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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1905
Page
3
Gratis booklet offers full instructions for making bread biscuits and cakes with Royal Baking Powder. Distributed by Royal Casing Powder Co at 100 William St New York to any address. The ad emphasizes universal applicability of the powder for baking needs.
An old advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder as pure and wholesome. It emphasizes that the product is free from alum and impurities, tested and endorsed for safety, and superior to other baking powders. It appeals to housewives for light baking with minimal effort and complete confidence.
The article argues corn should only be planted after thorough soil preparation using harrow, drag, and roller. It compares drill in furrow and check row planter methods, urging farmers to consider options and await Purdue farmers’ Round Table consensus from the corn school.
A short medical advertisement warns of high mortality from appendicitis and peritonitis and promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a sole remedy. Customer M. Flannery of 14 Custom House Place Chicago endorses the product for constipation and biliousness. Available at L. A. Riley & Son for 25 cents.
A nameless senator in a satirical tale drinks Goodwine to quench thirst and stumbles through a surreal maze of characters and gibes. The sequence includes a Mocking Singer, Lyons, a Baker, and a Keean figure, ending with a punch from a Kean man and a letter from home.
A Kentucky man from Lebus testifies after a long stomach trouble that six bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cured him. He reports the six bottles were worth $1,000 to him and notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Peter Roth of Franklin township near Lanesville will hold a public sale on Friday March 17 1905. The listing includes twelve herd cattle thirteen hogs a good mule a brood mare four full lines of farm machinery a buggy harness work harness household goods a complete fruit distilling outfit two cider mills and many other articles. It is described as a big sale and the property is valuable.
Old GROVE'S Tasteless Chill Tonic proves durable after 25 years on shelves. The tonic combines iron and quinine in a tasteless formula and carries a no cure, no pay offer for customers.
A movement spreads to suppress Sunday funerals led by ministers nationwide. A proposed resolution would require no funerals on Sunday, arguing rests on the Sabbath and mercenary motives undermine churchgoing. Opponents fear service disruption and note embalming could allow Monday burials.
A reflection from Success asks if education pays by expanding opportunity and personal power. It compares growth to an acorn becoming an oak and a rosebud opening to reveal beauty, urging readers to pursue learning to broaden horizons, sharpen thought, and enhance life quality.
Talladega Springs resident J W McKinnon credits Dr King’s New Discovery for pneumonia relief after two doctors failed. The ad touts the medicine as a sure cure for sore throat bronchitis coughs and colds. It promises a 50 cent and 1 dollar price with a free trial bottle at L A Riley & Son drug store.
Property for sale located on North High Street near the high school building. Two nearly new dwellings, a stable, other outbuildings, two cisterns, cellars, fruit trees, water works, and front and back lots extending street to street. Everything in first class order. Call for price and particulars to A. Bline. JOHN W. BUSSABARGEE, feb22-4w Corydon Indiana.
An advertisement markets Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a safe non opiate cough and cold remedy said to drive out disease in children while they sleep. It emphasizes protection of infants and urges keeping the product on hand and available at druggists.
We have our new supply of bulk and package garden seeds. 122 2w WV. H. Bunierr and Son.
An advertisement claims Miona strengthens the stomach and digestive organs to resist disease germs. It asserts standard indigestion medicines provide only temporary relief and touts a single tablet before meals as the cure, promising germ proof stomach health with a money back guarantee from L A. Riley & Son.
Taylor Township residents share sick lists and visits with relatives and friends. Clergy and pupils attend Willow Springs Institute while the Debating Society meets weekly at McCauley School. The ice damaged barges at Boston Landing and a child, Iva Stewart, passed away at age two.
A newspaper advertisement for PAZO OINTMENT promises a cure for piles itching bleeding or prolapsing with a refund if it fails within 6 to 14 days First application provides relief The ad notes a 50 cent price and post paid delivery by Paris Medicine Co St Louis MO
The article argues that high schools should focus on practical life skills rather than preparing all students for college. It urges endowing schools with higher ideals, reducing emphasis on grading, and introducing solvable industrial work using available tools to engage students. It calls teachers to start with basic equipment to develop hands on habits.
Hon. John Shenick of Chicago praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for relieving throat and lung affections during a heated political campaign. He says two doses cured irritation, allowing him to finish speaking and win his council seat. The medicine is sold at Crosier's Corner Drug Store.
Tickets on sale March 1 to May 15 for travel from Chicago to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle Victoria and Vancouver via the Chicago Union Pacific and North-Western Line. Low rates from other points daily excursions in Pullman cars Chicago to Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles. Double berth $7. Meals in dining cars. Booklets mailed after 4 cents stamp. N M Breeze Genl Agent 436 Walnut Cincinnati Ohio.
Recorded Shorthorn cattle, both sexes, offered at reasonable prices. Contact T. W. Everon in Elizabeth, Indiana. Price noted as £ 8. 38. Local cattle trade item with specific seller and location.
An advertisement touts Hyomei as an immediate remedy for deafness caused by catarrh and claims rapid improvement within days. It features testimonials from Miss Meeks of Mattewan New York and asserts a complete outfit costs $1 with a money back guarantee by L A Riley & Son.
Sugar Grove reports the Ohio river risen from the falls down while families including Mrs Clarence Glaze contend with lagrippe. Dora and Katie Huffman visited Clara Stewart. Elizbeth to host Hal Huffman and family soon. Ed Shireman has pneumonia after scarlet fever near Bridgeport. Protracted meeting at DePauw begins Thursday night led by L G Carnes. Walter Hamilton visited home folks after weekend work for J N Marion. Griff KighTine Mauckport and Dora Huffman guests last Saturday and Sunday.
Honey Grove Texas resident Colonel John M Fuller credits Electric Bitters with curing his liver and kidney trouble after failing with his family doctor. He reports nearly dying before using a 50 cent bottle, praising the medicine as the best on earth. Sold and guaranteed to cure dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease by L A Riley Son at 50c.
Over nineteen hours saved to Mexico by the superb Double Daily Service over the Inox Moustain Route and its connections. The shortest line from St. Louis to City of Mexico through San Antonio and Laredo with Pullman sleepers. Dining car service, low rates, stopover privileges. See ticket agent for details. R. T. G. Matthews Louisville Ky Feb 8 f.
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