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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
6
The state superintendent notes rising white and colored school enrollments with counts across counties. Separate items recount a fatal train affray and a complex family feud ending in murder, plus details of a troubled marriage and intra-family separations.
A garbled 19th century style report describes a deadly feud ending in murder. The account names several suspects and mentions revolver use, a fight, and a physician's later confirmation of death.
Fragmented OCR text outlines various ight events, losses, and civic notes. Mentions El Corsega near tomato areas and a public incident involving a man saving his sister, plus references to ships, factories, and names like Kokomo and Les Wallace. Overall reads as a collage of wartime notices and local items with scattered names and places.
The text lists six quoted assertions from Prof Herron’s letter to the Church Council on crisis responsibility and marriage. It argues a life without blame is possible, children belong to mothers, marriage is not sacred, no universal law enforces unions, society should not force partners together, and leaving a wife would be spiritual death for the speaker.
A church council found George Herron guilty of moral and unchristian conduct including marital desertion. The vote recommended expulsion from church membership and loss of ministerial standing. The report cites repudiation by the college board and that divorce proceedings followed years of struggle and alleged coercion by Mary Herron’s former husband.
The daughter of Rear Admiral H rechomes marries the son of a statesman in Washington. The ceremony at noon was intimate at the bride’s parents’ residence with Judge Wallace Radcliffe officiating. A luncheon followed before the couple left for New York.
Notes of current events report a new oilwell in Qwensville Kentucky and a Terra cotta works fire in Dorth Amboy New Jersey causing losses of 174000 dollars. Emigrants leaving Porto Rico bound for Hawaii with over 900 men aboard and 100 awaiting departure. Admiral Edmund Conmerell, former English fleet commander born 1829, is dead. Ex Secretary of State Buster at Yale urged abrogation of the Clay-Bulwer treaty.
The North American Review presents a symposium on great combinations in railroads and other industries. Participants from Hill to Thurber defend consolidation as good business, while Russell Sage warns of dangers. critics cite rising prices and worker impact as consumer doubt grows amid rail, sugar, oil, and steel price trends.
A Chicago Record Herald column mixes foreign policy critique with domestic economic interests. It argues against Platt amendment concessions to Cuba, warns of milking Cuba by special interests, and critiques Hanna and imperial policy in the Philippines. It also highlights ship subsidy plans and a Washington wildlife anecdote about hogs catching salmon.
Miss Blanche Estella Armstrong of Alabama has lived in Washington for two seasons under Mrs Longstreet. She travels with the General and his wife and is noted as a Southern beauty and descendant of General Armstrong of revolutionary fame.
In Roumania the census suggests widespread illiteracy with nearly four million unable to read or write. London burglars earned only $06,000 last year. Old-Time Fusileers recall the flint lock versus match lock. Sixteen year olds are uniformly good looking and penniless, while aged infancy is feared.
Engineers proposed dams south of Cairo to store water and guarantee yearly irrigation. With large reservoirs and modern farming, the Nile delta could become a vast agricultural hub, boosting cotton production and giving Britain a strategic edge in the global cotton goods trade. The article cites Egypt already supplying a tenth of world cotton and argues British support for public works would solidify cotton supply and commercial dominance.
Miss Bessye Bond of Kentucky and James Kennedy eloped from Muskincum College in New Concord Ohio and married. On returning to class a professor suspended them, sparking a pupil revolt over marriage rights as their course had been completed. The Cincinnati Post notes Europe’s royal lineage and papal record claims, including lists of German and Latin thrones and dubious papal ages.
Public schools in Switzerland grant heat holidays by law as brain function suffers in high heat, dismissing students when temperatures rise. In Chili, shops stay open until midnight but lock during hot afternoons for siesta duration.
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