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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1903
Page
8
An old newspaper ad extols Swamp Root by Kilmer and Co as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues in both sexes. It promises quick relief, offers samples by mail, and urges mentioning the paper when writing to Binghamton New York.
Morning session covers Long County and Township Institutes with C W Thomas and others. county superintendency discussed by H I Stern and panel including Dr Z T Funk Ezra Keller and Mrs Kate Stevens. Afternoon topics include Compulsory Education and The Limit of the State's Duty to the Child with discussion leaders. Public invited. meetings at the Court House. music by Major J S Pfrimmer.
John C. New and son Harry sold the Indianapolis Journal to ex-Congressman C. L. Henry for 282000. The paper will become a Fairbanks organ and support the defeat of Senator Beveridge in the upcoming election.
David Harper of Morgan township possesses what is likely the county’s oldest clock. Made in Switzerland and dated 1517, the timepiece was brought to the United States over a century ago and passed to the Harper family from the former owner. Remarkably, it continues to keep perfect time.
Mrs Maud Mauck in New Middletown offers a line of ladies and children's hats. John P F Stoner notes seed corn samples at Hickman & Hickmans ready for planting, describes white corn with many stalks bearing two ears, and mentions a $1 belt supply on hand.
H P Burbage a Greenville student at law in South Carolina suffered a four to five year cough. After trying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy he reports a remarkable change and says he is permanently cured after using two bottles. Sold at Crosier's Corner Drug Store.
Reputable claims from L A Avery & Son assert catarrh of the stomach stems from indigestion and that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat to relieve indigestion and prevent stomach catarrh. The ad also notes mailing payments via a First National Bank bank draft as a safe method.
Philip L. Hirt of Lanesville Harrison county Indiana will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the June 1903 session for license to retail intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons on the premises a front room 12 by 20 feet on Main street fronting the town of Lanesville Franklin township Indiana The room connects to a ware room and barber shop and to a hotel office.
A male resident over 21 in Lenesville Franklin township Harrison county Indiana will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the June meeting in Corydon for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in a small 15 by 31 feet front room on Main street. The room is on the ground floor of a one story frame building part of Lot 67. It has a glass front, doors in the east corner, rear door and two east doors to a ware room.
Palmyra and Morgan township residents of Harrison county Indiana announce an application to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at Corydon on the first Monday of June 1803 for a license to retail intoxicating liquors. The proposed premises are a front room on the ground floor of a two room frame building on lot No 6 Hast Addition facing Main street. The room is twelve feet square with a ten foot ceiling and has two east windows and two front windows with a central front door.
Jacob Isterling, a male over twenty one, plans to apply to the Harrison County Board of Commissioners at the June 1903 session in Corydon for a license to retail intoxicating liquors in a specific lower west front room of a two story building on Front street Gresham. The room measures 21 by 18 feet with a 10 foot ceiling and contains multiple doors windows and a pantry.
The notice lists train numbers running solid between Louisville and St Louis, including Nos 1 2 and 4, with through cars. Nos 9 and 10 between Louisville and Evansville with chair cars. Nos 31 and 22 between Evansville and Louisville with first class coaches. cafe parlor cars on Dey trains. through sleeping car service from St Louis and Louisville to Chattanooga Birmingham and other Southeast points with Parisman drawing room and buffet features. General managers and passenger agents are identified with locations in St Louis Washington and associated offices.
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