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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1903
Page
2
Governor Durbin urges a prosperous Indiana session with conservative, practical reforms. He calls for balanced finances, debt reduction, improved taxation, streamlined bureaus, better voting systems, stronger corruption controls, prison and charity administration, health quarantine powers, and a pardon board to ensure fair clemency.
Chicago faces a coal famine with Attorney General Hamlin personally investigating charges against dealers. Allegations claim Chicago coal dealers imposed daily demurrage and helped drive up prices while rail yards held thousands of carloads. Prices vary nationwide with hard coal around 12 dollars and soft coal from 4 to 7 dollars in many cities.
A rough vignette describes Aunt Alvira Fifer. She keeps a large wood pile as her husband’s ‘knitting work’ during rest, while a passerby notes the yard full of stove wood and coins. The piece ends with a note on lemonade for fevers and colds and a line about resting to help recovery.
Rt. Rev. James E. Quigley of Buffalo is named archbishop of Chicago, the second largest U S city Catholic population. Chicago hosts 92 churches with diverse parishes and 67021 children in parochial schools, while Polish and German communities are prominent. Quigley, 48, born in Canada, will be among the youngest archbishops and lead the second of four major metropolitan sees.
The Department of Agriculture reports 2002 yields and farm values for major crops. Winter wheat produced 471,788,666 bushels worth 266,727,472 dollars, Spring wheat 258,274,042 bushels valued at 55,490,000 dollars, Burley tobacco 987,842,712 bushels valued at 308,084,852 dollars, corn 34,680,502 bushels worth 17,000,793 dollars, Buckwheat 2,14,520,770 bushels valued at 8,054,704 dollars, Potatoes 289,885,576 bushels worth 542,036,304 dollars, and more crops with listed production and value.
The Porto Rican commissioner of education Samuel M. Lindsay reports 61 863 pupils in 874 public schools with free schooling now in every municipality. Attendance, schools, and teacher numbers rose by about 19 to 21 percent last year, highlighting gains under American civil government. The draft notes educational advantages over Spanish rule and predicts a launch date for the new America's Cup yacht from Ernes Hoff’s in April.
A short odd quote from the Chicago Record-Herald cites a man who jokes about leading a double life before claiming success in Chicago. The fragment also advertises Mrs. Austins Pancake flour as a quick breakfast option.
An exchange between Ethel and Grandpa contrasts fond memories with a morning encounter on a real donkey. A quoted admonition urges using Eagle Linen Paper for letter paper, seen as proper conduct.
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