31 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1915
Page
1
Every woman seeks fresh Easter outfits as spring arrives and shop displays emphasize fashionable garments for Easter Day. The article promotes a complete assortment of stylish, correct garments offered at attractively low prices to enhance display impact this week.
A local retailer advertises a wide selection with coats priced at 5.00 6.00 7.50 10.00 and 12.50 and ladies suits at 7.50 12.50 13.50 16.60 and 20.00 promising stylish options for every purchaser.
Mrs E Wolfe of Corydon testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her backache and other kidney related ailments after trying many remedies. The notice urges residents to act on kidney symptoms promptly and to request Dean's Kidney Pills from dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York is named as the manufacturer.
Advertising a supply of cabbage plants ready for setting. Burpee's All Head Early priced at 80 cents per hundred plus postage. Contact Mrs. C. C. Hubbard in Corydon Indiana via Eureka phone.
Greenwood family update shows Violet delayed and Mrs. Julia Jones ill. Nods to multiple visits, illnesses, travel, visitors from Louisville and Muldraugh, and a horse purchase by M. M. Lamb. Local events include Holyoke boys at Mrs. Horace Boone sale, and a saw mill move by Dan Cunningham. Automobile service between Corydon and Corydon Junction Sundays noted.
The item lists residents and visitors in Little York Indiana and nearby towns, naming Harry Venor and Clarence Miller at taking jobs, social visits among Misses Moodey Dair Hottle and Mollie Hottle, and others. It mentions two large farms near Corydon for sale, 187 and 230 acres, with outbuildings and springs, offered at bargain prices through a local office.
Eggs from White Leghorn hens available at $1.00 per 15. From pens storing 92 to 953 grams. Contact Eureka via debSitm or U G Watgon.
Policy holders meet at the Court House in Corydon Indiana on Saturday April 8 1916 to elect officers for the coming year and to transact other business. Jacob A Stevens President J P Denbo Secretary.
The vocational education law requires teachers after September 1 1916 to pass exams in elementary, agriculture, industrial work or domestic science. State schools are prepared to teach these subjects and Harrison County teachers will take special spring and summer courses. Just received a car of Portland cement at Hurat Hardware Co. motor
A Floyd County fruit grower representative in Indianapolis discussed arranging better transport facilities for the next peach crop. The piece urges Harrison County to plan in advance, noting wasted fruit last year and the need for shipping points along the Southern Railway at Corydon. It also suggests a county poultry organization could boost egg prices and poultry supplies.
Huddietown reports raw winter weather as Brandenburgs schoolhouse hosts a community program on Saturday night April 17 with speeches tableaux vaudeville and eight dialogues. Ten cent admission funds repairs and a special orchestra. Attendees urged and promised good order by local volunteers.
50 acre farm near Albany offers 18 miles from town with 50 peach and cherry trees and good straw berries, well watered by springs. Includes 12 acres timber and about 20 acres tillable, large frame barn, small houses, and landscaped yard. Bargain sale by F D Raute marking a quick sale.
Local historians recount the journey of the famous whistle last carried by Tell City steamer Tarascon. The whistle, first aboard Eugenes boat in the 1850s, later rode Hetey Gilmore and various river craft before ending on Tarascon and then Tell City. Residents mark its return and note it may never leave Ohio waters again.
An eighty two year old writer, son of a Revolutionary Soldier, laments in verse that the Liberty Bell rings of battles past and future duty. The poem recalls Cowpens, Bunker Hill, Burgoyne s surrender and Cornwallis, urging sons of the Revolution to obey laws and the Constitution. Lordsburg California is noted as the writer s location.
A fragmented message from Harbaugh references resuming practice on April 12 and asks Harrison County readers to show patronage, noting a difficult winter and urging support. The text includes garbled phrases about castration and personal tribulations.
A Gary Indiana news item reports that 10005 workers returned to work in the steel city, bringing total workers back to 600. The report notes ongoing industrial unrest but confirms resumed operation at the plant.
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