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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1904
Page
1
The shop thanks patrons for support and pledges continued honest dealings and fair prices. It invites noncustomers to visit the clean, well stocked showrooms of dry goods clothing hats shoes and furnishings and promises to refund money if mistakes occurred in recent weeks.
Funk son of Dr Fank is at home this week. Mr Fank is a navy officer stationed in Columbus. Mr and Mrs Frank Shank of Milltown are visiting friends and relatives in the county. Mr Shank is master mechanic at the Speed Co Stone mills at that place.
Tokyo reports a vast mobilization with Oyama slated to command about 500000 men. Recruits and reservists fill barracks as Formosa defenses rise, while transports keep moving. The siege at Port Arthur continues with Japanese forces advancing on Ta Huchiatun and nearby villages.
Chefoo reports thousands of coolies building strong forts at Dalny and Port Arthur as Japan plans a large assault before the Chinese New Year. General Nogi reportedly seeks 60,000 reinforcements while Kamimura’s squadron heads south for a planned response.
Hong Kong reports on trusted authority that a powerful Japanese task force of battleships and armored cruisers, with fifteen colliers and transports, is sailing south to strike at the Russian Baltic squadron.
Mukden dispatch reports the war situation unchanged with both armies in extended positions to the east and continuing artillery clashes.
A Southern Railway collision between two passenger trains near Mauds Station Illinois killed seven people seven workers and one passenger died and injuries to two passengers and eight workers were reported. The crash occurred after an operator failed to relay a meeting point order between Mt Carmel and Princeton Illinois.
Harmon Neerimer suffered a severe injury when a shotgun slipped from his grasp while he climbed a fence in Washington. The weapon struck a rail and exploded, tearing off his arm. He survives but doctors have no hope for recovery.
Indianapolis businessmen Wm. A. Barrett and Stuart R. Johnson were struck by a Pennsylvania train while crossing the Lake Erie & Western tracks on Millersville road. Barrett died instantly. Johnson later died from his injuries.
Rockville Indiana December 26 Delbert M Brewer pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from the Vandalia Railway and Adams Express companies and was sentenced to the reformatory under the indeterminate sentence act.
George Reinart was shot and killed in a fight with his father-in-law W T Leggett and brother-in-law George Newman in Evansville Indiana Sunday. Newman and Leggett were arrested.
London December 21 the board of inquiry into the North England cloged incident reported proceedings. A brief statement noted ongoing examination and awaiting further evidence from witnesses.
Indiana reports show consumption leading deaths at 337 for the last month with 136 male and 201 female victims. Violence caused 163 deaths, 7 murders, 24 personal crisis cases. accidental deaths 132, gunshots most common. Pneumonia 229 deaths, smallpox 12 with 355 cases statewide. Fire from locomotive destroys Valparaiso area barn and stock, costing Meister and Walsh combined losses around 7 500 with partial insurance.
Foley Brazelton, a fourteen year old Greensburg schoolboy missing ten days, was found with a tramp near North Vernon. Detectives held Clarence Shaw of Syracuse, NY, and Jack Riley. the boy says the pair forced him to beg and planned to take him south for ransom.
Michigan City residents report Governor Durbin granted clemency to four life prisoners. One received a pardon while three were paroled. The released men include George Fritts from Lawrence county who was convicted of murder in 1901 and Samuel Price convicted in 1898.
Mrs. Wm. Comphils village, married twenty days, hanged herself with a clothesline. She was about twenty two. No motive given. Her father John Thornburg, a farmer near Pulaski, died by suicide about ten years ago.
Greenfield Ind Dec 23 The jury in the case of Charles V Blatien convicted him of the murder of Robert Razier at Maxwell and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. It marks the first time life imprisonment has been imposed in the county.
Princeton Indiana December 26 Superintendent Harold Barnes of Princeton schools plans to organize the Southwest Indiana Teachers Association to include twenty counties as public school teachers have often been unable to attend state meetings.
Boonville Indiana December 23 William E Young of Pigeon Spencer county dies from an accidental gunshot fired by a youthful hunting companion. Young was thirty five years old.
Fred Jones of Charlotteville shot and killed Constable William C. Gray and widow Abbie Goodrich in Leeport New York. He then shot himself in the head. Jones, a rejected suitor for Mrs Goodrich, was twenty eight. she was fifty four.
General Kuropatkin reports skirmishing on December 24 near Tapinlan. Russian advance posts were driven in by the Japanese but later advanced again and recaptured their former positions. Russian losses were trifling while Japanese losses were heavy.
Cronstadt December 26 Father John of Cronstadt is critically ill as thousands of peasants await confession. Russian reserves mobilized in seven military districts in the war's third and largest call, adding about 200000 men to the army.
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