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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1902
Page
8
The county sees a surge of seventeen year locusts with many yet to emerge. Reports describe their nocturnal emergence and rapid development on twigs, feeding while above ground, and a life cycle ending after about three weeks before the next brood hatches in seventeen years. Birds and hogs reportedly feed on them, with little damage yet.
Instruction urges correspondents to share all local news without bias toward relatives. Emphasizes reporting news about self and town fairly to boost The Democrat’s local success.
A large crowd of ministers and laymen attended the New Albany District German M E church Conference held at the German M E church in Morgan Township last week. Participants came from Louisville New Albany Jeffersonville Seymour Bedford Terre Haute Vincennes Evansville and Nashville Tennessee. Rev J W Huber of New Albany presided as Presiding Elder. All German M E churches in Southern Indiana were represented.
Boone township commencement will be held at the Methodist church in Laconia on Thursday June 12 1902. Admittance is 10 cents with proceeds supporting church expenses. Tickets are on sale at Crosier's store. Graduates include Claude Boone Zella Funk Claude Steepleton George Brown Love Shields Lewis D Cooper Charles Shields Grace Carroll Harvey Adamson and Arthur Neely.
Henry W. Denbo of Corydon Indiana offers hatching eggs from White Wyandotte ducks scoring 93 to 948 with a 50 cent price per 15 eggs. He is taking prepaid orders for February through May and guarantees first booked orders are filled first.
All delinquent dog tax not paid to the township assessor must be paid to me by June 15. m28-2w WN. HAUSWALD, Trustee. If you want the best twine on the market, buy the Deering at W. H. Bullett & Son's. m21-2
Wm. Conrad attended events in Leavenworth last Friday. Minnie Dawson visits home near Worth. A show is planned for Friday and Saturday nights. Richard Conrad of Princeton visits his uncle M. F. Conrad. M. F. Conrad and family and Miss Sallie Lord traveled to Corydon Thursday. Wash Rothrock and relatives visited near Sharp's Mills this week. Pearl Fella of Addison Kentucky visited grandmother Mrs. John Bloomfelter Thursday. Children's Day is set for the first Sunday morning in June at Fountain and the third Sunday night in June at Blue River Chapel.
New Amsterdam residents J. W. Kendle and Mrs Martha Stoker are on the sick list. An ice cream social is planned for Friday night May 30. J. E. Funk traveled to the Falls Cities on business last week. Mrs G L Montgomery visits relatives in Owensboro Kentucky. Dr S A Laughlin returns after five months away. Mrs Henry Friedley fractured her arm dipping water from a barrel last Saturday. Miss Fannie Kendle returns from Leavenworth after visiting her sister. Pumpkin pie.
Heavy rains damaged hillside fields while locusts appeared in Lowdell. Property transfers include Ollie Henriott selling to Benj Stevens and Benj selling to Abbie Stroud. Ed Leistner moves to Crawford county. Ben Stevens named Supervisor. L. C. Adams plans summer boarders. The Western Horseman offers 1902 subscriptions at reduced price.
Center notes mention a successful Sunday school convention at Rehoboth. Farmers face corn trouble from cutworms. Instructions to hire Jesse Mason for barn whitewashing. Mrs Lizzie Frimhall visited Taylor township. Gertrude and Nancy Browne toured Webster and Franklin townships and attended Bickel church where about twenty children were confirmed. May 18. Onion tops.
Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil touted as life giving and appetite restoring. Claims to lift burden of food and rebuild flesh, with a pleasant taste sample offered. Available at chemists and druggists in multiple sizes.
Mauckport visitors Nell and Julia Miller and others travel from Louisville New Albany Hancock and Hancock residents mingle with town events Orbison Taylor visits from New Albany while Heth township pike completion is announced Mrs Lederman recovers from illness Miss Jessie Rush visits relatives and a fountain of birth class notes and an alumni banquet set for the M E church plus a local medicine endorsement from Plymouth Oklahoma and Crosier's Corner Drug Store
The town reports widespread rainfall with corn planting underway and wheat looking well. Farmers note significant corn field damage from washed hillsides and drowned flats. Reverend S Walls delivered a sermon at Fairview and James G Binkley leads the Sunday school. the next appointment is June 7 due to Concord quarterly meeting. Mr Seymour Dayton visits West Virginia.
Gia Salt Minen in Switzerland reports 348 years of mining at Bex with 25 miles of galleries and annual profits of 75 000 dollars. An English patent medicine firm offers seats to view a coronation procession to buyers who recruit a hundred customers for rheumatism remedy. The Sultan of Turkey is an accomplished pianist training his daughter. five hours daily practice. The tongue heals itself faster than any other body part.
Administrators of John L. Newman deceased announce a public auction under Harrison Circuit Court order at the November term 1901. The real estate sold is Lot 23 in New Middletown Webster township Harrison County Indiana. Terms: one third cash six months and twelve months from sale date with promissory notes and 6 percent interest. Sale begins at New Middletown at 1 PM. May 13 1902.
Notice is given to citizens of Lanesville and Franklin township Indiana that Herman Bower will apply to Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the June 1902 session in Corydon for license to retail and sell intoxicating liquors in a west front room of a one story frame building on Lot 67 Main street Lanesville Franklin township The room 15 by 38 feet with 11 foot ceiling has a glass front door and two doors to a rear and ware room on ground floor May 1902.
A male resident of La conda Harrison county Indiana will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the June 1902 session in Coridon for a license to retail intoxicating liquors in a front room of a one story frame building on Main street La conda. The premises include a barber shop and a wareroom with specific room dimensions and interior visibility noted. The applicant is ADAM H HAUSE.
A male resident of Lanesville seeks a Harrison county license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons at a ground floor room on Main street Lot 6 Franklin township, Corydon session June 1902. Philip L. Hirt signs the notice.
A mother recounts using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to treat her three children after a whooping cough exposure last summer. She claims all stayed stout and healthier than peers, including a three month old baby, and notes the syrup was sold at Crosier's Commercial Drug Store in Springville, Alabama.
Cut worms harvest corn as late rains injure fields. J O Reed and Charles Smith build barns. Pitman family visits Applegates. Ella Tindall home struck by lightning causing damage. Decoration Day set for June 8 by the Tribe of Ben Hur. Modern Woodmen decorate June 15. U B quarterly meetings at Concord June 7 8 elect new trustees.
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