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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
5
Retta Brown's Novelty Store showcases Christmas post cards and holiday goods while nearby firms offer molasses sorghum and wall charts. Local residents travel to Louisville and Kansas for family, medical, and farming affairs as small town updates on vendors, sales, and community events appear throughout the page.
A pastor asks why men attend church less, noting the issue prompts inquiries into helping both men and church. The piece argues ministers seek mutual benefit, recognizing men bring steadfast strength to church and home operations, alongside influences from the ladies.
State lines show guilty plea in a disturbance case with fines, multiple hearings set for February 10 to February 24 including child support, partition, divorce grants, and foreclosures. Several judgments listed with amounts and upcoming dates against various defendants.
A London Graphic note cites old English laws still on the books to spark debate. It mentions an act taxing houses without four acres of land, James I era beer price penalties, and a Catholic forced sale of a horse for five pounds. The piece argues such statutes could remain in force until repealed, inviting scrutiny of outdated rules.
The piece traces the origin of black edged mourning paper from 1683 with references in Addison and Allan Ramsay. It notes Florence usage by 1745 and explains Italic narrow border paper popularized in Britain, arguing the fashion did not originate in Italy but spread through English adoption.
A New Yorker famed for big game hunts in Uganda recalls daily luck beside a freshly killed lion. While a photographer slept, the hunter charged the hut as a roaring lion chased him, prompting the chief to shout for the door to "bring him home alive."
A. L. BULLEIT & Son & Co urges all who owe money to settle now and no later than January 1 1909. They state business cannot continue without payment and warn of collection efforts if delayed.
Preaching services are planned at Union church Friday night December 11 with a quarterly meeting set for New Middletown December 12 and 13. The event invites all to attend, led by H. A. Burton, pastor and Grace Curtis Glenn, secretary of the National Westminster Guild. Glenn, a returned missionary from Japan, spoke at the Presbyterian Church last Wednesday afternoon to the Missionary Society about Japan’s customs and the vast field for missionary work. A Missionary Guild was formed at the Presbyterian Church with Marcia Morris as president and Mrs Geo W Applegate Sr and Kate Luckett as patrons. The first business meeting was held Tuesday afternoon at Marcia Morris’s home.
The Boone Township Board of Finance Harrison County Indiana invites written proposals from banks and trust companies to receive a maximum count of public funds on deposit under state and federal examination. Proposals must include bonds and be on official forms. Submissions due January 4 1900 between 1 PM and 4 PM at Lacuna Indiana. George W. Crosier Sr. President C. T. Bartley Secretary.
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