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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1917
Page
7
A crowded notice list covers sales at Joe T. McClaran and W. H. Bulleit enterprises on September 20, including large office furniture, a steel range, two wagons, several cows and pigs, and ten tons of hay. Also items like stock shares, a Eureka Telephone box, and various local visits and births are noted.
The notice lists Joe McClaran's sale on September 20 with Rock bed wagons and a buggy among items to be sold. It also advertises J J Bullett & Son building materials and various local wants and reminds readers of farm and household notices from Corydon Indiana and surrounding counties.
Various community items from Corydon and surrounding towns include sale notices for Joe McClaran on September 20 featuring land Twelve acres of corn and merchandise including a new rubber tire buggy and Holstein bull. Personal news covers births births dates and visits among families and local professionals such as doctors and musicians.
Ill boy Paul Bullett at home of Mr and Mrs Guy Bullett. Mrs Jennie Rowland visiting relatives in New Albany. McClaran sale September 20 includes a good harrow and manure spreader and two farm wagons. Weathers of New Albany at Corydon court. No marriage licenses issued since last report. Houses and lots for sale in Corydon under Constitution Elim tree. Also two dwellings for rent or sale and several farms near Corydon. Jersey calf and yearling draft colt for sale. C L Dick lists seven dwellings and two nearby farms with payment terms.
Kokus Coffee at Emma Miller's home near Ramsey features visits by Mr and Mrs Harry Davis and sons John Sheldon and William Riley to relatives in Indianapolis Danville and Brownsburg. They toured the State Fair and Fr Benjamin Harrison in Chevrolet travel. Zabel promotes DeLaval Cream Separator with a free trial as cost saving. W W Pitman of DeWitt Arkansas visited county friends and attended the Indiana State Fair. Dick, a rice farmer in Arkansas, cultivates 400 acres hoping for 18 000 to 20 000 bushels at 1 80 per bushel, a promising outlook.
Mr James C Davis visited Jefferson Pankey with a group including Agnes te Robert Hannel and others from Depauw and Fredericksburg. Beatrice Davis visited Lottie Pearlsburg. Barton and Mickler from French Lick traveled by Barton’s car to Kentucky State Fair. Attorney William F Avery of Palmyra attended Circuit Court. Joe McClaran sold his Corydon area farm to Lee Kintner and will continue in hatchery and stock. past season shipped about 50 000 chicks with minimal losses.
Circuit Court convened Monday with Judge William Ridley presiding. Prosecuting Attorney Charles T. Brown and deputy Jack Holliday handle the State pleas. Sheriff Eli Miller and J. A. Miller serve as bailiffs, while Circuit Court Clerk James A. Watson records the proceedings.
The report notes Russian offensives near Riga with German retreat movements, while German efforts push back Slavic forces. French gains near Verdun and Italian victories against Austria are also cited. Local notices profile attorney Frank Cunningham of Boone township visiting court, and Knox county violinist Robert Hottell from Oaktown visiting relatives with a corn crop report and subscription renewal.
Announcement from Mr. and Mrs. John Dwight Sample of Louisville notes the reopening of their vocal studios at 405 6 7 Norton Building. Both are Harrrigan county products and regarded as capable instructors and accomplished singers. Public urged to seek voice culture and instruction under their tutelage.
Chas Yeager of Mauckport, a leading farmer in Heth township, was found dead on his wood hauling place near Ora Beanblossom's pond. He, about sixty, suffered rheumatism in recent years. Survived by wife, two daughters, and three sons: Mrs. Sidney Beanblossom, Mrs. Ed Carver, Bazzie, Roy, and Edgar Yeager. Son Bazzie located him at 4:30 p m after being sent to check his absence. Funeral arrangements unavailable at press time.
Ed Gresham of Lanesville opens a new feed store offering bran middlings corn corn meal and chick feed with on hand supplies. He will pay the highest market price for wheat.
Rev J L Battram, longtime pastor of United Brethren churches in Rockport Mt Zion Ebenezer and Union with headquarters in Rockport, moved last Monday to Corydon with his family. He won wide esteem for hard work and fruitful meetings producing over 200 conversions including 120 in Rockport and more than 80 accessions. He departs to the new charge with best wishes from the community.
A sale announced for September 20 offers a 20 gallon sprayer for fruit trees, wire stretchers, a dining table, and a large oats sprouter. Items described as new and for sale at McClaran's auction.
Nelle Baxter Davis daughter of Jasper N Davis left Indianapolis at 7 a m with Lilly Base Hospital No 32 bound for France. Sixty five nurses traveled in two Pullman cars to New York to wait for 25 doctors and 150 privates at Fort Benjamin Harrison to join before sailing. Miss Davis hopes to see her brother Albert who recently sailed for France.
Mr and Mrs C W Rhodes of Webster township plan a trip to Farmer City Illinois to visit sons Stoy and Maurice Rhodes near that locale They will also visit daughter Mrs W J Gardner near Fort Wayne Allen county Later Mr Rhodes will hold a sale of personal property at his Rogers Camp Ground area farm two miles west on Saturday September 22 1917
Auction notice lists two registered cattle and five grade cattle to be sold at McCliaran's gale with sale details and date.
Dr Ira Funkhouser of La Crosse Indiana journeys via Corydon to Heth township to visit his parents. He was commissioned First Lieutenant and two hours after arriving home Saturday received a telegram directing him to Ft Benjamin Harrison Officers Training Camp, requiring departure Sunday morning.
Miss Minnie Bruch aged 67 died August 31 in Montgomery County Indiana. She came to the county in 1872 with her brother John and had lived there since. Burial occurred in the county. She was highly esteemed.
The notice lists two milch cows to be fresh about February to be sold at McClaran's sale. It also records a social visit by guests of Rienty Dietrich and family of New Salisbury, including Claude Couch and family, Arthur Brock Enleshurst and family of Sellersburg, and Mr. and Mrs. John Damon and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Lofton of New Salisbury. They all enjoyed the gathering.
The New Albany Presbytery plans a two day gathering in Corydon beginning Tuesday September 18 at 1 30 P M with preaching service on Tuesday night and communion services. Session expected to last two days. Amos W Yeager ex county commissioner of Heth township traveled to Corydon on business yesterday and ordered the Democrat sent to his nephew Charles H Yeager in Lexington Mil ion. Two spring heifers bred and two cows due to calve around February will be sold at McClaran's sale Thursday September 20.
The undersigned will sell at public auction at the farm of William Ripperdan four miles south of Corydon on the Corydon Mauckport road Tuesday September 18 1917. Items include three head of horses one six months old gelding four head of Jersey cows mower disc wheat drill corn planter 1500 feet of lumber buggy harness and other articles. Frank Self agent. Jason Ripperdan also offers for sale two good work horses farm wagon buggy and harness plows harrows log bolsters and corn growing two thirds interest. Terms four five dollars and antler cash in hand over five dollars credit nine months with approved surety six percent interest and attorney fees. Sale begins 1 PM. John Wolfe auctioneer.
Several hundred good locust posts for sale at the farm of H. 4H. Pocker on the Ohio River in Posey township two miles south of Bridgeport. Mr Pocker will sell the posts to persons wanting them. Large posts 10 cents each and smaller ones at least price.
Notice posted on Snider farm in Franklin township prohibits hunting or trespassing day or night without a permit. Violators will be prosecuted.
An astronomer estimated hills in paintings reach about forty three miles tall with a giant peak over a hundred miles above sea level. A Turner landscape note discusses exaggerated hill heights for dramatic effect. Secretary orders detail garrison, post, and storm flag sizes and hoist rules for US posts and cemeteries.
Orville Wright notes aeroplane mail will not supplant steamship and rail due to cost and capacity. A hundred aircraft would be needed to match current mail volumes, though rapid aeroplane service may emerge with higher prices and a special stamp. Two-day and ten-hour routes envisioned in Harpers.
Youth's Companion notes London has prehistoric roots with Paleolithic and Neolithic habitation. The site was a Celtic stronghold in historic times and later developed through Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Danish, and Tudor periods with rich, buried layers revealing Britain’s finest Roman remains. The article likens city growth to fossil-like stratification.
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