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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
5
A jumble of notices includes farm ad by Geo K Gwartney Kona Coffee references, church revival starting March 8 at B church, cotton seed meal sales, residents traveling or ill, job moves, house rent, visitors, births, and nursery catalogs. Also Young People Society social, pancake oyster supper March 6, and various product ads from Sunshine Nurseries and J J Bulleit & Son.
A collection of brief items notes a farm for rent advertised by Geo. K. Gwartney and mentions residents Otto Sings traveling to Illinois for farm work. Other lines reference local court trips, goods for sale, and various small notices from Wiseman & Baltell and local merchants. The page includes ads for Bona Coffee and calf meal, plus community updates about residents and events.
Local notices list a cottage for sale with easy terms and a list of purchases and services from Wiseman Bullen and Bartlett & Sons. Several residents are mentioned visiting, traveling and returning, with notes on repairs, store openings and upcoming sales.
Mixed village notices report residents ill with lagrippe recoveries and a three year old mare colt to be sold next Wednesday. Local sales include two pop tables, fourteen hogs at Corydon Packing Co. and a large personal property auction by Nick Seibert with a move to Kentucky.
Lemmon Resch, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Reach, hosted about twenty school friends at his home in New Middletown on February 27, 1913. The gathering featured games and refreshments including cake, lemonade, chocolate, and popcorn. attendees included Emma Sharf, Anna Belle Sharf, Opal Wolfe, Jack Bickel, Leora Elwanger, Alga Smith, Minnie Wolfe, Isalene MacCrady, Abbie Pearson, Amanda Gutkese, Emily Mueller, Dorothy Mueller, Edna Bauer, John Sharf, Roscoe Mauck, Dumont Deberry, Glenda Richert, Elzie Richert, Falas Hedges, Harald Fleece, Howard McRady, Clarence Gutkese, Lemmon Resch, Iva Higher, and Vioda Resch. Chaperones accompanied the group.
The State of Indiana on behalf of Mary Watson sued Hayden Fowler in Harrison Circuit Court over paternity. A jury verdict on Sunday favored the plaintiff with a judgment of 57 dollars to be paid in installments. Judge Ridley signed the judgment after the trial concluded.
Mt Solomon events include the Ladies' All serving dinner, J J Peterson sale on March 12 1913, installation at Mt Solomon church, communion services at Tethsemane and Mt Solomon churches, baptism and confirmation at Tethsemane, and Holy Week Lenten services across both churches.
The Lanesville Mutual Aid Society elected officers last week with James H. Smith as President and Samuel C. Walker as Vice President. John L. Walter became Secretary and Peter Michels Treasurer as the group, organized about 1876, claims over one hundred members. A purse theft occurred Saturday evening when Miss Flossie Texinger of New Albany was robbed of seven dollars and a gold watch and chain returning home from work. The suspects were described only as a black man accompanying a woman. the victims could not identify a suspect.
The Javville Junction play by Elizabeth church ladies is postponed to March 3 and 15 and will be held in the new hall with ten cents admission. The Presbyterian Woman's Missionary Society meets Friday at two with Mrs S F McCrea of Indianapolis speaking. The New Salisbury Sunday school Young Ladies' Bible Class hosts an Egg Social at the High School on Saturday night March 2 before Easter. Also listed are town horse colts for sale near Corydon and a note about Miss Laura Staub returning Monday and Tuesday with friends in New Uber.
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