Notice of Gond sale
Partial OCR notice indicates a property sale by order of a local authority. Readable details include the sale action and involved official, with surrounding garbled text.
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
1
Partial OCR notice indicates a property sale by order of a local authority. Readable details include the sale action and involved official, with surrounding garbled text.
Fragmentary OCR yields a local labor note. It mentions a farm hand, a missing or misplaced name, and possible references to work on a property. The readable text is inconsistent, offering little verifiable detail.
Fragmentary OCR lines describe a state political scene with unclear names and places. The readable bits mention MPs Map Wo Daal and references to pace, timing, and road paving in a local political context. The piece reads as a rough public notices style snippet from a state chapter.
The Democratic, Republican and Bull Moose parties announce their Indiana conventions in Indianapolis. Democrats meet March 19, Republicans April 22 and May 2, Bull Moose May 12. The report notes a fierce second place battle between Republicans and Bull Moosers and mentions other local social and political details.
Harrison county appoints seven district assistants led by Hex Luckett. Each district given road work share with bonds of one thousand dollars and police powers on roads. Assistants may hire labor at specified wages. supervisors receive twenty five cents hourly plus team wages. Local notices mention people visiting, sales, weather, and upcoming auctions with details on property and livestock for March sale.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Commissioners until 2 o clock p m Tuesday April 7 for furnishing dry goods and groceries to the poor asylum for the quarter from April 1 to June 20 Specifications are on file in the Auditor s office By order of the Board of Commissioners J O Bannon Auditor Harrison County mll lw
Muncie voted dry by 462 with 2,951 for and 3,303 against saloons in the March 9 referendum under Indiana’s township and city local option law. About 6,324 votes were cast as wets and dries campaigned, with women aiding the anti-saloon effort. Twenty nine saloons will close within ninety days, marking the city as the largest in Indiana to go dry under the current law.
A fragmentary historical notice claims a final victory for the Citizenship of Muncie after a tense civic struggle. It asserts a decisive win will influence Indiana, urging continued enforcement of laws and civic righteousness amid lingering dry forces.
Six Harrison county taxpayers may file for Mortgage Exemption by presenting an affidavit to the County Auditor showing the mortgage amount and land covered. The affidavit must be filed between March and May. A Notary Public in the Auditor’s office will administer the oath to filers. BANNON, Auditor Harrison County.
Breeding notes describe R Brown Leghorns aimed at laying performance. Barker type price lists a setting Gillis Wiseman in Depaus, Indiana for breeders seeking setting quality hens and related stock details.
Fragmentary OCR item mentioning Corydon Indiana and a monetary or fee related phrase. Details unclear. main place is Corydon with unspecified entity Voureka Pisce and Siyaha or similar garbled names. No clear event date or organization established.
Mrs. Ben Backhere is ill. Most locals favor a policy called pikeism. Miss Anna Lillpop of New Middle Lawn visits relatives here. Montgomery Dusteins, severely ill with pneumonia, is on the mend. Miss Jacinda Miller has been unwell for some time and remains not improved.
Intelligible fragments report road conditions near impassable mud and multiple social notices. Mentions include Mrs Ben Bailey with lagrippe, visits by James Mahan the oil driller, Irene Wright visiting New Amsterdam kin, Clara Gordon from New Albany visiting grandparents, and various local family movements and funerals. A drowned individual, the Elberts, and others are referenced with church services noted.
Community updates include visits among Gresham Melton and Harris families, kinfolk in Corydon and Terre Haute, and remarks on Dr. Frank Melton in Louisville. Temperance Day at Whintmers Chapel added fourteen pledges. Sunday School attendance reached eighty three with a $240 offering. Real estate ad offers 20-acre vegetable and poultry farm near Corydon for March sale.
Jacob F. Chattin of Sundance Wyoming sends a dollar for another year’s subscription to the Democrat. He notes light snow, unusually warm weather, and only two subzero nights. He reports stock is doing well and pasture and grass are in good condition.
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