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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1910
Page
2
A late afternoon sighting in a lagoon shows a long dark streak moving swiftly across the water with a small black speck, revealing an alligator. The account warns swimmers to avoid the lagoon as alligators ambush from below and drown or maul victims before concealing their prey.
The spider is described as a warlike solitary insect with a mailed head and chest, a soft skin on its underside that resists wasp stings, strong clawed legs, and long spearlike limbs for defense. The piece notes its many eyes and sharp vision, presenting the spider as uniquely equipped for conflict and observation.
A Paris hotel marquis finds her $15,000 pearl necklace missing after a brief stay. A messenger boy confesses, says mother took it, and the mother backs him claiming a trashy trinket. The young woman explains she gave the necklace to her daughter in law. Half the beads removed, all pearls later found in a box with buttons.
A pair from the country attends a Richard III performance and leaves the auditorium as boredom grows. The young woman urges an exit while the escort resists, noting the cost and a clown’s cue. The scene captures wavering interest and a late pivot to departure.
A Dundee Advertiser account recalls an 18th century rule under Edward VII that made cricket illegal to protect archery. Offenders faced £10 fines and imprisonment until the 1740 formation of the Dundee Dumbledon Cricket Club led to repeal.
The artist at The Retort Direct complains about purchased materials. The dealer retorts that the painter should use imagination on his painting, highlighting a humorous exchange in a comic-etched vignette from Catholic Standard and Times.
A playful exchange asks what is obtained from a whale and from a seal. It features responses by Johnnie for whalebone and Tommy for bealing wax, attributed to Loaodon Scraps.
A brief quip captures a guard or observer asking about burial times and a speaker admitting cautious judgment about a new staircase. The exchange reflects urban humor and social chatter from the era.
A grieving widow remains prostrated after her husband’s death, unable to see anyone besides the dressmaker. The local scene centers on her sorrow and isolation, highlighting the depth of her loss.
A brief pithy quotation from Puck expressing belief that improvement is occurring and a rising resolve to do what is right.
In Kingston Jamaica a tin canister from pirates on the Nancy brig surfaced with notes in margins. The crew, once honest traders, hid thefts before calling at Kingston, where a British frigate found the tin case. The captain later had the crew tried and hanged at Port Royal.
The piece explains that French novelists are often paid in kind rather than cash. Paris newspapers publish serialized fiction and provide free space, advertisements, and press notices as payment. Earnings depend on ad value with front page puffery priced at 20 to 30 francs per line.
The article describes early New Amsterdam when Dutch farmers arrived led by Peter Stuyvesant. His residence near the Bouwerie inspired Bouwerie Lane and the settlement named Couwerie Village. Stuyvesant’s farm stretched from Third and Fourth Avenues to Seventeenth Street and east to Second Avenue, with his home at the Tenth Street corner.
The Lon ton Mail reports rumors of a hidden people after Pizarro. Tales speak of white Indians with red hair and blue eyes, called Morpheyon or bats who hunted by night and hid by day. Accounts mention Saraguay legends of a tribe that shuns contact and gender language differences.
The article cites the Code of Hammurabi on divorce stating a wife who deserts and wastes her husband’s house may be sent away with no alimony if the husband declares her divorce. The fragment discusses how ancient laws treated marital separation and the consequences for women who abandon the home.
The centre judge confronts Jethro as he stands accused of stealing chickens from General Johnson. When asked for witnesses, Jethro replies he has none, insisting he does not steal chickens before witnesses.
An exuberant line compares trees and women in summer noting their clothing abundance. It playfully contrasts the lush “suimont” on trees with the minimal trunk needed, highlighting nature’s display versus human dress.
A humorous exchange features a husband and wife debating dispute resolution. The husband claims their method always works, while the wife proposes herself as arbitrator, delivering a witty domestic punchline.
A pocket piece is described as a coin you cannot pass off on anyone, noted in a Chicago source with a voice of informal dialogue between a father and son. The snippet labels it as a learned or slang term, reflecting a streetwise insight into currency or tokens.
A brief aphorism on empathy and connection suggests that understanding and kindness open personal barriers, enabling trust and harmony in relationships across diverse circumstances.
A woman seeks a doctor’s certificate to prove her hair is healthy as she plans to sell it during illness. A man with shears intends to certify hair status for sale, prompting the doctor to call in a second physician. The tale, cited from the Philadelphia Ledger, highlights ethical concerns over selling hair during sickness.
The article explains wood pulp paper production from wood fibers to finished sheet. It details pulping from poplar spruce or pine, dilution with water, forming on a wire bed, draining, pressing and drying through rollers and vacuum boxes, and final finishing rollers for a dry, finished product.
The article describes regional Norwegian dress with north women in short dark gowns and fringed headkerchiefs, south wear the old dress with bright stripe petticoat and red embroidered bodice. Headdresses vary by status from red caps to starched white caps and a jewelled crown for brides.
Blaise Pascal, famed for a treatise on sound, observed sound as a boy. At ten he struck a plate with a knife at dinner and heard a ring. He wondered why the sound ceased when he grasped the plate, noting the change in sensation and effect.
A New York theater man cautions a friend in an undertakings talk. He cites not taking precautions as dangerous and quips that overcaution prevents missteps. He recalls a man who died and slept through life without speaking up, joking about boxing gloves for his sleep talk.
A fragment explains gold fillings as a sandwich of two gold sheets with a softer metal core. The unit is heated and pressed to weld the three parts, with gold on the outside.
A Buffalo Express item notes a man admiring a woman in a milliner shop window. He assumes she is an employee, but the milliner clarifies she is a customer deciding on a new hat. The brief reflects shop life and social tone.
A Maurice Maeterlinck quote asserts the soul’s first duty is to become as happy complete independent and great as possible. It encourages self mastery and personal growth as foundational aims.
In a brief dialogue Jagson asks about his wife speaking two languages. She confirms, listing one suitable for company and another reserved for Jagson. The exchange reveals a playful marital dynamic.
A concise aphorism noting that temper loss leads to poor judgment and missed opportunities, warning against rash actions and emphasizing self control as a path to better outcomes.
Mrs Robert Boyle is listed as sick. Prayer meetings occur each Thursday night. Fred Allen traveled to Rego last week. Miss Effie Marshall returned home. James Townsend of Ramsey visited last week. Mrs Sarah Andrew of Victoria Illinois is visiting. Yad Peters and daughter Gale visited DeJ’aun. J H Hancock and James Elliott went to the Falls Cities. Dr May of Hardinsburg visited and took two new buggies home. Miss Belva Libka visiting with Wilbur Jackson visited home folks Sunday.
The Democrat reports a brief issue as printers observed a Fourth of July holiday and offices closed. Despite a smaller news load the staff remained diligent week after week and readers are assured the gap is due to the holiday break.
Rates show various Democrat aligned subscriptions with other papers and durations. Listings include Daily Courier Journal and Louisville papers with yearly prices and combinations. A signed note from Joe T McClaran mentions nursery stock from a strawberry plant.
A satirical reflection argues the rich uplift society by providing a constant benchmark of wealth. The author cites luxury, fashion, and mobility as forces driving others to strive and improve their circumstances. The piece frames wealth as a provocative stimulus shaping daily effort and ambition.
The poem's heroine is Theresa Black, one of three daughters of Mr. Black, English vice consul at Athens. She later married archaeologist M. Pittakis, became his widow, and Byron’s admiration persisted through time. By 1873 she was aged and poor, prompting The London Times to start a charity subscription in her name. she died in 1875.
A narrator recalls a joke about Kaffirs observing cash transactions in a foreign land. An astonished native asks if food costs money, then imagines starvation if one has no money. The tale mocks different economic systems through a savage observer’s laughter and disbelief.
A Frankfurt Zeitung writer details czarist censorship in Russia with examples from poetry and prose. He cites a poem line canceled for praising happiness under Russia and notes a biographical reference to Karen as Suma rokrovs creation.
In Milan’s Ambrosian library a 13th century manuscript by Fra Bonvesin of Riva titled Fifty Courtesies of the Table offers medieval dining guidance. It warns against filling the mouth, soaking bread in wine, and scratching the head at table, with further admonitions against wiping fingers on the tablecloth.
A coastal tale from Cornwall recounts an old lighthouse keeper whose light flickers after midnight. An officer of the coast guard asks if the beacon is ever dark after midnight, and the keeper agrees with a wry smile that boats come in safely before twelve, then jokes about the harbor’s fate.
In a broad, consoling fact, Nature heals most diseases if not hindered. The author notes that many illnesses yield to natural recovery, citing a proverb about forty and medicine, and asserts Nature remains intelligent at over forty.
A witty exchange shows a job seeker asked about newspaper experience replying none and claiming he could offer excellent advice. The snippet reflects humorous self assessment about what one can do at a newspaper.
A Chicago Record-Herald item notes a woman seeking marriage to a wealthy older man, debating flaws and advantages. The piece highlights the appeal of money and secure status over personal faults. It underscores social pressures around arranged unions in a historical context.
A young author quips that the hero dies midway in a new novel and a veteran editor objects saying the character’s death is a grave mistake. The exchange appears in a contemporary literary aside from the Atlanta Constitution.
A quotation noting that flattery fuels mutual deception in interactions where both sides aim to mislead, yet neither is truly satisfied by the outcome. The remark highlights how social exchanges can become a cycle of insincere praise and strategic manipulation.
The ducking stool or tumbrel was a royal instrument for correcting women deemed misbehaving. A chair on a swiveling post over a pond ferried the punished woman for multiple dunks until exhausted. It appears in many local histories and poems, with Liverpool abolishing it in 1776.
A cautious four year old girl in a Philadelphia home entertained a caller and began to recite the alphabet. When asked to continue she halted and explained that she mustn't reveal all she knows, per her mother's instruction.
The article details marble polishing from sawing to finish. It describes conveying slabs to an iron table, removing roughness with brushes, emery wheel sessions, three grades of emery, three doses of felt, electric wheel rotation, and final rubbing with oxalic acid and zinc oxide before packing.
The article notes Eugene Field a voracious but underfunded collector of old books. It cites a slip in Field's handwriting pleading not to buy the book for profit but to fund his own purchase. It also mentions a playful American rhyme in Bill Nye's book preface about a little booklet bearing a honored name.
Castor oil comes from the castor bean native to India. The United States yields the coarser oil while Italy provides the finest, which is clear when cold drawn. Cold drawn oil is produced by crushing fresh seeds between steel rollers and can be grown in England as an annual. In southern Italy the plant reaches twenty feet and can be climbed.
A mistress laments her ill husband loses appetite and cannot be pleased by meals. A new maid from the old country consoles with a brisk remark that invalids crave nothing yet reject offerings. Exchange quotes the exchange with sharp humor.
First Artist A states Mr Struckoyle offered Dobley a hundred pounds for the picture yesterday. Second Artist A notes the other man did not grab it, saying he needed time to consider. The dialogue ends with a cutting remark about conscience.
A physician reflects on his own health and finances, expressing distrust in others and concern that his fees are too steep. He grapples with choosing whether to seek help or continue practicing despite his illness and low confidence in peers.
A sharp exchange unfolds as a wife mocks her husband about wealth while he candidly admits the motive behind his earlier marriage choice.
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