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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
5
Local notes advertise E Z Bake flour and Elevator购物 promotions. Embroidery club hosted by Mrs Rhea Lamb. townspeople report new flour deliveries, farm equipment sales, and community events across Corydon and surrounding townships.
Local items urge calf meal for dairy needs, road repairs before heavy rains, and social events at the Presbyterian church including an oyster supper and a Christmas bazar. Notices mention marriages, visits, a lost knife, and business trips, plus brief notes on local residents and a John Deere spreader promotion.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination for teacher industrial teacher and departmental assistant on December 27 25 in many major U S cities to enable eligibility for teaching service in the Philippines Women in home economics and men in agriculture manual training high school science mathematics English and supervisors of school districts are eligible Entrance salaries are around 1200 per year with government paid expenses and potential promotions to 2000 as teacher or 3000 as superintendent Further details available from the Bureau of Insular Affairs Washington DC
The Savings and Loan Association of Corydon presents options for 5 percent interest. Investors may take a paid up share for $100 or a monthly installment plan with at least $1 per share each month. Those with funds can purchase one or more shares.
The towboat Smoot and its powerful dredge completed six months of work at Falling Run, straightening deepening and widening a dangerous channel by about 200 feet. The project, challenging due to slate river bottom, will send the Smoot to Pittsburg to wrap up Government duties.
A Washington historian argues Madison influenced the naming of the Executive Mansion as the White House. The article notes Totomac river freestone construction, post fire repairs, and a 1800s painting decision turning walls white. It questions whether Madison christened the name or merely publicized it.
The ad lists boys wagons flyer sleds pocket knives air rifles carpet sweepers razors carving sets scissors knives and forks and asbestos irons from J J Buallett & Son. An included home health note from Woman's World urges readers to practice standing with chest out shoulders back and chin up for better posture.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip captures a hobo fleeing from a back door after an attempted handout. Comrades quiz his misfortune with escalating gags about strikes from a brick to boiling water until he declares she threw soapsuds.
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