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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1900
Page
8
Wheat looks excellent and melons cover the town as crops show promise. James FE. Greer becomes the new mail driver while J. H W. Kendall expands with millinery stock. Daisy Moyars visits Corydon and Harry Kendall stays with his father. A. B. quarterly meeting set for June 2 and 3. Apples abundant early varieties plentiful while Fall and Winter crops face reductions.
Community chatter lists residents seen visiting relatives and neighbors including Fritz Thumb and Agnes Smith at Katie Harritt’s, Ethel Harritt visiting Mrs Minnie Bud, and the Me Harritt birth of a girl. Harritt family ties feature prominently with multiple mentions of travel, illness improvement and local social calls.
Valley City items report A OD Fleshman back from Florida Abbie and Ella Sauner visited Lavonia Wind and Rook bought a new threshing outfit A complaint about flies in wheat Redden and Abowrer with scan ereet no new harn for Porn Love Various names noted Ezra Hiehardoe Manehport visited W L Water list subs Roseus Pretty injured foot Mrs Mellett and Mrs Oates of Monmouth Marvin McCaety visited Boone township Children’s Day planned at Presbyterian church Sunday June lok Lee Ripperdan praised as a fine prospect Sabbath school social at Women’s Hall Saturday night May ninth All invited to attend
Harmon Brown visited Corydon last week. Farmers praise Frank LaPlant's blacksmithing. Mr and Mrs Win Stewart were in New Albany recently. Quarterly Meeting planned at Rosewood Chapel next Saturday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs T Berry hosted guests from Louisville. George Kron of near Elizabeth visited Mr W Ik. Dallas Frank Brown and Stelle Miller, O V C students, spent Sunday with family. Mr and Mrs A J Thomas of Corydon were guests at D E Miller's home Sunday. Dora Foster of Shively spent weekend with Miss Alive and Miss Varve Miller.
Inter State Tourna ment and Whist Carnival prompts Monon Route to sell tickets to Chicago and return May 30 to June 2 at one and one third fare. Agent F Kalies, New Albany.
Elizabeth Flanagan and family begin a new project while Cleo Flanagan seeks English health care. Mr Deatrick and wife visit New Albany. Mrs Neamer returns from New Albany. Frank Lo Winders and wife fly to New Albany this week. Ed Drillett tours as general agent for a Louisville fertilizer firm. Curtis Reby works on cemetery tombstones. GW Seales and wife attend the 8 S convention at Corydon. Myers McKinney operated for tumor and is dying well. Mrs Collins and son from Louisville visit Mrs G S Cooper. Demand for doctors grows as illness wanes. Tom Robinson travels from Louisville to visit Mike Lemmel. Laura Scales and Bettie Rusk visit Indianapolis as Donor Ladies representatives.
White Cloud residents and visitors gather at Wash Rothrock’s Friday as Miss Idaho Sibert rests in Corydon while John Welker of Rumsey preaches at Fountain. Bee Wiseman returns from Leavenworth school and Lou Hughes hosts Cor da’s 2th birthday surprise party with many attendees. The Harve Windell horse will season 1900 at Reed Sharp’s barn near Corydon.
Recorder H W Denno lists transfers including Edward M Kelly to Mary E Dick eight acres for 10 dollars and Francis Thevenot to J H Thevenot ninety acres for 700 dollars along with many other deeds and prices across Corydon New Amsterdam Depauw Palmyra and surrounding parcels with various buyers sellers and parcel descriptions.
A market list shows eggs butter ham and bacon prices for Louisville and surrounding areas with beans flour wheat corn oats shipstuff hay and cattle hogs and calves per various weights. An insurance pitch for fire cyclone and lightning coverage urges readers to contact H A Miller in Corydon Indiana.
A. Hopkins & Co. advertise raw bone bone and potash products, Hopkins phosphate and Wheat Corn Grower formulas sold by Lawrence Garing Corydon Indiana Andrew Ebert Elizabeth Henry Richert Alan W S Watson Mauckport D S Stoker New Amsterdam B F Merk Rosewood John Cunningham Evans Landing John T Ashton Laconia J B Stewart General Agent.
Hardin Thompson of New Amsterdam Harrison county Indiana will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners on the first Monday of June 1900 for a license to retail spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a one story frame building on lot No 8 Green street New Amsterdam two windows and a front door with a confectionery privilege in the same room The building measures 18 by 80 feet and has a 1 foot ceiling The notice is for both liquor licensing and confectionery privileges and is dated May 33
George Fulner, a male over twenty one, applies to Harrison County Board of Commissioners Corydon on the first Monday of June 1400 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in Bridgeport Posey township. He seeks to sell spirituous visous malt and other liquors in quantities under five gallons to be consumed on the premises in the northeast lower room of a two story frame building on lot 66 on Bridge street.
A male resident over twenty one applies to Harrison county Board of Champions for a license to retail intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons for on premise consumption. The premises are the lower west room of a building on Lot 67 facing Main street in Lanesville Franklin township Harrison county Indiana.
Front room of a one story frame building on lot number six facing Main street in Lanesville town Franklin township Harrison county Indiana.
Estimates for supplies for the County Poor Asylum for the period June 1 to September 1 will be on file in the auditor's office on and after June 4 1900. Bids to be filed and opened on Tuesday June 5 1900 at 10 o clock A M. James A Watson Auditor Harrison County May 16 1900.
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