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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
3
The passage presents a didactic verse by Elia Wheeler Wilcox asking readers to choose between two groups of people. It contrasts overtaxed lifters who bear burdens with leasers who shift load onto others, prompting reflection on personal responsibility and empathy.
Mary Andrews persuades Almira Hunter to help with a rummage sale in Brentley. Caleb Thomas buys an old coat at the sale containing Mira’s twenty year old letter, revealing Mira and Caleb’s long silence. He delivers the letter, and the two reunite in a joyous embrace.
The Thomas W. Lawson, first seven masted steel schooner, launched at Fore River, Quincy. Cost 250000 dollars, built in eight months for coal trade, with potential Philippines service. Crew sixte en, steam driven propulsion, electric lighting and telephone, top speed for era. Length 403 feet overall, beam 50, draft 26½ feet, tonnage 3100.
A microscopic photograph shows the eyes of a common house fly and its head enlarged thousands of times. The fly has large compound eyes and several ocelli, illustrating how the eye arrangement helps it avoid capture.
The Hamburg American line ship during a Norway expedition hosts John Wanamaker who is presented to the German Emperor. The Kaiser greets him warmly calling him enterprising, praising America. The exchange includes questions about the Riviera, with Wanamaker joking about few friends where he stayed.
Report of a classroom game where two female students describe mobbing the umpire. One recalls the crowd calling the official “a mean old thing” and insulting her as “perfectly horrid” in the heated moment.
Michigan Senator James H. McMillan died suddenly at his Manchester-by-the-Sea Massachusetts summer cottage at 4 a.m. after congested lungs and heart failure. The 1838 Hamilton, Ontario native spent years in Detroit business and politics, serving as Michigan Republican State chair and U.S. Senator. He chaired the District of Columbia committee and died with wife, daughter, and granddaughter beside him.
Near Tulsa Creek Indian boy Charles Mingo was found dead early in the morning impaled on a wild Texas steer’s horns. The animal, exhausted from an all night run, was shot as workers freed the youth. the boy had been seen playing in the pasture the night before and likely wandered among cattle.
Nebraskan William J. Bryan declared he will not run for President in 1904 while traveling to speak in Danville Illinois. He said he has no future nomination plans and will continue as a private citizen focusing on editorial work and reforms.
The State Department will commission a fresh Great Seal of the United States to replace the old worn version. Congress approved the $1,250 recutting on Secretary Hay’s recommendation, and work is underway. Since 1782 only three seals have served, with new ones crafted in 1782 1841 and 1885.
Frederick W. Vanderbilt donates 500000 to Yale Sheffield Scientific dormitory. Princeton reports 22 Phillips Academy students barred for exam cheating. MIT starts insurance engineering to study fire resistant materials. Johns Hopkins to move after a 1000000 endowment funds new Baltimore site. Princeton boosts Patton ethics chair with 4000 salary plus 30000 gifts to reach 10000 for five years. New Orleans school board records 10 percent enrollment loss among colored schools and shifts to negro teachers. state literacy suffrage aim noted. Patronize those who advertise.
Harry March, a wealthy Muncie property owner, plans a $75,000 hotel downtown. Other items include Laporte County trustees voting to abolish music in public schools, and a swindle loss of $450 to a Jackson township farmer. Multiple local incidents, business openings, and public notices fill the page.
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