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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1903
Page
3
A teacher argues for teaching the happiness potential within us as part of the curriculum. An awakened sensibility can transform daily experiences into a symphony of natural pleasures, from weather to birdsong, showing enjoyment lies in perception and cultivation.
Mrs Growells notes the paper claims half of all births die before 16. Growells agrees and adds a few people who would not be missed. The exchange reveals a bleak outlook and a blunt social edge in the dialogue.
Report states the Russian navy uses alcohol fuelled boat motors up to 300 horsepower with highly satisfactory performance. The news notes the propulsion tech as a notable development in marine power sources and implies broader military testing underway.
Dr. Waterhouse outlines a U S vaccination drive similar to London measures. Washington theater project gains early funding with $10 000 subscribed elsewhere. In Paris, James Monroe signs the Louisiana Purchase treaty. News arrives of the Spanish frigate Juneau foundering at sea off Cadiz with 400 aboard and only seven survivors and $100 000 in specie.
Four hundred passengers and 2500 in gold dust reach New York by ship from California. Six President Martin Van Buren and a companion sailed for Europe after being escorted to the steamship pier by Benjamin Butler and other statesmen of the day.
The War Department in Washington announced plans to recruit 20 000 disabled and discharged soldiers for garrison duty. Other notes include a Texan legion captured at daybreak near Franklin Tennessee by Gen Gordon Ctranger's cavalry and Charles Henry Scott accused ofCorrespondence with Confederate agents in Paris. A mass meeting of Chicago Negro citizens pledged defense of the Union at Quinn Chapel. Justice actions report George Dodge of Hamilton Ohio sentenced to four months hard labor for sympathy with Confederates.
Reports allege Jay Gould Henry N Smith and Alden B Stockwell looted 45 million in cash loans at New York and used high interest to depress stock values. An army expedition in Washington protected routes for the Northern Pacific while soldiers clashed with Model Indians in the Southwest. Macready dies in London at 89 after Astor Place riot in New York. A convention was planned at Astor House to oppose railroad combines subsidies and monopolies.
Reported visits by United States secret service agents to the Irish National Convention in Philadelphia follow British complaints of Fenian dynamite plots hatched in America. Meanwhile Bisma rck is said to have bought one million acres of Mexican land for German colonization with nine million more under negotiation.
Erastus Wiman faces one million in estimated liabilities. The Columbian naval review gathers warships from many nations in New York. William Townsend is arrested in London over an alleged Gladstone assassination attempt. Secretary Carlisle seeks a fifty million gold loan from New York bankers to restock the treasury. The Liberty Bell arrives in Chicago for the fair with a fireworks display. The Duke of Veragua arrives in Chicago for the World’s fair opening.
An advertisement argues catarrh of the pelvic organs causes barrenness and that Peruna erases systemic catarrh. It cites testimonials from women like Mrs. L. M. Griffith of Areo Idaho claiming the remedy made them strong healthy and able to bear children.
Advertised since the era of patent medicines, letters from H. Peruna customers describe dramatic weight gain after use and dramatic health recoveries for la grippe and other ailments. Two women recount long illnesses cured, including a 10 pound baby and strong postnatal recoveries.
Two elderly men ride a Sixth Avenue elevated train and compare ages. The shorter, heavier man says he is 74 and rivals his friend Tam, while the taller, active man claims 68 and insists he has not begun to grow old. He teases his companion as still a boy.
Dialogue centers on whether a woman can reach the constitutional presidential age. He dismisses the possibility with a firm statement that no woman will ever become president.
A pessimist laments years spent in solitary meditation while the optimist counters that solitude may skew his view of mankind. The brief exchange highlights contrasting outlooks on human nature and happiness.
In the Good Old Days two elderly residents compare the current Uncle Tom's Cabin posters with past performances. They recall how audiences once wore mackintoshes to ward off tears in the gallery and lament changes in the show. Also mentions Allen's Foot Base and Allen's Foot-Ease advertised as foot and shoe aids sold by druggists and shoe stores with a free sample offer.
The excerpt notes Mrs. Austin's Pancake Flour praised for year round use at grocers. A dialogue between boarder and landlady mentions chicken soup and a failed kitchen attempt.
The fragmentary OCR shows a dialogue about understanding and plainness followed by an advertisement line for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children with teething relief. It notes a price of cents a bottle and a stray grain mention of spelt in South Germany and Switzerland.
A reader is advised to write a full account of their case to Dr. Hartman President of one Hartman Sanitarium Columbus io He will provide his valuable advice gratis and consider the matter personally promising attentive review and guidance.
A witty exchange about life being made durable by choices ends with a plug for Putnam Fadisses Dyes offering a half hour dyeing. The dialogue features a meddlesome party and a reflective thinker.
A collage of testimonials from users across the United States praising Doan's Kidney Pills. Notes include relief from back pain after years of suffering, improved urinary symptoms, and general well being after starting the regimen. Endorsements highlight quick relief and renewed vitality.
A new company is formed in Seattle with capital of 6,000,000 to construct an iron furnace and steel plant in the city. An advertisement offers a self inking dating stamp for 75 cents with address Loch Box 410 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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