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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1923
Page
5
Local mentions include bank rates, sick health reports, poultry for hatching, auctions of farm gear and household goods, a spring Easter sale by Eastern Star, college ties with Hanover, visits by families from Middletown and Webster township, and notices of auctions and sales next week in Corydon and nearby towns.
Local column notes sales and ads from Miles Variety Store offering gingham fabrics and seeds at low prices. Notices include charitable trustee appointments by Corydon State Bank and small listings for boxes, bulbs, and farm goods. Community updates mention Charles Messin’s court acquittal, Mr. Spitler buying milking cows, and Samuel Lasley renewing a Democrat subscription.
Nevitt Richardson dentist of Brandenburg announces a cattle sale at Otto Rudolph's on Thursday April 6, featuring two fresh cows three cattle from winter and future calves with four per cent cash discount. Also notices about local offices and historical records, plus a separate public notice from Corydon Exchange referencing World War I aviation veterans.
Ten head of cattle and a mix of registered and unregistered pigs will be sold at Otto Rendolph's sale, located two and a half miles southwest of Palmyra, on Thursday, April 5. The lineup includes two registered boars, three younger boars, one brood sow, three gilts, six shoats around 60 pounds, and four pigs seven weeks old not eligible for registration.
A mix of local notices includes marriages not yet licensed in the county, births such as a daughter Margie Mary Irene to Orion Glagg, and travel/news of residents returning from Florida to Elizabeth and Louisville. Also reported are illness with flu in the Lowe family, business ads, a divorce granted to Bertha Barnett with two year restraint, a quarterly church meeting led by ministers, and a local auction sale set for April 5 with listed items.
The Corydon High School faculty entertained the Corydon Graded School faculty last Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Criss with a three course dinner. After the meal they enjoyed a pleasant evening together before departing.
Mrs M L Bower of DTidianapolis faces a Wixpress Order for cash tied to a subscription. The couple, once living in Posey township near Indianapolis, were previously recorded as residents there before moving away several years ago.
Fragmentary OCR describes a political candidate and events near Blue River Chapel in Scott township. Mentions a pastor and a tragic incident about a fifteen year old son connected to Brandenburg and New Amsterdam, with limited readable names and places.
Mrs W P Til of East Eight Street will travel to St Josephs Hospital in Louisville for an appendectomy. She recently returned from a tour of Europe and suffered an attack of appendicitis while abroad. Doctors decided to remove the appendix.
Mr Lewis Wratt of New Middletown has been an employee of the Tapsest Greenhouse in Louisville for three weeks. The greenhouse is built by American Greenhouse Life Co of China headed by Mr Gradua and owned by Whi Genenwein. Rev Mark J Harris of Corydon aided the office Sunday and Monday, enabling publication of this week’s Democrat.
Mrs. Emma M. Coughlin reports letters from her daughter Miss Stein who went to Milwaukee a week ago to visit her brother Bennett. The family said a planned surgical operation on Bennett was delayed due to his cold and was expected to be performed soon.
Five room house with barn poultry base and ten acres of land located 3000 yards from State Highway. Will sell or trade for larger tars. Suitable poultry farm. Inquire at this office. QO-18-tf. a 7
Friday evening April 27 a program of addresses and old time music is planned at the Old State House by the Harrison County Historical Society. Dr Oliver of Indianapolis will speak. The first public meeting is scheduled for Friday evening with noted speakers and music.
Under Kansas law the final settlement in a probate case pays the undertaker in full when funds are short. The doctor printer and judge receive only the remainder if any, with burial duties highlighted. Reads like a probate notice from a weekly issue.
A 34 acre farm three miles from Corydon offers a bran new house on good soil with timber and a spring. The Old Capital Real Estate Agency invites inquiries and suggests a bargain for quick sale. An infant child of Mr and Mrs Edward Snider of Franklin township died shortly after birth last Saturday.
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