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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1900
Page
9
Visitors and moves dominate the column with David Stone and David Stevens families meeting near Lucena and several residents announcing relocations to Corydon Blue River township and other areas. The piece notes Miss Betty Fesler’s funeral, vote saving moves, and civil service objections to Melkinley pictorial handouts.
Fragmented local items mention farmers culling corn, attendances at social events, visitors from Lettsville and Ney Ad Dany, and a forthcoming Casket meeting. Mentions include Mr Boone of Laconia and Mrs McClaronge, with references to Gale and Floyd counties and a community notice about wheat.
Dre Jesse Ronda visits his parents at home in New Amsterdam. Mr Jno Burun and Mrs David Cunningham are listed as sick. A large number of apes are being hauled to the distillery at a rapid pace. Miss Dela Rendall of Leavenworth visits her sister Mrs Ros L Montgomery. A crowd attended the Holiness meetings at Wesley chapel Sunday. Misses Cora Lee Allen and May Stith of Little Bend Ky spent Sunday with Miss Maud Reader.
A Sunday school convention was held at Crandall with services at the MoOE& church. Attendees included J. W. Melton and others from New Albany. a wedding event was announced for the evening.
Farmers urged to consider Previous Ox Brand Fertilizers widely used in the county. It claims high phosphoric acid content and soil suitability. Prices offered and appreciation for past patronage noted in a Nashville firm’s message.
Indiana Experiment Station responds to inquiries on pear and apple blight noting the bacterial disease is hard to cure. No remedy exists beyond cutting affected parts below visible damage and applying Bordeaux mixture in spring and before blossoming, weather dependent. Written by horticulturist J. Aroor.
A coded marriage occurred on Tuesday September 1 at the Catholic church with Father A S Peeksky officiating. The couples are Severin Bachmainthach and Matilda Wiseman and George Walter and Ernestina Wiseman, daughters of Joseph Wiseman of Georgetown Township Floyd County.
Needmore residents report Bettie Noyes visiting West Point relatives last week. Lewis Bauer and wife of Louisville visited his parents at Rabbitdash. Vernia Brinley travels to Louisville for a two week stay with relatives. Berlean Brinley returns to Louisville after visiting his parents nearby. Joseph Stewart moved from our neighborhood last week. John Burkar of Louisville spent a pleasant day with Abney Noyes’s family. Grvil Jenkins and wife, visiting here the past few days, have returned to Louisville.
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An old advertisement claims a cold can be cured in a single day with Lasative Bromouinine Tablets. It urges purchase at druggists and promises a full refund if the remedy fails, noting I. W. Grove’s signature on each box.
The list shows allowances approved at the September 1900 session for Harrison County Indiana. Items include auditors and treasurers salaries, jail supplies, poor relief, coroner inquest costs, and multiple quantifiable expenditures for county offices and officials. Names include Jas A. Watson, Chas Willey, Levi Sappenfield, Amos Yeager, Dola W. Conrad, J. M. Baelz, and others with varying amounts. A note records the death of a child Gracie Bixler in Heth township.
The administrator of Henry Keehn's estate will sell at public auction near Palmyra two miles south at 1 pm. The sale includes multiple parcels: the east half of the northeast quarter of section 6 in township 2S range 4E totaling ~30 acres. a described portion of the northeast fourth of the southeast quarter of section 6 totaling ~7 acres. the north half of the south half of the northwest quarter of section 5 totaling ~15 acres. and the north half of the southwest fourth of the northwest quarter of section 3 totaling ~18 acres. Payment: one-third cash, one-third in six months, one-third in twelve months, secured by promissory notes, 6 percent interest, with freehold surety. Sale under Harrison Circuit Court order from September term 1300. administrator Samuel H. Hendricks. Attorney Wa Ridley.
Isaac Cotner, a male resident over twenty one, applies to Harrison county Board of Commissioners at Corydon for a license to retail spiritous vinous malt and intoxicating liquors in a room on Main street Elizabeth Posey Harrison Indiana. The premises described include a ground floor room in a two story frame building on lots 7 and 8 fronting Main street with a 22 by 146 foot layout and specified doors windows and dimensions. He also seeks to sell cigars in connection with the business and to be heard at the regular October 1904 session.
The executor of the will of Philip A. Rabel announces a public auction of decedent real estate near Lanesville at one oclock p.m. The property covers parts of sections 17 and 20 in township 3S range 5E, totaling about 73 acres. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months, with interest at 6 percent and secured by notes. sale subject to court order and applicable laws. Anthony M. Eisert Sr., executor, Wo Ridley, attorney.
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