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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1917
Page
7
Washington announces higher rates as of November 2. Letters pay 3 cents per ounce and postcards 2 cents per card, under war tax provisions. Postmaster General Burleson directs postmasters to collect the new rates, with 2 cents for certain mail and 1 cent cards requiring additional stamps.
The undersigned will sell at public auction at his residence four miles south of Corydon on Tuesday October 30 1917. Items include two geldings a brood mare a suckling colt a wheat drill a mower a corn planter a sewing machine a dinner bell a copper kettle and household goods among other articles. Terms include cash under five dollars and credit under nine months for larger sums with note and surety. Sale begins at 1 PM. William Ripperdan and R F Davis, Auctioneers.
Bursttown residents share Sunday visits with family across town and nearby farms. Deaths include David Winn of New Albany, survived by his wife, children, and his father Thomas Winn.
Corydon will not hold municipal elections on November 6. No candidate petition was filed and no ticket exists. Two trustees and the town clerk were to be elected, but with no election the incumbents will serve another term.
Tam tearing down county buildings in Corydon sells brick frame timber siding roofing doors and windows. Lot includes various building materials from recent demolition. L Dick handles inquiries and sales details.
A cameo ring is sought to be returned to Ruth Keller in Corydon with a reward offered for its return. The notice requests contact with the listed name and locale to reclaim the item.
Captain Jennings Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua T. Wilson, has been promoted to a key post in the War Department at Washington in the Adjutant General’s office. He has served nearly twenty years in the U S army since enlisting as a private in the Spanish American War.
A large Indiana crowd gathered at the William and Albert Richard home near North Baltimore Ohio on Sunday October 21 to honor Mr and Mrs Ed Beanblossom visiting sisters Misses Addie and Mattie Davenport. Attendees included the Besablossoms Bryants Phipps Richards and Davenport families with baskets of provisions. Music and hymns filled the evening as attendees hoped to meet again.
The October session records appointments for road construction and inspection in Scott and Washington townships. Ed Radcliff resigns as free gravel roads superintendent in Blue River with Pendleton succeeding. bonds filed. Engineers and viewers named for other township roads. several laborers listed. Contracts awarded for bridge at Hatlie’s Ford, for poor asylum dry goods, and for quarter groceries. Official fee and collection reports are summarized.
Rumors that the U S Food Administration would fix livestock or corn prices were groundless says a Washington communique. Officials affirm no plans to curb production and aim to keep prices profitable for producers to boost meat output. Local dealers and stockmen hope higher production follows.
Mrs A W Sikking of 105 South Grand avenue east hosted a dinner at Washington Park pavilion for house guests Mr and Mrs W A Keller of Gord on Ind who arrived Tuesday for a visit. Thirty covers were laid. The Kellers are annual Daytona visitors and the Springfield guests join them for winter months.
Mrs Lizzie Shireman of Heth township, mother of County Recorder Frank W Shireman, was badly bruised and cut when the horse she was driving frightened and overturned the buggy. The injuries are painful but not dangerous, and recovery is expected.
Campaign managers in England and France vow winter weather will not slow drives into Belgium and Flanders. French and British forces have dealt heavy blows to German units in Belgium and Flanders. Two German raiders attacked a British convoy on the North Sea, sinking two escort destroyers. Germany’s air raids faced British counterattacks. Italian front shows lull with Austria. The Russian fleet escaped Teutons near Moon Sound. Germany plans to strike the Russian fleet before entering the Gulf of Finland.
The article notes a historic migration of 100000 German colonists to Germantown Pennsylvania as the first German settlement in America. It cites William Penn's advertisement to Germans along the Rhine and the Thirty Years War as drivers of this exodus.
The article notes George Villiers, later duke of Buckingham, rose to power under James I due to his beauty and manners. He progressed from cupbearer to knight, gentleman of the bedchamber, Garter, then baron, viscount, earl, marquis, and lord high admiral, shaping English history.
In Munich, Gustav Mahler, amid a rehearsal break for a new symphony, lost his way and tried to pass a plastering corridor. A worker blocked him saying they were not ready for the painters, and Mahler pressed on, realizing argument was useless to reach the hall.
A humorous Ohio State Journal item quotes a doctor claiming people can eat insects. The paper invites the doctor to enjoy a share of potatoes bugs and buffalo moths if supply runs short, joking about suitable seasonings.
Dr Rey Kopp establishes a dental practice in Corydon occupying rooms in the Bullett building. He previously practiced in Cambridge City and is a son of Mr and Mrs George Kopp. The office location is four miles south of Corydon in Harrison County.
A Baltimore American item reflects on a young reporter lamenting suppression of his story while an older figure comments that the deed killed it. The brief exchange centers on journalistic friction and editorial control.
Notice of private sale of 98 acres in Harrison County Indiana from the estate of Philip P Sonner. Sale excludes 8 acres owned by Walter Keller and 1 acre in Scott Township for school purposes. Payment terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months with interest. Administrator John A Sonner and executor Alexander Floyd named. sale under Harrison Circuit Court order.
Price listing shows Applebutter apples at 65 cents per bushel at Miles 5 and 10c Store.
The piece warns that woolen fabrics are often mixed with cotton and imitated. It notes 30 to 60 percent cotton in so called pure wool and 10 percent wool in half wool blankets. Tests using vitriol and nitric acid are suggested to distinguish wool from cotton.
CORA J COBS of Harrison County has been appointed and qualified as executrix of the last will and estate of Wiliam HE Jacobs, deceased, of Giena, Harrison County. The estate is solvent.
They claim the highest standard in tone smooth playing and finish with 25 years of experience selecting fine pianos from Packard, Blur, Hobart M. Cable and Kranich Bach. Prices and arrangements are stated to be considerate and satisfactory.
In Corydon Indiana a Notary Public announces plans to practice in the courts with special attention to legal instruments and pro subjections.
A list of yearly subscription rates for several newspapers including the Democrat and Louisville Courier Journal and other titles. Prices range from $1.30 to $5.00 per year with multiple publications named and regional papers indicated.
Several hundred locust posts offered for sale at H. tf. Pocker's farm on the Ohio River in Posey township two miles south of Ridgeport. Large posts priced at 10 cents with smaller ones cheaper. Mr. Pocker will sell to interested buyers.
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