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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1902
Page
3
A reminiscence of boyhood in an attic under moonlight. The speaker recalls dreams that swept over a red trundle bed and the lattice moonbeams that offered peace amid present weariness. The piece reflects longing for lost innocence and prophetic visions from youth.
In a Middleton estate diamond theft, guest Mr Dane with a broken front tooth becomes the focus. By tracing apple bites and hidden shoes, the detective uncovers the missing diamond inside a shoe heel. Dane is pursued and captured, ending in Sing Sing.
A long historical overview explains the President's flag as a century old convention not mandated by Congress. It notes changes since 1865 under Gideon Welles, Roosevelt’s later influence to avoid painting, and the flag's current bunting design. It mentions rare use and past ridicule during Harrison’s Dolphin voyage.
In a playful moment from Salad for the Social the celebrated physician Zimmermann recalls attending Frederick the Great during his last illness. The King credits the doctor for guiding many to another world while the physician modestly replies that the dose was not as great as the King implies, nor as honorable to him.
Fragmentary remarks discuss promoter urging a participant to enter a six day walking race. The text mentions a hero performer and a theatrical troupe, with references to media coverage and a politician’s differing statements.
The sermon likens faith hope obedience righteousness humility and joy to music in heart and life. It argues harmony with divine facts harmonizes the soul while discord arises from disbelief disobedience and sin. Humility and righteous living sustain joy as members of one grand orchestra of truth.
The article argues that gratitude is music to God and that true redemption harmonizes all human faculties with divine will. It emphasizes harmony over complaint, noting nature and starry heavens invite worship, while Jesus’ love uniquely appeals. It urges readers to align heart and spirit so every faculty resonates with gratitude.
A sermon argues prayers are answered through wisdom and goodness not by literal fulfillment. It cites motives, divine methods, and the need to accept sacrifice and selflessness, with examples like Elijah Paul and Jesus to illustrate conditions of effective prayer.
A series of short church quotes stresses virtue as courage and true education as goodness, honesty, and purity. It asserts God’s way as best, Christ as the door to faith and knowledge, and that advancement in faith comes through Christ with no new gospel, only more gospel.
Reports describe a Hancock County mob halting Indiana Traction trains in Charlottesville to block car movements amid a smallpox quarantine. Aeronaut Calloway escaped a burning balloon at Burr Oak using a parachute after the craft caught fire. A Vandalia train collided with a streetcar in Terre Haute, injuring several. The Cook ditch, Indiana’s largest drainage project, was completed at Grand Junction, opening the Kankakee river basin to reclamation and farming.
A varied Indiana roundup reports poisonings at an Kokomo ice cream party with a death, numerous building contracts in Newcastle, and a Mount Vernon reunion expected to draw 15 000 visitors. Other items include a Bloomington infant fatally burned, drownings in Henderson, a safety act by Union soldiers’ reunion, and local accidents or crimes across cities.
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