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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1899
Page
7
A reflective poem excerpt from Boston Glebe recalls a rural scene of siblings and a father in a barn, the meal blessing, and a longing to return to the hay harvest. The speaker notes prosperity in the city yet yearns to be an urchin helping father with the hay.
A tale of deceit and desire centers on a New York suitor who buys the famed Peachblow Vase for $18,000 to secure marriage with Inez. her father consents only if the vase is purchased. When the truth emerges Inez rejects the price of love, destroys the vase, then forgives and accepts a life together with the suitor.
A fragmentary New York News report recounts a scene where a woman retrieves vase fragments and bids mercy to her father, ending with the unveiling of the Peachblow Vase mystery by the narrator.
An overview of how photography has transformed news, from crude wood cuts to sharp, widely used images of public figures. It notes Washington reporters using photographers at major events, the growing stock of standard views, and Frances Benjamin Johnston as a pioneer in developing photographic techniques for magazine use.
A Pennsylvania man patents a combined carving knife sharpener and fork guard with two disks on the guard rotating as the knife edge passes. A foldable step ladder stores compactly, halving space usage. Innovations include a hollowed bicycle tire face with fabric and rubber ring, a pneumatic axle bearing for wagons, and a German cannon recoil device using a horizontal rod, spur, and spiral spring to absorb discharge force.
A Woman’s Home Companion excerpt recalls Constantinople’s spell and squalor. The narrator muses on painting its wonders and trading goods, then laments the city’s dirt at the dirty quay and garbage-filled alley, amid travel reflections and social ironies.
A Talmage sermon uses Abram and Lot to illustrate religious unity amid abundant church options in late nineteenth century America. It contrasts wealth and opportunity with sectarian friction, urging harmony rather than quarrel over denominations while acknowledging sincere belief across evangelical groups.
A sermon argues for spouses to secure each other’s salvation over ecclesiastical preference. If one partner is Christian and the other not, the Christian should attend the partner’s church to win him or her to conversion, prioritizing eternal welfare over denomination. It urges unity in faith, even amid divergent church loyalties, and warns against quarreling that harms children.
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