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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
6
David C. Fouts of Blue River township was elected county commissioner and will join the board January 1 1918. He favors Harrison county accepting the $50,000 offer from Indiana and has signed a petition in support. It is regretted any citizen opposed the acceptance.
Hoosier Elm Chapter of the D A R met at Mrs W K E Cook’s home May 7 1917 with eleven members present. New member Mrs C Blaine Hays joined. Committee lists for upcoming year appointed including grave, decoration, and program duties. Next meeting set for June 4 1917 with plans to celebrate June 14 First Day.
The pastor, Rev. Young, met his father C M Young from Lincoln County Kentucky during a Group Meeting in New Albany. He returned with his father to the parsonage and spent Tuesday night with the Moores Chapel family. Members replenished the church core bin with canned goods as the church rebuild plan moves toward July work on a new building. Regular services at St John and Moores were held, with Elizabeth’s service postponed so the congregation could worship with the Presbyterian church and the new pastor Rev New.
The Last Call to the People of Heth Township urges all residents to gather on Decoration Day May 80 1917 to honor fallen soldiers. Citizens are asked to decorate graves at Central, Loops Hollow, and other sites at 10 AM and meet at Cross Roads at 1 PM for speeches by invited speakers.
Flag raising at the Grade School Building Friday afternoon May 11 at 2 30 by G A R men with appropriate exercises. Public invited to attend. Gudgeon.
Mrs. Frank R. Wright has been quite ill at her home on North Market Street during the past week.
The Bankers' Convention will be held in Corydon on Tuesday May 13 with about 125 bankers expected. Key organizers include Jas O Sanders as group chair and Murray Wilson as secretary, with W E Cook on the executive committee and a Corydon reception committee. Banquet at 1 pm and business session at 2:30 pm in the Graded School Building Auditorium. Automobiles will shuttle guests to New Albany for evening trains. Wakefield Realty of Shelbyville began selling College Heights lots in Corydon, with early sales limited by rain and numerous buyers listed.
The article notes humor ingrained in John Barrymore, son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgia Drew, and nephew of John Drew. It states he joined the screen with Famous Players Film Company and lists notable Paramount pictures including The Dictator The Incorrigible Dukane The Man From Mexico The Red Widow Are You Mason.
Cold wet weather slows corn planting. Sick list includes Mrs Sylvester Markwell and Mrs Yeager with pneumonia and measles. Veterans receive pension checks. Navy enlistment noted as Frank Meyer departs for Fort Thou. Local visits, ball game report, and post offices now recruiting officers.
Mrs. Sophia Crecelius aged about eighty two died at her home in Washington township after a long illness. She is survived by her husband and eight children. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the residence with burial in New Amsterdam cemetery. Mr and Mrs J T McClaran thank neighbors for cyclone relief efforts and Keller Wagon Factory helpers.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines hints for preserving stave silos for prospective buyers. It notes several approaches but favors materials with thorough pressure treatment and cautions avoiding unsuitable coatings or untreated wood to ensure long lasting storage structures.
A. N. Edgerton advises winter mulching of strawberries as essential since plants are semi hardy and prone to frost heave on moist soils. He explains how frozen ground and thaw cycles injure crowns, notes snow cover is unreliable, and suggests straw mulching as supplementary protection with windbreaks like timber or shelterbelts to preserve snow and reduce sun exposure.
Notice asks alumni to pay the present year dues to the treasurer and urges prompt payment. It notes a banquet planned with attendees to be confirmed by May 15th and reports eighty members already on the roll.
Aaron Boggs and Miss Elizabeth Mandelia Feeny will entertain Thursday evening at the Auditorium. The event promises light entertainment and social atmosphere with local audience turnout expected.
A fence wire stretcher with one handed adjustment and a rotating drum on a rectangular iron frame. The curved frame side forms a recess to fit against a lancepost, and a chain anchors the device to the post. A crank turns a toothed drum with a pawl to prevent backward rotation. Wires are clamped for tightening.
A Popular Mechanics note explains a wind drum tool with a side slot chain and a removable crank for ground work. Ohio experiments show acid phosphate does not raise soil acidity and can boost clover yields, with lime showing stronger effects than acid phosphate in five year rotations.
The hot cross bun is tied to ancient legends from Cecrops to Astarte and to Jewish passover cakes and early Christian eucharistic bread. Greeks replaced the horn mark with a cross to divide the bun into four portions. Similar cross marked buns were discovered in Herculaneum ruins.
In a Birmingham Ace-ITerald snippet, a once ambitious Yardle girl who pursued a stage career is revealed to have become the mother of six. Her husband stays home and does not roam at night, contrasting earlier hopes.
Leafiey claims to be busier in years but the others insist his job was easy. The punch line reveals he was fired and now hunts for another position.
Willis asks about the type of school. Gillis calls it very fashionable, a place for developing the mind without using it, noting it as a stylish institution.
A short humorous snippet shows a pickpocket explaining how he learned the craft by watching his mother fish for change in his father's trousers. The quip appears in a light page feature from the Albans Knickerneck er Press.
A succinct adage stating that courage aligns with keeping one’s promises. It reflects a moral tied to personal integrity and reliability across brave behavior. The quote emphasizes fidelity to vows as a defining trait of true bravery.
Rye thrives on acid or poor soils where wheat fails and can be planted later than wheat. It provides early spring pasture and serves well as green manure. These traits make rye a key element in farm economy even when grain yields are lower than wheat.
Pasturing of corn suits semiarid areas as dry soil remains undamaged by animals and little corn is wasted. Stalks are left to prevent snow drifting and soil remains in good condition.
A National Magazine piece describes Rainier Park as a sacred site for Native Americans with mineral springs and views toward Mount Ta from Nisqually glacier and the Nisqually River. It portrays Mount Tacoma as a holy, awe inspiring pillar in the surrounding range.
The New York Times notes that many Turks still count 12 o'clock from sunset, resisting daily clock changes despite official meridian time adopted since 1908. Religious practice and customs slow the shift, with Constantinople and Smyrna as exceptions where meridian time is more common.
In October 1806 at Brighton an eccentric man appeared daily in full green attire and kept a green theme in his home. He ate only green fruits and vegetables and ultimately leaped from a window then tumbled from a cliff top, ending his strange spree.
The Sequoia and General Grant National Parks host 1,166,000 sequoias, with 12,000 over ten feet in diameter. The General Sherman tree, 86.5 feet in diameter and 279.9 feet tall, holds the title of largest by trunk volume, containing about 1,000,000 board feet, equivalent to forty acres of typical Minnesota timberland.
A young investigator questions a father about gossiping at his late office hours. The elder explains gossiping equals lying in plain terms, prompting reflection on truth and rumor within a work setting.
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