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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1901
Page
7
Two judges from different benches settled a dispute over honor in a private boxing match. Preliminaries were arranged quickly in a fashionable club and the combat lasted about fifteen minutes. The victor claimed precedence under a jurisdictional interpretation, marking a historic boxing outcome in the region.
The New York Almanac for 1901 is hailed as high quality and free for distribution. It features accurate calendars, artistic cover coloring, and the Baby Record page for children data. Also noted are Moscow’s large hospital system, Pico's Cure medicine praises, and various household product mentions.
In Sweden and Norway married men wear wedding rings to publically announce their status. They adopt the same symbol as their wives, wearing rings during engagement and after marriage to proclaim the union. The practice includes exchanging rings at the altar.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and offers a $100 reward for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claims cure via constitutional remedies and invites readers to request free circulars from Fl J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
In a Philadelphia Press excerpt, Browne teases about smoking while applying a statch to his weed, lamenting the lack of tobacco joy. Towne responds, noting JT’s love for a post dinner cigar and questioning the denial of that simple pleasure.
The notice promotes Putnam Faceless Dyes as easy to use by boiling goods in the dye. Sold by druggists.
M. Autinet, a Paris financier, funds a hospital for sick plants. Gardeners tend the greenery in large greenhouses and hothouses, keeping them free of charge until recovery.
Ainslee's Magazine line contrasts starved soul and ostentatious wealth. The fragment then shifts to a product plug claiming Mrs. Austin's famous pancake flour will please your wife if you bring it home.
The record reports a teacher assaulted by pupils near Pike County with the victim nearly drowning after being forced into a pond. It also covers the shooting of Masonie official William Smythe in Indianapolis, a jail wedding in Manietta, and a spate of robberies and crime in Chesterton including five break ins and car thefts.
Franklin hosts robbers. Hartford City swarms with tramps. Laporte plans July fourth events. A driver fatally tramples Louis J. Schift in Lafayette. Marion hotelkeeper Wm. Vulpilat jailed over bond and threats. John Knight, 18, Nash ville, wounds and loses a foot in an accidental shooting. Gas main blasts near Muncie injure Walter Newnan and Ross Neeley. Cornelia Barth perishes saving her infant in St Croix fire. Dun kirk glass factories reopen after labor dispute. Dr. Wiliam Randolph sentenced in Evansville theft case. John Amilerson recaptures a thief. pursuit ends with escape. Elderly Rochester fugitive dies in Missouri. Chreenfield Gas converts a well to waste. Northwestern Scraper Company in Alexandria under receiver. Hamilton County grand jury to probe election frauds. American Car and Foundry ships coaches to New Zealand. Emma E Newbern sues Bloom for breach of promise in Richmond.
The article discusses ancient ink described by Pliny as a viscid, relief-producing writing medium. Bancroft notes a simple recipe using lamp black and water thickened with gum, yielding durable ink. It warns that any black pigment mixed with gum can be washed out with water.
The piece frames the new century as the era of invention and discovery and highlights Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a celebrated remedy for stomach ailments. It contrasts this with a short exchange from the Indianapolis Press about a town boy and a rabbit.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a promise to refund the purchase if they fail to cure a cold. It notes E. W. Grove's signature on each box and lists a price of 5c. The piece also briefly mentions diamond trade statistics and other products.
A 1808 Salem state department letter from W M Lord extols Peruna as an absolute safeguard against catarrh and colds. The governor reportedly uses it in his home and urges households to stock the remedy and Hartman’s book Winter Catarrh.
The average price of a good railway dray horse in England is about $300 and each animal costs about $2.25 per week for fodder alone. Under fair conditions railway companies work their horses about ten hours a day.
An advertisement extols Grain-O as a grain based drink that imitates coffee without its drawbacks. It claims Grain-O nourishes, calms digestion, and suits both children and adults, with prices of 15 and 25 cents. A humorous exchange about irrationality closes the snippet.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as a daily bowel movement aid essential for health. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys, curing sick headaches, with prices listed at 25 and 60 cents.
A fragment quotes Ausonius declaring nothing more detestable on earth than an ungrateful man. The line presents a classic moral rebuke attributed to the Latin poet.
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