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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1901
Page
3
An advertisement asserts that Ayer's Hair Vigor feeds hair to grow thick and long, restore gray color, keep the scalp clean, and prevent hair loss. The claim emphasizes glossy, soft results and a one dollar bottle price.
Indiana lawmakers race through sessions advancing a bill to require railroads to sell 500 mile mileage books at 2 cents per mile usable by any family member. Other measures include half fare for passengers without seats and a state militia reorganization funding of 75000 dollars amid broad legislative activity.
reports from Indiana cities note a new Farmers and Merchants Bank planned in Lafayette, two electric lines to Crawfordsville and Indianapolis, and rail proposals to Rising Sun and Vevay. Attendant notes cover deaths, accidents, frictions over church curfews, and local officials addressing vote selling and liquor issues.
A Cleveland-born inmate at the eastern Indiana hospital for the insane learned to pick locks. He crafted a key from a heated knife blade and a file after stealing tools, escaping multiple times and revealing the key’s process to attendants. The key is kept as a curiosity.
Miss Netta Hixon of Cincinnati declares Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her three year illness with headaches and dizziness. She praises the remedy and notes a price of 50c per box or six boxes for 2.50, urging purchase through local druggists or Dodds Medicine Co. Buffalo.
A white bearded man of aldermanic girth visited John Denham's cigar store on Pennsylvania Avenue near 6th Street and asked for Gravely tobacco. He was told he looked like ex President Harrison, a claim backed by Denham and district agent Al Reed who concluded the man was Harrison himself. Mrs. Austin's new dress is mentioned in passing.
The article extolls the Marquis of Bute as an immensely wealthy peer with an estimated fortune in the tens of thousands of pounds, plus multiple titles and houses. It also reports a fresh counterfeiting ring producing convincing bogus bills and notes popular targets like Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Includes assorted humorous and public notices.
Physicians recommend F'S BAL-8 for patients with grip especially for throat and lungs. Get a bottle today and keep it on hand to prevent pneumonia by keeping cough loose and lungs from inflammation. All druggists 25c and 50c.
Mrs. Meddergrass, the postmistress, dislikes the recently hired professor at town school. Mr. Meddergrass suspects friction. Local store sellers heard the professor wrote postal ecards in Latin or a similar language.
A new child friendly beverage Grain-O is promoted as a nourishing coffee substitute made from pure grains. Advertisers claim Grain-O tastes like coffee when prepared correctly and coats about 14, more health for children, sold by grocers at 15¢ and 25¢.
A humorous note from the Chicago Tribune describes Maud and Irene pursuing a newly arrived minister. Irene believes he would have proposed if he had prepared and avoided spontaneous awkwardness.
A Russian engineer Prince A. T. Oshavachoff has devised an electrical device operated from a theater stage that opens all exits to the outside with one touch. The feature promises rapid evacuation in emergencies and is described amid varied advertisements and notices in this period.
An advertisement promotes the Nickel Plate Reid as the quickest, cheapest path to the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo with direct entry at gates. It urges readers to contact the nearest agent by wire phone or mail for travel arrangements. The piece also includes a Seneca quote and a note on Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children.
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