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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows a Corydon Indiana newspaper item with publication cadence and postal details. Data include Wednesday publication, 1856 establishment, circulation 2872, and publisher Lew M O'Bannon with address Corydon Indiana.
Subscription rates listed with advance discounts and long form ad pricing. Columns show 10 cent per inch insertions and 5 cent line base rates with a special standing ad rate. Notes reference timeframes and display.
The fragment lists charges for church amusements and entertainments with a 24 cents per line rate for special items. It mentions obituary notices and pricing for longer notices, charging per line beyond twenty lines and counting six words per line.
From Indianapolis reports a factional split within Indiana Republicans threatens to derail the traditional Love Feast as Beveridge supports the tariff opposition and Aldrich graft measure. Indiana State Grange opposition to the Ship Subsidy bill signals further discord with leaders like Landis and Watson backing the tariff policy.
County readers hear that the Corydon Leader press clubbed last year’s political stunt to defeat the Democratic ticket. A WV man named M H Hawkins is said to start up the press while Republican Chairman George K Gwartney is cited as key owner and organizer. Local Democrats warn against being drawn into the same trap and question the outfit’s true loyalties.
A local newspaper, acting as owner chairman, engaged in aggressive tactics to undermine a significant segment of the Democratic slate. The piece portrays a partisan effort that distorted information and pressured voters while opposing a broad local ticket.
The Corydon Democrat advocates nationwide primary conventions and the plurality rule for Democratic nominations. It argues for holding all party primaries on the same day across districts and counties to avoid disputes, urging Harrison County and the district to align votes for State Senate and Congress on a single day.
Christmas was celebrated in the county with ideal weather and broad church participation. Sunday schools hosted treats, Catholic high mass and sermons by Rev. Quade, Methodist services with Dr. E A Robertson teaching on the birth of Jesus, and special music featuring Mrs. Applegate and Mr. Starkey. Local churches offered plays and children’s programs, Elder Bartle gave a Christmas message, and neighboring towns held similar observances with trees being erected. Visitors joined in the holiday cheer.
Christmas visits fill the region as families from Mauckport New Middletown and New Albany gather with relatives. Names include Jesse Struble Fred Elbert Geo Melton and Oscar Guest among others. Church services are noted at Smith's Camp Ground with holiday travel and greetings mentioned.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Glasgow of Posey township, among the county's oldest couples, celebrated their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary after marrying December 18 1852. He is eighty-five, she eighty, with seven living children and many friends wishing them happiness.
State of Indiana Harrison County Harrison Circuit Court February term 1910 Seymour Walk Ellen Hickman Retta Paynter and Seymour W Davis vs Maggie Hoffman Jacinta Blazzer and Vera Walk Non residents are named as necessary parties to a partition action for real estate in Harrison County Indiana Defendants are required to appear February 11 1910 at Corydon Court House to answer or demur to the complaint or the suit will proceed in their absence. Clerk Charles H Kintner attests the notice.
Sam P. Vogt administrator of Marion G. Beard estate in Harrison County Indiana will sell at public auction on January 10 1910 at 1 PM two tracts and a partial third in Heth Township about two miles southeast of Central. The sale includes the north half of the southwest quarter of section 13 and additional parcels totaling about 85 acres with described bounds and sizes. Terms require at least one third cash and remaining balance in two equal notes up to 12 months with 6 percent interest and freehold security. SAMP VOGT administrator Stotsenburg and Weathers attorneys
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used by a nurse at a New York Children's Home. Claims break up colds in 24 hours and cure feverishness headache stomach troubles and worm infestations. 25 cents at druggists. Free sample by mail from Allen S. Omsted LeRoy New York da22-4
A seventy five acre farm offered for sale in Boone township located one and a half miles northwest of Laconia. It has fair improvements and good water with a well cistern and pond. Five acres are in orchard and about fifteen in timber. For more details contact this office.
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