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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1903
Page
2
The President’s thoughtful son Quentin Roosevelt voices a wish that reflects a child's simple wish for all future desires to disappear. The anecdote appears in a New York Sun report noting Quentin’s quiet moment in the nursery and his witty, philosophical remark.
Velpen April 6 William O B Sullivan a respected farmer recounts his health struggle with rheumatism kidney and heart trouble. He warns against false cures and testifies that Dodd's Kidney Pills proved genuine restoring his health and proving the remedy effective.
A brief dialogue hints that extensive reading fuels a person’s talent for talking about fiction. The exchange suggests a theory that wide exposure to novels boosts conversational fluency and imagination.
A letter from Mrs Johnmlachlan in Hilldown Alberta dated February 5 1903 describes Alberta as a growing farm region with 100 to 800 head cattle settlers and ranchers, good schools funded by government, pleasant climate ample hay and crops, and a predicted population surge as East Coast migrants move west for 160 acre homesteads.
A wide statewide snapshot reports a peat-deposit project in Starke County with $500000 capital, a Greenfield woman’s suicide, a Brownstown boy killed at a straw factory, and rising Wabash post office revenue. Also noted are a new Carnegie library in Wabash, saloon battles in Putnam County, forest reserve petitions in Blackford, injuries at Mishawaka and Marion, a fatal track incident near Peru, and various patents and road improvements.
A collection of testimonials from Miss Helen Whitman of Milwaukee and others extol Peruna as a spring tonic for catarrh nerves and general vitality. Letters praise relief after four bottles, improved sleep, and renewed health, urging others to consult Dr. Hartman and seek the book on catarrh.
An irate subscriber admits tossing the editor into the waste paper basket after a joke about a practical prank. The editor explains it was meant as a joke and dismisses the incident as a prank gone wrong.
A Ludlow youth laments money while a Cumminsville sage proposes a get rich quick scheme, sparking a brief Riverside dialect exchange about public schemes and money.
A Norwood philosopher jokes about doctors in a brief exchange. The denizen from Mr. Auburn questions what is queer about physicians. The philosopher retorts that doctors earn by practicing and retire when skill ends the need to practice.
A child asks what a Christian is and the mother explains that a Christian is a man who works hard rather than lounging in an easy chair as his wife carries coal.
The report credits Mr. F Lat-Just with a remarkable achievement, described as the greatest feat of the age. Mr. S. Burban questions the claim while Mr. Lat-Just explains dropping his collar and observing where it fell.
A youngster asks what a pneumatic tire is and the elder defines it as a long winded story. The dialogue carries a humorously curt teaching moment about tires and tales.
The fragment notes that Pettus, associated with Alabama, is wearing eyeglasses that were purchased in the year 1865. The readable text indicates eyewear linked to Pettus and a mid 19th century purchase date.
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