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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1903
Page
3
Norton halts a determined man on a freezing side street above the East River where ice drifts loom. After a struggle, Norton's mercy wins. a father and child appear, and Norton offers aid that leads to a hopeful reconciliation and a note from a surprising correspondent.
The New York Tribune notes that thirty years ago the ciscoes disappeared from Lake Ontario in winter and reappeared in Chaumont bay near Chaumont Ontario. The fish, once abundant in markets, moved in from the Great Lakes to eastern Lake Erie shores, with spawning grounds likely ruined by silt.
Indigestion and health decline are linked to sudden wealth among Aguereans who shift from hard work to luxury. The piece notes the need for outdoor exercise and moderate living to maintain health, arguing those with wealth who indulge without exertion face greater health risks. It concludes that self love can blind genteel tastes and complicate well being.
A preacher argues that just as thorough soil preparation yields a harvest, spiritual seed must be received by prepared hearts. Hearers must pray and prepare, not seek entertainment, or sermons lose fruit. Failure lies with unready listeners, not only imperfect preaching.
A speaker argues the future life is knowable through nature reason and scripture. He asserts continuity and evolution guide destiny, faith in moral progress, and that Christ's teachings imply an immortal, embodied existence beyond this world.
Dr. A A Berle remarks on how generations pass hopes and achievements to successors and how individuals previously faced with existential anxieties have shaped science and culture. He contrasts early contempt for the individual with a surge of intense personal striving amid collective aims and urges caution against extreme individualism.
A roundup of Indiana news items reports deaths from wood alcohol and freezing, drownings at Dana and Vincennes, a suicide by train, a revived Tell City county-formation bid, sudden sight restoration for Clerk Brucker, Sunday closures of Kokomo saloons, a divorce case involving Leo Fitzmaurice, a court ruling on poles in public highways, a coroner’s inquest in Logansport, a Lafayette burglar alarm invention, and oil leases in Delaware County with substantial potential revenue.
The excerpt argues that belief in human future life captivates the mind for two reasons. It notes the drive of ambition and suggests the temptation is linked to self preservation instincts, then hints at broader implications for how people project their lives forward.
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