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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1871
Page
1
The notice explains pricing for local and legal advertisements with rates per line and per column, minimum charges, and advance payment requirements. It notes liberal yearly discounts, responsibility for payment when attorney names are omitted, and special conditions for divorce suits and non residents.
The Cadiz Sentinel jokes about Democrats boosting circulation, mentions lost subscriber money, and satirizes political and social norms. It notes a Corydon candy dresser in distress over tight pants and boots. A Richmond court awards $1,100 to Katie Cummings for being ejected from a train due to color.
Reports indicate U S troops may assist local and Federal authorities in parts of the South to recover lands occupied by Black squatters who refuse to vacate. The situation shows resistance from Black occupants when possession is challenged and order is threatened.
A columnist notes Nevada politics shifting with Democrats holding a five seat majority, contrasting with a prior forty two seat GOP edge. The piece questions Western workers’ patience with Eastern bondholders and aristocrats, arguing loyalty hides widespread plunder and misdeeds against the people.
A concise dictum from Jones reduces bookkeeping to a single terse rule Never find them. The line echoes in classrooms as a sharp critique of pursuit of hidden assets.
The Second National Bank sues H. B. Wilson in Jefferson Court for a raised check linked to H. Althausen & Co. The crooks altered a $204 Weller & Son check to $2 004 then to forty, after Wilson endorsed it. Loss to Weller is $1,833 plus bank loss. Althausen fled.
A Indiana pioneer Methodist preacher known as Uncle Billy Cravens, famed for strength and courage, conducts a camp meeting near Indianapolis. He confronts a blacksmith with two wives at the mourner's bench, warns him to leave the second wife or the altar, and tosses him over the altar rail saying we catch frogs not fish as the meeting resumes.
A young delegate at the Ohio Convention of women suffragists declares a preference for men’s elevation over women’s progress, expressing love for men and urging women to voice their sentiments for male improvement. The remark highlights tension within suffrage circles over gender priorities and solidarity.
A devotional piece argues the world still denies Christ, urging readers to make room for Jesus in life and heart. It reflects on Bethlehem, human self reliance, and suffering as a path to divine presence, citing personal pain as a means to seek God and find His comfort.
A church member confronts a minister over pay saying he preached for souls. The minister retorts he preaches for money but cannot live on souls, joking it would take many salaries the size of his to make a meal.
A mosaic of short quips and rural vignettes from a Western newspaper page. Jests range from courtship and marriage foibles to strikes of luck, with brief notes on local happenings in Alabama Richmond Florida and North Carolina and a parade of quirky anecdotes about dogs, cows and tote.
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