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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
5
An order notice offers to send a bound book titled The New Freedom for one dollar cash. The office will process the dollar and mail the book to the buyer. Public notice appears to solicit orders for a copy of the volume.
The article explains iridium from platinum ore used for gold pen points. Iridium forms a phosphide fused with phosphorus, then heated to remove phosphorus leaving a hard white mass. The mass is ground to precise sizes for pen points. one ounce yields 6 000 to 10 000 points. It is as hard as ruby and resists steel. Iridium, once cheaper than walicum, gains value as a hardening agent in platinum alloys.
The text catalogs furniture caster types including leather wheels with metal bearings for hardwood floors, felt discs, giags for insulation, ball bearing variants, porcelain and rubber wheels, and casters of iron and brass, noting numerous material styles and construction methods.
In Bladder’s Recollections Thackeray is described as brusque to autograph seekers. A young lady obtained his help with a book, and a page bore lines about Mount Kane and a misattributed inscription. The anecdote includes a hasty line Thackeray wrote and Albert Smith’s playful scribbles.
A quarrel over a dressmaker’s bill inspired a bitter verse, later copied widely in leading papers. The creator, mocked for his rant, wrote an epic thought to endure, while readers discussed the fiery outburst and its lasting impact.
On April 10 1878 Mr Parnell criticized Trenry James calling a remark a legal quibble and said it must be withdrawn. He apologized for using the expression and noted the statement belonged more to a petty sessions attorney than to a learned gentleman.
An impassioned orator asks what the nation needs as it steps across the Pacific in a march of trade and freedom. A rear-seat remark offers rubber boots to illustrate material concerns.
A public notice encourages readers to start saving by taking out one or more shares in the Savings and Loan Association and to cultivate the habit of saving something. The text emphasizes that it can be done if you will.
In Missouri Ozark hills red cedar supplies most wood for lead pencils. Logs travel to mills via rail or raft down White river. Slats are cut for pencils with only heartwood used. Slats bound for New York and Europe for pencil production. A brief humorous exchange follows about marriage and family lineage in the Hartford Post.
The text explains the etymology of Scotland and its peoples before 258. It links Caledonia to Gaels meaning hidden rover and Scot to wanderer. It distinguishes Caledonians of the Highlands from the Picts of the Lowlands and notes Scoti as invaders from Scotia.
The article notes sugar from beet and cane refined to the same product with identical composition and effects. It adds maple sugar would yield the same crystals if refined, then pivots to Machiavelli as a famed Italian writer and his works. It ends with a tale of a dangerous fall surviving by a beam.
Humorous quip from the Houston Post notes a woman who sought a husband before marriage and still keeps a wary eye after wedlock. The item is a tiny editorial aside reflecting social expectations and marital humor of the era. Local readers would recognize the playful tone and regional voice.
In a stormy uptown scene a conductor orders riders to move to the ahead car as the abandoned coach cannot travel. A man asks what was wrong and learns the car’s cash register was broken and couldn’t ring up fares.
A fragmentary discourse notes famed men famed for talent yet deemed unattractive by society. It cites Julius Caesar as an ill favored youth whose charm drew young and old women. Mentions poets and satirists in a mused ranking of looks versus fame.
Mummy Lou and Lucinda argue over beans and a bailing pot in a tense kitchen scene. A figure named Yammer confronts them at the door, demanding attire and questioning Bendueel’s identity as the Parsity devil watches the cookpot.
A judge calmly presided as two armed burglars faced him. One depredator kept a watch and the judge urged not to take it, calling it a keepsake. The burglars dismissed a motion, claiming an appeal. The supreme court later sustained the tower court decree, and the case adjourned after the watch was packed away.
A Harper's magazine description portrays a tiny Brazilian monkey named samaki as unusually gentle and childlike. Humboldt notes its birdlike gait, large dark eyes, and velvet coat with gray beads, likening its innocent expression and emotional range to a human child.
The Higher Equity in Bismarck tells how foragers with two companions found five eggs in a near empty village. Unable to divide evenly among three, one man swallowed two and then shared the remaining three with his companions, a notable example of equal division in the Pall Mall Gazette.
A narrator recalls inviting guests while his wife learned cooking. The daily company wore thin as relatives and friends dropped away, leading them to hire a skilled cook to handle meals.
Local Red Mill shop shows a mix of brand items and small sundries as shoppers browse the shelves. Generous stock includes everyday goods and miscellaneous trinkets attracting curious customers.
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