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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1916
Page
1
Indiana prepares for a 1916 centennial year with a call for official bodies and citizens to clean and beautify towns from the capital to rural counties. The Indiana history film project began filming at the State House and Indianapolis landmarks, with a $25 prize for the chosen film title.
The Re centennial committee expects a surplus after expenses and aims to fund a Fort Wayne Convention Hall. Indiana Historical Commission’s Home Coming Booklet by George Ade, published by Bobbs Merrill, is in press. Garrett plans a May 5 Centennial with a De Kalb county band music fest. The excerpted poetry laments Corydon’s death with pastoral imagery.
Friday April 21 marked the close of a successful term at Roanoke School No 16 in Harrison township. Pupils and patrons arrived with baskets and boxes of food creating a long table of treats. A spelling bee entertained the crowd and there was a second bee at night. The community wants teacher John Elliott to return next term as he departs soon. XX Different varieties of seed corn at 262 W. H. Buileit & Sons, Inc.
Fragmentary historical note recounts how Corydon allegedly earned its name from a suggestion by Miss Jennie Smith during a visit by Governor William Henry Harrison. It cites songs linked to Harrison and a cabin near the present Corydon fairgrounds as the naming backdrop. The piece references an old Chicago Record-Herald account and Indiana pioneer music. It also includes a church obituary and resolutions for Willard Windell of Corydon A B church.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for shaking into shoes and foot baths to relieve hot tired swollen feet and to make tight shoes feel easy. Sold everywhere for 25c. Also notes Misses Anna and Rowena Dannreuther of New Salisbury visiting relatives in New Albany.
The Corydon High School annual commencement will be held in the auditorium on Friday May 19. The senior class numbers 34 including Claude A. Davis J Edward Fisher Arlie E Fravel William B Frederick John M Huff W Hobart Loudon Clyde B Mitchell Robert P O Bannon Victor R HKens Ray R Stevens Dave H Ward and others with two graduates Edna Powell and Elizabeth Powell from the colored school. Alumni banquet scheduled for May 15.
Catalog note for Nappanee Lumber and Mfg Co. promotes two storm proof anchor systems, the Monarch and the Climax silos, claiming a silo for every buyer. Mentions C W Smith as local agent in Depauw Indiana and a travel note about Mrs Edgar Lord and Beulah Chloe visiting Indianapolis after a two week stay. Also adds update on a Pennsylvania Railroad fireman with burned fingers and a brief ad for H P Volume Governor gasoline engines from L P Zabel & Co. in Lanesville.
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