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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1903
Page
2
Lorydon Democra Gio. W. Thomas and Chas. B. Elli editors and proprietors. Ritz at the Corydon Ind post office second class matter. Terms: year in advance one year out of county available in advance price.
The piece argues Democratic panic and Republican favoritism shape policy on trusts and tariffs. It questions causes of the Coxey and Mother Jones protests, cites cattle prices, and accuses the Roosevelt administration of partisan treatment in Miles’s retirement.
The report describes President Roosevelt condemning a retiring general for actions linked to Miles A. Miles and a controversial incident involving a written order. Secretary of War Knox is cited as presenting documents to a military board, with references to punishment and disciplinary measures amid political tensions at Oyster Bay.
The passage catalogs Gen. Miles’s long combat record from Civil War battles to Indian Wars and campaigns in the West, noting his leadership at spots like Bloody Angle and actions against Geronimo and in Porto Rico, contrasted with Roosevelt’s curt transfer orders.
The passage questions why farmers defend themselves against organized greed through a national farmer-led movement while the Republican party is asked which of the many trusts it has moved to restrain. It lists numerous trusts from steel to railway and asks which one the party has acted upon.
An advertisement urges both women and men to treat kidney and bladder disorders with Swamp Root. It claims kidney trouble harms mind, ambition, and cheerfulness and notes children can be born with weak kidneys. The copy promotes Kilmer and Company of Binghamton New York, offering samples by mail and warnings to spell Swamp Root correctly on every bottle.
The passage argues that curtailing executive power is unlikely due to a strenuous President and a split Congress, with no acceptable excuses offered by either side. The statement highlights the checks and balances in play in a polarized political landscape.
The Steel Trust sets steel rails at 28 dollars per ton for a year, keeping prices high via the Dingley tariff. Even with foreign rails in reach, the duty anchors costs and shields monopolistic profits, harming farmers and shippers nationwide.
The local Republican organ criticizes a cited coon-trap document while debating tariff policy. It quotes eastern millers seeking removal of a 25 cents per bushel wheat tariff and warns farmers may respond to tariff changes. The piece notes anthracite coal at 52 dollars per ton and questions past Democratic calls for tariff reductions.
A fragmented 19th century notice page promotes patent remedies and medical ads. It mentions Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and a local drug store Crosier's Corner Drug Store. The clipping also references a boy's illness, a morphine remedy, and local commerce notices from Corydon Canning Co.
Capt. F. M. Bartley and Levi Hickman form a partnership to handle W. P. Cole buggies. They claim superior quality and extremely low prices. Call on them on South Market Street near Poplar to view stock. Apr 1.
Excursion rates offered by Southern Railway for Harrison County Fair Corydon and Booneville Fair Aug 24 29 and Aug 31 Sep 5 1911. One and one third fare round trip for several events including Missionary Societies and District Conventions. Also single fare round trip for district horticultural and good roads events and a 50 mile cap for the state fair day. Also notes about pension checks and local advertisements for horse and wagon sales and medicinal products.
Notice is hereby given to residents of O Bannon town and Jackson township in Harrison county Indiana that a male over twenty one will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the next regular session for a license to retail and sell intoxicating liquors to be consumed on premises described as a half story frame building in O Bannon. The room measures about ten by twenty feet with a central staircase and doors on west and south sides. The application proposes liquor for consumption on the premises only.
Indiana notice reports coroner's inquest into the death of Benjamin Ford allegedly caused by violence. Verdict lists eighty nine hours and ninety days specifics, noting an attack near Corydon with multiple witnesses and medical testimony.
A coroner's inquest in Tudiana Harrisan County reports the body of a man about sixteen years old found near the river. The cause is death by drowning with the body decomposed, no valuables found, and the death ruled as a casualty or violence-related event pending further testimony.
Andrew J. Glaze announces he will petition Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the Corydon session on the first Monday in September 1908 for a license to retail intoxicating liquors. The requested premises are a front tower room in a two story frame building on Sugar Grove and New Albany highway in Posey township near Williaw Glaze, section 36, township 4 south, range 5 east.
Fragmentary text describes sums under five dollars paid in cash and over five dollars with a nine percent credit, mentioning a promissory note with approval, a freehall surety, varying valuation of appraisement laws of Indiana, and an administrator named ED HAAS.
The Saint Louis Louisville line details service changes with eastbound trains 2 and 3 suspended between Louisville and St Louis. Through coaches on trains 21 and 22 from Burnaville to Louisville. Night trains offer Pullman sleeping cars with buffet service. Through sleeping car service extends to Chattages Birmingham and other southern points. General managers and passenger agents in St. Louis and Washington listed.
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