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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1905
Page
5
Community announcements and shop promotions from Keller's Riely Drug Store and local merchants fill the Corydon page. Items include sales on bed spreads, lawns, mercerized fabrics, and hints of new stock for binders, wagons, and tobacco goods alongside brief notices of residents visiting Louisville and others returning home.
The G A R Post agrees to decorate on May 30 at 1 P M starting from the courthouse with memorial remarks by Elder Grimes May 28. Comrades meet at 10 30 A M at the courthouse to march to Christian church. Addresses by T J Wilson and Comrade Schoeple at 1 P M.
Decoration services will be held at Elizabeth on May 30 under G A R Post 319 auspices with I O O F and Ladies of Honor. Rev J D Current to speak for G A R and I O O F at 1 pm. Daughters of Rebecca to present a speaker at 10 am. Church services start 9 am at M I church with vocal music, bands if available. Afternoon cemetery services. March from church led by orders. Bring baskets for a respectful, large gathering to honor fallen comrades and deceased brothers and sisters.
John E. Green of Scott township sent to Evansville for bloodhounds after his barn burned last Thursday night. The dogs arrived Saturday and followed a trail west to a stream of water where the scent was lost.
During March and April 1020 affidavits were filed in the county Auditor's office to exempt mortgages from taxation. The total mortgage exemption amount is 526790 dollars. Exemptions apply to mortgages not exceeding 700 dollars, limited to half the assessed value of the mortgaged real estate.
A Rivers and Harbors committee toured the Ohio River corridor yesterday from Louisville to Evansville to assess dredging needs. High water hindered their ability to observe conditions, with Judge Zeuer guiding the delegation.
Misses Laura and Callie Ferree visit relatives in Louisville while Miss Mary Donahue of Louisville visits Mr J H Ferree. Miss Minnie Thompson returns home to Louisville after visiting here. Elbert and Ethel Babcock are noted. Mr Ford Ferree improves. Heavy rains last week damage local crops.
Lettie Bickel visited home folks Saturday. Mrs Daisy Chappel visited the Eli Mathes family last week. Miss Retta Engleman and Lettie Bickel of Corydon were guests of Elizabeth and Martha Mathes Sunday. Leander Bottles has moved to a farm nearby. Joseph Gilmore sold a load of hogs. People are talking about telephones currently in use.
Obituary tribute dated April 1 1905 for Gilbreth Wilson after a 77 year 8 month 18 day life. The deceased endured suffering yet offered prayers to death and joy in making others happy. Burial remarks honor his kindness and promise reunion in Heaven. Survived by two sons six daughters grandchildren and many friends.
J E Stearns of Belle Plaine Minnesota describes a friend with a hand injury swollen as blood poisoning. Bucklein’s Arnica Salve is said to draw out poison heal the wound and save his life. Also notes Hoosier double corn drills from V H Bruner & Son.
A Jeffersonville marriage between William R. Mendall and Miss Mayme Bernhart is disputed by Mendall who denies the ceremony and claims a college mate staged the report as a joke. Official records show a license issued, with claims of family humiliation and threats amid telegrams arriving in Jeffersonville.
Mrs Susan Stonecipher widow of Daniel Stonecipher died yesterday at her son David P Stonecipher's home five miles south of Corydon. She was stricken with paralysis Sunday and was 84 years old. She leaves two children David P Stonecipher and Mrs Mary Crecelius. A longtime member of the U B church she lived a Christian life. Funeral from Shiloh at 10 30 today with burial in Jordan graveyard.
Obituary notices report the death of six month old Ruby Ray Cunningham after eight weeks of illness in 1905, with mourning expressed by her parents John and Nora Cunningham. The column also notes social visits, license proceedings, lodge activities, animal cruelty concerns, and local weekend events.
Olive Thompson died May 10 1905 aged 4 years 4 months and 23 days. She was a member of the A B Sunday School and known for her brightness. She leaves a father mother and many relatives. Funeral by Rev Lasley at New Amsterdam Cemetery. U B S S committee noted.
The court mourns the death of brother Nathan G Horner and commends his Christian example to members, family, and friends. It notes Horner as a faithful husband and loving father and hopes to meet him in the grand Courton High in heaven.
Heavy rains wash out planted crops and threaten wheat, potatoes or weeds. Snyder wife of Geo. Snyder dies and is buried at Mt. Zion. G A R and I O O F plan decoration at Mauckport May 30. Kate Beanblossom attends Indianapolis as a delegate. Rebekah Lodge I C O F holds Grand Assembly in Mauckport on the 15th.
The Danville student body reports spring term moods and updates. Baseball leads activities with C H Kintner as leader. Willard Windell will visit home at term end while Lang and Walk recover from illness. Bopp and Graves plan Illinois trip. Kinter family visits Plainfield. Prof Dunlany announces county institute lectures next fall.
The text lists delegates to the Grand Lodge I O O F meeting in Indianapolis including Stewart Breeden Corydon Lodge Isaac Hilderbrohn and John J Cline Elizabeth Eli Shields and John T Ashton La conia Alfred Krausgrille and Huldah Crosby New Salisbury James Wise Mauckport Sam Allen New Amsterdam Thompson B Brown and Lou B Greer.
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