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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1911
Page
7
A brief advertisement notes that constipation is a common cause of piles and that women suffer more from piles due to in door work and low activity. It promotes Hem-Roid tablets sold by J. S. Riely with a money back guarantee and offers a mail booklet from Dr. Leonhardt Co. in Buffalo New York.
The report notes improved health of J. H. Jones and lists visits by Miss Gertrude Emily of Breckenridge and her friend Ellis Williams near Bridgeport, plus William Emily as guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Emily. Grandma Jones returned to Shepherdsville after a visit with J. H. Jones family. A Christmas tree harvest and entertainment were enjoyed at l'earl Rogge's class with Santa in attendance. Florence Quebbeman visited her parents Henry and Florence Quebbeman during the holidays.
Advert shows Mother Chay’s Sweet Powders for children claim to break up colds in 24 hours and relieve feverishness, headache, stomach trouble, teething disorders and worms. Available at druggists for 25 cents with free sample by mail to Alen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The Christmas tree festival for Sabbath school and congregations in New Middletown was held December 26 afternoon. The program included recitations and songs in German and English, with gifts distributed and praise to the pastor for organizing. A $5.02 donation was collected for Ft. Wayne Orphan’s Home.
A collage of short items notes reader letters about medicine and subscriptions, local injuries and visits, mentions Taft expansion of Supreme Court judges, Roosevelt political hints, and local residents relocating. Also includes ads for stomach tablets and cough syrup with local store references and a baking flour tease.
A Kansas City Journal account recalls John B. Gough’s Yale era temperance address. Gough paced the stage, described a brutal scene of a drunkard beating his wife, and ended with the forceful line Any man who would kick a woman ought to be kicked out of the universe, provoking the audience to kick in unison.
A passage cites Dr. Woods Hutchinson describing a cat’s night battle cry as terrifying and exasperating. It recalls Mark Twain’s frontiersman remark that animal speech follows rules like human speech and that a cat’s growl embodies grim grammar and the menace of scalp lifting and murder.
An irate diner notices a dollar on his bill and a waiter explains a joke bet with the cashier. The diner writes a note on the bill, sending it to the cashier who reads a taunting wager about attempting to avoid settling the bill. Both staffs fail to end the bet.
A mendicant with a wooden leg pleads for help from a kind professor. The professor offers his latest book on sharks, joking that if the sailor has it next time he falls overboard he will know how to dodge sharks and avoid losing another leg.
The theater of Dionysus, begun five centuries before Christ, held about 30 000 seats, roughly four times the capacity of modern large venues. It rose during Greece’s artistic peak and showcased the plays of Aeschylus Sophocles and Euripides to attentive crowds.
A skit-like exchange features a married man advising a groom on honeymoon diaries. He warns against wives keeping diaries, recounting how his wife reads his past remarks during quarrels, labeling them as idiotic. The vignette plays on marital friction and memory.
A wry line notes Mr White once joked about proposing to his future wife. She accepted, and since the marriage he no longer makes jokes, highlighting how life changes humorous pretenses into real commitments.
A remark from London Tit-Bits notes Mrs Closecoyne hosts a reception with lights music and food and sewers and champagne, described as her way of keeping things lively during her husband’s gathering.
A clipped exchange questions widowers as husbands. Milly asks, I think widowers make good husbands, and Illy replies Sure they know what’s coming to them. The brief dialogue reflects a sharp, humorous tone from the New York Times.
Dr W H Crook recounts a social mishap at a White House reception when a guest named Decker claimed an easy name. President Cleveland misread his tag as Cracker Mrs Cleveland correctly identified Baker and Black causing amusement. Decker reportedly checked his card to verify his own name after the exchange.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune note traces friction match history from John Walker in 1827 and 1833 improvements to phosphorus, to L C Allen of Springfield Massachusetts creating the first practical U S friction match in 1836. It explains Allen did not patent first and encountered Alonzo Phillips who already held a patent, forcing Allen into manufacturing under another’s claim.
In Constantinople a fire watchtower signals blazes. Firemen drag engines through streets at a walk, attaching bases to hydrants slowly. The captain assesses each owner for payment to fight the fire, then bargains with neighboring property owners for protection if the fire is beyond control.
Ouida, in a pessimistic mood, sent to Lady Dorothy Nevill a Jubilee epitaph noting dull measures and weak words. The remark appears in Lady Dorothy's reminiscences and is discussed by the New York Tribune with doubts about the mood explanation.
A French gentleman introduces the Marquis de Blank to a lady. The host declares the Marquis not as foolish as he appears. The Marquis bows and says his friend has just stated the exact difference between them.
A fragment from The Parricide reflecting on heartbreak and ruin. The speaker recalls a once fiery heart now entombed in ice, describing love as a consuming blaze that perished.
A terse dialogue voices dread over a family skeleton and cautions about the snares of popularity. The exchange suggests measuring value through discipline and restraint rather than crowd appeal.
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