supper two miles west of Corydon that evening and lists new feed arrivals. Also mentions Lena Mae Baxley visiting, her move to Indianapolis for work, Mrs. Elmer Brown’s arm injury, and Mrs. Ray Hill’s hospital recovery with her mother present.
The ladies of the Laconia M. E. church will hold a lawn fete at the church on Saturday evening July 3. Choice refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.
The New Middletown M. E. Sunday School will hold Children’s Day exercises at the church next Sunday evening June 27. A good program will be rendered. The public is cordially invited.
A registered Duroc sire is offered for sale. Bred to a registered Duroc, expected to farrow in August. Contact Eureka Phone j 16-2W via Snyder, Corydon, Indiana. Rev. M. A. Cossaboom, pastor of Corydon Christian Church, has shown marked improvement after months of illness and recently preached two sermons.
Mrs James R Holliday of Laconia was brought to Deaconess Hospital Louisville last week for treatment and is now home with her parents Mr and Mrs J Y Hudson at Corydon, much improved in health.
Miss Laura, daughter of Mr and Mrs Brown, will marry Mr George Kulmey today at her parents home. The Browns formerly lived in Boone township in this county.
An all day and night picnic event on July 3 at the Cold Friday and Ridge road location between Corydon and Leavenworth near Marion Cunningham’s store. Roy Rainbolt and Roy Curts manage the affair with music and refreshments of all kinds. no intoxication.
Andrew Buechler of Morgantown visited Corydon last Monday to renew his Democrat subscription and arrange repairs for his binder. He reported his wheat is ripe and will be cut this week with heads well filled. Buechler has been in poor health for months, and his daughter Miss Laura, twenty two, has also been in poor health for two years.
Mr and Mrs Guy Hickman and two children Leola and Anna and Mias Addie Hickman of this place returned home last Sunday from a three week visit with Hickmans sister Mrs O D Simpson and his mother Mrs Levi Hickman near Utah Illinois and with friends in Illinois and Iowa They traveled in Hickmans car driving from Decatur Illinois to Corydon last Sunday a distance of 265 miles
Mr and Mrs Roy A Wright and five children leave town for Ponca City Oklahoma to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Chas A Wright and his four brothers and three sisters and may stay if they like the country. Roy has worked for Keller Wagon Factory over ten years and the town regrets their departure.
A fortune telling session is set for Bethany on Jane 26 offering readings to attendees. The event promises guidance and insight through traditional divination practices at a local venue.
Mr and Mrs Frank Dropsey and son Lawrence attended the DePauw University commencement in Greencastle last week where Faith Dropsey was among the graduates. She returned home with her parents and brother after the exercises.
Robert Gibson aged eighty one enjoyed a car trip to Springfield Ohio last week with L A Reasor who chased a car for Ben A Flock. He is hale and hearty and has lived alone here since the death of his second wife five or six years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cahall of Hammond Indiana and their son Robert visit Spencer and Blue River townships. Cahall, chief clerk in the New York Central freight office, praises Corydon's residence districts, notes May railroad collections of 2.37 million, and mentions his wife Manola Seacat of Harrison County.
Wanted to buy or rent a good farm in Harrison or Gibson counties. Must be well located on a good road and have good buildings. Contact Will EK or Cline in Corydon Indiana. Eureka phone.
Will E. Cline visited the office bringing wheat samples with Sve grains to the mesh, signaling a good yield. L. C. Adams of Corydon Junction noted wheat with seven grains per mesh and ample meshes to hold 100 grains per head. Cline also spoke of a cherry tree yielding a different cherry variety each year for four years.
Herman Meyer of Franklin Township and Henry Meyer of Hastings Nebraska visited Corydon last Monday. Henry and family came from Nebraska by car covering 984 miles. Henry grew up in Lanesville and later moved to Louisville then west, farming near Hastings for 30 years before selling. Railroads ties sought by Co H Buchanan Corydon at the railroad depot.
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