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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
2
The Corydon Democrat, weekly since 1856, serves Corydon Indiana with a 5400 circulation. Editor Lew L. O Bann on. Post office entry as second class matter. Subscription options and advertising rates listed, including display ads at five cents per line and reader rates. Special standing ads discounted for long runs.
Notices in the paper announce church 580 dials and entertainments with charged admission for profit. A special rate of 2 cents per line applies to obituaries up to twenty lines. Each line counts six words. Payments by money or stamp.
A brief note debates teachers' licenses and the perceived severity of measures. It questions whether the sanctions were apt and whether the official action matched intent.
Memorial Day tribute praises Abraham Lincoln as Honest Old Abe with lines honoring his rise from humble beginnings to the presidency and martyrdom. The piece blends affectionate verse with scattered clipped notes and local tidbits, mentioning editor toil and various stray local items and names.
The article describes a rail mill turning glowing ingots into rails. In transfer cars the ingots move along a table of rollers through four stands and a three high mill, shrinking the bloom to about eight inches square and forty feet long before final shaping into rails. It also notes a funeral for Margaret Eleanor Houston born February 26 and died May 18, detailing family survivors and service.
John Benson Post Neo 27 GN Lanesville Indiana will hold its annual decoration services at Lanesville M E Church on May 30 with invited participants from Lanesville Canado Lot Ml WL OAL and the Lanesville Sunday school. Speakers have been selected and services will be held at Priminer’s chapel and Lewesville. All are invited to attend and bring flowers. veterans and families are especially urged to join by order of the post.
Webster township and New Middletown in Harrison County Indiana receive notice that Julius E. Hedges, a male resident over 21 and a qualified voter, will apply at the June Term 1914 to the Board of County Commissioners for a one year renewal to sell intoxicating liquors for on premise consumption at a first floor room in a one story frame building on Main Street New Middletown. The precise room dimensions and location are detailed.
The administrator of Martha J. Lotusbuttamn deceased announces sale of real estate in Harrison County Indiana by order of Harrison Circuit Court. Property begins at a point on the northwest quarter section 11 township 9 range 3 east with specific bounds and lines described. Sale requires at least one third cash, balance on terms, with two percent interest and court-provided protections.
The speaker advertises churns as essential for Harrison County residents. They claim top quality products and readiness to supply many in Corydon Indiana from the Martin Hotel with agent Phil Lynch at m-10-5w.
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