California votes for initiative recall and suffrage reforms
California residents pass amendments to the state constitution by wide margins in initiative and referendum and recall, with woman suffrage receiving a smaller majority. The recall extends to the judiciary and other officers, as President Taft visits the Pacific Coast. The piece also notes local happenings: Emory LaHue's visit, a piano left with Herman Meyer, William Quebbeman's fifteenth year as school director, and various community notices and school updates.
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California
Taft
Pacific Coast
United States
Charlie Conrad
Herman Meyer
William Quebbeman
John Isocert
J. S. Strimmer
Omaha
Neb
Jee Latne
Miss Ann
Nevin
Neal Latlue
Zear
Tlarve Latfue
Aenes
Lillie
Terence Dowdle
Maud
Bertha
Roscoe Qluebbelian
Pound
Nora Blair
Mauckport Notes Include Weddings Illness and Travel
The item lists upcoming wedding hopes for George Lopp and Edna Frakes ill with erysipelas Steve Richard in critical condition and others traveling to Illinois Minnesota and to Corydon Indiana for family visits. It mentions farm duties Curry Fora running his father's farm and a stray pig reported by Clara Woods of Corydon Indiana.
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Curry
Myrtle Bruce
Dillie Noon
Illinois
Ed Stepro
Cecil Wiseman
Minnesota
Jeff Flora
300Ne
Steve Richard
Baxter Burley
Thomas Neely
Hottel
Mt. Zion
Misleading Tax Statement On Corydon Street Improvements
A Corydon Democrat notice defends current levies and special assessments for street work. It explains regular town taxes of 78 cents per 100 dollars and a 1.20 special assessment on lots for sidewalks and gutters, clarifying it is a special benefit charge paid by real estate owners for intersections.
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Kryansville
Board of Towns Trustees
Conybos
End
Barrer
Corydon
James B. Brewster
James Luckett
Luke Colvin
Blackwell Letter Hopes Corydon Remains Dry
Miss Faye Taylor of Blackwell Oklahoma writes Oct 12 1911 praising rain in Oklahoma yet noting Corydon’s status as a dry town hinges on next issue’s reports. She mentions her grandmother Catherine Highfill turning 80 on Oct 24 and asks for postal greetings from relatives and friends.
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Mary Ixocert
Joseph
Lafayette
Falls
Freidley
Pfrimmer
Lew O’bannon
Oklahoma
Corydon
Catherine Highfill
Faye Taylor
Blackwell
Okla
Hat Pin Arouses Husband in Indiana Church Incident
In Lawrenceburg Indiana Mrs John Goodpaster used a hatpin to wake her husband during a Holiness church sermon causing a disruption. Both were fined five dollars plus costs in Mayor's Court but jailed for inability to pay. Also notes Winslow schools closed for scarlet fever and diphtheria with high local death toll.
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Lawerenceburg
Ind
John Goodpaster
Holiness Church
Winslow
Tax confusion over Corydon levy special assessment explained
The Corydon council letters explain that a 1.98 rate includes a 1.20 special assessment for sidewalks and intersections. A correction argues the burden falls on less able taxpayers and notes the special assessment is temporary and tied to a decade plan.
Reminiscences of a Indiana horse theft incident in Mauckport
A former resident recalls an 1850s horse theft involving a ferry operator, a roan mare, and a gray mare. The tale traces the escape from Corydon to Kentucky and Indiana, the mare hidden in a hollow, and the downfall of a local horse stealing gang led by John Scott.
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Eoitor Corydon Democrat
Tam
Tfarrison County
Mauckport
Corydon Road
Johnnie Powers
Kentucky
Corydon
Charles Smith
Oil Creek
Indiana
John Scott
Smith
Scott
School notes praise perfect attendance and honor roll
The Blue River Township report lists students with no tardies or absences in the first month, naming seniors Clarence Smith and others. It notes higher percent high marks among sophomores, totals enrollment 503, and per room attendance rates topped by the senior high class.
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Clarence Smith
John Elliott
Eva Shuck
John Askren
Orlin Faith
Grace Martin
Catherine Stalcup
Roy Turley
Frank Amy
Owens Pinaire
Ethel Saffer
Ruth Walk
Edna Sharp
Lord
C. M. Sandifur
Supt
Corydon Trustee Innovates School Water Fount
A. R. Conner, Corydon school trustee, devised and built a sanitary drinking water system for students. An inch galvanized pipe runs through a long hall trough with spaced holes that spray water into a trough for children to drink, keeping lips from touching hard surfaces. The setup brings amusement as pupils quench thirst with nature’s beverage.
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A. R. Conner
Corydon
Natures Beveridge
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