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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
5
Long column of small-town items including births and marriages, visits, travel plans, legal notices, farm ads, a tax deadline warning, divorce docket count, business offers, and family movements across Floyd and neighboring counties with many named individuals and places.
James Dean of Henryville Indiana, a popular traveling man, was in Corydon Wednesday. Local ads note fertilizer orders from Globe Hopkins and Daybreak. Mrs J Prage Elizabeth Har Co advertises a 16 hp engine and saw mill. Community notices include visits, livestock shipments, and school staffing updates.
Local notices list Shucks Bakery offering coffee cakes rolls buns and doughnuts. The column also reports visits and moves in Corydon Indiana including families, students, and business activities across town.
A secretly planned reception was held last Tuesday by United Brethren members for Rev and Mrs W F Snyder who recently HQ located here from Qodon Indiana. Ice cream and cake were served and guests left substantial tokens of friendship and goodwill.
JoE T. McCLARAN of Corydon Indiana urges customers to submit fruit tree requests or call Eureka to receive best prices and reliable delivery to most county points. Time is near for fall delivery and personal attention is promised.
Angele Sam to hold a November examination for postal clerks and letter carriers in Corydon and nationwide. About 50,000 appointments expected this year. Applicants must be 18 or older. government positions offer good pay and full paid vacation. Bureau of Instruction promises quick prep. Write 560 Hamlin Building Rochester NY for details.
At the Presbyterian Church a Thursday evening musicale wowed a large appreciative Corydon audience. Louisville's Mr. Parsons and pupils Mrs. Geo. W. Applegate Jr. John Sample and Miss Ewald shared two part program, concluding with In a Persian Garden. Proceeds benefit the church.
Mamie Arzela King wife of Dr W M King died at their home in Oklahoma City Oklahoma on October 2 1909 at age forty nine Her remains were taken to Brockville Illinois for burial Dr King formerly lived near Kings Cave four miles east of Corydon He was a nephew of J F M Bruce The obituary notes she married April 16 1899 at Rosehill NL and leaves one child Nathan Scovell King who died young The couple were lifelong Methodists and she was noted for bright literary attainments and devoted companionship to her husband.
Cyrus B. Lewis is announced as a candidate for Marshal of Corydon. Robert H. Loos, representing Terre Haute Development Co., notes rich oil and gas beneath Corydon. Miss Fisie Leitch visited relatives in Louisville on Friday and Saturday.
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