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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
7
Corydon items report visitors from Louisville and Indianapolis, ongoing sales by Wm Rowe and W H Bullett & Sons, seed stock and garden supplies, exams for teachers licenses, church events at Union Chapel and Highland Hill Grove, and family updates including births and illnesses.
Local ads and notices from Harrison county feature William Rowe promising unbeatable prices in furniture and undertaker services. Other items include medical ads, farm products, auction plans by W A Russell in Marengo, revival news at Union Chapel, and various personal notices from Corydon and surrounding towns.
George Argadine of Bloomington and Belle Kessinger of Louisville united in marriage in the Bloomington Methodist parlor on February 22, 1908. They will reside in Cooksville. Argadine is a prosperous businessman and works in the U S mail service.
A long local column details visits by many residents to Louisville and Corydon on Monday and other days. It mentions farm seed buying, a New Home sewing machine agency, real estate for sale in Louisville, picks of clover seed, and numerous social and church events in Corydon, New Albany and surrounding towns. It notes a funeral at West Seventh Street, a prohibition speech by Rev Fanning, a March 14 Democrat speech in Corydon, and upcoming Grange and Odd Fellows gatherings with local names and places.
Dialogue on tariffs and travel asks about railway fare to Boston as a humorous slice from the New York Weekly. An Englishman and a railroad clerk clash over tariff talk, ending with the clerk avoiding politics.
Postmaster urges rural patrons to keep stamps in advance and place small cups in mailboxes for coins to speed letter dispatch. Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin praises DeWitt's Kidney Pills sold by L A Riley & Son, claiming strong relief after four doses.
Cort Sharp traveled to Bowling Green Kentucky on Monday for business purposes.
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