23 Mar 1874
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1874
Page
1
A jumble of sayings, jokes, local notices, ads and quips from Corydon Indiana. Includes subscription terms for A W Brewster, stray anecdotes about public figures, humorous snippets from Portland Maine to Kansas City, and regional notes on marriages, politics, church events, weather and a few obituaries.
Elizabeth Moore, a fourteen year old girl from northeast Cleborne County, reports being seized mid journey by an eagle or beast and carried aloft for distances while suffering deep wounds. Hunters have tracked the creature, though details remain unclear. The incident raises questions about a husband’s conduct at home and social expectations.
The Grangers rapidly grow nationwide, a citizen farmer group seen as bold and resolute. They denounce monopolies and vow to break them, trusting farmers to lead despite political tricks and resistance.
A twelve year old boy memorized five hundred fifteen Bible verses without blushing, studying only in Sunday school and by firelight in his yard. The piece contrasts parroting recall with truly understanding learning and notes his notable memory use. The rest covers newspaper costs for the Chicago Times, a Talbott speech story, and New Hampshire election results predicting Weston’s loss but Democratic control of the legislature.
The article discusses how poultry breeders influence the size and growth of fowls by careful early care. It stresses that size is a principal goal in raising chickens and is achieved through proper treatment from hatch until maturity, including feeding well and keeping pens clean.
A farmer provides a step by step method to dissolve sulfuric acid in water, remove residues, and finish by treating the mold-board with oil. A letter from Ohio Farmer discusses butter tainted by odors. A Fort Wayne note reports a veterinarian hanging himself, with commentary on local death legends. Connecticut election is mentioned with Democratic gains and Bloomington saloon surrender to ladies described.
Detroit Free Press recounts the rise and fall of a Michigan weekly, the Herald, started by B Harvey in Williamston, Ingham County. Comedic missteps and fishing breaks led to the editor abandoning work, the shop packing with old type, and a note announcing the paper dead due to too many suckers killing it.
A Colemans rural World writer promotes a cancer cure using zinc chloride blood root and wheat flour paste. The method advises a large plaster over the cancer with a ring of healthy skin, leaving the plaster in place twenty four hours, then removing it to reveal a shoe sole color and a white rim, followed by slippery elm poultice and common salve until healing.
The text urges moderate neck clothing and warns that tight collars can compress neck arteries, raise brain blood flow resistance, and cause headaches or brain congestion. It notes widespread fashion errors and mentions the Ledger-Standard listing thirty seven candidates for a live event, with more due.
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