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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1900
Page
7
A Boston Globe excerpt laments domestic toil as mothers and children navigate perpetual duties. It paints frazzled housewives, frail health, and the loom of bills and chores, depicting motherhood as a constant rehearsed burden.
In a moving railroad car tale, George Starbuck recalls meeting Hugh Manley a tramp compositor who helped an ailing Ciphen newspaper publish a shocking murder mystery He later confessed in a sensational extra that he killed Alfred Cartwright The story ends with Manleys death in his jail cell and the narrator hints that Manley may have obtained the poison that ended his life.
A humorous piece advises on treating husbands well rather than mistreating them. It warns against boiling in hot water or freezing. It suggests selecting oneself, avoiding market purchases, and using gentle care, sugar kisses, and careful seasoning to keep a husband digestible and agreeable.
Peru’s wide range of elevations and climatic peculiarities enables production of a broad array of goods. The country’s varied geography supports diverse agricultural and mineral outputs across multiple regions.
A 1900 sermon contrasts Samson as a mighty physical giant with moral weakness, urging the strong to use their power for good. It warns about misused strength, condemns impure modern culture, and calls for accountability before God while praising faithfulness of the weak.
Indiana last year produced 8,214,282 bushels from 308,082 acres of potatoes at 76 bushels per acre. Rhode Island led with 142 bushels per acre. Tennessee had 44. Indiana buckwheat output reached 5,596 bushels on 5,381 acres. Pennsylvania had 4,845,000 bushels from 242,280 acres.
George McDowell aged 83 shot himself in the head and died. Charles Smith son of Rev Smith pastor at Graysville faced desertion charge in Cory. Joseph Scherer near Jasper robbed of team and buggy. Frank Purcell remanded in Petersburg after admitting killing Rafe Ross in Vincennes. Sandy McAuley tailors burglarized. $200 stolen goods recovered in Indianapolis. Tax duplicates show two 1844 taxpayers in Henry County paying $50. William Newton aged 15 killed at Indiana pay ing brick works Brazil. University building Wiley Hall burned. loss $50,000. Kosciusko Circuit Court award for extra work on Fulton County courthouse. Mayors Taggart and Fairbanks bought Cerebus Springs French Lick with hotel $100,000 planned. William Baker iron worker found dead in New Albany weighing 350 pounds. Petersburg school condemned. new building sought at least $30,000. Peru case on criminal trial information draws interest. possible release of 257 prisoners. Pennsylvania suburban offices robbed at Silver Grove and Howard Park. Grant County oil lease largest yet 1615 acres Center Township Marion. Indiana Pipeline to Montpelier. Standard Oil expected buyer. boom likely. Union Traction Muncie rebuilding offices. thirty minute schedule to improve. Miss Bertha Richter dead at Elwood after street car wreck trauma.
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