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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1911
Page
6
A letter from Mrs. M. Summers of Box over Dame Indiana invites rheumatism sufferers to write for a free home treatment claim that it cures muscle and joint pains by banishing uric acid from the blood and boosting overall vitality. The notice urges sufferers to test the remedy at home with no climate dependence.
The last legislature enacted a voter registration law requiring registration before voting. It mandates a Board of Registration in each precinct to list voters locally and details three annual sessions: May, September, and October prior to general elections.
Health in the area is good as Carrie Bell visits her father Henry Stevens near Laconia. Several locals including Lena Pitman Rose Davis and J W Jouden families are mentioned among holiday visits and school events with Santa Claus greeting attendees.
A Paris memoir recalls Franz Liszt living near Norwegian painter Diriks in a German town. Diriks complains of Liszt’s practice. Liszt replies with a witty reveal of his name, ending the brief conflict with a calm confession of identity.
A study shows Canada thistledowns can drift far when airborne. From twenty feet, a seed lands in two thirds of a minute in still air. with a twenty mile per hour wind it travels about a fifth of a mile. The surface exposure of a thistledown is just over one third of a square foot. The excerpt also notes the silk threads of the gossamer spider enable long aerial journeys.
In Sardinia a peculiar courting custom uses a wooden string with knobs as a makeshift telephone. A suitor seeks a father's permission to court. once granted, the girl drops one knob from a window and places the other to her ear as the lover pours protestations below. The ritual may last two or three years without the lovers ever meeting.
A boy asked Longfellow if he had Jack the Giant Killer and, finding it missing, left. The next morning the child returned carrying two cents to buy the book, meant for Annie Field's Authors and Friends collection.
An investigator notes at least three tones from insects a low tone in flight a higher tone when wings are held still and a yet higher tone when the insect is immobile. This last is the voice proper of the insect sometimes produced by the thorax stigmata.
A cartoon caption notes a painter who fell from a roof is being paid hospital expenses. The quip says the painter, though injured, touched up hard to reach spots on the way down, highlighting his skill and generosity. The line underscores a light, ironic tone from the Louisville Courier-Journal.
In a Catholic Standard and Times excerpt, Sinnick laments rising deceit as men turn on trusted friends, while Burroughs adds that even close allies struggle to trust one another.
A lighthearted exchange surfaces with the line It Certainly Did as a Sunday school question about a flood. The snippet notes a punchline about rain and records a toy joke about memory and attention attributed to various writers.
The South Bend Times editor John B. Stoll urges the Democratic nomination of Samuel M. Ralston of Lebanon for Indiana governor. He argues Ralston’s legal knowledge, integrity, and broad state experience fit the office, noting his humble roots, perseverance, and fitness to lead the state with honesty and fair governance.
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