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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
7
Community notes from Corydon detail holiday visits from residents in New Albany Charlestown and Indianapolis. A mix of personal updates local business reminders and a note on customs resolutions and charity. Drug safety advice and local traffic concerns are also touched on along with seasonal greetings from the Savings and Loan Association.
Edits and notices from Brinley-Hardy Co. Louisville to local families over holidays. Mentions bills, receipts, travels to Indianapolis and Chicago, vacations, hospital visits, and a Ramalah resort note with women workers wages.
Good Luck Charles Fleshman formerly of Corydon now Tulsa I T has rented rooms in the Doerhoefer building at Pearl and Market streets and started a law practice. He grew up on a Harrison county farm taught school locally and earned a degree from Indiana University Bloomington. He was admitted to the Indiana Supreme Court bar with his class.
Dr Alva D Jones of Louisville introduces a telephone usable on moving trains to talk with stations or other trains. A test last Friday on a central Kentucky train linked Louisville Cincinnati and Madison Ind showing potential to prevent railroad accidents.
A nostalgic Christmas poem celebrates bells ringing joy across the world. It praises the manger birth of Christ and the kingly love bringing peace. The verses urge bells to banish gloom and herald truth, love, and Good Will through all lands and hearts.
Thanks extended to friends who helped during illness and after the death of my husband Mrs John Stoner expresses gratitude for support and kindness shown during this time.
Excerpt argues that true fishermen blend diligence with contemplation, finding mental exercise during fishing. It asserts that many intellectual triumphs in life are hooked and landed through the rod and reel, citing Grover Cleveland’s sketch as context.
The report catalogs chicken calls across Europe and beyond. It lists regional variations such as chuck and coop in England, coo-che in Virginia, pee in Pennsylvania, pi in Spain, pullele in Austria, tick in parts of Germany, tuk in Prussia, and Kluckschen in eastern Prussia with other echoes like tipp and tiet.
A physician cites ground oyster shells as a medieval remedy for rickets and scrofula. He argues the shells provide tonics like lime and iron, drawing a parallel to how oyster shell powder strengthens eggshells and suggesting benefits for frail children today.
The rare Vulgate edition issued by Pope Sixtus V between 1585 and 1590 is described as extraordinarily flawed with erata. Printed slips covered errors, many patches failed, leading to mass recalls and destruction. Only a few copies survive and fetch high prices among collectors.
A financier tells a correspondent that when he started in business he had nothing, while those he did business with possessed something. The remark highlights the old idea that capital and connections kickstart enterprise, while ambition and wit complete the arc.
An elderly man recalls being dosed with soap as medicine in his childhood. He describes the nauseating ritual, the scent and texture, and the stubborn insistence of his mother despite his distress. The memory lingers as a vivid remnant of past folk remedies.
The Allgemeine Rundscau contends that if the lower class imitated Jewish thrift industry order scrupulousness and family loyalty antisemitic sentiment would lessen. It imagines an inquiry into pub visitors showing Christians waste funds on drink gaming and tobacco with few Jews choosing coffee instead.
Wealthy Venetian Jewish merchants offered £20,000 for a rare ancient Hebrew Bible believed to be a Septuagint copy from 277 B C. The sum equates to about $600,000 today, but Pope Julius II declined due to funds for the Holy League against France.
The article explains common guesses for lion weight, noting 300 to 350 pounds as typical but argues a full grown lion weighs at least 500 pounds, with a record 540 pounds for an African lion. It compares to the Bengal tiger, citing a 520 pound specimen and stating tigers possess greater muscular strength than the largest lions.
The article notes about forty million sacks of flour are eaten yearly mainly as bread. Rich households eat little bread, but the middle classes and workers consume much, with under sixteen children likely consuming about three fifths of flour sold, making children key to flour markets, per London Milling.
The passage notes Steven Gardener, once a junior cook in Cardinal Wolsey’s household, rising to king Henry VIII’s chief cook. He led the king’s roasts boldly and saucily, continuing a bold culinary tradition once set by his master, with the support of Warwyke’s grant.
In a courtroom exchange the judge challenges a woman who admits she hurled five flatirons at her husband while he threw one. She asserts the single blow still struck her, arguing the disparity justifies her actions.
A Louisville Courier-Journal line comments on deceit and bravado, noting that threats may be empty and true motives hidden behind bravado as a social quip about bluff and bravado.
A southern gentleman hears a black man vent about domestic woes. The man says his wife constantly asks for money, insisting it’s always needed for small amounts, and he has never given her any. The dialogue ends with a puzzled question about what she does with the money.
The author recounts Pliny claiming a diamond so hard it would shatter an anvil and hammer when struck. He also notes a Cyprus island tale of a lion with emerald eyes that frightened fish, leading fishermen to replace them with glass eyes and the fish returning boldly to nets.
A conceited young novelist boasts of a gentleman who read his last work on a train and suddenly traveled twenty miles past his destination. The author’s friend quips that sleeping in trains is a bed habit.
In a Philadelphia Press report, the first fox hunter notes you should have seen Mr. Nuritch take the high hedge. The other responds, surprised that the horse wasn’t the jumper, saying Nuritch did it alone.
Grandma Green widow of Fred Green died Sunday from inflammation of the bowels at about seventy. She leaves a daughter Mrs Zollman who resided with her. She was highly respected and beloved. Funeral was held yesterday afternoon from St John’s church with large attendance. T E Grable of Montgomery Indiana student at Indiana University is visiting relatives here during vacation.
Edna Brown sues Dell Brown in Harrison Circuit Court February Term 1907 for divorce. Plaintiff assisted by attorney R S Kirkham files complaint and affidavit showing defendant not a resident of Indiana and a necessary party. Defendant must appear February 20, 1907 at Corydon courthouse or be defaulted.
A brief exchange frames tonics as braces for strength with a Marcus Aurelius flavor. Willie and Pa discuss surface meaning, urging insight beyond appearances and cautioning against overindulgence or misplaced worth.
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