Ford shutdown idles 100000 workers amid coal dispute
Detroit reports Henry Ford's strike against high coal prices leaves about 73000 Detroit workers out of work with others in assembling plants across the nation idle. Ford’s executives gave no timetable. Ford rejected coal shipment as unsuitable for blast furnaces. A nearby dresser bed dining set ad appears at residence of Mrs C W Cook.
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Detroit
Associated Press
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Highland Park
W. Cook
Alice Williams
Death of Newell Shireman Five Year Old in Arkansas
Newell Ross Shireman five years old died at his home four miles south of Dewitt Arkansas after twelve days illness from brain fever on September 9 1916. He was born September 19 1910 in Harrison County Indiana and leaves his mother and father three sisters and one brother with grandmothers in Corydon and Valley City Indiana. Interment followed at Dewitt cemetery with prayers and flowers as the family mourns the loss.
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Newell Ross
Thos. Shireman
Harrison County
Ind
Dewitt
Ark
Dorothy
Mildred
Geneva
Thomas Jr
Kilda Shireman
Corydon
Mary Wright
Valley City
Newell
Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
God
Carnation flour request at New Middletown Milling Co
Customer asks a grocery to supply Carnation flour manufactured by the New Middletown Milling Co. Jy-26-tf.
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New Middletown Milling Co
Premium Awards Highlight Harrison County Fair Efforts
The Democrat begins publishing premiums awarded at the Harrison County Fair praising stock, horses, cattle, sheep and hogs poultry grain vegetables fruit canned goods jellies pies cakes needlework and other entries. The piece commends organizers, notes the fair’s strong county reputation and urges more advance planning for the 64th annual event.
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Harrison County
Democrat
The
Peas Pleads Guilty in Harrison Court Fined 100
Victor Peas entered a guilty plea in Harrison Circuit Court last Saturday to possessing intoxicating liquor. He was fined $100 and sentenced to the State Penal Farm for thirty days. The sheriff plans to take him to the farm within a day. He is married and resides in Scott township.
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Victor Peas
Harrison
Pease
Scott Township
Jury Hung in Robbery Trial of Stoy Love and Barksdale
State of Indiana versus Stoy Love and William Barksdale for a February 1921 robbery of James Coleman ended without a verdict. The jury failed to agree after two days of testimony and were discharged. Love will be retried but the other defendant remains pending.
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Stoy Love
Indiana
William Barksdale
James Coleman
Harrison
Love
Charles T. Brown
English
Philip S. Seacat
Clyde R. Lottick
Corydon
George B. McIntire
New Albany
Barksdale
Mr. Coleman
Morgan Township
Bedford
Auto Racer Roscoe Sarles Killed In Kansas City Crash
Roscoe Sarles aged thirty, a nationally known auto racer born in New Albany and married two years, died in a 600 mile Kansas City speedway race when his car wrecked with Pete DePaolo. His vehicle vaulted the railing, dropped twenty five feet, and burned under the wreckage. He had several narrow escapes and had visited Corydon for a past race.
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Roscoe Sarles
Kansas City
New Kansas City Speedway
Pete DePaolo
Sarles
Mr. Sarles
New Albany
Corydon
Louisville Tenor Sings at La Scala in Milan
Mrs. John Sample reports from Milan that Mfr Sample will sing for the winter season at La Scala. He has signed a contract with the renowned Italian house under Toscanini, and will perform leading tenor roles in Europe’s famed opera venue.
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Louisville
Italy
John Sample
Milan
Mfr
Louisville Evening Post
Frimmer Chapel Junior C E Social Saturday Night
The Junior C E Society of Frimmer Chapel hosts a social on Saturday September 28 at the church. They offer for sale weiners marsh mallows coffee cakes cocoon and peanuts with buns pickles cream and sugar free. Entertainment is free. Supt Ethel Gehlbach and Assistant Ruth Faith invite everyone to attend.
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C. E. Society of Pfrimmers Chapel
Ethel Gehlbach
Ruth Faith
Jack's Advice From The Jasper Herald Motto
Let your motto be Lie Steal Drink and Swear until you choose pleasant dreams. If you drink let it be pure cold water. If you steal do so away from immoral associates. If you swear you will patronize your home paper and not send job work away.
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Jasper Herald
Letter from J W Mauck notes farm crops in Nebraska
A brief note from J W Mauck of Minatare Nebraska includes a subscription renewal for the Democrat and mentions crops. He says crops look fine though ten acres of oats were damaged by grasshoppers. He lists 82 acres of corn and 15 acres of potatoes. He notes John and his family moved west years ago.
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J. W. Mauck
Minatare
Nebraska
Democrat
Mr. Mauck
John
Mrs Curtis Hisey Ill With Typhoid at Parents’ Home
Mrs Curtis Hisey is quite ill with typhoid fever at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs W W Jacobs in Heth township.
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Curtis Hisey
W. W. Jacobs
Heth Township
Democratic Ladies to Speak in Harrison County
Mrs. Charles H. Sims announces that Mrs. Florence S. Pitts and Mrs. A P Plynn will speak next Saturday September 23 at 2 PM on the court house lawn in Harrison county. The event invites men and women to attend with special welcome to women.
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Charles H. Sims
Harrison County
Florence S. Pitts
Salem
A. P. Plynn
Logansport
Indiana
Democratic State Central Committee
Sims
Court House
Local Notes and Events in Corydon and Surrounding Towns
Geo S Wilson travels to Indianapolis on business this week. Mrs J M Lemmon of Elizabeth visits friends in Evansville. The Douglas sale occurs in Taylor township on Saturday September 23. Hazel Best of Heth township has gone to Leadyard Montana to teach. Paint promotions noted. Bullets and Sons will be in Corydon hammer sawing. James 8 Martin of Palmyra is hospitalized in New Albany after surgery. Mrs Pitts and Mrs Flynn to speak in Corydon court house square at 2 pm next Saturday September 23.
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Hazel Best
Heth Township
lLeadyard
Montana
James 8. Martin
Palmyra
St. Edward’s Hospital
New Albany
Birth of a Son for William Bet ter and Family
Announcement of the birth on Thursday September 14 of a son named Charles Thomas to Mr. and Mrs. William Bet ter. The Horn and Peters families, including Mrs. Horn and Mrs. Peters, are visiting Illiopolis Illinois.
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William Better
Charles Thomas
Mrs
Maurice Horn
H. E. Peters
Illiopolis
Illnois
Mrs. Horn
Mrs. Peters
Cream Separator No 10 Offered At Corydon Sale
A Delaval cream separator No 10 will be sold at John S. Martins sale one mile east of Corydon next Saturday September 23 beginning at nine o clock A M. Mrs Philip Curts and her little son Herschel visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Ferguson of this place last week.
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John S. Martin
Corydon
Philip Curts
Herschel
Scott Township
Henry
Ferguson
Herman Fessell
Heth Man Taken For Emergency Bowel Surgery In Louisville
Odus Shireman of Heth township was taken to Deaconess Hospital in Louisville on Thursday and underwent an operation for a locked bowel that evening. At last report he was doing nicely.
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Odus Shireman
Heth Township
Louisville
Carleton Daniel and Wife Visit Corydon Relatives
Dr and Mrs Carleton Daniel of Indianapolis visited relatives in Corydon last week. They were accompanied by Mrs G W Applegate, sister of Mr Daniel, who had been their guest for several weeks.
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Carleton Daniel
Indianapolis
Corydon
G. W. Applegate
Harry W Shields Leaves for California in Fresno
Harry W Shields, son of Eli Shields of this place, leaves for California Fresno after being born and raised in Boone township this county.
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Harry W. Shields
California
Fresno
The
Democrat
Harry
Eli Shields
Boone Township
This County
Morgan Family Returns Home After Visit
Mr and Mrs J J B Morgan and their two children have returned to Iowa City Iowa after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Jasper N Davis of Moberly Mr Morgan teaches at the University of Iowa City.
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J. J. B. Morgan
Iowa City
Iowa
Jasper N. Davis
Moberly
Mr. Morgan
Universty
Thornton renews subscriptions in county town
James A. Thornton north east of Corydon called Saturday to renew his subscription to the Democrat and also subscribed to the Louisville Times. He is one of five citizens noted for his many friends since moving to the county.
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James A. Thornton
Corydon
Democrat
Louisville
Mr. Thornton
Remembrance for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lottich
The Lottich family thanks relatives and friends for kindness, sympathy, and help during the illness and death of wife and mother Mary Elizabeth Lottich. William Lottich and family.
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Mary Elizabeth Lottich
William Lottich
Lois Bullett Improves After Colorado Health Visit
Mr and Mrs Ed Bullett report their daughter Lois Bullett who has lived in Trinidad Colorado for over a year for health improvements. Lois is a respected teacher with many friends in the county and here.
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Bullett
Lois
Trinidad
Colorado
Corydon Courier Notes Local News and Sales
Mr and Mrs L Van Zandt and Mrs Edw Schilmiller of New Boston pass Corydon en route to Wyandotte Cave. Culbertson Elrod is ill. Elrod uses crutches after knee fracture. John S Martins sale near Corydon next Saturday features furniture hay and a Majestic range. Rev Henry W McKim ill with bladder trouble in Corydon. Ola Duke and William Daley case delayed to November 14. Dr Wm Daniel renews subscription. his son Dr Fred M Daniel also subscribes. Guernsey cattle premiums awarded to Ebert and sons and E E Albin. John R Weathers of Washington DC visits Corydon relatives. works pension bureau and writing a grammar textbook.
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L. van Zandt
Edw. Schilmiller
New Boston
Corydon
Culbertson
John W. Elrod
Mr. Elred
Henry W. McKim
Charles H. Sims
Wm. Daniel
Democrat
Fred M. Daniel
Elwood
Indiana
Daniel
Cariton
Ex-Postmaster James H. Smith Visits Back East and West
Ex-Postmaster James H. Smith of Lanesville called at this office. He recently returned from a month visiting relatives in the West, stayed with his brother M. M. Smith in Hartford Arkansas, and spent three weeks with his daughters in Partridge Kansas. He notes Hartford’s thriving hardware and fur goods business, land holdings, and says Kansas has changed much in forty four years.
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James H. Smith
Lanesville
West
M. M. Smith
Hartford
Arkansas
Smith
R. J. Gresham
H. C. Hamilton
Partridge
Kansas
Gresham
Hamilton
Pastor Theodore Hisert Completes First Half of Ministry at Oriole
Reverend Theodore Hisert, returning from Greensburg M E Conference, begins his third year as pastor of the Oriole church, while serving Alton and Branchville. He and parishioners bought a parsonage with eighty acres, sold seventy acres, and now occupy a fifteen acre church site with improvements.
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Theodore Hisert
Oriole
Perry County
M. EB
Alton
Crawford County
Branchville
Eisert
Greensburg
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Geo. S. Wilson
J. M. Lemmon
Elizabeth
Evansville
Douglas
Taylor Township
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William Daley
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