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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1899
Page
3
A forgotten law forbids Trouillot from taking a salaried position as a lawyer and ex French minister for the colonies is disbarred by his district’s barristers. The note questions broad application of the rule amid royal salaries for ministers.
The soft leather for piano hammer tips comes from Thuringia Germany. A single family of tanners holds the secret process. They acquire gray deer hides from the Northern Lake District via a Minneapolis agency, which supplies them exclusively.
A remedy for grippe patients, Kemp's Balsam, is recommended for throat and lung diseases. It should be kept on hand and used at first symptoms to prevent pneumonia, by keeping the cough loose. The sales pitch emphasizes immediacy and protective value.
A rustic exchange lists Christmas gifts including clothing, a Bible, poems, stockings, and more. Advertisements promote Allen’s Foot-Ease for sore feet and frostbite, with pricing and mail offer. The piece weaves humorous vignettes from poems and jokes, referencing trains, nicknames, and comic quips from Cincinnati Enquirer snippets.
The report notes that the Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway connect Asheville to Cincinnati and onward to Belgium. A new regulation requires bulls and cows to wear ear rings once they reach three months old, enforcing livestock identification.
Reports from Thursday to Wednesday describe senatorial contests in Montana New York Michigan California West Virginia and more. Clark leads in Montana with 21 votes while Depew is nominated in New York. deadlocks and defections mark the rest of the sessions with several states electing or reaffirming U S Senators.
The Philadelphia mint has started the toinage of forty nine million dollars in gold bullion. An Austrian inventor claims a light activated method to explode bombs. California commercial bodies seek tariff protection for fruit industry. North Carolina Legislature passes resolutions demanding correct men in state political positions.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that purports to reach the disease in the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims to be a non-ganek medicine prescribed by a leading physician, with testimonials available. Also promotes St Jacobs Oil for various pains and a joke about a teacher and domestic animal.
Advertisement claims Grain-O made from pure grains mimics the color of mocha and java, safe for children and adults, and costs 25 cents per package. Also mentions remedies and products including Laxative Bromo Quinine, Kemp’s Balsam, Piso’s Cure, coal tar dyes, and travel line claims for the Queen and Crescent Route.
Advertisements promote Grain-O as a grain based, coffee tasting drink for children with claims of healthy nourishment and tide over coffee costs, sold in 1lb and 25c sizes by grocers. Lane's Family Medicine promises daily bowel movement support and health benefits at 25c and 50c. A Bias Chemical Co offer asks readers to send 5 cents for samples and testimonials.
Letters from readers credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from backache headaches nervous fatigue and painful menstruation. Eva Brenner of East Rochester Ohio reports four bottles and Liver Pills plus Sanative Wash restored her health and happiness. Mrs S J Swanson Gibson City Illinois endorses the medicine as the best she has used and urges others with female weakness to try it.
A Chicago Record letter argues Islam’s practical effects merit note despite religious criticism. It cites Sultanate dress rules, strict morals at palace dinners, and a police policy banning single men from apartments near Moslem homes, noting such measures apply to foreigners and Ottomans alike.
Two fast vestibuled trains run daily from Cincinnati to Jacksonville, offering a swift link to Florida. The schedule highlights include direct service to popular Florida destinations with expedited daytime connections.
In a short back and forth Mr Happige asks for an indorsement and his diplomatic friend warns against writing on the back of a page. The exchange highlights caution from the editor about altering printed material and the tension between literature and formal endorsement.
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