07 Jul 1874
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1874
Page
1
The notice lists Keene subscription terms for one copy one year six months three months and yearly dues. It also details yearly advertisement rates by column width and notes local notices priced at ten cents per line with a minimum, plus allowances for yearly advertisers.
Long profile of Crandall Station settlers and descendants along Raccoon Branch, highlighting Samuel and Mary McCloud and neighbors like Wellmy and Rileys. Includes family histories from Shenandoah County Virginia to Indiana and Ohio, with notes on health, aging, and local travels. Also includes a humorous Exposition piece on chicken care and a Massachusetts oddity about Sime F Twombly, plus a Denison Texas note on Dr. Lawrence A Washington as George Washington’s grand-nephew.
A Terre Haute Journal summary rails at the Indiana Republican Convention noting attacks on Credit Mobilier and Grant while praising aspects of the platform. It questions party integrity, recounts reform talk, condemns liquor policy, and notes the renomination of current officials amid mixed signals on finance and temperance.
A new state postal law ends local postage within the county after January first. Papers sent out of county must be prepaid at two cents per pound, costing about ten cents yearly for the Democrati paper. In Pawnee Indiana residents demand boots with red tops or threaten further turmoil.
Ebenezer Longbow of Se cors Corners confessed to shrinking from truth in church after boasting of a summer mowing tale. He claimed a fox chased him and leapt a stone fence into snow, then swore tears and remorse over his habit, while his brother warned he nearly broke Methodist discipline.
A Missouri writer appeals for a return to past strict norms and condemns modern acts of egg assault. The plea invokes fear of lawless midnight crowds and calls for banishing violent sentiments that threaten national stability.
The Indiana Democratic State Convention is planned for Indianapolis on the 16th, a date earlier than the State Central Committee suggested. The piece notes cross-state political alignment with Ohio and previews open bold finance discussion, plus local commentary on Indiana and Ohio party resolutions.
A New York letter notes that wealth and fashion depend on credit in Stewart’s department store. John Brown, a seasoned floor walker, approves or denies sizable accounts up to twenty thousand dollars, shaping dreams of luxury for fashionable women and earning the store’s autocratic grip on its clientele.
Dick Lucas, a candidate for jailor in Warren County, Kentucky, delivered a flamboyant address at Bristow Station during the county primary. He claimed broad support, mocked opponents, and urged voters to back him on Monday, invoking dramatic imagery and liberty allegory.
A local editorial condemns display in churches with women attending for dress shows. It contrasts European modesty with American ostentation and cites Mrs. Lucy Powers’ rose bush as a notable distraction in a separate notice.
A jumble of quotations on love humor and human folly, including remarks on women heart imagination and ignorance. It recounts a Lewiston Journal legend about a firebell breakfast visit and an English will bequeathing small pensions to a monkey a dog and a cat before transferring to a daughter.
A lighthearted report from a local train tale describes a newly married couple on a Rensselaer and Saratoga car. The husband briefly left to smoke, a stranger sat beside the wife, and she leaned toward him while sleeping. The husband returned, stunned, as the wife recovered and blushed.
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