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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
8
Our sick are improving as J C Loop mentions a May trip to Kansas. Alva Daily visited New Albany. D B Stoker and family saw J L Windell. Ed Hisey moved near New Albany. poles planted for a new telephone line.
The undersigned offers a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to Antone seeking relief from stomach disorders, biliousness or constipation. The remedy is new and touted as reliable, at CROSSER'S CORNER DRUG STORE.
A New Salisbury note lists farmers setting straw berry plats this spring. Corydon visitors include Clarence Bullett Kate Adams May Adams. D I Stevens visits Louisville to see a sick nephew. Telegraph line work by Wallies boys and Raymond Dunne Will Stevens. Jackson township trains dispatchers praised. Elmer Radcliff back from Hardinsburg. Ideal Entertainment Co from Saganaw Michigan to perform April 23 at M E church. Mrs L C Adams Grace and Frannie visit Kringle family. Poacher presiding elder quarterly meeting held Friday to Sunday. Reinhardt family and Davidsons visit S Davidson.
A testimonial from M. B. Smith of Butternut Michigan praises De Witts Little Early Risers as a reliable laxative cure for biliousness and constipation. The ad claims the product never causes griping or nausea and includes an attribution to L A RIELY & Son as the distributor.
Grace Amy travels to New Albany for prayer meeting and Sunday school at Fairview each Sunday. Malinda Denbo visits Allie Soaver, Miss Emma Denbo plans to close her Walkirk school on April 25. A spelling match is planned for the night with four grand times expected.
An advertisement proclaims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic contains only iron and quinine in tasteless form with a No Cure, No Pay claim, noting the formula is plainly printed on each bottle and suggesting skepticism about its health value.
Mrs Minnie Baxter returns home from Moox county. Miss Beulah Cunningham visits friends at aralife Bottom. John L. Stoker of Edwardsville visits C. S toker. James E. Funk on business in the alls Cities. Mrs Mary Daily of Valley City visits her brother J. W. Pipes. Trustee Taylor held a graduation examination. Arthur Poe returns home to Paducah Kentucky. Banana Hills and Fever tonic ad promotes Groves Tasteless Chili Tonic with iron and quinine. No cure no pay.
Christine Norman discovered about 1900 dollars in an iron box with two locks left by her mother Anna Norman. The box contained gold silver and older paper money. Authorities deposited the funds in a bank for Christine who had cared for her mother amid poverty.
Beverages notes the czar rode nine miles between champagne stacks in the Pom mery and Greno vaults. The vast complex holds 12,000,000 bottles in 180 acres of chalk quarries near Rheims with 450 workers, including 50 women, labeling and corking. Each worker drinks a tumbler before work and keeps two bottles of red wine daily.
The island of Papa Little in St Magnus bay Shetland lies opposite Papa Stour and has Norse generated names meaning Priest islands. Once a croft site now ruined, the isle is used for grazing and famed for its absence of mice as tests show mice die quickly when placed there. Crofters on the mainland even fetch soil from the isle to sprinkle around stacks to deter mice.
Cascade farmer Wainwright reports a clever goat and its pet puppy that roam the neighborhood. On a Sunday, the goat led rescuers to a ten foot deep pit where the puppy lay in danger. rescuers saved the dog and the goat greeted them with affectionate bleats.
Reported proposal by Norwegian legislators would deny marriage permission to girls unable to knit sew wash and cook with daughters of wealthy men exempted. Also notes a two year army vehicle test in Austria yielding a $2915 saving over horse drawn transport.
A Denver Post report recalls a dilemma at a railway depot where five living passengers and a deceased man faced overweight trunks. The baggage master ruled the corpse carriage allowed under a full fare ticket, enabling two extra trunks to ride without extra charges.
M. Hugues Le Roux notes in Century that Abyssinians practice forgiveness even amid violent crime. A servant tried to kill the head servant. the victim demanded retaliation, but other servants appealed to mercy and the killer was freed.
Alameda's Old Men's Singing club admits only men over sixty five who can sing. It counts 101 members with an aggregate age of 6666 years. The lone woman artist is Senora Benina Barone a 103 year old dancer and singer born in Mexico in 1798. She recalls roses tossed at her by cavaliers and melodies under her window in early Mexican days. Her feet and voice gave a final performance to aid the club's fund for the poor.
A humorous tale from The Dominie in Ladies Home Journal recalls a Spanish shop experience where a tourist failed to be understood in Spanish and was mocked by a girl who answered in perfect English offering a fine-tooth comb. The piece also notes wireless telegraphy to link a German meteorologist at Zuespitz with Ebisee post office 6,870 feet below.
While visiting the city Prince Henry declined most autograph requests. He gave signatures only to the president of the hosting society and a few close associates at the head table, preferring to inform presiding officers rather than grant wide requests. Mail requests were numerous but largely refused.
Fire Chief Dutton in Washington recalls a large blaze and questions whether an overheated stove caused it. He notes an owner living in the United States could face lien charges for fire department runs, a law not the same in some foreign countries.
The Treasurer of Corydon Indiana announces sale of thirteen thousand dollars in bonds of 1000 each bearing interest from date with terms redeemable in whole or part at the Town Board’s pleasure after five years. Bids due May 1 1908. C M Miller Treasurer.
A keeper says a red cape worn by a girl in the lion house unnerves the animals and stirs the crowd to feisty behavior. He notes the lioness and other predators follow the youngster in a tense scene during feeding-time speculation. The commissioner of pensions recalls a conning attorney who begged for a railroad pass after a three year sentence.
The article notes Queen Alexandra’s honor in inviting Miss Knudson, one-time governess to her youth, to attend the coronation ceremonies next June. It mentions Obsidian Cliff in Yellowstone National Park as historic neutral ground where tribes once made spear and arrow heads.
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