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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1901
Page
2
A Washington Star excerpt presents Pickaninny Jim and Aunt Meria debating colored folks ghosts. They discuss whether a black ghost could exist and how its complexion would reveal itself, reflecting humorous regional dialect and superstition.
Two years ago a Kansas City druggist offered to cure rheumatism for five dollars after Miss Ange P. Nichols wished to pay one hundred dollars for a remedy. She used Dodd's Kidney Pills, reporting dramatic improvement and full recovery after two years with no symptoms. The anecdote promotes Dodd's Kidney Pills as a rheumatism cure available at 50 cents per box or six boxes for 4.25, with purchase via local dealers or the Dodds Medicine Co.
The Times Herald editorial extols Canada’s low crime indictments and swift punishment, contrasting with American delays. It notes no Dreyer cases, emphasizes prompt trials, and highlights plans to open Saskatchewan lands for settlement in 1901 with government and railway lands for sale.
A Washington correspondent reports a wide scale tobacco subsidy in the war tax reduction bill benefiting the American and Continental Tobacco concerns. Senators allegedly profited from inside information as shares in the company rose in New York. House conferees vow to block the measure, arguing the Senate plan cuts about 18 million in cigars and tobacco taxes, with 11 million of that on tobacco goods.
The Philadelphia North American notes a political rift as some Senators admit the ship subsidy bill is a fraud to loot public funds. An Eastern Senator says he is bound to vote yes yet opposes the measure, raising questions about who influenced him and at what political cost.
The Utica Observer reports that after McKinley’s victory, claims of quick peace in the Philippines faded. General MacArthur’s December dispatch notes slow pacification and a likely chronic condition, with plans to send the Tenth and Twelfth Infantry and the Fifth Cavalry to Manila.
The Louisville Courier Journal argues against corporate influence in elections to prevent Republican minority in both houses and to curb trusts and subsidies. It urges tariffs and war taxes be scaled back or repealed to favor revenue and taxpayers, warning of burdens on consumers.
The Minneapolis Times reports President McKinley may veto treasury measures if Republican senators and leaders ignore public sentiment. He urges restraint and fairness to avoid unnecessary political strife and potential veto action.
The fragment references Admiral Samp son as a commander and mentions prejudice and personal care themes. Details are unclear and wording is garbled, but the piece centers on claims of bias affecting a maritime figure and his actions.
An English observer in Washington notes Americans seek titles from European figures and brandish honors like Son of the Revolution and Legion of Honor. He compares class signals, press coverage of weddings, and the display of badges to old European peerage while noting the democratic origin of U S nobility symbols.
Frank Fisher of Easton Pennsylvania sold his wife to George Gardner for fifty cents. Fisher later swam into a river while fleeing police after stealing railroad iron and drowned days after the sale. Mrs. Wisher Gardiner, age 18, showed no sorrow at his death and will not wear widow’s weeds.
A plant named Eutada tussions, native to moist tropics, is said to cough when its leaf pores are clogged with dust. The leaf expels gases in a paroxysm of coughing and sneezing, turning red as chlorophyll recedes. The plant, sometimes grown indoors, reveals plant respiration via stomata on leaf undersides and water vapor exchanges.
A hotel keeper possesses the oldest furniture set from match boxes after collecting 4,000 boxes. A cabinet maker crafted a room’s furnishings including a writing table with smoking apparatus, a fire screen, a cabinet, a chair and smaller items. Remedies for damp houses suggest planting laurel and sunflower near undrained land. A man neglecting his own business cannot be trusted to manage others. Pawning the engagement ring is a pledge of love.
The eminent Washington barrister Belva Lockwood advocates Peruna in letters from Minnesota and Illinois readers. She cites cures for cold catarrh hay fever and nerve fatigue and endorses the tonic value for the elderly. Dr Hartman promotes Peruna as treating catarrh by addressing mucous membranes and warns catarrh can affect any organ.
A collection of quick anecdotes and quips from era papers. A man recalls a dangerous boating incident where a revolver would have endangered his wife and reflects on how giving up firearms spared harm. Also notes on fashion, domestic tasks, and a political money jest.
The Nickel Plate Road touts itself as the pleasant shortest and cheapest route to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo with no transfers, landing passengers at the gates. Contact nearest agent or write to C. Asterlin, T.P. A., Mort Wayne, Ind, for details.
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