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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1923
Page
5
Corydon Democrat items note births and marriages, tax deadlines, housework ads, repairs, and local visits. Mentions Nick Layer ill in Posey township, a May 7 filing deadline, a McCormick Deering repair offer, and a Jeffersonville couple marriage at M E parsonage with local attendees. Also lists real estate and sales agents and a chiropractor in Corydon Indiana.
Bennett Caughlin came back to Milwaukee Wisconsin last Thursday after a two week visit with his mother Mrs Emma M Caughlin sister Miss Stella and brother Harry He is suffering from an ailment likely to keep him from work for a time The visit aided his recovery and he may need continued treatment Friends wish him a speedy recovery Also a local notice reports Mrs Alice Knight selling personal property and renting her Corydon farm to Ira W Beeler Then she will live with her daughter and son in New Albany For belief it is so Dream Theater May 7 benefit church event.
A green gold pin with a small blue set is lost in Corydon and can be left at this office. Social notes include Miss Jessie Abbott visiting New Albany and Louisville. For sale seven ewes and lambs, contact CHAS CLUNIE R R 3 Corydon Ind. Herman Schoen recovering from severe injuries at Dr P H Schoen’s in New Albany. Henry Seburn visited daughter Mrs Ira Scott in Bethlehem Ind. Dorothy Parks near recovery from illness. Morris Fleshman employed three weeks as carpenter at Jeffersonville Car Works. Frank Walter underwent appendectomy at Jewish Hospital Louisville and is improving. WANTED man for light farm work. Mrs Annie M Kintner Davidson Ind. Burrel Smith of Aurora Ill renewed Democrat subscription. Mrs Charles Swarens and Mrs America Flock Crandall renewed subscriptions. See Thomas Meighan in If You Believe It It’s So at the Dream Theater. A large number renewed Democrat subscriptions recently.
Short items include Edith Roberts teaching in Harri son township visiting John E. Conrad and Charles Cline patrons with pupil parties. business ads for galvanized items gutters and spouts by The WAHL-GRABBLE CO. Dr Ira McRae visiting aunt Mrs W H Davis in Trenton Mo after a fall. Rev Mark L Harris on pulpit exchange with English Indiana. and ads for oil stoves and supplies from The WAHI-GRABLE CO.
Mrs Ralph E Harris and her daughter Juanita Marie of Somis California travel from Mendagoon to Orleans to join Mr and Mrs Adna L Harris. Mrs Harris attends the Alumni Banquet of Orleans High School where both she and her husband are graduates. Her husband plans a visit to Indiana in June.
Mrs. Harry Rahm and her son Dr. Joseph L. Rahm of Louisville visit Lew M. O'Bannon's family in Taylor township. Rahm served as a dentist in the Veterans Bureau in Louisville and saw duty in France and Russia.
Illness and family news across Posey, Morgan and Taylor townships include W S Overman lingering illness, Mrs Hattie Denbo and Ralph Denbo visiting Mauckport, and Mrs Ford H O Bannon gravely ill in Taylor township. — Plus births, marriages, and farm for sale notices from DePauw to Corydon with local residents and officials named.
For sale seed corn Reid's Yellow Dent Johnson County White and Southern Prolific Ensilage advertised by Harry McGrain of Corydon Indiana. Mr and Mrs Arlie Fravel have returned home from Lafayette to spend the summer. Fravels taught at Union Township Consolidated School Tippecanoe County with six teachers.
Otto H Rudolph of Palmyra Indiana offers a two year old mule and a brood mare in foal for sale at reasonable prices. W I Peter from Olivet Illinois visited the county for two weeks with relatives and friends after moving from Jackson township last November. The Peters family operates a grocery store and two other members live in Manteno Illinois. Their daughter Orpah and husband John A Thorpe teach school at Manteno. A baby girl Junita Audet was born to the Thorpes in February. Olivet school is run by the Nazarenes, with two buildings a campus and a canning factory to employ students. Joe and Helen Peter are noted singers who may be invited to sing for Corydon congregations. Joe directs Olivet Camp Meeting music and plans singing appearances in northern Illinois this summer.
The Democrat corrects a misprint from January 1, 1923 noting No 30 was used instead of No 40. Last week appeared as Vol 67 No 47 instead of Vol 68 No 4. This week is Volume 68 No 5, the fifth paper in the 68th year of the Democrat.
Jacob Hiser died at his home near Ramsey at noon on Tuesday May 1 after several weeks illness. He was 78 and left a wife three daughters and one son: Maggie Meunier Corydon Junction Lewis Beal New Albany Katherine Hiser and Edward Hiser Evansville. Funeral at the German Reformed church near New Salisbury Thursday at two conducted by Rev Kriete Louisville. Burial in church cemetery. He was one of Harrison county's best respected citizens with many friends.
About 100 friends and relatives gathered April 29 at Rev W B Brandenburg’s New Amsterdam home to mark his birthday. After a noon church visit, guests enjoyed a long outdoor meal, conversations, and games. Attendees included numerous Beanblossoms Breeden Conrads Shrigleys and many others. One present.
Plan now to raise next season's chicks with Newton Brooders praised for high hatch counts and low cost. Sunshine Hatcheries invites orders for a free booklet and notes they will buy hatching eggs in January for R I Reds Bard Rocks White Rocks and Buff Orpingtons from Eureka Corydon Indiana.
The Golden Rule Class expresses sincere sympathy for the deaths of Silas Bringle and David Stevens. Resolutions honor their long-standing membership, requesting mourning, record entry, and publication in county papers, with copies to the families. Presented by Mrs. O. M Martin, president. Mrs. J. L. Rector, secretary. Mrs. Omer C. Walk, treasurer.
John Pennington, a former county resident, died at Huntingburg yesterday. Undertakers Swardgns and Adam of Ramsey were telegrammed to collect the remains but the telegram did not specify funeral time or location.
Reports from two legislative committees urge exemption for women in Massachusetts from jury service and poll tax payment. The measure reflects ongoing debates on women’s civic duties and legal privileges.
The article warns on water hemlock roots exposed by thaw, cocklebur seeds poisoning hogs and cattle, and white top damage to clover. It notes Dutchman’s breeches contain poisons, and urges careful cultivation to destroy young weeds and prevent losses. It calls for reports of suspected cases.
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