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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1900
Page
2
The article argues that the new generation of blacks resents long term labor and trades. It notes historical black craftsmen on plantations and the decline of black mechanics in rural South, despite industrial schooling. White workers dominate crafts now and many graduates abandon trades to avoid fixed, exacting lives.
Minnesota representative Eddy narrates a campaign stunt with a Civil War drummer to boost crowd engagement. A 22 year old boy watches the speech from a dry goods box, and Eddy notes the child’s reaction helps draw the crowd. The exchange ends with the drummer keeping the campaign beat.
A family meal scene centers on a Vermont father pouring maple syrup and joking about exotic animals for each child. Amid the light gloss, a child muses about birds and fings with skinny lees while adults discuss a pink rose penguin and arctic life near pack ice liking deep rose gulls.
A writer on Angora goats notes the climate causes a silky coat in various animals including Mohair goats cats and greyhounds. Some observers say this trait helps drive them as they avoid snow on July walks in the same region.
A veteran narrator recalls dwindling ranks of soldiers marked by age and loss. He visits the Ralston family grave site, encounters Erma, and unfolds a confession of mistaken death, enduring love, and sorrowful memories.
A Union veteran returns to his old Southern town after the war to visit Miss Erma Ralston, daughter of Col. Ralston, whose family suffered loss on both sides. He recalls the day he left in uniform and the heartache of loving a Southern girl who told him to go. The scene unfolds amid jasmine and oaks at a ruined plantation.
Merrill Fremont, presumed dead after Gettysburg, wanders a Confederate graveyard and discovers Erma, his true love, still alive. She forgives him as memories revive their romance, and they vow to banish anger while honoring the dead.
The text presents a jumbled, unreadable passage mentioning tribal, law, and scattered imagery. It lacks clear events, names, dates, or positions to summarize into a factual news item.
The item recalls Burrows-Jenkins boasting of a superb memory and an overdue debt joke about a $5 loan from over two years ago. A.Poe/Pope aphorisms highlight human foibles about memory and value, contrasting boastful wit with formal maxims.
The article surveys battlefield leaders buried across the United States, naming figures from Grant and Sherman to Meagher and Custer, with places like West Point Arlington Laurel Hill Philadelphia and Rockland Cemetery cited as final resting places. It notes Arlington Cemetery as a growing national mausoleum for Civil War heroes, including admirals Porter Jenkins Queen Johnson and Shufelt.
One of the White Mountains scenic features in New Hampshire is Tucker man’s Ravine a great gulf on Mount Washington’s southern side. Each year a snow arch or cave of snow spans the gulf and remains until late August. The name honors the discoverer Edward Tuckerman, a noted explorer of these hills.
One hundred dollar reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo claim reliability after 15 years in business. Local wholesalers endorse the firm and Hall's Catarrh Cure is sold nationwide at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available.
South African Boers and settlers treat horse sickness by rubbing eucalyptus oil tar into horses nostrils while grazing on the veldt. The practice cited as a preventive measure among rural residents and horse owners.
Try Grain O. Ask your grocer for Grain-O the new drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it without injury and adults like it. Grain-O has mocha java color but is made from pure grains and is gentle on delicate stomachs. Price 11 and 25 cents per package. Sold by grocers. India rubber nails are used in Germany where metal nails corrode.
A proclamation notes Carter's Ink as the best yet affordable compared with the poorest, highlighting it as the largest ink sale globally. It also mentions Venezuela's mineral wealth including Bessemer iron copper and gold mines, underscoring vast natural resources.
The advertisement promotes unruled and ruled writing sheets with 100 sheets per pack. Letter size is priced at 25 cents and Note size at 15 cents. Readers are urged to ask their dealer for these specific papers and not to accept others.
Anywhere and return for one dollar invites parties of five or more traveling on one party ticket to ride any Peerless Trio train between points within one hundred miles on Sundays. No need for a special train. agents R J Hamilton and C A Asterlin in Fort Wayne explain. Also Colorado Special departs Chicago daily at 10:00 am for Denver and Colorado Springs with dining cars. another fast train at 10:30 pm.
An old advertisement warns that a lazy liver leads to gloom and sluggish body function. It promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as an easy remedy to keep bowels moving and toxins expelled. The ad guarantees satisfaction or money back and notes 10c, 25c, or 50c pricing with mail order options.
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