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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1902
Page
3
Poem from the Baltimore American recalls a cheerful man famed for saying good mornin. The speaker notes how his habit brightened days and that even at death he whispered the greeting. The verse ends with belief that angels added a final blessing to his cheerful phrase.
A veteran recalls a Michigan campaign where two rivals fought over a minor post. A romance with the candidate's daughter inflamed rival factions as the hero sought office, petitioning the Postmaster General and Congressmen before a chiding Senator Chandler forced an apology. The outcome: the candidate wed the girl, and the other suitor waited three years.
A French bride received a silver globe shaped wedding gift from a relative who is a geographer. The upper hemisphere serves as the cover and the exterior bears an engraved world map. A lapis lazuli route marks the couple’s travels with enamel town names along the way.
An old newspaper snippet recounts a man who faced consequences after writing a love letter. The narrator, Tomdik, offers sympathy and relates the anecdote to his own marriage, illustrating a humorous reflection on romance and misfortune.
The sermon praises a woman's act of anointing Jesus as an expression of divine love. It argues love grants the seeing power to discern value beyond prudence, detailing how Christ commends the act and noting God’s love reveals true worth in humans. It concludes that Christian character hinges on love as both insight and action.
Rev J P Brushingham argues American citizenship starts with equal rights before the law and moral purpose, not monetary power. He contrasts wealth for its own sake with noble civic aims, warning that wealth without higher mission cannot shield a nation from divine justice and history.
The essay argues that Christ stands above other religious teachers in history. It portrays Jesus as the supreme savior, exemplar, and source of spiritual life, unique in plans of redemption and the believer’s faith, hope, and worship, and as central to heaven’s ultimate all in all.
Sermonette excerpt presents quotes on church influence for the community and righteousness. It urges gratitude for inherited prosperity and calls Christians to duty to secure continued material moral and spiritual well being through church and individual action.
A massive storm system roared through Indiana and neighboring states, killing several and injuring many as it razed thousands of buildings. Widespread damage hit Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and South Dakota with extensive property losses and ruined crops. Marietta, Maxwell, and Cedar regions reported severe wreckage including churches, factories, and homes, with hundreds of structures unroofed or destroyed.
A roundup from Indiana communities reports suicides, accidents, deaths, fires, and legal notices. Highlights include Alfred Smith in Lafayette taking morphine, wrecks near Fort Wayne, Dundy A. Jones dead in Lafayette, and Kirklin boy Charles Doctors shot accidentally. Also noted are factory plans at Elkhart, water damage risk in Knox County, and widespread drought effects on crops and prices.
Arthur Guthrie about 28 years old committed suicide in Plainview Texas by shooting himself. In railroad news James J Hill will resign as president of Northern Pacific Railroad on July 1 and be succeeded by his son Lewis W. In Parliament the British chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach refused to accept an amendment to remove maize from the new grain duties during finance bill debate.
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