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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
2
A fragmentary historical note recalls Lysander capturing Athens in 404 BC and a plaintive chant from Euripides Electra spared the city from destruction. The tale credits the line of Electra with swaying Spartan fortune, a moment Milton later immortalized in verse.
The piece notes how comets have often accompanied the deaths of eminent rulers and famous figures. It cites examples from history and literature, suggesting celestial omens accompany royal or notable obsequies across centuries.
A columnist uses a feather metaphor to critique business behavior. The bookkeeper laments how clerks remove goodwill feathers by petty, casual actions. The piece suggests advertising and adjusting departments keep up appearances while real value is precarious.
During his last New York appearance at Niblo’s Garden James Forrest suffered gout pain. A runway was built to reach the dressing room as he played Coriolanus while hobbling. A young actor complimented the pain and Forrest snapped that the fault lay with the other’s acting.
A London Notes and Queries correspondent traces the proverb Never Too Late to Mend to a 1433 petition from the commonalty to the mayor and aldermen. The remark is cited as an early proverb, underscoring the age and currency of the saying.
A fragmentary exchange shows a woman reacting to a lover named George who praises grandeur and perfection. She blushes and seems torn between attraction and restraint as he flatters her. The tone hints at romantic tension amid refined, era-tinged dialogue.
A brief meditation on neighborliness as universal duty. The quote from Dean Stanley frames helping anyone we contact as the core obligation of one community and moral life.
A playful exchange mocks romance as a dreamy girl praises love while a skeptical bus driver likens marriage to a clock, reflecting light humor in Ilustrated Bits.
The article recounts Newcomb's insistence on a logical, concise definition of magnet and magnetic force. It describes his dissatisfaction with a prior definition and his effort alongside the office staff to craft two succinct entries: magnet a body capable of exerting magnetic force and magnetic force the force exerted by a magnet.
The piece notes satire on quacks who hid behind staged mystery and macabre rooms. It cites Mrs Joanna Stephens receiving £5000 from the English government in 1789 for a stone cure based on a powder, decoction, and pills made from calcined snails carrot seeds hips and haws burned to blackness and mixed with soap and honey.
A London News tale recounts Holmes attempting a universe riddle under chloroform. In a chair with ink and paper he writes a line after recovery, the discovery claiming a strong smell of turpentine pervading the whole. The anecdote mocks grand schemes by mixing narcotic fantasy with a mundane final note.
A Newark woman living in an olpi cigar house recounts a comic mishap with an iceman and a youth driver. The ice is hoisted then moved to a dumb waiter, leading to surprised commentary about weight and the man lifting duties. The sequence ends with a quip about the cake being too heavy.
The date line is an irregular line near the 180th meridian in the Pacific where navigators adjust their date during long voyages. Traveling west loses a day while traveling east gains a day due to the Earth's 24 hour cycle.
A visitor asks for Mike Clancy at the quarry after a premature explosion. Patrick replies that Clancy is gone, and points the visitor toward the direction he went as authorities investigate the incident.
The Kansas City Journal notes a humorist grows angry when his jokes appear credited to others and shows equal displeasure when rival jokes are wrongly attributed to him. The item highlights sharp wit and attribution disputes among cartoonists and humor writers.
Chicago News reports a humorous miscommunication as a concert program confuses Doorknob with Handel. Mr Newrich and Mrs Widstock debate the orchestra’s planned piece tonight in a light local entertainment note.
A fragment shows a young ardent declaring his wish to marry, insisting he does not want the daughter to be his, but to become his wife, in a terse exchange. The lines hint at a courtship conflict and social expectations within a family.
Anna Zabel returns from Falls Cities visiting relatives including Agatha of a Little Rock Benedictine convent and members of the Ehalt family. Two local deaths are reported: A two month old Alford Hess dies after illness with funeral in Lanesville officiated by Father Peckskamp, and Josephine Pressler aged fourteen dies of consumption with funeral by Father Peckskamp. Sophia Pressler is afflicted.
A debate on whether Stevenson's child verses corrupt or preserve morals. Alice's mother recalls teaching the line Time to rise with a birdie image and notes the child reports a teacher insisting on altered phrasing. The girl recounts the birdie saying Aren't you ashamed you sleepyhead, and the mother questions proper English usage.
A passage from Harriot son’s Description of Britain discusses sixteenth century dining. Breakfast is considered effeminate with early mor ning meals fading and dinners held at 11 before noon. Nobility and students eat lunch before noon and dine at 5 or 6. Merchants and husbandmen eat around noon and 6 or 7 8 p m. University scholars dine at 10.
A description from Arthur J. Hayes notes how dervish forces after 1889 battles with Abyssinians twisted saplings into living knots to mark their march routes. The trees, grown and distorted, remain the sole memorials of the uprisings along the lake district route.
Election of Road Supervisors in Webster township Harrison county Indiana set for Saturday December 18 1909 in Road Districts 1 and 2. Polls open 1 6 oclock P M and close at 3 oclock P M Plats on file in treasurer office notices posted with polling places. Benjamin F Suir Trustee.
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