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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1920
Page
6
Circulation figure of 3400 and mention of Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION highlight the paper's distribution reach and ad network. The brief note indicates AP affiliation to manage overseas advertising and circulation activities.
Rate card lists display ads at a per inch rate and five cents per line. Notes a special rate for standing ads and states longer than three months requires application. Mentions time beyond three months announced on application.
A writer criticizes a Republican congressman proposing a wheat tariff. They argue US wheat surpluses and exports set home prices, warn tariff would raise costs for farmers, and recall Payne Aldrich and past tariffs. They predict future tariff fights in the Harding era.
The piece cites a Federal Trade Commission report of ten million bushels imported from Canada in October and argues tariff policy affects wheat prices. It quotes the Corydon Republican and reprints Louisville Courier Journal commentary from December 13, 1920, critiquing free trade and tariff defenses for farmers.
Writers weigh what Governor McCray and the new Republican legislature may reverse after four years of Governor Goodrich and his GOP majority. Speculation centers on what legislation Indiana needs after four sessions of the prior administration and party control.
The President rejects appointing American representatives to the League of Nations disarmament commission arguing the United States is not a member. He stresses support for disarmament but cannot participate while outside the League, predicting no real defense reductions while ally cooperation remains absent. The piece notes U S politics, taxation, and recent League debates including Article X and Shantung.
An opinion piece cites a Kansas congressman proposing a 35 cent wheat tariff and contrasts it with British and American grain policy. It questions consumer benefit, notes the labor shift to cities, and reflects on postwar peace leadership including Harding and Wilson.
A 1920 Christian Herald note questions whether the League of Nations and even the United States are truly dead as nations. It argues the League remains active, capable of global dialogue, and warns that silence could be misread as death by other countries.
The Geneva assembly votes to delay reductions for two years, blaming the United States for the postponement. Hundreds of millions will be spent by the U.S. to maintain military and naval forces that might have been saved if the U.S. had entered the League, while President Harding begins inquiries two years after wars ended in a Nero like analogy.
The National Enquirer reports Woodrow Wilson signaled he will remain in Congress long enough to push for the Treaty of Peace’s ratification and U.S. entry into the League of Nations. He vows to preach service, democracy, and idealism until America assumes its rightful leadership.
Local ad promotes Carnation Flour from Middletown Milling Co in Middletown Indiana. Stores urged to stock a sack for customers and reference to Oscar McCollum as proprietor. schließen Christmas Day hours noted for Brown's Cash Meat Market from 11:00 AM to 4:60 PM.
Local resident J E Jeller from Corydon reports relief from kidney pain after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes severe back pain and urinary symptoms eased after following directions. Price is 60 cents at all dealers and Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo NY endorses the product.
Mrs Alvin Smith of Dugger Sullivan county and her niece Alma and nephew Thomas Shewmaker of Emison Knox county visit relatives in Corydon and rural areas. They arrived last Wednesday and will stay until after Christmas. All are former Garrison County residents. Mr Smith works as a coal miner.
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