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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1899
Page
6
The Atlanta Journal reports on President McKinley’s pledge to curb trusts and prevent monopoly power. It notes commissions, possible legislation, and state efforts to restrain harmful combinations threatening competition and good government.
The court of inquiry into Army commissary misdeeds in Cuba and Porto Rico is expected to expose tampering and whitewash efforts. Evidence suggests beef purchases to troops were inflated, threatening Alger’s position. calls arise for his resignation while Gen Miles is vindicated.
A dense, garbled OCR passage mixes political terms and stray proper nouns. It references party dynamics, potential elections, and legislative actions intertwined with nonsensical phrases and broken sentences, yielding no clear event or outcome.
A Chicago Democrat argues that punishment for corruption should come from the people at the polls, warning that an administration rebuke will follow a campaign against a corrupt Republican Party. He urges the public to act at the polls rather than rely on army authorities.
A fragmented column cites reactions on Hanna Pianna and Dawes era figures. It notes press criticism from the St Louis Post Dispatch and Boston Herald about trusts, campaigns, and cabinet officials amid party squabbles.
The article reports on the Jefferson Day banquet in Milwaukee where Bryan and Mayor Harrison urge anti trust reform as central to the 1906 campaign. It notes Democratic resolve to fight corruption and trusts, with warnings about imperialism and the gold standard.
The snippet cites editorials from the St Paul Globe on Democratic victories signaling mass readiness to challenge political and industrial abuses, urging nonpartisan cooperation within the party. It also notes a Samoa policy view from the Philadelphia Ledger stressing a united Anglo-American stance and Germany’s limited capacity to oppose both. It concludes with a Kansas City Star argument that taxing franchises benefits public revenue.
Treasury officials estimate a March surplus of nearly 14 million dollars from the Central Pacific Railroad debt settlement by counting note sales as revenue. They admit a nine month deficit of 85,378,319 dollars despite these temporary aids. Edison has reaped princely honors and riches from his discoveries.
Dr J S Groff former pastor at First Baptist Shelbyville seized his 12 year old daughter at Colescot Street school taught by Miss Eva Wingate. The girl had been adopted by Joseph Nennerly after her mother went insane and was placed in a Pennsylvania asylum. Groff, later practicing medicine in Cumberland, took the child there.
The group including H. Fitzgerald Joseph Nuott and J. Tarkington organized to build and operate an electric line between Indianapolis and Martinsville was granted a fifty year franchise by the County Commissioners. The company must provide freight and passenger service at half the current railroad rates and pay the county 25 dollars annually per mile of track within the county.
Chicago businessman J C Frederickson of Chester ton vanished around April 2 after receiving funds from Chicago and heading toward LaPorte. Friends report no further trace. authorities fear foul play and his wife Elisis is distraught. Also noting elopement attempts by Edna Jones and Thomas Sawyer and railroad conductor George Stafford’s insanity.
Reports list multiple Indiana items from St Joseph to Porter counties including band fire losses, rural mail routes, elderly residents, league shuns, road machine deals, vandalism, accidents, layoffs and political figures. Notable: Panhandle rail crash victims, elephants, a beer war, and a statewide business reorganization.
The German Empress faced repeated hair mishaps after using a supposed harmless dye. An initial bottle caused distress at a family meal and was confiscated by Emperor William. After failed attempts with another dye, she finally found a solution that fully whitened her hair.
A man recently swallowed his false teeth and it drove him mad. Stomachs will stand a great deal, but not every thing. If yours is weak try Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It cures stomach troubles, as well as malaria and fever and ague. It is strongly recommended at this season of the year. All druggists keep it.
Two antique furnishings once used by Jenny Lind in Albany are described as a massive varnished bed and a colorfully painted bureau. They originated from the Delavan House, saved when the hotel was damaged, later sold, and eventually acquired by a Turkish bathhouse proprietor for guest rooms in the current building.
Seasonable hints advise not starting spring cleaning early and to tackle one or two rooms at a time. It recommends ventilating spaces, supplying tools, and using soft water and Ivory soap for paints and sinks. It also describes cleaning kitchen utensils and boilers with Ivory soap and carbolic acid as a preparatory step.
In September last, 26 cents per head of livestock were killed by lightning, with 118 victims found near wire fences. The text suggests fences did not guide or shield animals from fatal discharges and may have offered no protection to those nearby.
A farmer sent a postal card addressed to DEMDRING CHIGAGO and received a Deering Harvester Company catalogue with over 100 half tone illustrations. The package included a photo of the largest factory in America a twine booklet a copy of the Deering Farm Journal and a personal letter all by return mail.
A letter from J. B. Palmer of Seattle dated November 25, 1895 notes renewed virulence in a chewing gum epidemic and mentions Fiso's Cure for Consumption. The report adds that there are 4,500 women printers in England.
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