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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1902
Page
3
The war revenue tax repeal bill cleared the House with all members voting yea after a brief session. Speaker ruled the bill for passage amid no objections as Democrats pressed for immediate action. The measure aims to cut national revenue by about 7.7 million dollars in a single year and reduce duties next.
Indiana farmers institutes will hold meetings in multiple towns including Paris Crossing and Ligonier from late February to March. A farmer near Ladogs was attacked by a lynx and killed, with a lengthy struggle described. a Wheatland infant died from burns after a stove incident. a post office at Pird Station was burned along with a grocerystore and residence, suspected robbery. Other items note residents burned in Brazil and Owensburg, a bank or pool hall burglary in Vincennes, and various local accidents and crimes across the state.
National Guard officers advocate a bill to recognize the Guard as the second line after the regular army. They support equipment updates, smokeless powder rifles, and regular army training to raise the Guard to citizen-soldier status and improve emergency readiness nationwide.
A bizarre tale recalls Judge Baker newly appointed to the New Mexico Supreme Court surviving a cave encounter with two men while fleeing snakes, earning the nickname Battlesnake Pete for one accomplice. Separately a Cart Jenetion fire destroyed the opera house block and stores worth about ten thousand dollars. Miner Mark Ienes died from cave‑in injuries and 14 year old James Braddock of Union County, Kentucky, had both feet amputated after severe frost damage.
Miss Mattie Douglars of 165 Thomas Ave Memphis writes that Peruna cured her headaches and improved her health after trying various powders. The letter promotes Peruna as a cure and urges readers to request testimonials and consult Dr Hartman for free advice.
A Victorian family column outlines strict rules for children from under eight to teens, emphasizing limited school time, no homework at home, and a packed four hour school day. It cites a successful eighteen year old daughter’s schedule and praises education, then shifts to medical advertorials warning against mercury in catarrh cures and a Baltimore anecdote about a child asking for ten cents.
A fragmentary clipping notes Copan ruins as the oldest on the Western Continent, deserted before conquest and with origins forgotten. It also cites Mrs. Morgan praising Tiso's Cure for Consumption, school pupil counts in the Siji Islands, and Colorado leading in gold and silver production.
Direct readers to request a catalog and price list from All Kinde of Stampa, printing outfit makers, via Lock Box 219 in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Wm. Kelley of Lawrence County, C., spent $1.06 on tomato seed from John A. Salzer Seed Co. of LaCrosse Wisconsin last summer. The deal yielded $500 in value.
The notice references John A Salzer Seed Co LaCrosse Wis sending 150 kinds of vegetable and flower seeds and a mammoth catalog. It promises money making vegetables for market gardeners and includes a short quoted exchange about Mr Spooneigh and a daughter.
Promote a relief claim for children with colds feverishness headache stomach trouble teething disorders and worms. Advertises 25 cents with free sample by Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York.
An advertisement fragment promoting Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh mentions a spray atomizer and a 75 cent price includes the spraying tube. It cites Ely Brothers of New York and lists humorous quotes from The Dialect and Puck.
An assortment of product notes and eccentric lines claim SXemp’s Balsam cures coughing instantly with free sample bottles at druggists, prices at 25 and 60 cents, while other snippets praise English habits, a machine made in this country, and Eagle Linen Paper for letter use.
The Great Northern Railway announces one way second class settlers tickets at reduced rates from March 1 through April to most main line points west of St Paul Minneapolis. Chicago connections offer low fares to Montana and Washington. tickets may be used with ten day stops.
Fragmentary note mentions Smith Barton as a pioneer in reducing Indian languages to a system. It also references Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup for teething and a claim of a 25 cent bottle, with unrelated garbled text about medicines and ailments.
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