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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1911
Page
5
Local notes report a busy Corydon district with residents traveling to Richmond Indiana on business, a large crowd attending social gatherings, and various small incidents. Names include J C Bartlett Son Oscar Meyer Cedar Farm and Miss Abie Pitman plus Rev Schoonover and John Rockefeller mentioned in passing.
Saturday and Sunday visits mark a busy local week with chaperoned trips, family arrivals, and alumni events. court sessions, church talks, and school notices fill the town page along with ads and listings from local merchants.
Local notices cover travel plans and family visits from Albion to De Witt Ark. Corydon residents discuss housing sales, fencing, and library move. Court sessions next week on chicken theft case. county officials attend meetings and celebrate graduates.
Mrs. Lee Wolfe of Elizabeth visits Dr. and Mrs. I. L. Neely. J. J. Bullett & Son promote lawn mowers. Three hundred bushels of corn for sale by Connado Windish of Eureka. Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Coombs visit relatives in this county. Rev. M. A. Cossaboor to preach in New Albany. Robt. Simpson attends Columbus convention. Dr. C. L. Stevens improving after cart accident. Daisy Caldwell to stay two weeks with Miss L. Reagan. Stone shows and buggy harness offered by Geo. B. Wahlmy n. Pete to wed in Dayton, Ohio on June 7. Health officials attend state meeting in Indianapolis. Grandchild Henry Patrick Griffin celebrated. Ex-county Commissioner Thomas H. Smith renews Democrat subscription. Miss Margaret Prage treats third graders to a Sulphur Well picnic. Lincoln High School commencement program received. Dr. J. W. Summers to speak May 25. Cream separators and related goods advertised by George L. Wahl.
Ferree of Boone township visits the office as his Jefferson County Court case in Louisville seeks $10000 in damages for injuries when a railroad gate closed on him and Hiram Kelley as they crossed the tracks. Kelley also has a damages suit for injuries from the same incident.
Notice invites inquiries about a cow pasture in Corydon referenced by V. H. Bulleit. The terse item notes contact through the cited party for details.
An agricultural equipment notice lists Malta pivot axles for the Oliver pivot dungue cultivator offered by VLU Bulleit and sons. The item appears in a local trade context with a placeholder figure 1.2.
Marriage licenses recorded for Jones Douglass Carr to Certide May Byrne and Theo Russell Bell to Lillie M Nolat. Walter Lising to Mieda Brinley noted with amendments possible to follow. Vol Mevett & Sons 10-2.
A memorial service is announced for Gold Fellows at Crest Lodge 1.0 BL hall on Unis Place Sunday May 21 at 2 PM. The program will include short papers and talks and invites public attendance. A unrelated note mentions availability of corn drills from Very Sullest Sons.
The John T. Benson Post No 527 holds Decoration exercises at Primimer's Charge and Flanesville on May 00 morning and afternoon. A memorial address will be given at the M ol church in Flanesville by Rev J Jeffrey of New Albany.
For sale at once eighty acres in Spencer township located one half mile east of Fountain church and one and one half miles northeast of White Cloud. Information address is provided.
Music pupils Sithel Russell Daisy Wolfe Daisy Taylor Mdna Scary Mae Brown Ruth Luckett Cuoselia Rothrock Alice Shuck Ruth Shock Blanch Sharp and Veari Sharp performed at a home recital hosted by Miss Nettie Briffett last Thursday evening. Refreshments followed and four pleasant evenings were spent. The pupils acquitted themselves well.
A list of subscription rates shows Democrat and various newspapers with yearly prices. Entries include Courier Journal daily, Weekly Courier Journal, Daily Louisville Herald, Louisville Times, Louisville Post, Indiana Farmer, and Indianapolis News with amounts ranging around 1.50 to 5.00, plus a missing value.
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