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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1902
Page
7
A lyric passage from the Atlanta Constitution contemplates a valley of perfect rest beyond hills. The speaker follows a beloved through dawn skies and blooming daisies toward relief from grief, urging one last dream before parting.
In a scene of romantic rebellion two lovers Billie Reed and Lila Bradlee elope after receiving special license. Their fathers Colonel Bradlee and Lawyer Reed, once at odds, approve publicly as the couple marries at the minister's study on Carver Street.
A remedy for crowded city schools is found in portable school buildings first adopted in Milwaukee and Paris. In St. Louis twenty seven portables are in use to relieve overcrowding, moved as needed, 20 by 56 feet with indirect heating, costing about 850 dollars each, and easily rented to new neighborhoods.
The Nantucket birthplace of Maria Mitchell, America's first woman astronomer, will be preserved by Vassar alumnae. Mitchell taught astronomy and directed the observatory at Vassar from 1865 until her death 23 years later. Harvard praises the invention’s use with a shoe fastener and its spring metal construction. John F. Hawkes of Jersey City is the inventor.
Rev Cassius M Carter reflects on the Pilgrims exiled in Holland who prayed for guidance to found a new land. They faced insurmountable hardship, death and darkness yet trusted God. The piece argues faith and suffering forged a mighty nation and calls believers to continue walking in God's will even in silence and doubt.
An advertisement outlines a rapid shoe fastener requiring a single hand motion to secure the uppers around the ankle, highlighting time saved for hurried men in modern life.
The piece argues that Browning elevates the imperfect as a path to perfection, contrasting Pharisee ambition and despairing rulers with the Paul and Browning type who see imperfections yet strive. It cites Goethe and Emerson to claim perfection as unattainable, while passion for the infinite fuels true art and faith.
Bishop Samuel Fallows argues the burning bush symbolizes Israel's trials from Egypt to Jerusalem's fall and promise of sanctified endurance. The Ethical Society panel, led by Prof Adler, seeks a new living path beyond creed, while Rev Had-dow cites the Decalogue as aid to love and duty.
Sunday morning at home Deacon Ironside rebukes his two sons for tardiness. William admits he forgot it was Sunday and Chalmers confesses laziness, leading the deacon to decree no breakfast as the family is reminded to Remember the Sabbath day.
A large gentleman, cast as Falstaff, declares he is the star of the company while a pert soubrette reacts with astonishment, remarking that he spreads out enough to be a nebula.
David M Bye of Midland Michigan recounts severe sciatic rheumatism pain in hips back and leg. After a month with Doan's Kidney Pills he can work walk without aid and says the remedy targets the cause not just the pain. Free trials available from Foster Milburn Buffalo. Sold by druggists at 50 cents a box. Spohr noted as musician but not a musician.
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York testifies among hundreds of thousands cured by Lydia E Pinkham’s remedies. Once skeptics doubted the claims, but continued success and widespread use have earned attention from scientists and physicians, highlighting merit in Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and related medicines.
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