28 Mar 1871
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1871
Page
1
The notice states that subscriptions are due in advance with arrears required for continuance. No paper will be discontinued without written notice and payment of arrears, and failure to notify the publisher or pay will result in charges up to the notice date.
The notice outlines ad pricing per column width and minimums, with 20 cent per line for local notices and a minimum 8.00 year, plus a liberal yearly deduction option. It states all legal ads charged to the procuring party or attorney and advance payment rules for divorces or non resident plaintiffs.
The article notes New Hampshire backed Grant’s foes, Democrats sweeping Harrison County, and mentions Lewis Bowling as treasurer elect. reports on local politics, marriages, court delays, and satirical sketches, with references to Gov Walker, Boutwell, and the Santo Domingo commission.
The passage notes the 226 members of Congress and gives approximate professional makeup: bankers around 4 percent, physicians teachers and clergymen about 4 percent, farmers and planters about 6 percent, editors of newspapers about 5 percent, and nearly 20 percent unspecified professions.
The April number is described with a full page engraving and a list of articles and poems by various authors including B Donbavand Ivan Toorgenef Henry Abbey and Paul W Hayne. Price is 84 per year or two copies for 87. Also note Charleston papers protest Congress refusal to grant 20000 for Sisters of Mercy relief describe loyal Congress lapse.
An anecdote about an old farmer tipping back a half dollar after attending Peters Monthly concert. The piece promotes pricing of Peters Musical Monthly: thirty cents per issue, three dollars a year, with nearly five dollars worth of music per issue. Publisher J. L. Peters based in New York.
Beecher declares religion in doctrinal view causes more misery than joy. Rev Ewer argues Protestant and Catholic nations are riddled with skepticism and asserts Christianity as a doctrinal system is challenged across the world.
A moral exhortation argues against harsh judgment of others and urges charity. It cautions readers to reflect on their own faults and to praise rather than blame neighbors, promoting humility and personal reform as remedies for social ills.
A Massachusetts woman buys a hair switch and experiences red-faced, gasping reactions that vanish when removed. A medium links the ailment to the spirit of the hair’s original owner and warns of criminal quirks. A Pittsburgh judge is cited on mail seals and Olive Logan notes women carry a concealed weapon.
Report notes young women in New York advertise hair for sale when pressed for stamps. The going price for a “good head” hair is about one hundred dollars per yard in length.
A correspondent who has read much about women as ethereal creatures seeks to abduct a lively girl by throwing her over his shoulder and attempting an elopement. He adds you will think she is made of pig iron and suggests the stunt would tell at last three men to elope with one girl if she was any thing of a kickiat.
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