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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
4
A note outlines display advertisement pricing for insertion in standby ads. Rates are stated per line and aligned with a special general rate. The policy mentions time constraints under three months and the need to announce suspension or changes promptly.
The notice outlines that church events and ads will incur a division or fee, with an especial rate of 2 percent charged. Obituaries are listed as free up to twenty lines, after which a 2 percent per line fee applies, with counts and sums payable in money or stamps.
The piece reviews Tom Marshall and Jim Watson in Indiana politics, noting questions of honesty and public service. It discusses their stances on Township versus County options, Watsons ties to the National Association of Manufacturers, and contemplates how they might fare if they ran for Governor again.
The article notes a senate attempt to force President Wilson to state the pay needed for William J. Bryan to serve as Secretary of State without lecturing. Senator Bristow of Kansas suggested the inquiry, but the move failed as a political gesture. It mentions Bryan’s prior travels and public speaking during his tenure and references other officials' actions.
Henry Jaevers to sell personal property at public auction on Thursday August 11 in Corydon two and one half miles east at his residence. Items include horse mare cow seven shouts buggy mower two horse cultivator turning plow harrow harness wheat cradle crops and multiple smaller articles. Begin 1 PM auctioneer C B Kopp. Also notes Pensacola trip by Reed party and a shark catch nine feet one inch. Town poised as Panama Canal shipping point.
A partisan era letter defends William Jennings Bryan as a popular, deeply criticized figure while contrasting him with Republicans and Bull Moose supporters who fear his influence. It notes Bryan’s duties as Secretary of State, his salary concerns, and references to Fairbanks, Watson, and Woodrow Wilson as the national mood shifts in Washington.
United States Senator Sohn Sharpe Williams of Mississippi challenges claims that the Wilson tariff bill caused the 1895 panic and argues that panics arise from expert debt and speculation cycles. He asserts currency reforms cannot prevent panics and that both prosperity and panic recur cyclically in economic history. Louisville Evening Post. July 25, 1915.
Irma May Treece aged eighteen months died July 16 at 914 West Seventh Street after a brief illness of measles and pneumonia. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Treece of New Albany formerly of Warrenton County and leaves a father mother a sister and a brother. Funeral held Friday morning at the home with Rev F L A Mensch of the German Evangelical Church officiating and burial in Fairview Cemetery.
A Dairy Train will travel August 5 to 11 over the Southern Railway in cooperation with Purdue University Agricultural Extension Department to promote dairy farming in Southern Indiana. The event will showcase live dairy cattle with special records and feature Purdue experts offering practical guidance to dairymen along the route.
A Corydon Indiana testimonial extols Doan's Kidney Pills for lasting kidney relief after years of illness. The ad notes price of 50 cents and promotion by Foster Milburn Co as US agents. Local notices mention Mrs Malinda Deatrick and visits among Gunther and Lilpop families plus Castle Farish returning from Indianapolis.
Sealed bids will be received for moving School House No. 5 in Harrison Township Harrison County Indiana by August 113 at 2 p.m. Plans and specs are on file at the trustee's office. Right reserved to reject any or all bids. Trustee of Harrison Township J eon W. HL. Bessanancrr.
Town ship trustees must publish the annual Tax Levy and Expenditures in the first week of August by law. In prior years some trustees omitted sending these reports on time. They should be published promptly and in full.
Wanted cow peas from A RR Connor 112-11 New Amsterdam Inn. Also wanted a girl to cook and do general house work no washing outside Louisville address Mrs J ON Veech St Matthews Ky Dw
Notice to non residents issued by Amos Lemmon Clerk of Harrison Circuit Court and deputies R Chas H Kintner Jupe 1G s conveys official action and presence required in Harrison Circuit proceedings.
A male resident of Posey township Harrison county Indiana named George Pulner applies to the county Board of Commissioners on August 1913 to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. The business location is the northeast lower room of a two story frame building on lot 66 fronting Bridge Street in Bridgeport Posey township.
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