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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1912
Page
1
The retailer announces new and additional stock in dry goods and groceries. Drifted Snow Carnation Gold Medal Star Floor first class corn meal are now available, plus White Safety Oil for lighting and fuel. Public invitation to call for needs in the line.
Alice Dalghren Post of Laconia announces Prof J B Secrest of Louisville Ky will deliver an oration at Rehoboth on May 30. Secrest is commander of Geo H Thomas Post G A R and a noted orator with Civil War service including Co K 16th Ky Inf and Sherman March to the Sea. Attend and meet this gifted son of Ky.
In a Wills Point letter Mrs. Victora Stallings says she suffered womanly trouble and dreadful cough until Cardus relieved her. She declares she is stronger now and praises the medicine’s effectiveness. The notice seeks 12 copies of the Corydon Democrat dated May 16, 1912 at five cents each.
Corydon Indiana, Harrison County seat, is praised for its beauty and modern improvements. The town plans a Carnegie library with $14,000 from Carnegie and $1,400 yearly maintenance, festival beams at Cedar Hill cemetery, and continued civic growth including a new public square paper office, five churches, a thriving wagon works, and a push toward an electric rail link. The article notes transportation delays from New Albany, advocates a Corydon electric road, and mentions Clean up Day on May 17 1912 along with Eureka Telephone Company meeting details.
Rural communities build recreation centers and hire trained directors. The Rural Recreation Congress in Cleveland Ohio, June 5 to 7, brings leaders of the rural life movement. President Butterfield of Massachusetts State Agricultural College commends the program as the most illuminating discussion on rural recreation yet. H S Braucher, secretary of the Playground and Recreation Association of America, issues the notice.
Local residents report relief from kidney pain through Doans Kidney Pills. Testimony from Mrs. Burton Leffler of Corydon notes decades of use and relief after purchasing at Louis S. Riely drug store. Sold nationwide 50 cents by Tester Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents.
The city is gripped by a pencil and paper puzzle about connecting three detached houses to three fire plugs with nine noncrossing hose lines. The snippet notes officials and workers speculate on its origin and impact on daily life as people attempt to solve it overnight.
John S. Burgess of Georgetown Indiana says after more than forty years of eczema with no relief he was cured using Rawleighs Ru-imex ol. He endorses the product and mentions it is sold by Ralph W. Stewart traveling salesman serving Floyd and Harrison counties Georgetown Ind m22 aw
Parties owning accounts to Ed ward Starrett are notified to settle those balances by May 380 1912. The notice specifies all creditors must appear to resolve dues with the debtor in the specified period.
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