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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1903
Page
7
A Denver News poem reflects on striving for virtue and spiritual ascent. It contrasts human weakness with the light of faith, life’s lessons from sorrow, and the eternal goal beyond death through hope, love, and divine guidance.
Joe Stewart wins Margy by paying off the miserly father in law, Boyne, who demanded rapid payments on a three hundred dollar start and a painted cottage. The couple endure harsh credit pressure, trim expenses, and finally settle their debts after months of threats and harassment, celebrating with roses when the last note is paid.
A wife shakes a bundle of bank notes and declares Bayne had fooled them into thrift. Joe Stewart and the drayman discuss saving money as old Boyne’s lecture on economy finally interests the group at supper in Chicago Record-Herald.
A Suburban train tale likens Napoleon’s downfall to a Langshan rooster once dominant in a barnyard. Pride leads to a lost eye, mocked status, and eventual mercy killing as the narrator’s wife urges humane ending.
In Major Townsend's Anecdotes of the Civil War the Quaker Isaac Newton, a Department of Agriculture official, uses a nonviolent method to resolve a road obstruction. When a rider refuses to yield, Newton gently takes the horse's head and warns he would act if resisted, prompting the man to move the horse without a blow.
Rev J M Driver argues Christianity rests on the spirit of Christ not on creeds or church politics. He emphasizes Jesus' humble birth, poverty, and preference for the poor, presenting Him as the toilers' changeless and omnipotent friend who rejected wealth and power for service and empathy. He urges readers to restore Christ to preaching and pews and live by His example.
President Roosevelt refuses a private interview with a persistent adviser and jokes about the man’s arboreal ancestors. He quips that he fears the adviser may grow a tail and swing from a chandelier during talks.
A wary suitor faces rejection from Iast Resort's father over marriage. The scene pivots on social barriers as the would-be groom contemplates asking the woman, while references to female leadership mix with chaperoning pressures and marriage hopes.
A compact excerpt highlights preaching phrases from Rev H W Gilchrist, Rev Dr Swift, and Rev L R D yott. It emphasizes love over logic, true Christian living in any duty, and labor as essential to wealth and sight’s needs.
The piece notes a lawyer heavy legislature with 33 lawyers in the House and 10 in the Senate. It reports Evansville jurist Judge Louis Rasch and brother Edward Rasch collapsing after charges of taking money tied to appointments. Edward resigned as County Recorder and both men are ill, under care of physicians as Durbin handles the Rasch matter.
In Muncie a meeting of workingmen raised several thousand dollars toward a fund to erect a large glass plant to challenge the window glass combine. Local capitalists will supply the rest and the workers will build and run the plant. Construction is to begin in the spring.
George Fisher and his 15-year-old daughter May of Decatur have been stricken totally blind after sleeping in a room with burning gas whose fumes reportedly caused the loss of sight. Doctors are puzzled and cannot say if the blindness will be permanent. The second item notes the American Tin Can Company buying the Indianapolis Tin Can Company's large plant, potentially closing it, tying control of most tin can firms to Daniel G. Reid of Richmond and Leeds-Moore.
William Moater, a wealthy farmer nine miles north of Elwood, was struck by a car on the Union Traction line at Linwood. He was badly hurt and could not recover. He and his bride were to be married the same evening after obtaining a license in Anderson.
Strikes increase wages for Indianapolis electricians while mine accidents claim lives at Brazil and Bra zil. A depot fall kills Hebron worker. County treasurer notes a high tax rate in Orange County. A Mecca man suicide shocks his family, and a master American Express appointment shifts to Grand Rapids. A Hartford City gas station burns, leaving 25 000 in losses. A Evansville woman commits suicide over parental prohibition. A coal mine incident mangles a man who dies after rescue. A Noblesville arrestee is accused of grave desecration. Indiana miners return to work as Y M C A donors promise a new Stude baker building in South Bend. Injunction halts Indianapolis gas shutoffs. Damages suit in Peru. Hammond mayor plans to fuse four cities into a 30 000 population entity.
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