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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1906
Page
2
The February National Magazine reprints from a new book The Proofs of Life After Death present William Jennings Bryan on immortality. He argues faith that the soul survives after death and that God grants eternal life to mortals, citing nature as evidence of divine design.
Kenneth McIver of Vanceboro Maine credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after severe throat inflammation and lung congestion left three doctors ready to give up. He reports the medicine cured his coughs colds bronchitis tonsillitis weak lungs hoarseness and la grippe. Available at L A Riley & Son’s drug store with trial bottle free.
Harrison county Sunday School convention announced for Corydon on June 4 and 5 1906. Mrs M J Baldwin state primary superintendent will attend both days. County officers township officers and all who support Sunday School work urged to send officer lists and fall convention reports to County Secretary Miss Clara Richert Corydon by March 15 to compile a county program.
A promotional 1900s style notice touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills to regulate stomach liver and bowels without pain. Sold by L. A. Niley & Son druggists for 25 cents. Day
The Lanesville Mutual Aid Society elected officers at its March meeting with James H. W. Smith as President and John L. Walter as Vice President. Joseph Thomas became Secretary and Peter Loew Treasurer. the society reports good financial standing. Separately, Creamery stockholders chose John W. Lyskowinsgzi as President T. J. McClaren as Secretary and Arthur Mosier as Treasurer.
The 1906 report of engineers and viewers for the petition by Robert Hedges and others to build free gravel or macadam roads in Webster township details road locations, widths, and grades. It provides profiles, cost estimates including bridges and culverts, and construction specifications with material standards and banking rules. It notes three roads New Middletown and Laconia, Corydon and New Middletown, and the Corydon routes. It records oath, maps Exhibit A, totals of 92930 feet and estimated cost. It closes with election notice for voters to approve or reject the project per March 1906 county actions.
The eighth district Republican committee levied 7500 dollars in two equal 3750 assessments on two candidates to cover convention expenses. Cromer of Muncie appealed to the State committee contending the demand is unreasonable. The district committee says the state committee has no role and Cromer must pay 3750 or be excluded from the primary ballots.
Notice to all concerned not to purchase any personal property or timber on my farm until the divorce suit between Charles M. Brown and me is settled. The text includes various ad items and notices about court cases, licenses, and consumer ads from the same period. The mix mentions a divorce, court appeals, liquor license debates, and several product endorsements. It also advertises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Corydon wagons. Prices and dates appear in fragmented form, typical of a single column notice page.
Dr Hartman’s Peruna is praised in a flood of letters from grateful women across the United States. The advertisement urges sufferers to start Peruna to gain a day of progress against catarrh and to seek early relief before organs are affected.
Ida Caldwell of 506 Pearl Street Sioux City Iowa Vice President Order of Washington reports chronic catarrh relief after using Peruna. She suffered respiratory irritation for three years and found complete healing within two months.
A male resident of Bradford Harrison county Indiana will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the April first 1905 session for a license to retail intoxicating liquors in a room on Main street Bradford lot 7. The described room measures 24 by 13 feet with a nine foot ceiling and multiple doors and windows. The applicant is marked as Joan Fessel.
Public notices outline rates for district and county office announcements with a 5 cent per line charge for standard notices and complimentary notices for entries over a listed threshold. The document specifies pricing for district and county level candidates.
Hon William T Zenor seeks re election to Congress in Indiana third district pending Democratic primaries and district delegate convention. 1906 candidate Hon W E Cox of Dubois county also seeks Congress in Indiana third district under the same party process. 1908
Hon. Evan B Stotsenburg of Floyd County runs for Joint Senator of the Harrison Floyd district pending Democratic primary action and district delegate convention in 1906.
John W. Ewing of Perry County runs for re election as Prosecuting Attorney of the Harrison Crawford Perry Judicial Circuit subject to the Democratic Primary in 1906.
An old advertisement touts Mother Sweet Powders for children promising immediate relief for delicate feverish youths. The claim mentions settling stomach issues and liver action to restore health and claims to expel worms, listing a free sample and an address for purchase.
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