McGuffey’s Eight Drawer Table Origin Story
Rev J Ed Marr recounts Joseph McGuffey the Oxford Ohio educator who built an octagonal desk with eight drawers labeled 1 through 8 He cut out suitable passages and dropped them into drawers to compile the McGuffey Readers The table remains in Oxford inviting visitors to inspect it Also a small notice advertises for sale little red clover baled at JACOB FAWVER & SON Corydon M-14-tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuffey
J. Ed. Murr
Princeton
Joseph McGuffey
L. M. O'Bannon
Oxford
Ohio
Local families host visits and a serious injury at school closing
A long list of visits connects New Middletown and nearby towns as families host relatives from Corydon and Kansas. A serious farm mishap left Marlon and Lamar Duggins injured, with Marlon’s two ribs and a lung harmed, while Doctor Sonne and Guy Nye aided. The community marked the last day of school with Victrola music and talks by teachers and locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ie Otto Rowe
Kenneth Lamar
Chas. Wolfe
New Middletown
B. F. Smith
Opal Daley
Sallie Backherms
Andy Hardsow
Frank
Valley City
Stephen Dannacher
Clara Lee Montgomery
Near Central
Clara Nettye Seipel
Norval Yeager
Near Mauckport
Burrel Seipel
Dan Griffin
Corydon
Berg
Laconia
C. H. Youngblood
Howard
Anna Marie
Henry McKim
Straude Ekart
Charlotte Wright
Flatwoods
Dee Duggins
Mary and
Clara Leibert
Rehoboth
Mary Crosier
Mary Leibert
Ann Crosier
Marlon
Roy Duggins
Ralph
Menifee
Lamar
Sonne
Guy Nye
Ben Saffer
New Albany
Jode Ekart
Maurice Brown
Kansas
Chas. Brown
Jack Bickel
Gilbert Smith
Vogt
John Seipel
Montgomery Duggins
Mr. Wolfe
Miss Bickel
Local Auto Service Cuts Costs with Round-the-Clock Help
A small overhead reduction lowers car service prices for all owners with day and night availability. Next Red Mill Corydon Service Garage, A-11-11, under L. A. Abeasor, proprietor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Mill Corydon
L. A. Abeasor
Ben Hur Leader Crushed in Hotel Elevator Mishap
Dr. R H Gerard of Crawfordsville supreme chief of the Tribe of Ben Hur sustained severe injuries when an elevator shot upward at a Terre Haute hotel. He was crushed against the top floor roof, rushed to a hospital, and expected to prove fatal. Gerard was attending a state Ben Hur convention and on the way to Chicago when the accident occurred.
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R. H. Gerard
Crawfordsville
Tribe of
Ben Hvr
Terre Haute
Gerard
Ben Hur
Chicago
Religious Service at Getz School House
A religious service will be held at Getz school house four miles south of Corydon at 7 30 P M on Monday May 27 An able speaker from Louisville will speak.
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Getz School
Getz School House
Corydon
Louisville
Road Trial Takes Week in Circuit Court
A long and heated road dispute in Taylor township near Rosewood went through an entire week in the circuit court. Clarence and Harris Colvin, sued as defendants, resisted a proposed public highway across their Ohio river bottom lands claiming three other roads already cross their farms. The jury initially split eight to four for the defendants after deliberating late Saturday, and could not agree. If no settlement occurs, a new trial will be necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Harris Colvin
Rosewood
Ohio River
Taylor Township
Circuit Court
Board of Commissioners
James W. Fortune
Jeffersonville
C. Blaine Hays
James RB. Brewster
Clyde R. Lottick
Sam P. Vogt
John Weathers
New Albany
Frank Cunningham
Kirkham & O'’Bannon
Agents Wanted for Watkins Company in Corydon
The J. R. Watkins Company seeks a male or female agent in Corydon. Watkins Products are well known and salespeople earn substantial incomes. Send for full particulars and free samples by writing The J. R. Watkins Company Dept. 88 Columbus Ohio M-2-5-w.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Watkins Company
Corydon
Watkins
Dept
Columbus
O. M
Salvation Army aiding town cuts taxes and saves lives
A local appeal highlights the Salvation Army’s work with unwed mothers and ex convicts in Jeffersonville and Corydon Indiana. It argues the program reduces tax costs by rehabilitating people and lowering crime, urging strong support in the May 14 to 21 drive. It also lists a for sale notice for a sow and six pigs in Corydon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Notice to Oak Grove Cemetery Owners on Delinquent Assessments
The Oak Grove Cemetery Committee warns all lot owners and relatives buried there that unless care assessments are paid by May 22 1922 their lots will not be maintained before Memorial Day May 30 and delinquents will miss attention during the year. This is the last notice.
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Oak Grove Cemetery
Miss Elvira Dobson Dies at County Farm
Miss Elvira Dobson died Sunday night at the County Farm south of Corydon. Her remains were taken to Elizabeth and lay at the home of Mrs. Martha B. Deatrick until yesterday afternoon. Funeral services and burial were at Glenwood yesterday afternoon. She was about seventy and had no relatives, only nieces and nephews, with no home or caregiver before three years at the county farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira Dobson
Corydon
Elizabeth
Martha B. Deatrick
Glenwood
Frank Redden Freed After Bond For September Court
Frank Redden, held on a bigamy and child desertion charge, posted bond in district court last Monday for his September term appearance and was released from jail. The week also brought several cool nights.
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Frank Redden
Corydon Public School Functions Week of Closing Exercises
Corydon schedules a week of school events from May 18 to May 26 including Junior Senior picnic baccalaureate sermon senior class and eighth grade exercises alumni banquet high school commencement and colored school commencement. Twenty four high school graduates and twenty five eighth grade promotions listed along with future publication of some programs.
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Corydon
J. G. Moore
M. B
W. H. Wiley
Vincennes
Geo. Brown
Louisville
Democrat
Phyllis Conrad
Cathlene Denbo
Dorothy Daley
Kathleen Fleshman
Crosby Flock
Marjorie Gailey
Beatrice Goode
Clifford Hurst
Katherine Jones
Ruth Jordan
Katherine Keller
Carl Kintner
Vivian Lang
Lynn Miller
George Mossler
Lillian O’bannon
Sara O'Connor
Wilson Roberts
Clarence Scharf
Esther Snyder
Alfred Stepro
Garret Stevens
Alda Swan
Elma Winninger
New Middletown Milling Company Ad
Home made mill feeds cotton seed meal tankage corn oats dairy and chick feeds offered by New Middletown Milling Company dated March 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Middletown Milling Company
Depauw Community News Highlights
Palmyra H. S. senior play set for Thursday night with parade at 7 30 and show at 8 00 led by John Deer and Chief Smoke. Wanda Gurtz last day of school featured a student program and surprise dinner. Russell Howerton recovering from quinsey after returning from Detroit. Many locals have left for work in New Albany and nearby towns. Bazaar at M E church basement a success with Frank Steph auctioning leftovers free of charge to aid the Ladies Aid. Sidney Seacat improving but bedridden five weeks. Briscoe couple enjoyed a Billie Sunday sermon trip. Corydon cannery shutdown prompts Depauw growers to contract with New Albany Canning at same price. Frost and ice damaged crops with 1 8 inch ice observed Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra H. S
John Deer
Chief Smoke
Wanda Gurtz
Russell Howerton
Detroit
New Albany
John Walker
Bernard Simon
Claude Sonner
Knoeful Bergman
Wm. Williams
Robert Gurtz
Armon Pate
Carlton Briscoe
P. S
M. E
Frank Steph
Steph
Sidney Seacat
S. T. Briscoe
Billie
Corydon Cannery
Depauw
New Albany Canning Company
C. W. Smith
Jack Frost
Wey
Family Visits and Local News From Connersville Ind
Rev and Mrs Clarence Davis of Connersville Ind spent the past week with her parents Mr and Mrs James Days. Children remain for an indefinite visit. Mrs Al Housel suffers with a facial neck condition resembling shingles. Several relatives from Depauw Fredericksburg and New Albany visited the Davi s family and True Davis accompanied them home. Ed Adam family visited near Blue River Sunday. Ella Hickman visits her aunt Mrs James L Davis. Harry Bye of Milltown spent Thursday with his mother Mrs Martha McPheeters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Davis
Lowell
Margaret
Connersville
Ind
James
al Housel
Dan R. Davis
Loretta
Loran Briscoe
Depauw
Mary Wilcox
Fredericksburg
R. F. Davis
Miss True
Ed Adam
Blue River
Ella Hickman
James L. Davis
Roy Routh
Alex Brock
Paoli
Harry Bye
Milltown
Martha McPheeters
Notice to road contractors Harrison County Indiana 1923
The Harrison County Board of Commissioners Corydon Indiana invites sealed bids for the James Bird Road improvement in Blue River and Spencer townships. Work includes grading draining and stone paving with plans on file. Bids due June 5 1923 at 2 PM bond required equal to double bid and performance conditioned for faithful completion.
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State of Indiana
Harrison County
Board of Commissioners
Court House
Corydon
Indiana
Blue River
Spencer Townships
James Bird
the Auditor
Veid
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Rev. J. ED. Murr
Uay
Jacob Fawver & Son
Dogwood
THE
James H. Doll
Eureka
Corydon Public School
Dodge Brothers
Dodge Brothers’ Engineers
Dodge Brothera
C. H. Buchanan
Ramsey
Boards of Com
Harrison Co
United States
F. Raake & Son
Bradford
T. J. Hudson
Thos. Robson
J. J. Zollman
Lanesville
R. Beaublossom
Mauckport
Martin Huff & Co
Palmyra
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