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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1915
Page
7
Corydon area news covers visits by residents to Louisville and Indianapolis, farm and hardware ads, and upcoming Pleasant Ridge Children’s Day. Mage notes include Mrs J W Ayers visiting relatives, Dr Smoots family illness, and Griff Miller attending the I O O F Grand Lodge in Indianapolis.
Mrs. Lan Sprinkle and son visit Crandall relatives while E Z Bake flour at J F Pinaires February 10 11. Miss Maud Gresham visits New Albany mother Mrs Geo C Gresham. Chris Keller family near Corydon hosts relatives in Louisville. Frank Bullett family head to Valparaiso for schooling. Various figures attend court and society events with leaders from Harrison and Washington counties. The D A R and Cedar Hill Cemetery group purchase shelter tent for burials. Conrad and Son Piano Co promotes own sales and represents no other factories.
Small town items report Eli Shields in Laconia and visits between Boone and Crandall residents. Danner plans prospecting in Arkansas. sale ads offer half price refrigerators. Krogman case set for English trial again. prior trials awarded large verdicts then overturned. Local travels, family visits, and civic updates fill the page.
A digest of residents and visitors including A D Fleshman and Major W Funk on city business, numerous travels to Louisville and New Albany, farm activity after rain, funerals for Blacius Ball and Mrs Lydia Deen, and ads for Kost Becker paint and Buckeye cultivators. Mentions of Roy Fulkerson and George Ray in regional affairs.
The Dixie Highway commission met in Chattanooga and agreed on a Chicago to Florida corridor via Indiana towns including Momence Watseka Howlestown Danville Ulm0ir Covington Crawfordsville Indianapolis Martinsville Bloomington Bedford Paoli Fredericksburg Palmyra New Albany and Corydon. The historic drive from Corydon toward New Albany and the Wyandotte Cave is highlighted as a potential link.
A two page supplement notes visits by Mr and Mrs Will Judd of Fort Dodge county to Ms C V Shuck, repairs offered for towing binders by Rost Becker Boone Wiseman old stand, delinquent taxes in Morgan township due, Oswell Mastin trustee Robt Bruce near Corydon injured in a horse accident, Barkoerms family returning to the county, a child injures a finger in Jackson township, and a Saturday school lot event in New Amsterdam hosted by the M Club.
Rainy spell recounted as community news lists visits by residents to Corydon and neighboring areas. Mentions Oscar Lewis birth, several local visits to Corydon, and updates on farms, property, and people including the Elbert and Ekart households.
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