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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1921
Page
5
Community notes from Corydon feature weather gloom, market offers, and sales. Becker & Son promote corn cribs and plows, while W H Bulleit & Sons advertise Oliver Plows and ranges. Local residents, visits, and upcoming auctions pepper the page along with farm feeds and services.
Seed shipment arrival announced by W H Bulleit and Sons for bulk and packaged garden seeds. The notice highlights new stock available and urges customers to inquire at the store for details and pricing.
Squire John H. Lohmeyer visits Corydon and plans another hogshead of tobacco. Mrs Atta Stevens Noble in Shawnee sends a Democ rat check and notes Oklahoma snow depths. Mrs Grace Gray returns to Nashville for her mother’s marriage in Corydon. A lost pocketbook near Ed Browns and Miller’s shop offers $19 cash and a $10 to $4 in smaller bills reward. Walter Wesbecker buys Guthrie La Duke’s store and assets to run mercantile business with JaDuke, after two years at Louisville Milling Co.
The Cedar Farm M E church ladies of Boone township announce a Sunday night event at Pleasant View School House on March 12. The carnival style program includes a fish pond and amusements with refreshments, proceeds to benefit Cedar Farm church. public invited for a pleasant evening.
Mr and Mrs Joshua T Wilson and their son Otto have returned to Corydon on Oak Street after months with family two miles northwest of Corydon. Both are in fair health for their ages with Uncle Josh in his eighty seventh year and Mrs Wilson over eighty two. He remains feeble but able to be about town and visit friends. The couple are noted as fine, highly respected elders.
Wayne Sherrill of Okmulgee Oklahoma visits his parents in Washington township. He calls at Corydon office and reveals that all four Sherrill brothers serve in government roles with Ovid at Okmulgee Post Office, Evan a First Lieutenant in the Army Air Service, and Straud employed at the Quartermaster's Depot in Jeffersonville.
Item offered for sale includes a food cornet and a violin. Inquiries should be made at this office. F.23-3w.
The Corydon Public Library hosts E A Jonas on Friday night March 4. Local notices report oyster shell and meat scraps at The Elevator and Kodak film offerings at The Jordan Studio, with sales and community visits by residents from New Albany and Fredericksburg.
Philip Martin of Bradford, a Civil War veteran, was stricken with paralysis last Thursday and is in serious condition. He is seventy two years old. Miss Hettie Miller is visiting her sister Mrs. W J Bullett after months in New York City for eye treatment. she reports her eyes are entirely well now.
Mr and Mrs Herman Rehaut departed Monday for their home in Farmer City Illinois after a three weeks visit with her father George Kusler and her sister Mrs August Love of New Middle.
The Corydon Library conducts an E A Jonas lecture Friday night with a free will offering to fund new books. Himmelheber & DeBerry of New Middletown advertise painting and papering services with Eureka phone listed for satisfaction guaranteed.
Albert Gordon, a popular New Albany insurance agent, visits Corydon on the first day of each month for four years. He is described as a hustler with many insured in his county.
The Corydon Library marks twelve years on March 4 as Mr. E A Jonas of the Louisville Herald delivers the lecture Turning Over New Leaves. A silver offering supports library services.
Geo. W. Conrad known as Welker, recently improving in health, walked downtown last Monday for the first time since arriving with Mrs. Conrad from Indianapolis three weeks ago. They stayed the winter with their son Dora Conrad in Indianapolis before moving to their daughter Mrs. James A. Watson in this town.
Chester Wilson of Booneville Kentucky returned home after visiting his sister Mrs G M Hogg. His brother in law gave him two fine tan leather saddle pockets with calf hair remaining on the exposed areas and fine workmanship noted.
A brief notice urges readers to mail Kodak work for faster processing and results. It emphasizes mailing materials promptly to ensure timely handling and delivery.
Local notes report visits by Dallis Baylor Curly Heck Frank Julius and Eva Harbeson to the Haugwalds. Transit and dairy feed ads appear as booster mentions while a correction notes 267 Modern Woodmen members. Mrs Claud Sharp and two children of New Albany visit C W and Henry Cook kinfolk. Mel B Wolfe resumes travel sales after illness. Mia Sebastian Guenther improves from pneumonia and pleurisy.
Henry Schuck of Corydon today reached eighty five years amid good health though blind for years. His daughter Lola Bennett cares for him at home. Alva Jacobs of Heth township lost a fox hound on December 6 and found February 7 starved in a large ground hole. the hound from Lexington kennels was advertised in Corydon newspapers. Cotton seed meal 43 percent prewar prices.
Mrs Mauck after five weeks at her sister in law Lingenfelter’s home returns to Vincennes with husband and nurse Christena Fleshman. She plans to hospitalize soon to remove tonsils. A revival is in progress at Crandall M E Church led by Rev Herndon and Rev Kell. Thomas Van Hook, 12, recovering from appendicitis and peritonitis, remains confined but improving.
See us for seed oats we can save you money. Agricultural supplier promotes oats for planting and costs savings to farmers and homeowners seeking winter feed.
Rev R O Lahue, at his mother Mrs W S Labhue’s bedside, returned to Hartaville where he pastors the Hartsville Circuit with four preaching points. Rev and Mrs M C Patterson of New Middletown joined the Corydon revival at the U B church. Mrs Patterson fell ill at her daughter Mrs J D Kemp’s home and remained bedridden. If it’s a wagon you want we have the Newton and Briniy wagons. F-164w Becker & Son.
George O Devel, active in Kentucky oil and gas well drilling, spends several days with his family three miles northwest of Corydon. Known as a clever gentleman with many local friends, he is an expert in deep-well drilling and enjoys a high demand for big services.
The T. I., Dolling's Co. of Indiana polis advertises a safe sane 7 per cent promition to investors. It urges delinquents to respond with cash and pay any debts promptly, directing inquiries to R. B. Watson F-23143.
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