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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1906
Page
5
The advertisement urges choosing baking powder made with cream of tartar and asks readers to inspect labels for alum content. It promotes Royal Baking Powder as the best cream of tartar option for safety and quality.
A collection of folksy maxims by Joe Cone revealing rural wit. It riffs on honesty effort timing and change while wryly noting quirks of farm life and social behavior. Observations include the pitfalls of chasing new resolves and the value of steady effort over flashy progress.
Advertisements praise Bucklen's Arnica Salve for curing cats wounds burns sores and all skin eruptions with testimonials from Mrs Grant Shy of Springfield Indiana. Mentions of postal official removal at Crosden Indiana and a political fund scandal involving lawmakers. Local notices include seed sales from W H Bulliett & Son and community updates from Zoar and Palmyra residents.
In Indiana a split Republican factions feud over state leadership and district chairs. The Fairbanks-Hemenway-Hanly-Goodrich camp backs Goodrich, while Beveridge and Mayor Bookwalter back G A H Shideler. In Floyd County, delegates favored Thorp, Paoli, over Prosser, New Albany, who then withdrew, leaving Thorp elected district chairman without opposition.
In Harrison County the graves of Revolution soldiers are listed with locations and names including Charles Dyer Joshua Bennett Samuel Reaugh Patrick Herter at Crandall Helo beth Henson Johnson Webster township Peter Deatrick George Kron Elizabeth Charles George Indian Creek David Trout Luther chapel John Williams Fredericksburg John Smith Corydon James Cooper Hancock's chapel Henry Funk Daniel Funk New Amsterdam Abraham Joseph Harmon Siarp's Mills John Long Philip P. Stine High fill.
Blanche Chinn remains confined in City Hospital with typhoid fever as the case against Robert Johnson for detaining a woman is moved to February 16. Miss Chinn says three unidentified men forced her into a saloon near Jackson and Market streets on Christmas Eve where she was given drugged liquor and assaulted.
A Haynesville Maine woman now 70 years old is said to have excellent chances for a full century. Electric Bitters is claimed to have cured chronic dyspepsia for twenty years and increased vigor. The product is sold with a guarantee at L A Riley and Son's drug store for 50 cents. Mrs Barbara Caughlin returned Wednesday from a two week visit in Louisville.
A local editor recalls a brutal family tragedy by a gang of outlaws who beat and killed his father. He writes of years of suffering, vanished justice, and the impact on his siblings and mother, urging accountability for those involved.
A Saturday night gathering at John Duncan's home featured Monta Duncan and many friends. Guests enjoyed games and music while remarks urged empathy for illness, noting Champain’s Cough Remedy as a preventive aid against grip and pneumonia. Sold locally by C. R. Watson.
The undersigned offers his residence in the east part of town for a bargain. It includes three acres of ground a twelve room house with cellar smoke house cistern stable and poultry houses plus fruit trees. Sale by P. C. Rulleit Corydon Indiana.
After January 1, 1906 the Elmer Davis Meat Market will sell for cash only. They promise the best meat at the lowest cash price and down weight. If your clover seed is foul to sow, leave it at W H Bullett and Sons.
The Deindert highlights Frank W. Shireman of Heth township as a candidate for Recorder. A young teacher from a large Democratic family, he is praised for honesty, thrift, hard work, and community service, with strong odds of election if nominated. He plans to meet as many Democrats as possible before the convention.
King’s Cave reports Miss Lizziene a bookkeeper at the Girls Industrial School of Colorado for eight months and back home last week. Families Gherbach Faith Housewald Kennedy visit relatives. teachers change at New Middletown. plans to move north. Health tip offers Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets to ward off bilious attacks. Help wanted for a traveling position paying 1072 dollars yearly with expenses advanced. inquiries to Jos A Alexander of Chicago.
Morris Fleshman advertises grinding plow points guming saws and sharpening sash and window tools. Located on Highland half mile south of the courthouse. Prices listed plow points ten cents and saws gum five bits. January 10 four weeks.
For sale, 85 acre farm with valuable timber and good creek bottom land. Includes a very good house, barn and outbuildings, plus ample water. A real bargain if taken soon. Inquire of Thoms McKim at Crisp X Roads.
An advertisement touts Hickman and Hickman flour as the top brands made from the cream of the wheat. It claims more and better bread pies biscuits, with every pound sifted ten times through fine silk cloth.
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