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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
2
A fragmented commentary warns of a federal storm as stock markets show ominous signs. High prices threaten consumption and production, squeezing families on fixed incomes and increasing coal, meat, and rent costs. The piece argues pressure to cut luxuries or adopt cheaper costs to sustain prosperity for workers and laborers.
The text questions the feasibility of a non partison tariff commission under Republican pressure for protection. It argues a five member panel would split with two protectionists and two reformers, leaving a partisan fifth to force a result or cause deadlock. It asks if Republicans truly seek protection in any tariff reform.
The piece argues that rising living costs fuel wage demands and strikes while monopolies profit, urging fair shares for workers. It critiques tariff protection, favors tariff reform, and warns that tariff commissions may delay action. It surveys Speaker candidates, tariff reform prospects, and party dynamics ahead of 1904.
A collage of light hearted anecdotes and quips from common life. A philanthropic visitor, jokes about cigars and birds, a hair restorer pitch, a landlady warning about burglars, and a doctor’s joke about an opiate all offer quick, playful humor. Notable lines involve a superintendent misread as a prisoner, a husband claiming no friends, and a night owl.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a landlady and boarder over breakfast pace and a telephone kiss analogy. Two quick conversational snippets reveal Agnes and Alice debating a literary hit while Dorothy nervously notes Mr Perkins approaching and football talk.
A gallery of quick quips and setups moves through six light sketches. Jests about professions and honesty spark wit as characters exchange lines on work, innocence, and surprises amid playful banter and social foibles.
A quirky comic panel set depicts Lofted running a soda fountain and struggling in other ventures while Diggs and Biggs trade quips about fame fortune and failure. The exchange riffs on stories cloves hot air and marriages as a parade of punchy captions and witticisms unfolds.
A comic exchange centers on Smith's credit and a drummer's jab about trouble. A patient jokes with a doctor about a prescription and a possible return visit. An impersonation gag about a wife and a ventriloquist teacher adds to the shopworn humor. A somber note on a singer's chest tones closes the fragment.
Rev H Stubenvoll of Elkhorn Wisconsin, pastor of St Johns Church, holds two Bibles with Emperor William inscriptions. In a letter to The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio he testifies Peruna cured his long lung hemorrhages and gave strength and color. He claims Peruna is the best medicine and urges others to keep it in the home. Dr Hartman offers free medical advice if needed.
The Alpine snowbell forms buds under snow and emits heat that melts surrounding ice as it grows creating a dome around blossoms. Fox gloves show warmer bells on cool days, and arums with clustered blooms inside an outer sheath intensify this effect.
A Yale reminiscence recounts a stout healthy student who, when told by a tutor “we was better fed than taught,” replied “You teach me I feed myself,” capturing a sharp rebuke noted by the New York Tribune.
A terse old quote notes that a man who admires a girl will seek marriage if she pleases him, while a regional fact states New England manufactures sixty percent of the nation’s boots and shoes.
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