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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1917
Page
5
Community brief with buyers and sellers in Corydon Ramsey and surrounding towns. Items include real estate for sale, farm stock and equipment, job notes, travel visits, postal and subscription renewals, and wartime relief updates from Red Cross and local schools. Public notices cover pension increase details and veteran widow benefits.
Classified notice from Corydon describing a family of three seeking a girl to do household work. Includes address instruction to contact the office. Also reports births, farm sales, auctions, and local notices about rental of a farm, school attendance, and safety warnings from the state fire marshalling.
Wm Peter of Jackson township two miles south of Corydon Junction and two and a half miles south east of Ramsey offers his personal property at public sale on Thursday November 1 starting at 10 a.m. Horses cattle feed and household goods among items. R F Davis acts as auctioneer.
The Red Cross Committee asks women to knit socks exactly like those for the Council of Defense chaired by Miss Georgia Stockslager. Directions exist elsewhere but permission was secured to keep the original pattern. Women who have knit one pair are urged to knit more.
Clarence A Hisey rose from a Studebaker inspired want ad to become manager and director of sales for the South Bend Wholesale Grocery Co. by 1915. Born near Corydon, Indiana, he trained as a farmer’s son, worked in Aurora, joined the South Bend firm as a stock handler, became a traveling salesman in ten months, and led growth toward a million dollar year. He is active in Grace Episcopal Church, YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, and golf, with ties to South Bend Masons and the local labor force.
Notre Dame University will host a winter course in agriculture for men and boys starting November 22 and running through March 25, a twenty two week program. Admission requires common school education and age under seventeen. Credit may apply to four year or two year programs later. Prof W A Johns leads the program at Notre Dame's three thousand acre farm. The schedule fits farm work after harvest and before spring plowing.
Notice of a public sale by Leo Gwampey commissioner under Harrison Circuit Court order dated September 28 1917. Real estate in Harrison County Indiana to be sold November 1917 with payment terms one third cash and two thirds deferred over 12 and 18 months.
Fourteen young Saudies from the northern part of the county took a weekend trip to Fer Ferdinand leaving Friday October 12 and returning Sunday afternoon. They visited the Catholic school and church there and were assisted by the sisters. The party included Steaua Bertie Rosa Keister Agnes Freese Nelot Florence Rosa Temter Jean Ub Laura Buecher Mary Hoehn and others.
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