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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
4
Corydon Democrat editors and proprietors Charles W. Thomas and Charles B. Ellis announce the Corydon Indiana newspaper's post office mailing details and annual subscription terms. The notice notes office location in the Democrat Building and advance payment requirements for in and out of county subscribers.
A dated editorial argues that Republican organs manipulate harmony and discuss men over principles. It critiques the match trust, wool prices controlled by the wool trust, and Dingley tariff effects, while warning the trusts and Republicans are closely allied and using tax power for profit.
The Boston Herald quotes John Sherman warning the nation from the Senate to beware of tariff-based gains and urges manufacturers not to misuse power, citing the McKinley tariff as a realized possibility.
Hall Corydon Lodge No 77 K O T M Corydon Indiana drafts resolutions for the death of Clairborn R Best who died July 30 1901. The brethren praise his charity kindness and loyalty as a Maccabee and vow to publish notice and send copies to his family.
Local residents listed visiting relatives and hosting guests from Louisville Cincinnati Fort Wayne New Albany and Brownstown. The Corydon band performed at an ice cream festival and three Franciscan Sisters will teach the Catholic school. Also notes on Dr Z Wolfe and family and a digests ad for Kodol Dyspepsia Care.
Kidney trouble weakens mind and vigor, affects children, and causes bed wetting as a sign. The ad promotes Swamp-Root by Dr. Kilmer and Co., offering samples and a pamphlet via mail from Binghamton, New York.
County records show 306 men aged 70 or older in Harrison County as of July 1 1901 with Posey township leading. The compilation draws from township trustees voter enumeration reports to the County Auditor and notes some may have died or aged since the figures were recorded.
Notice to residents of Elizabeth and Posey township Harrison county Indiana that a male inhabitant over 21 will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at Corydon for license to sell intoxicating liquors in a ground floor room on Main street Elizabeth lot 7 and 8. The room measures 22 by 16 feet with an 8 foot ceiling and includes two street windows, a front door, and an adjoining room door and will sell cigars and tobacco as well.
A male resident of Corydon Harrison township Harrison county Indiana will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the September session 1901 for license to sell intoxicating liquors in a room on the ground floor of a two story brick building at the southwest corner of lot 47 Chestnut street Corydon The room measures 36 1/2 by 18 1/2 feet with a 11 1/2 foot ceiling and described doors windows and access as detailed. Charles F Shaffer signs the notice.
A Harrison county resident applied to the Board of Commissioners at Corydon for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a small ground floor room of a building on Jet number 35 in Corydon. The notice details the room’s dimensions, street frontage on Cherry, and the exact parcel boundaries along with door and window specs. James R. Tabler signs the filing dated August with a request to hold the license at the September board session.
A male resident of Taylor township Harrison County Indiana seeks a license at the regular Board of Commissioners session in Corydon on the first Monday of September to sell intoxicating liquors in a small room of a lower floor storefront with a cellar. The petition requests license to retail spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicants in quantities less than five gallons per sale and to manufacture brooms in the same room.
State of Indiana Harrison county notice in Harrison Circuit Court September Term 1901 to non resident defendants Perry Borden Leander Borden Benjamin F Borden Jacob P Snider and others in partition action concerning real estate in Indiana. Publication ordered for trial on the next term beginning September 1900 at Corydon Court House. If they fail to appear the action will be decided in their absence. Clerk Charles A Bline. Deputy Amos Lemmon. az-3t
A male resident over twenty one in Morgan township Harrison county Indiana will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the regular session in Corydon on the first Monday of September 1901 for a license to retail intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons, to be consumed on the premises a framed building fronting the New Albany and Vincennes turnpike near the southeast corner of the northeast quarter of section 35 township 1 south range 4 east, a twelve acre tract in Morgan township. Charles Marx.
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