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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1905
Page
3
Spring weather boosts catarrh cases and Hyomei is advertised as a guaranteed home remedy. The ad touts a pocket inhaler and a complete outfit for one dollar with extra bottles at fifty cents, offering a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
The item cites a statute penalizing shooting destroying pursuing or possessing wild squirrels from January to August with a ten dollar fine per squirrel. The writer teases publishing the Democrat’s notice about a liberal scalp reward, urging readers to view it.
Advertises Chamberlain's Pain Balm as providing quick relief for rheumatism enabling rest and sleep. A testimonial from Mrs. W. H. Leggett of Yum Yum Tennessee praises its effectiveness and notes sale at Crosier's Corner Drug Store.
A brief notice asks for cabbage plants and directs readers to contact Sam Craycroft by May 10 for assistance.
The weekly Indiana crop bulletin notes May frosts harmed cherry prospects in northern counties and may affect fruit elsewhere. Despite wet ground delaying sowing, wheat rye and clover thrive with warmth. oats progress where sown. Corn planting is late but ground prep has begun as conditions allow, keeping pace with typical season timing.
The Raleigh Post notes J C Caddell predicting continuous city trains between Greensboro and Charlotte after a forthcoming ninety-nine year NC Railroad lease by the Southern will require four tracks. Washington Post confirms grading on the Greensboro to High Point double track to start tomorrow, praising Southern Railway as the South’s major traffic developer.
An advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as timely relief for coughs croup whooping cough and related ailments. Marketed as harmless pleasant to take and a favorite among children, it notes availability from druggists.
An appeal urges universal use of prophylactic germicidal tablets to prevent disease. The letter claims the tablets stem from long scientific research and bacteriology, arguing they target bacteria as the cause of most diseases and promote overall well being.
An advertisement touts Germicidal Tablets as the cure for all germ diseases, insisting they eradicate the disease cause, are shipped directly from a laboratory, and offered only to consumers in 50c and 1.00 sizes. It denounces sample schemes and urges purchase by mail from the American Medicine Co. in Memphis Tennessee.
Good Health to the Children emphasizes pure ingredients for dainty foods. Royal Baking Powder is urged as indispensable for light, sweet, flavorful pastries and wholesome meals, with claims of superior quality for cake crusts and doughnuts.
In Harrison Circuit Court Judge Utz heard the Cole versus Cole case last Friday. David C. Cole an elderly, wealthy farmer from Leavenworth and Crawford counties entered into an ante-nuptial contract with Mary M. Peters promising her one thousand dollars. After his death the administrator paid the widow the sum, and she now seeks to set aside the contract alleging fraud and lack of knowledge of Mr. Cole’s finances as well as later changes to the contract. Numerous witnesses testified.
Local reader Z T Gray of Calhun Ga touts Dr King's New Discovery for coughs and consumption. Promotion claims relief, sleep, and cure with trial bottle offered. advertised at L A Riely Son drugstore with price 50c and 1 00.
John B. James of Anderson Indiana Recording Secretary for the Independent Order of Foresters visits Ezra Keller and family located west of Corydon.
Southern Indiana Traction Company seeks a one per cent levy in Harrison and Franklin townships to match prior townships funding. Commissioners are urged to act at the June term, triggering a one year window to begin building or risk loss of the project to competitors.
Plaintiff Zach T. Leaf, a Reformatory watchman, sued Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Co. for 3000 after a fall while alighting a streetcar in New Albany near Vincennes. The Circuit Court verdict awarded Leaf one thousand dollars. Leaf remains crippled with loss of use in his right arm. the case may be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure acts on the blood to strengthen the constitution and aid nature. The ad offers a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and invites letters of testimony to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo. Sold by druggists. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for digestion.
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