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The notice states rates at 14 cents per line and a minimum 8 lines per insertion. It requires all local notices be paid in advance and rejects any notice shorter than eight lines.
11 May 1880
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1880
Page
1
The notice states rates at 14 cents per line and a minimum 8 lines per insertion. It requires all local notices be paid in advance and rejects any notice shorter than eight lines.
A historical directory fragment lists county and city officials including George A. Bicknell, Jon DA Cunningham representative, Louis Branc, Lewis Yowling treasurer, J.B. Cooper school superintendent, John Bieteghae coroner, Peter M. Zenor surveyor, David Jordan and Joseph Doweone commissioners, and other names with titles such as registrar, prosecutor, and clerk across various county offices. It notes meetings of the Board of Commissioners on the first Mondays in March, June, September and December.
Postal notice lists daily mail routes from Sew Albany to towns including Corydon Lanesville Locust Point Evan s Landing Rosewood Blanckport New Amsterdam Valley City Worth Laconia Rakoboth Pilmyra Hancock Barren New Salisbury Bradford Frenchtown Georgetown Bycnville Mil town and New Albany. Some routes operate Sundays and certain days with morning departures at 7 A M or specific Saturday mornings.
The New York Commercial Bulletin analyzes a potential crisis from tentatively higher US wheat production amid fading European harvests. It warns that a post 1879 peak could produce a surplus of about 180 million bushels, pressuring prices while global stocks dwindle. It also notes rising western grain acreage and immigrant arrivals may intensify price effects and prompt agricultural adjustment.
The piece denounces the Republican party as corrupt and tyrannical, accusing it of fraud, intimidation, and financial record manipulation. It contrasts this with Democratic principles of constitution, honest government, and peace, naming Grant Blaine and Sherman as unfit candidates. It reflects strong partisan rhetoric from Indianapolis rhetoric in the Sentinel.
Addison argues that people despise what they cannot master and pursue out of reach goals. The excerpt critiques misplaced ambition across society from novelists to surgeons, highlighting a restless dissatisfaction with current talents and outcomes.
Miss Coreen and a companion, noted in New York for lectures and cookery schools, conduct a cost of living experiment. They inventory weekly supplies, set aside essentials, and record daily menus including fry ups, roast duck, beefsteak, and fish with bread, tea, and fruit across Sunday Wednesday and Saturday.
A compact review traces lifespans of U S presidents from Adams and Jefferson on the birthday of the nation to Hayes era. It notes dates of death and ages, mentions Van Buren's gold salary at term end, Tyler’s poverty, and various late presidents with scattered veteran figures and final fates.
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