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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1923
Page
6
Corydon Democrat announces its establishment in 1856 with a modest circulation of 3460. The notice lists Lew M. Oramon as editor and proprietor and notes official posting at the Corydon Indiana post office as second class matter. An advertising representative is also referenced.
Display ads are 40 cents per inch per insertion Readers are 5 cents per line Special standing ad rates apply for longer terms Time frames include one year in county and out of county six months in county and out of county Three months in county and out of county with the listed rates Subscriptions within county must be paid in advance
The American Legion of Kentucky in session at Ashland opposes the Ku Klux Klan and calls for law and order under constitutionally established agencies. The report notes limited Klan activity in Kentucky, including masked marches and talk of officers. It suggests legal tweaks to curb masked wrongdoing and cites the New York practice of registering secret orders.
The Ku Klux Klan faced legal trouble as three members pled guilty to whipping a farmer in Oklahoma and received two-year prison terms. In Pittsburg New Jersey and Delaware clashes left hundreds wounded or killed. Many towns ban masked street appearances. A preacher in the county carried a revolver. The Klan's actions stir neighborly tensions.
The remarks criticize Republicans in the county after Corydon National Bank failed, noting rising aggravation and referencing past campaigns where Democrats warned about high taxes and partisan control. The writer promises more specific detail later.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Brown hosted a birthday party for their children Cleo and Walter on September 2. Guests enjoyed games, refreshments at four, cake candy peanuts and lemonade and many gifts. Attendees included Leola Walter Thelma Walter Elizabeth Brown Elizabeth McCoy Martha Boley Zelma Windish Loretta Windish Frances Brown Cleo Brown Louise Brown Mary Evelyn Brown Clarence Boley Leroy Brown Frank Buey John Walter Arlyn Walter and Amiel Brown.
The Harrison County notes Indiana State Fair attendance at Indianapolis this week while the Kentucky Fair draws crowds. County exhibitors include Claude Davis with two pens of White Leghorn chickens, Prof. Edward Criss and County Agent M. Clunie with a fourboy judging team: Kenneth Miller, Robert Kopp, Durbin Flock and Amzi Leffler. Also Frank Walter, Noble Flock, and Waldo Engleman attend. Nine girls from the county won club exhibits: Fanny Kennedy, Ruth Gurtz, Ethel Ware, Mae Tranumi, Mildred Gettelfinger, Bonnie Hiser, Elizabeth Conrad, Georgetta Rogge, Alma Reagan. Julia May Daily is noted for a baking win but lacks a State Fair class. Criss, Clunie, and team will camp on the State Fair Grounds’ north club site.
Day and night service promotes lower expenses for all motorists. Next Red Mill Corydon Service Garage, A-11-11, L. A. Reasor, page 16.
Gentry Bros Famous Shows join Jas Patterson's Trained Wild Animal Circus for a sept 17 display in New Albany. Lions and other wild animal acts, a mile long street parade, and foreign acts promise thrills. main event under the tents to feature the mammoth show.
A note identifies Carnation flour as a specialty manufactured by the New Middletown Milling Company with March 28 as a date reference.
Corydon High School potato club members visited fields of Andrew Byerly Alva Shaffer Stanley Windell and Kenneth Miller last Saturday. Each field showed good stands of certified seed varieties with Windell and Shaffer reporting strong growth and near perfect stands while Miller noted a reliable Peach Blow stand and some Ruralia under similar soil conditions failing to establish well.
Several farms offered: a 73 acre, 109 acre, 120 acre and 100 acre property. All have good buildings and are well cared for. Inquiries at this office. A-8-3-w.
Otto Roach and Lula Trotter eloped from Du Bois county near Huntingburg Indiana and wed September 3 at Pfrimmer's Chapel with Rev M C Patterson officiating. They then returned to Oliver Kemp's home for dinner and left that afternoon for New Albany where Mr Roach will work.
Auction notice offers 50-Bit fine Red Rock seed wheat free of onions for sale at 1.25 dollars per bushel. Maurice Conrad advertises in Eureka contact Corydon Indiana via phone.
Harrison County Commissioners appoint engineer Wm. E. Best and viewers Frank Reas and Jacob Schneider to reestimate the cost of constructing the free gravel road along Harrison and Jackson Townships after no bids were received. The action follows bids advertised per law with an estimate deemed too low. Secretary C. W. Smith attests the appointment.
Public auction to sell parcels in Harrison County Indiana on October 6 1923 at 2 pm. The auction covers multiple tracts in sections 30 29 22 town 2 south range 3 east and section 2 town 2 south range 8 east with specifics on roads and exemptions. Terms are cash and the sale is by Commissioner Josiah Nolot in the partition suit Nolot versus Murr et al for Eugene A Bary estate.
A petition has been filed with the Harrison County Auditor asking for the location and establishment of a public highway in Scott township. The Board of Commissioners will consider it at the October Session 1923 on October 2. The road would run from the center of Section 25 east to the section edge, about half a mile, along lands of Lydia Shrigley, Daniel Shaffer, James N Shaffer and James Cole, with three viewers to be appointed. The petition is signed by Harry Feller William Bennett Isaac Feller and others.
Harrison County Indiana Commissioners Court August Term 1923 receives a petition from resident free holders to appoint three disinterested men to locate a public highway. The proposed route passes lands of Maurice Conrad Maggie Mann Clifford Mann and Rosie Rainbolt, extending about 9 4 miles. Signed by Ben Byerly Marion Cunningham and others. Auditor C W Smith notes 5-5-2-W.
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