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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1901
Page
5
Corydon public schools opened with large attendance. Local residents attend the Harrison county fair at Marengo. Various notices mention fires, illnesses, visits, and travels of townsfolk. Ad notices promote Bender Wiseman and a local shoe offer.
Corydon hosts visitors from Louisville and Cincinnati for the county fair. Notices include lost gold watch at the fairground and a death in Posey township. Promotions mention Chamberlain tablets and room rates at Red Letter Hotel. Local business ads and brief reports cover bridges repairs and premium winnings at the fair.
Local notices promote Dr. G N Little dentist hours and engagement based service in Corydon, plus ads from M Griffin & Co for shoes and fabrics. Other items include farm tools from Bulleit Implement Co, prizes for the Louisville Horse Show, and small-town notices on a child’s death, a broken arm, a marriage, and school staff changes.
An Indiana notice lists spike spring tooth and disc harrows for sale at Bullett Import Store with other items. B W Purcell of Kintnersville Pa cites De Witt Witch Hazel Salve as a permanent cure for 25 years of piles. An estate sale for R D O McRae near New Middletown runs Sept 20 1901 with livestock and farming implements. An all day Mauckport Methodist meeting Sept 15 aims for a circuit rally and renewal of church work. Rev John W Ropinson pastor. Rev Pearl G Woodruff of Westville Pa visits.
Mrs. George Wolfe of Posey township was pitched from a wagon near her home when a carriage seat broke. She struck her head on a rock, suffered a deep scalp laceration, and faces a critical condition after treatment by Drs Moore and Winders.
A blaze struck the interior of A Watson’s grocery on Speny Street around 11 PM Wednesday. The bucket brigades saved the building owned by G K Gwartney at Walnut and Market, incurring several hundred dollars in damage. Watson’s loss runs about 1200 dollars with 750 dollars insured. Dr I L Neely, above the office, barely escaped with his wardrobe. Dr Popham and a barber also suffered losses in the same building.
To all Lodges of the IOOF in Harrison County the special train to Indianapolis leaves New Albany or Jeffersonville on September Lith ahead of the regular train for a 1:30 parade. If 200 ride from one station the round trip is 2.25, with a three day stay. lower turnout raises the rate per mile. The 2.0 must ride the special, return on any train, rate applies to all travelers. Fraternally Joel T Watrrers DDGM.
An advertisement touts De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a never failing cure for cuts burns ulcers wounds and sores. The copy urges readers to accept only the genuine product from L. A. Rigety & Son.
A linen sale offers full sample lines of red brown and bleached damask table pieces and napkins. Buyers can purchase cut goods in any tenths desired.
Co. L. Dick announces a wide tour with new subjects and improved apparatus. A high class scientific exhibition of Moison's discoveries in light and sound will be presented at each stop for 5 cents admission. The schedule includes New Middletown Elizabeth Laconia Mauckport New Amsterdam Central Corydon Lanesville Crandall Corydon Junction Ramsey Depauw Palmyra Bradford Georgetown.
The owner reports losing a red leather pocketbook with a red band containing $30 and papers on the fair grounds Thursday. The finder is asked to return it to this office or to WM. FISHER, Mauckport, Ind, with liberal reward. A dentist ad promises Kodo Dyspepsia Cure as a universal digestant.
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