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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1906
Page
7
The Corydon item list notes eggs wanted at C M Millers and enamel and tinware going at cost. Miss Stella Caughlin visits Louisville. several residents travel to New Albany and Louisville. A 99 acre farm for rent. a Nice new cottage for sale at 2500. the Corydon Cannery ships tomatoes and apples. Local society, church events, and business moves saturate the page with names.
Elmer Davis & Co advertise hog market and rocker sales while J L Rowe Brick Block promotes cement and furniture. Dan Applegate takes charge of Tabler notes and Gen Gwartney lists farms and town property for sale. Mrs Johnson buys Miona tablets and the Buffalo Christian church convention draws attendees.
Community tidbits include furniture ads from J L Rowe and prices for Oak folding hen, health notes on Aunt Mary Plrimmer and Miss Lizzie illness, Dr Lyman Fleshman selling Mauckport drug store, and local travels by Douglas Cunningham and Ruth Windell. Also reports on skating rink schedule, school and church events, a blind musician Sankey, and a typhoid death tied to a Galveston engineer case.
In Bridgeport and nearby towns residents report a late potato crop outlook. Social notes list visits by Ning Bowman, James Watson, and others, with several families traveling to Kentucky for sales and gatherings. Two killings reported across the river in Kentucky last week, one involving a white victim.
Local residents share a patchwork of social visits travel plans and brief events. Names include McRae Ferree Hurst Radwaker Shields Summers Dean and others with happenings at churches schools and homes across Corydou Rosewood West Point and Evans Dandie. The first snow appeared October 10 and students from West Point School visited Indiana hills for a day trip.
Huddletown Mrs John Walter fractured arm after a fall on Thursday. Miss Clara Hauswald opened her school at No 11 last Monday. Wayne Smith recovering from typhoid fever. Conrad Smithhenry of St Mary Illinois visiting relatives this week. Mrs Caroline Dell and Mrs Mary Ailer of Louisville visiting John Walter family. Miss Nellie Bell returned home near Sharps Mills after visiting aunt Mrs Henry Grable. Mr Charles Rumley and Miss Tena Walter of Flat Woods guests of Misses Gertrude and Lilly Gleitz. Mrs Rose Goss and four children of White County visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Shuman. Mrs Molly Hauswald went to Falls Cities visiting families of Mrs Ella Emma Welmer and Mrs Minnie Vinvard.
Celebrated stallion Electioneer will stand for the fall season of 106 at the signer’s stable. Fee set at $800 to insure a living foal. Located in New Middletown, John S. Itc.
Miss Katie Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Uessler, wed Mr. Oscar V. Foster at the Uessler home in Webster Township on Saturday October 13 at 6 o clock. Rev W W Moore officiated with Miss Pearl Tranam at the organ. Forty guests attended the reception and many presents were given as relatives and friends offered best wishes for happiness and prosperity.
Friends and neighbors gathered on a Sunday in Jackson township to celebrate the forty-ninth birthday of Mr. John Denhart. About 105 guests attended with filled baskets and a bountiful dinner, sharing gifts including a rocking chair, and offering wishes for many more happy years.
In Loving Remembrance of George Schmetzer the 19 year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Schmetzer died September 12 of typhoid fever. He was a Christian and Ev Lutheran Church member. Funeral held September 23 conducted by Rev C Schleicher with burial beside the church.
Charles Gehlbach, about 35, died at his home in southern Franklin township yesterday morning of typhoid fever after a nine day illness. He leaves a wife and one child. funeral today, burial at Pfrimmer's Chapel. Also notes the infant of Mr and Mrs Henry Day buried at Pfrimmer's Chapel. Real estate sales and a lost piano truck are mentioned, plus local business notices.
The notice promotes deep discount subscriptions and services from a publishing house, offering reduced rates on Daily Weekly and Amvinity publications, and a package deal including papers and periodicals. It urges readers to contact Enquirer Company for winter title agency work and veterinary aids for horses.
Marshal Lewis issued warrants from A L Reynolds Town Clerk against Clar ence Smith for selling intoxicating liquor without a license. Smith escaped from the Town Clerk’s office after being arrested, having opened a north side resort about a week earlier and allegedly selling liquor. Citizens oppose blind tiger activity and demand strict penalties for violators.
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