Wonderland Way gains official status as Ohio River Scenic Highway
A French Lick meeting advanced the Atlantic and Pacific Highway plan, adding the Leavenworth to New Albany loop as the Wonderland Way or Ohio River Scenic Highway. About forty officials and local figures backed tourism goals, with funds to mark routes and print guides raised by communities in Southern Indiana.
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Nis
French Lick
Paoli
Leavenworth
Wyandotte Cave
Corydon
New Albany
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Salem
Scottsburg
Madison
United States
Thomas Taggart
French Lick Springs Hotel
Geo. W. Applegate
F. A. Ulen
R.L. Miller
T. J. Hudson
Frank Self
Edgar Miles
T. J. Wilson
Joe Bender
Henry Wiseman
Syrup Buckets Sale at Miles Variety Store
A brief notice advertising syrup buckets with price details at Miles Variety Store labeled A-31-3-w.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Variety Store
Miles’ Variety Store
Apples for sale and camp notes at Kamp Keller on Blue River
The notice invites orders for Jonathan apples from Perry C. Hendrick of Corydon Junction. It also details a weekend camping party at Kamp Keller on Blue River including Mr and Mrs Thomas Hickey their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Clarence Strack and Mr Stracks two sisters Delia and Elia both of New Albany and Mr and Mrs Lew M O Bannon their son Robert daughter Lillian and Miss Rose Keller. The writer praises Kamp Keller near the Rothrock mill dam. camps along Blue River from Mil Town to Wyandotte Cave are expanding. Rev J M Caress of New Albany returns from Overton Nebraska after his brother John N Caress died July 26 at Mayo Rochester Minnesota. Caress, born in Washington county, is known as a Sunday school organizer.
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Kamp
Kamp Keller
Blue River
Rothrock Mill
Miltown
Wyandotte Cave
J. M. Caress
New Albany
Overton
Neb
John N.caress
Mayo Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Caress
Washington County
Salem High School
Thompsons Chapel Visitors Dot the Week in Town
Residents and visitors from Thompsons Chapel New Albany Indianapolis Dayton and Cincinnati appear in town for business family visits and relatives over the past week. Notable names include David Harman James Jackson Florence Cuden Florence Lee and Mrs Cora Moore among others. Extra note: Quart tin cans sold at Miles cash and carry for 59 cents a dozen.
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David Harman
Thompsons Chapel
Miles’ Cash & Carry Grocery Dept
Death of Mrs. Sarah E. Watson near New Albany
Mrs. Sarah E. Watson died August 22 at her home on the Corydon pike after a stroke of paralysis. She was sixty nine and survived by two sons George Heckel and Joseph Watson, a daughter Julia, two step-sons William and Jefferson, two step-daughters Cora Schlageter and Sarah Eckert, two sisters Anna Heckel and Louisa Judd, and a brother George Judd. Funeral services were August 24 by Rev. W. H. Howerton with burial at Judd cemetery near the family home. She was widow of Thomas Watson, formerly of the county.
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Sarah E. Watson
New Albany
Corydon Pike
George Heckel
Joseph Watson
Julia Watson
William Watson
Milltown
Jefferson Watson
North Dakota
Floyd Knobs
Cora Schlageter
Sarah Eckert
Dogwood
Harrison Circuit Court Opens Amid Court Delays
The September term led by Judge Ridley opened with plea and jury schedules set. Grand jury to be empaneled today, four week term, bailiff Seacat chosen, and no court yesterday due to a Special Election. Miles' Variety Store ad appears among notices.
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Harrison
Ridley
Philip S. Seacat
John Albin
Orwick
Property Sale at Theodore Thevenot Farm in Spencer Township
A large sale at Theodore C Thevenot's farm in Spencer township two and a half miles west of Moberly includes two work mares two cows with calves a Massey Harris binder and more. The sale is scheduled for Thursday September 15 and a display ad provides details. Misses Ruth Nellie and Grace Prown daughters of Mr and Mrs George C Brown of Scott township have returned from Terre Haute where they attended the State Normal and visited relatives in Indiana.
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Theodore C. Thevenot
Spencer Township
Moberly
Ruth
Nellie
Grace Prown
George C. Brown
Scott Township
Tétre Haute
State Normal
Terre Haute
Grace
J. J. W. Brown
Wallace
Indiana
Local notices and visits fill week in the county
Names of residents visiting relatives in Louisville Indianapolis New Albany and Greencastle show a busy social week. Births and illnesses are noted along with a property sale near Corydon and a Ford promotion at W H Bulleit Sons.
Farm for sale in Taylor township 83 acres
FOR SALE My farm of 83 acres in Taylor township. House newly painted, buildings in repair. Address R A Colvin 1439 Beech St Louisville Ky S 7 3w. Mr and Mrs L A Stoy of New Albany announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Stoy to Mr Thomas Mullineaux. The wedding will take place in October. FOR SALE One secret horse 9 years old good worker For further particulars write or see me Straude L Sonner A 1T 4w New Amsterdam Ind LOST A Dog female painter liver and white answers by name of Queen Return or call Lon D Brumley 345 Vincennes Street New Albany Indiana and receive reward Home phone 237. Mrs Dan Richard son Kelso. Mrs Harve Frakes and son Miss Mattie Davenport and Albert Richard have returned to McClure Ohio after spending the past ten days with relatives and friends in the county. Carl Jones of Charleston W Va spent several days last week with his mother Mrs Cora Harbaugh He was accompanied to Corydon by his sister Evelyn Harbaugh who had spent the past two weeks with him at his home in West Virginia.
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James EB. Jackson
Louisville
Misa Florence J.cuden
Thompson's Chapel
G. W. Baylor
John W. Scott
John Bush
Hamilton
Ohio
Ed. Gibbs
Charles Wilson
Washington, Ind
William Brooks
Indianapolis
J. T. Stroud
New Albany
Mirs
Charles Siege
Wilford Flanigan
S. M. Watts
Joseph Boldt
Jesse Tyler
Jessie
Richard
Adam Tyler
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Florence Lee
Cora B. Moore
Joseph R. Rees
Benjamin Denter
Frank Sheridan
Christian Atz
A. B. Corbin
Tell City
James FE. Jackson
James BE. Jackson
Ralph
Charles
Cincinnati
York
Dennis Sieg
Watson’s
Nebraska
Taylor Township
R. A. Colvin
Beech St
L. A. Stoy
Mary Stoy
Thomas Mullineaux
Straude L
Sonner
New Amsterdam
Ind
Lon
Brumley
Vincennes Street
Indiana
Dan Richard
Kelso
Harve Frakes
Mattie Davenport
Albert Richard
McClure
Carl Jones
Charleston
W. Va
Cora Harbaugh
Corydon
Evelyn Harbaugh
West Virginia
Kannapel Family Vacation Trip Through Perry County
Henry M. Kannapel and his two daughters Louise and Cecil of Terry Perry County spent ten days visiting relatives and friends in the county. They traveled by Ford car. Mr Kannapel has worked in the saw mill business for two years but says there is little activity in timber and lumber.
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Henry M. Kannapel
Louise
Cecil
Terry
Perry County
Irviugh
Ekannapel
Miles Variety Store Sells Towels In Wide Range
A Miles Variety Store advertises towels of many kinds and sizes for sale. The notice highlights stock variety and shopping options available to customers.
Local Notes on Residents Visiting and Travel
Indianapolis resident George McIntyre spent last Monday with his mother in Laconia. Emma Chinn heads to South Bend for nurse training. Mr. and Mrs. Brown of English visit the Watsons in town. John Daley returns from Terre Haute where he studied at the State Normal. Oscar Kirkham and family of Muncie visit Iris residents Amzi Kirkham and attend the fair. Irene Chinn leaves for South Bend to teach next term. R L Coe and daughter Mamie of Louisville stop by Iris and Amzi Kirkham for dental work. George H. Wiseman returns to Bloomington after two weeks with county relatives. Stella Coon of Loutaville visits cousin Mrs. Sam Windell southwest of Corydon. Dudley Woodward returns to Camp Knox. wife accompanies him to New Amsterdam. Mrs. Raymond Kirkham and son Meredith of Posey township visit Iris residents for dental work. Grant Shuck of Louisville in poor health, slow improvement, born in the county.
Visits Among Families Across Indiana Collins
Mr and Mrs Hayes Frakes of New Albany visited Mr and Mrs Sam Windell southwest of Corydon from Saturday to Monday. Mrs Frakes and Mrs Windell are sisters. Mrs Geo K Sherman and two children George K and Eleanor Annis of Alexandria returned home Friday after a four weeks visit here with her parents Mr and Mrs James A Watson.
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Hayes Frakes
New Albany
Sam Windell
Corydon
Frakes
Mrs. Windell
Geo. K. Sherman
George K
Eleanor Annis
Alexandria
James A. Watson
Sale notices and local moves from Corydon area
For sale a good general purpose horse and trade options for young stock. Blufford Baxley’s sale near Corydon features four work horses, a yearling colt, three milch cows, two yearling heifers, and farm implements starting at nine. Also Miss Anna Kirkham joined Crosby High School as commercial dept staff. Mr and Mrs Frank Peters and son return from Illinois after a visit. Eli Shields to stay. William Jolssaint, 48, dies near New Albany. services at St Marys Cemetery.
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Blufford Baxley
Coryden
W. H. Peters
Jackson Township
Ramsey
Corydon Junction
Mrs Celestia Louden Public Auction At Corydon Hotel
Mrs Celestia Louden will sell her personal property at public auction at her Hotel in Corydon on Saturday September 24. Sale begins at 1 PM and features a lot of good household goods. Auctioneer R and Davis. S-7-2w.
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Celestia Louden
Corydon Democrat P
Corydon
R. &. Davis Auctioneer
Charles Shaffer Celebrates Two Weeks With Family and Fair
Charles Shaffer of Lebanon Boone county spent two weeks with his parents Mr. and Mrs. David Shaffer seven miles southwest of Corydon and with other relatives and friends at the Fair. Shaffer has managed the Lebanon Stockyard for several years.
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Charles Shaffer
Lebanon
Boone County
David Shaffer
Corydon
Charles
Theodore C Thevenot Public Sale Details
Public sale announced by Theodore C Thevenot in Spencer township on Thursday September 15. A lot of good property will be sold. S-7-2w.
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Theodore C. Thevenot
Spencer Township
Labor Day Mail Delivery Note and Visits Reported
Monday was Labor Day and no mail was delivered by rural or city mail carriers. Mrs. C. W. Cook visits her daughter Mrs. H. M. Walker of Maysville Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Funk and three children of Pilcher Kentucky visit his mother Mrs. Mary Funk.
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C. W. Cook
Mrs
H. M. Walker
Maysville, Ky
Harry Funk
Pilcher, Ky
Mary Funk
Families Travel and Visit Across States
Mrs. M A Cossaboom and two children Clara and Margaret spend two weeks with relatives in Falmouth Kentucky and Cincinnati Ohio. Mrs. Rose B Gwartney and Mildred depart for Los Angeles to spend the winter with Mildred seeking work. Mr and Mrs Colwell Frakes and Alice of New Albany visit locally from Saturday to Monday. Frakes works at Car Works in Jeffersonville. Helen Rosenbarger returns from Champaign Illinois after taking home her niece Helen Catherine Grainger from a two week stay with relatives.
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M. A. Cossaboom
Clara
Margaret
Falmouth
Cincinnati
Ohio
Rose B. Gwartney
Miss Mildred
Los Angeles
California
Mildred
Helen Rosenbarger
Champaign
Illinois
Helen Catherine Grainger
Local Family Visits Weave Through Corydon Area
Mr. and Mrs. Stoy Rhodes traveled in a Sedan through Corydon last Friday returning to Farmers City Illinois after visiting relatives in the county. Miss Ettie Kirk sham of Davidson rode home with her sister Mrs. Rhodes. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Haas of Chicago and Fred Fellers and son of Cincinnati visited Cleve Rainbolt and other relatives. They traveled by car. Mr. and Mrs. He 43 came via Cincinnati visiting Mrs. Hs father John Fellers. Haas is son of George Haas of Cristal Lake Illinois, formerly from this county.
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Mrs. Stoy Rhodes
Corydon
Farmers City
Illinois
Missa
Ettie Kirksham
Davidson
Mrs. Rhodes
Roy Haas
Chicago
Fred Fellers
Little Son
Cincinnati
Cleve Rainbolt
He 43
John Fellers
Mr. Haas
George Haas
Cristal Lake
Sale of farm implements and livestock at Corydon
Auctioneer Essa Richard offers a wagon two cultivators one mower two turning plows one bug sy one carriage three sets buggy harness four sets work harness twelve acres of corn growing livestock include one male hog eligible to register one brood sow eligible to register and five shoats at Blufford Baxley sale two miles southeast of Corydon tomorrow September 8.
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Blufford Baxley
Corydon
Essa Richard
Baby Show At Jubilee Attracts 100 Entries
More than one hundred babies entered the Farmers and Merchants Jubilee at Glenwood Park last week. For the best baby girl there were forty three entries. Janet McRae, one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold McRae of the Corydon Pike, won the second premium and is the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Peter McRae of Posey township.
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Farmers and Merchants
Glenwood Park
Janet McRae
Harold McRae
Corydon Pike
McRae
Peter McRae
Posey Township
Mrs Louden sale in Corydon on September 24
A large assortment of bedstead bedding quilts pillows tables chairs rugs stoves and related items will be sold at Mrs Louden's sale in Corydon on Saturday September 24 starting at 1 PM Auctioneer R F Davis promotes the event as a chance to acquire quality property of this kind.
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Louden
Corydon
Dr Ira McRae and Wife Visit County Friends
Dr Ira McRae, born and raised in the county, and his wife of Trenton Missouri, are visiting friends and relatives after a road trip. They arrived last week and plan a return visit to Delaware county before returning home.
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Ira McRae
Trenton
Missouri
Dr. McRae
Delaware County
Baxter Family Enjoy Southern Indiana Trip And Ohio River Cruise
Dr and Mrs J W Baxter and Mr and Mrs Sam Baxter entertained at East Spring Street home. The 방문 guests, Dr John C Baxter wife and Miles Baxter family from Auburn Ind, enjoyed a motor trip in Southern Indiana and a boat trip on the Ohio River before returning to Northern Indiana.
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J. W. Baxter
Sam Baxter
East Spring Street
John C. Baxter
Miles Baxter
Helen
Gon
Stanley
Auburn
Ind
Indiana
Ohio River
New Albany Tribune
Buckey Harper Injured While Painting Roofs
Abraham Harper known as Buckey of this place injured his left shoulder while painting roofs for John Bloomfelter near White Cloud. He fell and strained the shoulder, disabling him from work and he carries his left hand in a sling. He did not fall off the roof but struck his shoulder on it.
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Abraham Harper
Buckey
John Bloomfelter
White Cloud
Mr. Harper
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J. Edgar Burton
Hoosier Automobile Association
Wonderland Way
James W. Fortune
Jeffersonville
M. E. Noblet
Evanaville
Vanderburg
A. I. Holland
Rockport
Spencer
W. H. Brown
Crawoord
H. H
Deen
Jefferson
J. W. LaGrange
Vevay
Switzerland
Ben Bledsoe
Rising Sun
Ohio County
Lucian Harris
Aurora
Dearborn
C. B. Wilson
Harrison County
Indian Creek
Blue River Hills
Vallys
Jonathan
Perry C. Hendrick
Mela
Circuit Court
Martha Day
Geo K. Gwartney
Hampson Baxley
English
Cc. H. Ashworth
Greencastle
Crandall
Preston Greer
Boone Township
R. H. Humphrey
St. Edward's Hospital
Ruth Hershman
Faith Ote
Iowa
Carrie Hauswald
Arthur Westfall
Mollie Kaiser
Ebert Kopp
William Johns and
Mr. J’s
Earl Byrum
Laconia
W. O. Simpson
Monmouth, Ti
Palmyra
Lizzie Simpson
Cora Ratat
Norwood
Mildred Feller
David Bopp
W. Galbert
Dr. B
Clarence Quebbeman
Central Barren
Robert 8. Finley
Bettie McKinley
Floyd County
Frank Feller
McLean
William Fellers
Ida Sibert
John Sonner
Nannie Windel
Nannie Lingenfelter
Ft. Wayne
Corycon
W. H. Bulleit & Sons
J. C. Davis
John Daley
George McIntyre
Delia McIntyre
Emma Chinn
South Bend
Chas. T. Brown
Jas. A. Watson
Oscar Kirkham
Muncie
Amzi Kirkham
Iris
Irene Chinn
R. L. Coe
Mamie
Amal. Kirkham
George H. Wiseman
Bloomington
Stella Coon
Loutaville
Dudley Woodward
Camp Knox
Raymond Kirkham
Meredith
Grant Shuck
Mr. Shuck
Albert Stover
Eureka
Anna Kirkham
Crosby
Minnesota
Frank E Peters
F. Elsworth Peters Jr
Illopolis
Eli Shields
William C. Jolssaint
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Franklin
Depauw
Butler
Notre Dame
Purdue
Rose Polytechnic
Earlham
Interstate Public Service Go
Henry Kendle
Agt
Calomel
Prince of Birmingham
Ala
DR. Thacher
Thacher Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
Riely
Isterling's
V. H. Bulleit & Sons
Corydon, Ind
Job Peters
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