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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
3
The fragment shows an 19th century publication detail for Corydon Indiana with an 1856 establishment note. It lists a proprietor Lew M O’Bannon and a post office entry, plus a rate card and subscription price, indicating a local circulation prospectus.
Classified readers are charged 5 cents a line with a special rate for standing ads. Longer runs beyond three months are available and pricing is disclosed on application.
The paper lists admission charges for church events and special rates of 24 cents. Obituaries are free up to twenty lines. extra lines cost six words per line, with payment due.
Bizarre OCR fragment presents unclear text with scattered foreign phrases and punctuation. The readable tokens include Kors base teidai and stray words like Fle and VEN, but no coherent event or names to summarize into a proper news item.
The piece reports Republican efforts to discredit the Bull Moose by spreading rumors that Fairbanks and Taggart bought Indianapolis newspapers The Star and the News The story is denied by Ernest Bross editor and both men who call the claim a joke or false The campaign aims to split the Progressive and Democratic camps as Indiana braces for party conventions and statewide gatherings.
The article notes Willi Ade as a Republican leader in the Tenth district favored as a Progressive nominee in the upcoming convention. It covers Beveridge and Toner touring Indiana to organize for the Progressive state ticket while Roosevelt’s actions hint at a possible Republican Progressive fusion. Also mentions Democratic and Republican party activity, farmer vote concerns, tariff debates, and upcoming speeches in Madison County and Cambridge City.
Rumor circulates that the Irwins of Columbus will spend £200,000 to back Hugh Th. Miller for the United States Senate. Republicans deny a large fund, while suspicions persist of financing from 1896 and 1900 sources that many say supplied money in that era.
Squire Finley Bixler aged seventy one years and fourteen days died at his daughter Mrs Edward Blake’s Corydon home after a long illness. Floral services were given at the Blake home. Burial followed in Columbus beside his wife. He had lived in Heth township and leaves four children Mrs Edward Blake Lafe Roy and Frank Bixler. He served as Justice of the Peace and was a Civil War veteran.
An advertisement offers a free trial of CHRONICURE for rheumatism kidney disorders and excess uric acid with mailed details. It claims blood cleansing and a tonic effect and invites readers to request a large free package by mail to Mrs M Summers in Sou Rend Indiana.
The Davis family near Corydon in Harrison County stands out for educational achievement. Mr and Mrs Demosthenes C Davis and their five children pursue schooling with Melvin G Davis graduating Indiana University, Pearl Davis a Corydon High School graduate, Leona Davis a common schools graduate, Claude and Myrtle advancing to juniors in Corydon High School.
Joseph L Sonner, a Washington township farmer, married Miss Lizzie Youtsler of Kentucky in Decatur Illinois on May 17. They will reside near New Amsterdam. The bride is the daughter of C W Youtsier of Kentucky and praised as beautiful and popular. the groom is a leading Dope County farmer. The Democrat congratulates them.
Notice to Lakesville and Franklin township residents that a male applicant over 21 will apply at the July 1914 Harrison County Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in less than five gallons at a two story frame building on lot 2 in the town of Totale Brank township. The premises front Main Street and include a south front door and west side access.
Notice announces the appointment of an administrator for a estate with the date and party names obscured by transcription errors. It indicates legal action to appoint responsibility for asset management and settlement, referencing the authorities and jurisdiction involved.
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