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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1909
Page
4
Established in 1856 Corydon Indiana newspaper notes circulation 2680 with LEW M O Bannon as editor and proprietor. Rates show out of the county 13 advance and annual subscription for $1.00. Post office entry as second class matter.
Advertising spaces offered with 10 cents per inch per insertion and 5 cents per line for 3 line ads. Special standing ad rate available after three months. Church and entertainment notices with admission charges receive special rates. Obituaries priced by line, six words per line, with 20 line threshold and extra lines billed per line, payment by money or stamps.
The Republican Congress lowers the Secretary of State salary from 12000 to 8000 to clear constitutional obstacles for Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, who had agreed to serve as Taft's secretary of state. The move highlights a unique budgetary correction by a party in session.
The piece discusses a growing Treasury deficit and falling gold reserves, projecting a year end deficit around 180 million dollars. It contrasts Republican calls for higher taxes on essentials with Democratic aims to tax incomes and inheritances. It notes newspaper partisanship, a 1907 Panama Canal cost estimate, and critiques of the United States Steel Trust and antitrust issues.
Indianapolis Star reports congressman William Elijah Cox hailed as new watch-dog of the treasury for amending the Naval appropriation to ban powder from trusts and opposing mileage pay for Congressmen amid broader political commentary on Roosevelt and party issues. The piece notes Cox’s stance against county local option and references other Republican and Democratic debates.
A historical sketch recounts the 1832 founding of Corydon’s Christian church with charter members like Mrs. Spencer and Mrs. Slaughter. It notes preachers Scott, Brown, Vawter, New, and Martin, the 1869 rededication, 1901 new building, and a 2247 resident members with 2265 Sunday School enrollment, plus several active auxiliaries.
Henry A. Johnson of Unedi ana engaged a heated debate with an Illinois member in Congress and called him a jackass. Johnson retracted the word but argued the gentleman was out of order, prompting a retort about veterinary judgment.
The Fourth Annual Crawford County Fair will be held at Marengo from August 23 to 27, 1909. The dates were moved to avoid clashing with the Harrison County Fair. W. S. Hanger serves as President and H. W. Key as Secretary of the association.
We extend our sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for help and kindness during the sickness and death of our husband and father also the I QO F lodge of which he was a member Mrs Jesse Hani and family.
A poem by M. M. B. urges perseverance against cynics and misfortune. It argues that a hopeful, earnest person who trusts the future will prevail, while those croakers and doubters fail to stop true effort.
An Indiana reader, Charles Glover of New Albany, reports lasting relief after seven boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble. The ad urges readers to visit Louis Riely’s drug store to learn more and notes the price at 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is named as sole US agents.
Mrs William Storehouse was found dead at her Lexington area home in Scott County Indiana on February 4. She was shot and initially thought to have died by self destruction. Coroner's verdict names unknown persons as the killer. No arrests, grand jury expected to reveal startling information.
A humorous La con (1th) Journal quip notes men should value wives with waists and buttons. It contrasts husbands who have no waists or no buttons and jokes on vanity and luck in marital details.
The State of Indiana charged William Cotner of Elizabeth with carrying concealed weapons. Harrison Circuit Court verdicts Friday and Saturday morning found Cotner guilty and fined him $50. Prosecutors Lottick, T. J. Wilson, and Lew M. O’Bannon argued the case. defense was Douglas and Richards. Special Judge William Ridley presided after Judge Cook was removed. The assault and battery with intent to murder case against Cotner was continued.
Andrew Stlerstedter announces Wednesdays as his fixed office day for Spencer township buisness. Trustees and others with affairs are asked to call on that day.
The Lincoln and Washington number presents War President Lincoln in human likeness through stories poems and portraits. Notable items include Edward William Thomson's When Lincoln Died a Punch London cartoon with Tom Taylor verses Theron Brown The Liberator and anecdotes. Also Homer Cheene serial A Lincoln Conscript and six complete stories by Mabel Nelson Thurston Alice Louise Lee and Herbert Coolidge.
The Thrice-a-Week World advertises impartial news reporting and prompts readers to subscribe. It promotes a one year rate of $1.00 for 146 issues and a combined offer with The Corydon Democrat for 21.65, noting the two papers’ normal combined price is $2.00.
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