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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1908
Page
4
Special notice outlines pricing for display ads at 10 cents per inch and 5 cents per line for standing ads, with rates reduced after three months. Obituaries under 20 lines priced at 2 cents per line, over 20 lines at 1 cent per line. Payment by money or stamps.
Abe Martin notes voters may back Bryan while criticizing Tafts delay in prosperity. Roosevelt labels accusers liars and resigns to defend his friends amid GOP spending growth. George Wickersham eyed as Attorney General. Joseph Pulitzer travels to Panama seeking graft specifics.
Andrew Carnegie testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on tariffs. He asserts steel interests bluff the public, arguing the steel trust is not an infant industry and demands protection is unnecessary.
The president relies on labeling opponents as malicious and mendacious to justify his positions. Critics argue this tactic is overused and undermines trust, with more people doubting that Roosevelt is infallible.
Sunshine Nursery thanks the public for their patronage and announces 25000 cone trees of standard varieties at the lowest prices for spring delivery. Call or address Joe T. McClaren Corydon Indiana 5R4 Eureka Phone 234.
Well known Pacific slope figure Thos Cale of Alaska serves in U S Congress with Washington address 1712 9th St NW Washington DC. Peruna Co advertises endorsements from C Slemp and others praising Peruna and Man a Lin laxative with a 1909 almanac offer.
T. W. Steepleton aged 56 ended his life with a double barrel shotgun shot Tuesday afternoon after a long illness from a paralytic stroke. He had moved from Mauckport Indiana in August 1897 and is survived by two children, a son Ben Steepleton and daughter Mrs. Wa Skinner, plus three sisters. Burial was planned in Mauckport after the service in Uniontown Kentucky.
In New Albany the Hotel Ashland at Market and Bank streets, run by proprietor Mrs N Button and manager Mr J B Walker, promises a hearty welcome. The former St Charles Hotel has been remodeled and renovated with nice rooms, comfortable beds and choice meals at reasonable rates.
Notice states the partnership between the undersigned in Sureline Nursery is dissolved by mutual consent. Business will be conducted by Joe T. McClaren. All accounts are to be settled by cash or note by January 15, 1909. Duas McCraren, Jor T, McCuaren.
Resolutions adopted in memory of Sadie E. Hildebrand Past President of the lodge who died November 27 1908. The note expresses sympathy to husband children and mother and calls for mourning and public notices with the charter draped for thirty days.
The National American Woman's Suffrage Association leases a large house on H Street Washington to serve as permanent legislative headquarters while its Warren, Ohio, working HQ continues. The move, long desired by Susan B. Anthony, will coordinate women’s groups and watch Congress for legislation benefiting women and children.
John A. Lawrence, accused of defrauding Corydon banks, was shot by Detective Houston during arrest in Waterloo. Lawrence suffered a through the left lung injury and a shattered right thigh, and will likely be kept from trial for about four weeks. Detective Houston and H C Webster of Indianapolis aided Waterloo officers in the arrest.
The Rev Srl R Hicks Almanac for 1909 boasts new features and colored portraits by mail 35c newsstand 30c. It includes Hicks Weather Forecasts and is promoted as the best astronomical year book with discounts for bulk orders and agents wanted at 2201 Locust Street St Louis Mo.
When the National American Woman Suffrage Association holds its annual convention in Seattle next July a special daylight train on the Northern Pacific will carry delegates and speakers from Spokane to Seattle An observation car will be provided at all desired points so Rev Anna H Shaw and others may deliver back platform speeches enroute.
The Corydon Canning Co. calls its stockholders to a yearly meeting at the local manager's office above Brown's Bakery on Tuesday June 5 at 9:00 AM. Mr. Wm Bussabarger is named as local manager for the gathering.
Advertisement notes library wall charts priced at twenty five cents for readers paying up to one dollar on subscription. Mentions sending six cents for postage in mail orders.
Lew M. O Bannon of Corydon Indiana has ten years of pension claim experience and is now admitted to practice before the Pension Bureau and the Interior Department in Washington. He offers to secure pensions for those entitled and asks authors to enclose postage for reply.
Good prices paid for apple timber. For particulars address Horace S. Sonner, R. F. D. 2 Mauckport, Indiana.
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