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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
8
A satirical poem portrays a free-born man rising under a system ruled by trusts. It depicts social dependence on trusts for basic needs like soap, coal, clothing, and food, and ends with a plea that trusts may guide him beyond life to the heavens.
Harrison County commissioners at the August term list numerous allowances to residents and officials. Names include David Goss, Thomas Connolly, Benjamin Lotton, Sam Ashe, Henry A. and John Perryman, Stephen Walker, Daniel Colea, Jesse Voyles, Elijah Rodelphi, Joseph Ash, John Lofton, Jacob Jordan, Benj Jordan, John TV. Mathes, W. Hoel Hudson, Robert B. Daily, Jacob Follone, John M. Baez, A.G. Ward, and many others. Payments cover services from road work, court expenses, coroner’s duties, jail and sheriff operations, repairs, and supplies totaling varying sums.
Fare details list various round trip prices from Missouri River Terminals to cities including Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Ogden Salt Lake City Spokane Portland Tacoma Seattle San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dates extend to August 148 and September 18 with different city pairings. Contact WG Nedmyer Chicago for full information. A separate health note promotes De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve with brand verification and cautions about counterfeits from DeWitt Co. Chicago.
A roundup of varied notes notes include rising bicycle demand in China, a spike in Welsh tramp totals in Wales, Spain exports olives valued at about 800000 dollars, a Lisbon bullfight tragedy, Salvation Army gains street shoe polishing monopoly in Copenhagen, Irish language growth, London Paris travel time via luggage crates, fears of English settlement in Caucasus, Mecca pilgrim feasibility with escorted carpet from Cairo and traveling doctors.
Lou Dillon will be matineed and not obstruct the green trotters. Tim Murname to train Silversign 2:1084 and other good horses in Denver. O W F Knapp now resident in Toledo with his stable of trotters. Detroit speedway funding blocked by council. Norvin G 2:094 will return to trotting. Syracuse track stables filling rapidly and in top form. William Wilson trains Vinebrook Farm horses in Lexington. Gretchen 2:1314, Mars Cassidy’s mare, to be bred at Village Farm. Irish Monterey pacer raced by Ab Fullager, owned by Frank Gordon of Chicago.
S Miller Kent is set to star next season in Fighting Bob by Edward E. Rose. BL Miamor Crawford has written a piece for Herbert Kelcey and Efe Shannon, already accepted. The Eternal City will cast Sarah Traux as Violet Alen’s former role with Frank C. Bangs as the pope. M. B. Raymond acquires Kirke La Shelle’s interest in Arizona, becoming sole owner. Margaret Ashton, American vaudeville singer, returns from London with success. Lillian Swain will play Puck in Nat Goodwin’s revival of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Dan Daly may go to London next season. John Henry drew a cool response in New York and he’s been offered in London.
A fragment from the Atchison Globe reflects on old fashioned youths who attend church for mischief, a novelist’s hero with a silk mustache, men who rode "Shanks' mare," and opinions on family ties for eighteen year olds. It also mentions women who mix cobweb pills in fever care and a multitasking mother with a baby on her lap unable to sweep.
Moss on fruit trees signals thrift problems. Grapes are reliably cheap to grow and wholesome. Dwarf pears tend to overbear producing poor fruit. thinning should start once the crop sets. Weeds and suckers between blackberry and raspberry rows must be kept down, preserving only strong suckers for next year’s pleating.
The lesson notes David’s rise under Saul after his victory over the Philistines. Saul grows wary as the people praise David, and an evil spirit causes tension. David’s wisdom and the Lord’s presence help him prosper, while Saul’s fear deepens. Israel’s love for David endures as he goes in and out before them.
Money to loan on easy terms on first mortgage. Savings and Loan Association advertises loan options with simple terms and local availability.
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