29 Dec 1874
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1874
Page
1
A dense roster lists county offices including clerk, sheriff, treasurer, coroner, surveyor, and commissioners, alongside court roles and lodge meetings. Fraternal groups from Elizabeth to Tyandotte advertise regular gatherings, with details on meeting times and officers.
New Albany mails to Corydon daily Sundays excepted. County post offices at Lanesville Bing's Cave Palmyra Jirickport New Amsterdam Valley City Rosewood Bradford receive daily via New Albany. Georgetown Beruvite New Saisbury Barren Milltown Salina receive Saturdays. New Middletown Pligabeth Larenia Thursdays. Mauzekport Cedar Wood Crisp's Creas Roads Thursdays Wy o'clock or Sharp's Milla Thursdays 12 A.M. Corietlan services occasionally. Methodist services first and third Sabbath 10 a.m. Prayer meeting Thursdays. Sabbath school 8 a.m. Rev A Ward-V pastor. Presbyterian services Sabbath 10 a.m. and Wednesday night Sabbath seriousness 2 p.m. Rev Preston McWinney, pastor.
Trustees for Corydon Corporation are Wm N Tracewell Samuel J Wright John G Mitchell Ephraim Mowrer W B Slemons Clerk and Treasurer B D Rike Marshall John G Mitchell
The American Evangelical alliance urges a national Week of Prayer starting Monday January 4. Each day outlines specific prayer themes from Thanksgiving and national sins to civil government, education, religious liberty, missionary aims, revival in churches, and worldwide Christian unity through January 4 to 10 with evening addresses by ministers.
An eccentric reminiscence contrasts Mr Beecher with a woman’s lure. The piece recalls Dickensian figures Lager Sul and Eddie Drood in a London court. A French mother boasted of a son in law the town discusses and a daughter no one mentions.
A letter to the New York Times portrays postwar Alabama black communities as deeply religious yet morally lax. It alleges widespread drunkenness theft and immorality among “colored” preachers with multiple wives and notes strong denominational loyalty and sharp denunciations of other churches. The writer cites Huntsville’s Hardabell Baptists as an example.
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