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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
7
Local notes report Maurice Griffin visiting in Indianapolis and several county residents traveling or visiting nearby towns. A match factory in Crawfordsville produces 35 million matches daily. Gen. Maximmnoe Cromer, Spanish American War commander, is dead. Public notices include rental offering near the square and a church celebration set for the Fourth at Seven Springs. DeWitts Little Early Risers advertised for digestion and relief.
Front pages herald a successful fair as the main note while reporting a Cleveland area railroad wreck last Thursday that killed over twenty and injured many. Other items note Seymour residents returning home, Hal Enisworth leaving the Crawford County Democrat, and S P Sheerin collapsing in Chicago.
Local notices report fair stalls filling, Woodmen picnic preparations, and July Fourth events at Corydon fair ground. Visitors include Miss Winnie Lockhart and Miss Nell Keller with social and family travel noted.
The pamphlet claiming William Jennings Bryan would speak at Corydon on July 4th is erroneous. The committee could not secure Bryan but says able speakers will deliver addresses fitting the occasion at the Woodmen grand picnic.
Mrs Lindsay of Fort William Ontario suffered years with dyspepsia and stomach pains until a druggist recommended Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. She reports no further suffering since using them and urges others with indigestion to try the tablets. For sale at Crosier's Corner Drug Store. June
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces an 18 hour service between Chicago and New York starting Sunday the 11th. At Fort Wayne the train ran four minutes ahead of schedule and the Chicago to Fort Wayne leg set a speed record by covering the distance in forty seconds.
The advertisement promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a penetrating antiseptic remedy for boils burns cuts eczema tetter ringworm and all skin diseases. It claims to treat blind bleeding itching and protruding piles and notes the original product is made by RB C DeWitt & Co and sold by all druggists.
The bureau estimates the national wheat crop at 348 million bushels. State figures include Kansas 75 million Nebraska 39 million Missouri 37 million Ohio 30 million Pennsylvania 28.6 million Minnesota 25 million California 21 million Oklahoma 19 million Texas 17 million Indiana 14 million Michigan 13.5 million Oregon 12 million Kentucky 10 million.
A Hope Texas resident, D L Grégory, reports quick healing of a bad sore and says Arnica Salve is OK for sore eyes. The ad notes price and store details, highlighting its effectiveness for cuts, burns, ulcers, fever sores, sore eyes and boils.
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