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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1902
Page
4
The Corydon Ind paper discusses fee systems for Prosecuting Attorneys calling for fixed salaries based on population and workload. It endorses a graded inheritance tax as a legislative aim and notes J Ogden Armour plans a Chicago hospital project with Dr Lorenz and a $25,000 annual path to lead the hospital in Vienna.
The Board of Commissioners noted an order transferring 41851.66 from the interest fund to the county fund for the year ending November 15 1902. The Auditor collected excess school interest, reducing delinquent interest and clearing old loans, improving county school funds and countering critics.
A trust organized to control the country’s orange crop announces its goal is to improve the industry not to fix prices. The promoter insists the arrangement is for public advantage, a common line in such creations meant to aid consumers.
The piece cites a Republican leader praising masterly inactivity as a two year program and predicts party organs will push the idea as genuine strenuosity to convince the public.
The Commoner recalls Noah preaching righteousness for a century without converts before a flood overwhelmed the disobedient. The note frames discouragement and perseverance in the face of opposition as a moral lesson for democratic speakers.
Instructions urge correspondents to report marriages deaths local industries and farming results while avoiding trivial matters. Notices include hotel rental by Artemus Courts and Mrs. Addin Wright at Conrad Hotel New Albany and Corydon Birdsell wagons advertised by W H Bulleit & Son with dates.
The makers of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy have released Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. They claim relief from constipation biliousness sick headache and impaired digestion. The tablets are easier to take and improve appetite while aiding bowel movement. Available at Crosier’s Corner Drug Store.
Rev Apple to hold meetings at Concord Ed Smith of Oklahoma visits Cedar Wood area. Farmers attend Corydon Institute last week. Ed Baxley and Ben Applegate will move to York Co Nebraska in spring. Rev Fulgham delays Heidleburg meeting due to small pox. Mauckport circuit first quarterly at Bethel in December 1920 with protracted session. Modern Woodmen Camp No 3299 elects officers including Tindall Longbottom Pitman Lohmeyer Richards Frakes Blake Fravel. Sx.y Fox.
Joe Pate buys for a relative while Frank Pate raft logs and Sam Curts works for Sam Breeden. Delfert Scull visits Mr. Dawson's family. Curt Crecelius hauls hogs to Louisville. Grace and Nell Brown visit Mr. Kintner's family. James Curts Adrian Gibson Claud Crecelius Jephus Trobaugh visit Claud Crecelius Sunday. Mrs Claude Crecelius hosts a Thanksgiving party with games and popcorn.
Directors will meet at the court house in Gorydon on Saturday December 20, 1902 to frame a premium list for the ensuing fair and to conduct other business. C. L. Huston, President ES. TUFLL, Secretary.
Wanted to buy 50 000 feet of beech and sugar tree logs. Keller VG Co. d3-47.
Digests all classes of food and tones the stomach. Cures dyspepsia and indigestion. rebuilds tissues, purifies blood, and strengthens. Gov. G. W. Atkinson of West Virginia endorses Kody as an effective stomach remedy after using several bottles. L. A. Ribely & Son.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a blood food restoring strength flesh and color for those with sick blood, claiming cod liver oil nutrition and nourishment. It targets teen girls with a cure for a blood sickness, offers free samples, and notes a labeled wrapper on every bottle from Scott & Bowne.
Bonforts Wine and Spirit Circular urges wholesale liquor traders to oppose saloons and Prohibition. It calls the average saloon a public nuisance. a resort for “tough characters” and for idle Negroes in the South, and states the trade must condemn it and support model license laws and character qualifications. A separate notice seeks a manager for a Chicago firm offering $20 weekly plus expenses. nl2-7w
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