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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
9
Poem evokes a snowy night at home with firelight lamplight and a longing for childhood. The speaker recalls family scenes in a small attic room and the sea side home, dreaming of lost faces in a snowbound churchyard as the wind murmurs of long ago.
In Tunbridge a moonlit midnight duel unfolds as Dorothy March reveals her true identity as Dorothy Ingledew to Sir Harry Fortescue. After a swift exchange of foils, Dorothy kills him to avenge her sister Winifred, then crumbles into sorrow and escapes with her maid Betty before dawn.
A Detroit Journal quip recounts a joke about a lady visiting an arsenal and asking which gun is used the most. The soldier replies Mine then Maxim, delivering a supposed high point of Anglican humor.
The Indianapolis Press quotes a vaudeville manager denouncing a rival act as humorless jokes while a young would be showman counters that his theater patrons will average under thirty years old. Both imply a clash over audience and novelty.
The report notes 7,871 fishing boats and 40,000 fishermen in England and Wales. Last year the sea fishery yielded 6,850,000 hundredweight of fish, including 2,250,000 hundredweight of herring. The text also offers a wry social aside about factory workers preferring a whistle to singing.
A measured sermon extols patience as essential under difficulties including losses, illness, and misfortune. It recounts Biblical examples, stresses bearing wrongs, supporting the fallen, and enduring pain while urging practical steps like faith, life insurance, and cultivating a hopeful home environment.
A wry note on baronets and millers hints at the origin of the quip about knighthood and flour, suggesting playful ties between social titles and milling trade in a bygone era.
A new society named the Irish Shop Assistants Industrial League is formed in Ireland to promote selling Irish made goods and to discriminate against foreign goods. Members sign a pledge to sell Irish articles on all suitable occasions and to promote the league’s aim of boosting national industries.
Mrs Laura J Smith of Minneapolis is highlighted as a state and national organizer for temperance groups and as a case study in recovery from kidney disease. After failing kidney treatment, she credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with rapid improvement and lasting health, promoting their availability at 50 cents a box.
A brief note cites Lambeth Palace in England as housing examples of every architectural style since 1170. It mentions Mrs. Austins new dress being fine as silk and quotes Schiller on the laugh of the maker diminishing the point of the rest.
An advertisement touts Lane’s Family Medicine promising daily bowel movements for health and gentle action on liver and kidneys. It promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for a one day cold cure with a money back guarantee and notes E W Groves on each box. Also mentions Australian camels and a stylish dress.
The notice links loss of appetite with kidney disease and outlines symptoms such as back pain scalding urine nerve tension and general debility. It advises collecting the first morning urine to inspect sediment after 12 hours and warns that delay can be fatal.
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