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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1921
Page
5
Items include a Swedish Queen cream separator two tons of hay an oil stove copper and iron kettle copper and iron kettles household goods and 260 gallon oil tanks with usual terms.
Births announced for a son to Oscar Lilpop and wife near Elizabeth on Sept 1 weighing twelve pounds. Alce Virginia was born August 21 to Walter and Mrs. Fisher of Dysart Iowa. Mrs Eliza Potts from Bloomington Illinois visiting Elizabeth area. Minnie Fisher attended Farmers Jubilee at New Albany. Gertrude Holmes and Anna Douglas return home to Elizabeth after summer study in Marion. Joe Fisher and sons Forest and Vic Fisher visit Sam P Fisher family from Laporte City Iowa. W H Bulleit Son sell Superior and Empire Wheat Drills. For ring found inquire at this office.
Names appear with farm equipment prices and sales offerings. A move from Corydon to New Albany is noted for the DeWeese family. Several injuries are reported including a fall from a building in Boone township and an arm fracture from a wire mishap near New Amsterdam. Visits to relatives and park outings are also mentioned.
Local notices list seed sales and special prices at V H Bullet and Sons with S-7-2w. Various social updates mention visits by Miss Geraldine Kirkham from Muncie to New Middletown and Corydon and Mrs Chas Rector from New Salisbury. Community events include auctions, school plans, illnesses, engagements, and road day notes.
Thevenot of Spencer Township bought Henry H. Wise’s house and several lots near Corydon and plans to move in about a month. He recently sold his farm to Jacob Hannel and will sell his personal property at public sale on Thursday, September 15. Mr. and Mrs. Neely hosted Dr. Hays of Louisville University and A. O. DeWeese’s family at dinner. Dr. Hays lectured at the County Teachers Institute here.
A petition has been filed in the auditor's office asking the Harrison County Indiana Board of Commissioners at the October Term 1921 to locate a new highway and vacation an old highway in Harrison Township.
The document from Harrison County Indiana to the Board of Commissioners petitions a new public highway location in Harrison Township. It asserts six freeholders reside near the proposed route and six near the section to be vacated. The plan describes a 30 foot wide road from the Hottle Ford road 600 feet southwest of Big Indian creek bridge along the foot of a hill to intersect the existing highway, crossing lands of John Craig Irvine, and seeks vacation of the current highway segment.
Petitioners request three viewers be appointed to survey a proposed new highway 3300 feet long along and over lands of John Craig Irvine and to evaluate the current route and proposed vacating, as provided by law. Signed by Dan F. Stauth, Charles Toler and others. sep8-2w
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