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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
4
The Corydon Hemocera published weekly on Wednesdays since 1856 with a circulation of 2872. Lew M. O’Bannon serves as editor and proprietor and the paper is entered at Corydon Indiana for second class mail.
Advertisement notice lists subscription, county advance policy, spray ads at 10 cents per inch and roasters at 5 cents per line. Special rates apply for standing ads when duration exceeds three months, with details to be specified on notification.
The paper lists charges for church services and entertainments with admission fees and facility rates. It also states obituary billing rules: up to twenty lines free, over twenty lines billed per line, and a six word minimum for each entry, with payment in money or stamps required.
William Dudley Foulke, a leading Indiana Republican, wrote to President Taft saying his tariff approval leaves him with few friends in Indiana. Former Governor Durbin visited Washington and the White House to tell Taft that Foulke misrepresented events and that Indiana people support Durbin or Beveridge for senator over Fairbanks.
The article notes a rise from one to six accredited high schools in the county and outlines shifts in teacher preparation and curricula. It stresses higher standards for instructors, mandatory college or normal school training, and the growth of compulsory education and night classes as promotion through education expands.
Cobertt B. Jenkins of Terre Haute Ind notes that a Who's Who reveals U S leaders are college graduates. He argues education requires money time and sacrifice and that university teachers influence public sentiment through writings. Christ’s example is cited to show longer preparation can yield greater impact.
The Wilowing list shows subscribers and new payers since the last report including FM Wilson New Albany Mrs Mary Steph Depauw Ferdinand Hendricks New Salisbury RR2 Chase Johnson Elizabeth RR2 John Wiseman Mauckport John W Thomas Corydon RR3 and many others across Depauw Elizabeth Palmyra New Salisbury Lanesville and surrounding towns. Notations mark new subscribers with an x and include names such as Andrew L Kessinger Evan B Stotsenburg Clarence Glaze John J Stewart Edw Crosier Jr Albert Wernert and Albert O Wolfe among many.
Notice to all hunters and the public that no hunting with dogs or guns will be allowed on Dina A Watson’s farm in Heth township two miles southwest of Central from this date. The notice appears in Sucreene beats with a 23 percent protein claim for her milk producer.
The best medicines cannot replace the family physician. When throat bronchial or lung trouble occurs consult him early about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and follow his advice.
Robert Baxley, 45, seated at a pine table in Albert Bonner’s saloon wrote a note to his daughter Nellie before stepping to a card room and shooting himself. The letter cited bad company and urged his daughter to be good, while Baxley’s employer said his accounts were balanced and he had been in better spirits recently. His body was taken to the morgue.
Thomas Faith died October 16 1909. Noble Grand of Mauckport Lodge 443 I C O F, he was an active and worthy member and a loving father. The lodge extends sympathy and orders copies of the resolution for records, the family, and county papers. Com wishers I W Beanblossom Chas Yeager Wa W Hardin Com.
I am leaving for the south to recover my health and inform patrons that Dr J W Harbaugh of Corydon will look after my practice. Dr Harbaugh is a trained veterinarian able to handle any case. Dr B F O Bannon Elizabeth Ind nov 17 3w.
Ed Haas administrator offers two small tracts of land for sale five miles southwest of Corydon. Interested buyers may write or call Eureka phone 027 tf for details and arrangements.
Ellen F Smith died November 6 1909 at St Anthonys Hospital after marriage to Henry Smith in 1860. She leaves a husband a son two brothers and many friends and joined the church early life living as a Christian. She requested a reading from 1 Timothy 6 7 8 at the funeral and expressed faith in the New Jerusalem.
A Corydon Indiana reader testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his son's weak kidneys after doctors and other remedies failed. The ad warns of kidney trouble signs and urges immediate treatment with Dean's pills, sold nationwide by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York.
William Cotner of Elizabeth was fined fifty dollars in Harrison Circuit Court for carrying a dangerous weapon concealed. Judge Ridley denied a new trial and the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court’s judgment last Wednesday. Replevin bail T. J. Bowling and Charles Crump stayed execution. State was represented by Clyde R. Lottick Wilson & Self and Lew M. O Bannon. Douglass & Richards defended Cotner.
Virgil T Turley aged 53 of Corydon area died recently of dropsy in Armiston Alabama hospital. He left no immediate family and willed his entire roughly four thousand dollar estate to his cousin Manton Windell. Windell plans to invest the funds in a farm after settlement of the estate.
For sale 280 acres of good land in Meade County Kentucky six miles southwest of Brandenburg and four miles west of Guston R R 8. Seller offers all or part. For details call or write Nouth 41 D C Gray Siroeceo Kentucky.
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