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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1901
Page
4
Corydon Indiana printed notice from CHAS W THOMAS and CHAS E ELLIS editors and proprietors indicating post office registration as second class matter with office location in Democrat Building and annual subscription terms including in advance rates for in county and out of county readers.
A July 31 editorial rails at trusts and combines seeking control in industry. It cites 251,000 troops in South Africa and criticizes Republican and Democratic stances on tariffs and labor. The piece laments wage slavery and warns of costly imperial and domestic battles tied to industrial policy.
President Shatier of the Amalianated Association of Steel and Iron Workers warns the Republican party against alliance with trusts. He argues labor vows would doom trusts if administrations enact restrictive Morgan power laws and hold the administration responsible for labor and party consequences.
The Chicago Chronicle asserts a history of repeated abuses by the Republican Party aimed at establishing privilege. It cites protective tariffs, industrial ruin, monopolization, alien labor, a proposed 270 million ship subsidy, abuse of appointing power, suppression of Black voters, failure to enforce amendments, and governance of territories without proper authority. It attacks the party for oppression and class division, claiming unfitness to lead a free people.
Official year ending June 30 1901 shows Army expenditure 144 543 912 and Navy 60 580 705, up 62 million from 1900 and 121.6 million from 1808. The piece questions whether Republicans or the general public ultimately pays for this surge as the nation debates its world power role.
The Indianapolis News argues that retaining Morg castle in Havana would mean Cuban dependence, comparing it to British Castle William in New York harbor and warning of a threat to true independence and pledged Cuban governance.
The article reports that Neely, a Cuba postal funds leader, may be freed after arrest over a year ago and six months since trial began. Delays due to veiled witnesses and slow Cuban courts keep his fate uncertain while earlier threats by Neely and Rathbone loom.
The undersigned offer ready supply of all kinds of building lumber. They will cut turn or house patterns to order and invite customers to place orders at their mill in Heth township or with Watson & Thomas.
A backwoods church sermon turns to thermometer figures to urge moral reform. The Atlanta Constitution notes the preacher warned the heat is not the only danger, urging congregants to mend their ways amid the sweltering conditions. Epilogue quotes praise for One Minute Cough Cure from E H Wise of Madison GA. L A Riley & Son promote a fish diet claim about brain strength.
The applicant, a male resident over twenty one, seeks a license to retail spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in a room on the Sugar Grove and New Albany pacific highway in Corydon Posey Township Harrison County Indiana. The request will be heard by the Harrison County Board of Commissioners at the regular session on the first Monday of August 1401.
Non resident defendant Julius B. Alford is notified of pendency of suit in Harrison county Indians. Jacob Sehaum sues Alford and Charles A. Bline garnisher before Abner Hunter JP at Corydon. Hearing set for September 15 at his office.
James M. Sherrill administrator of Nancy J. Gray deceased files petition in Harrison County Indiana Circuit Court seeking order to sell estate real estate to raise assets for debts. Hearing set for September 9, 1901 at Corydon courthouse. Clerk CHAS A BLINE seals the notice.
In Harrison Circuit Court September 1901 James L Morris es Sarah Conrad George W Conrad Edmond Lihue and others are notified by cross complaint to enforce a lien on real estate and foreclose mortgage. Non residents Edmond Lahue and Clara Lahue must answer by the term opening September at Corydon Court House or risk judgment in their absence. Witness Charles Bling clerk.
Jacob Wright and James T. Smith submit a detailed report with Benjamin Jordan engineer on locating surveying and estimating the cost of a macadamized road in Heth Township. The 34 210 foot road would be 30 feet wide with a 20 foot roadbed plus ditches culverts and walls, material specs, and monthly progress estimates 313 038 75 total.
James A. Watson, auditor, certifies a true copy of the report of the viewers and engineer as recorded. Witnessed by the official seal on the 16th day, in the county, with A. H. C. initials.
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