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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
7
Notices for local shopping items and subscriptions appear with farmer notes and small town updates. Rev J T Reagan visited Rev W W Tait last Thursday. Austin McCauley ill in Taylor township. Mrs Hattie Morrill renews Democrat subscription. Lewis Ott traps four rabbits in a box trap near Lanesville. Studebaker wagon promotion included.
Community notices report revival services by Dr. W. W. Tait in Valley City and pastor moves to West Point Ky. Christmas cards from Freidley’s Studio and holiday books at Riely’s. Local residents and visitors listed, farm equipment sales and field examinations noted, Hyomei catarrh remedy advertised, plus university gift announcement and clover seed cleaning service.
Clair county enforces a scarcely known act from the last legislature requiring telephone poles on the south or east side of highways and telegraph poles on the north or west side. A 28 foot separation is mandated for exclusivel roadway use between the two systems. An Ex column quotes a wry reflection on life and prices contrasting living costs with cemetery charges.
An ad claims external treatments fail for piles and promotes Jr. Leonhardt's Hem-Roid tablets that allegedly remove the internal cause via relief in the lower bowel. Sold for $1 with guarantee by Dr. Leonhardt Co Buffalo NY. Also requests overdue accounts be settled by January 1st.
Virgil Conrad five years old died after falling from a wagon while his father Sherman Conrad hauled saw dust six miles north of town. A wagon wheel crushed his skull. The funeral was held at Hurst town church with Rev. N M Rumbley preaching.
Swift's Premium Calendar for 1911 features four color pictures by American artists with no text, suitable for framing. Each image portrays classical subjects Priscilla and John Alden, Hiawatha and Minnehaha, Manuel Muller and The Judge, Evangeline and Gabriel, with verses beneath. Distribution begins after sending a small item or 10 cents to the Swift Company in Chicago.
Hiram Babcock of Posey township was seriously hurt Friday noon while unloading a log at John Prage's sawmill two miles south of Elizabeth. The log crushed both bones below the knee and badly mashed the other foot, leaving the 50 year old man in serious condition as his wife rushed home from Lewisville.
Judge W C Utz of the Circuit Court rejects the petition by attorneys L A Douglass and G G Wilkerson for 500 to defend Thomas Jefferson Hoal the youth who was convicted for murder in Corydon The ruling notes no court appointment or poor person status and salvages that the fee would not be a valid county Treasury expense. A Posey township dwelling of William Stewart was burned destroying upper story contents 150 barrels of potatoes and substantial loss with insurance coverage noted.
Dexter Ky Mrs Cook signs a statement praising Cardus the woman’s tonic for restoring health strength and regularity after ten years of weakness and nervousness. She says she is now in better health and gains strength daily. Thousands of women have been helped by Cardui. Try it.
Mrs Savannah Ripperdan Youtsler died at her Brandenburg home on December 7. Born October 18, 1837 in New Amsterdam she was the only child of John and Elizabeth Ripperdan. She married W H Youtsler in 1856 and moved to Kentucky. Survived by her husband and nine children she was a member of the M E Church and an earnest Christian worker.
Mrs. Carrie Moore of Cherry Valley Arkansas says she feared being alone due to constant headaches heart palpitations and low vitality. She credits Cardui as the cure and urges other women to try the tonic sold by local druggists.
An advertisement urges readers to save by buying shares in a savings and loan association and to cultivate a saving habit, promising achievable steps and urging action.
A bachelor asks when the heaviest meal is, and a married man replies when his wife cooks it. An advertisement invites biliousness sufferers to send a penny postcard to Chamberlain's Medicine Co. for a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, with name and address on the back.
In a mock dialogue from the New York Press the lineage of Mrs Hoyle is linked to a Declaration signer through a humorous reference. Mrs Doyle questions which divorce decree he signed, highlighting a playful family connection across the paper.
A collage of quips and ad blurbs notes Charleys tobacco interest and a Great Western manure spreader pitch. It includes jokes from London Punch and Shakespeare lines, followed by a medical claim praising Chamberlains Liniment for sprains and a dealer notice.
An ad notes the Clover Leaf spreader tears up large chunks for even distribution thanks to its vibrating rake and long cylinder teeth. Buyers are directed to examine W. H. Bullett & Sons before purchase. da14-3
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