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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1905
Page
5
Obituary notes mark the death of Sir Henry Irving. Society reports include Miss Rose Davis leaving for Greencastle and Deitrick planning a Spokane move. Various locals travel, hunt, or attend events while political primaries and anti-saloon activities unfold in Crawford and English counties.
Local interest swells as sheet music and new pianos go on display at Conrad's Music Store. Abe Williams reports from Byrev ille while farms near Corrdon attract buyers and pecan crops promise bounties this season.
Capt Martin V Fullenlove of New Albany is reported very ill. Chas M Wheat buys the old Wheat farm NE of town for 520,000. Arthur Russell buys A G Ward property on West Chestnut St for 1500. Miss Maggie Richard returns from Corona Mo to teach locally. Mrs W W Admire of Philadelphia visits her sister Mrs Alen. Cliff Frank and wife return to York Neb. James Thornton near Edwardsville harvests ten acres at 110 bushels per acre. Frank Miner, 42, killed by Jeffersonville streetcar. Two interurban collisions in New Albany injuring four. Major Wm V Grose bedridden with inflammatory rheumatism. Clarence Bullett joins Louisville Herald staff. Frank Miller killed by electric car. Charles Pennett detained. Justice Morris marries Joseph King to Ambrosia Guest and James P Conrad to Mary A Roberts. For sale registered short horn bull, three years old, Jasper M Lemmon Rehoboth Ind. M E Sunday School observes Rally Day with songs recitations speeches. Mrs Emily Falkersonn dies aged 71. buried at Mutuican. Josiah Littell and Henry C Smith return from two weeks in Southwest. Mrs Thomas Crecelins and Kansas children accompany home. Bloomington Indiana University scaffolding collapse injures six. Ad for Starr pianos from Conrap & Son Music Co. House v McWilliams damages suit settled for 400. Normal College property sale notices spark questions over Hallett’s interest. trustees deny any saleable interest.
Attorney for owner advertises a 330 acre farm seven miles east of Corydon on the New Albany pike. One hundred acres are timbered with a two story house and a good barn. Price under twenty dollars per acre if sold within ten days, terms one half cash and remainder mortgage at four percent interest.
An early ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for all surface cancers and presents a testimonial of a lip cancer healed after years of affliction. It also guarantees remedies for cuts and burns with a 25 cent price at L A Riely & Son's drug store, October.
Angry readers vent about broken wood subscription promises and prolonged freezing conditions. Frustration mounts as delivery delays leave residents short of fuel and warmth amid harsh weather.
Mrs Pearl Hoskins former wife of Col J Hoskins manager of the White Sulphur Springs in Crawford county came to grief after fleeing last summer with a line repair worker. She returned to find her former husband estranged and was denied access to her children. She attempted suicide with laudanum but was prevented by Col Hoskins and then moved to English where she remains in sorrow and penance.
Grace Russell reported well as Mrs Zettie Sands improves. Joe Hause of New Albany visits Lee Timberlake’s family while hindered by crutches. Prof Tom Bartley begins duties as Laconia principal as the elementary room delays. Mrs Anna Hays stays with Mrs B F Smith at Dogwood and C G Boone plans 90 acres of wheat. Reverend Radcliffe of Salem to visit Union Chapel October 21 22.
Farmers near done sowing wheat. Miss Lizzie Pinaire visits Crawford county. Kenneth Rothrock teaches at the local school. Henry Peters and Thad Seacat led services near Fredericksburg. Miss Min Davis visits her sister near Moberly. Shadow Social planned at Haas’s school house Friday night Oct 20. Eugene Verina on the sick list. Mrs. Cora Patterson and daughter visit from Milltown.
Core husking has begun in McLean Illinois with a crop better than in years. Farmers prepare to sow as the Chicago and Alton Railroad builds a double track from Bloomington to Springfield. Local residents include Charles McCurchan Walter Littell Amzi Feller and Irwin Applegate.
Corydon traveled to Sellersburg and defeated a star team 11 to 5. Charley Funk and Loraine Bullett scored touchdowns, Frank Newland added the extra point, and the following lineup included Harry Funk Charles Funk Eugene Bullett Lorraine Bullett Frank Newland Joseph Watson James Tabler Emmett Deane Harry Caughlin Gilbert Rosenbarger and Tipton Neely.
A reader writes to the editor praising the Pacific coast climate and sand beach evenings. The writer says they may not return to Indiana, enjoys the Democrat as a welcome visitor, and asks the editor to send more issues. R.A. Dear kies signs off from Long Beach California.
An ice cream supper and social will be held at No 20 school house near Shiloh on Thursday night October 19 to benefit the school. Ice cream will be served in the school house. Everyone is invited.
A U S bulletin notes many feeds suitable for horses beyond hay and oats. Cowpea hay proves valuable and, with corn and cob meal, forms a working ration. corn silage outperforms other feeds for horses and mules. Stover offers a winter hay substitute with high yield and low cost.
A Farmers Advocate item prescribes a home remedy: mix wood charcoal sulphur sodium chloride sodium bicarbonate sodium hyposulphite sodium sulphate antimony sulphide into a fine powder and give a large tablespoonful per 200 pounds of hog weight once daily with food. Exposed hogs should receive rations to keep bowels free.
The piece discusses feeding waste sugar products with molasses to improve weight and appearance in animals, noting palatability as a key factor. It recommends Dorking as a versatile light-soil breed and highlights Leghorn as unrivaled for laying on light, well-drained soil, with Minorcas praised for efficiency in confined spaces.
The piece urges thorough cleaning of pans and cans before dairy work. Rinse with cold water, scald with hot water, scrub with clean vessels, then rinse again and dry in sun if possible. Avoid rusty or rough containers to prevent germs and bacteria harborage.
Cor. Farmer's Voice argues sheep yield high profit when feed costs are charged, with sheep offering the best pound for pound returns. They improve farm cleanliness and fertility and help clear brush, converting undergrowth into marketable mutton for cash.
A historic remedy describes treating rheumatism in hogs and mules by blistering swollen joints with an ointment of two drams of cantharides and one ounce of lard. Apply, leave twenty four hours, wash and grease with lard, repeat blister in two weeks, then feed a bran mash with half ounce Fowler's solution of arsenic twice daily.
A breeder argues that buying stock by merit yields higher sale prices than pedigree alone. He asserts that animals with both merit and good lineage maximize profit in the horse trade.
Paris announces that Dr. Rosex the new German minister to Morocco and the French government have reached a complete accord on the program at the Moroccan conferences.
Mrs Mollie Anderson wife of James Anderson of Mauckport died last Friday and was buried Saturday in Mauckport. She was about fifty years old and left a husband who has been an invalid for three years.
Notice is given that an administrator of the estate filed a final settlement in the Harrison Circuit Court. A hearing is set for November 1 1905 at Corydon. Heirs creditors and interested parties must appear at the Corydon court house to show cause why the settlement should not be approved. Attorneys listed.
Indiana coroner's inquiry in Posey township Harrison County reports Martha Deatrick died suddenly at age 60 from heart disease or heart failure. Coroner Peter S Wright notes no visible violence and provides physical description and death details from the inquest conducted October 11.
Has been appointed administrator of the estate of Judson R. Bank late of Harrison County Indiana deceased. Said estate is solvent. Ollie B. and T. PUNIS Administrators.
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