02 Mar 1880
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1880
Page
1
The notice states that no advertisement below the standard size will be accepted at the rate of 10 cents per line. Local notices may be inserted briefly for less than 1 dollar per insertion. All transient advertising must be prepaid.
Directory lists district offices including Hon George A Bicknell Congressman Ben John Bourn Senator Napanel Namsey Judge T Zenor Prosecuting Attorney and Commissioners Peter M Zonor Jordan and Joseph Demcose. Court terms note first Mondays in March June September and December.
New Albany maidle leave Corydon daily Sundays excepted at 74 o'clock A. M. County Post offices 3 Mails for Lanesville Locust Point Evan's Landing Rosewood Mauckport New Amsterdam Valley City Worth Laconia Rehoboth Palmyra Hancock Barren New Salisbury Bradford Frenchtown Georgetown Burnville Mill town and leave every day via New Albany. For New Middletown every Monday and Thursday 7 A.M. For Mauckport Cedar Wool Crisp's Cross Roads every Thursday morning at Geedock A. M. For Sharp's Mill every Saturday at 12 A.M.
The item chronicles Henry Gurtz’s mail-day trips to Frenchtown seeking Grant era letters, boasts of twin calves gifted to General Grant, and feuds with rival Long Tom over tobacco versus dried beef. It notes leap year mischief, public notices, and wedding festivities, ending with social humor from Narob.
A report from Blue River notes a quiet township, mentions a debating society at Hancock chapel with temperance themes, and lists teacher emigration plans. New Salisbury items describe court actions, street fights, domestic quarrels, a staged pocket-book theft by fishmongers and a dramatic arrest scene.
The piece notes candidates for county offices including assessors trustees constables and justice of the peace with supervisor hopefuls seen in the woods and trees. It reflects on students finishing the term and encourages daily ideas growth to improve by autumn as they return to school after summer.
The passage notes a German Methodist church holding a lengthy gathering with many probationers and charming singing. Dr. Flagg spoke at the Methodist Episcopal church Sunday evening while the Literary Society debates women's rights and public attitudes toward women's wrongs, as residents discuss social topics.
A compilation of presidential ages at election and in office, listing notable figures from Adams to Grant and Mahn with ages at key dates. The excerpt ends with a humorous dialogue from the Boston Transcript about weather and a parson, Mrs Goodington, and a Universalist youth.
In the Whole History of Medicine no preparation has ever performed such marvelous cures or maintained so wide a reputation. Aver's Cherry Precrotor is claimed as the world’s remedy for throat and lung diseases and for colds that threaten more serious disorders. It is touted as safe, reliable, and effective in homes, with physicians and clergy endorsing its remedial effects.
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