Corydon Friends and Local News Amid Dry Weather
Corydon residents hear from Rev E G Jann and Rev J O Sibert in Corydon Monday. Miss Sallie Stoker of Louisville visits Frank and Dropsy family. Furniture ads tout folding beds and low prices. Local travels include Roy Miller visit from New Albany and E L LaRue weekly church services. Mr and Mrs E G Wright return to Washington with The Democrat forwarded. Mrs Roy Evans returns home after a Louisville medical stay and successful operation.
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E.G. Jann
M. E. Church
New Middletown
Corydon
Sallie Stoker
Louisville
Frank & Dropsy
Roy Miller
New Albany
S M. Miller
Wh. Thomas
the Chaffeur
Cliff Elgin
Ruth Jones
E. G. Wright
Washington, D. C
Wright
United States Treasury Department
Cecil Trobaugh
Farmington
State Hospital
Jonas W. Trobaugh
Scott Township
Harrison County
Roy Evans
Evans
Local notes from Corydon and surrounding towns gather news
Franklin resident B D Baker visits Corydon while Judith Gavin visits from New Albany. Reports show multiple travels including Miss Stella Caughlin at Jeffersonville and I B Labue buying buggies in Cincinnati. The piece notes political results, church events, banking meetings, a D A R gathering, and a wood lot fire near David Blair's residence.
Local notices and social notes from Harrison County area
Louisville and Indiana residents are mentioned visiting in New Albany Corydon and Jeffersonville. Government and election mentions note governors in Ohio Minnesota and Indiana and Luft for President. A light rain helps wheat, plus village ads for furniture and collie pups and a hunter named Walter Applegate tracking oposums.
Relief for Women Herb Cure Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Australiasian herb cure for women’s pains including back, urinary, bladder and kidney trouble. It claims to regulate safely and reliably with a sample free by mail from The Mother Grain Co, LeRoy NY.
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Mother Gray
Mother Giav Co
LeRoy, NY
Notice of Hunting Prohibition on Bottorff Land West of Corydon
The undersigned L. D. Bottorff warns the public that hunting on his premises two miles west of Corydon is prohibited due to excessive dry weather and fire danger from firearms. This notice serves to prevent accidents and protect nearby property.
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Corydon
L. D. Bottorff
Advertising in the Corydon Democrat reaches thousands weekly
The notice urges business owners to invest in advertising in the Corydon Democrat. It highlights a wide reach estimated at nearly 2,700 homes per week, promoting wise and judicious promotion.
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Corydon Democrat
Local Connections and Visits Highlight Community Notes
Central residents welcome Jessie Youns sod Uaz Blake to the area while Mr and Mrs Jesse Watson greet a new daughter. Friends from Glidas Misses Rilia and Edna Frakes visited Manchprt others. Teeter delivered a sermon at the Christian church.
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Boro
Jesse Watson
Hope Feikes
Glidas
Rilia
Edna Frakes
Manchprt
Wm. Blake
Barren Lock Soon Hosts Wedding Plan
Mises Golda and Zoe Watson stay in Louisville at Mrs Jesse McFa] and three children on the sick list. Miss Fannie Everly visited Miss Minnie Stonecipher Sanday. Lee Welker and family of Elizabeth visit George Andrew Keller. Miss Fannie Byerely returns home from Louisville where she was employed.
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Mises Golda
Zoe Watson
Louisville
Jesse McFa
Mliss Fannie Everly
Minnie Stonecipher Sanday
Lee Welker
Elizabeth
George Andrew Keller
Miss Fannie Byerely
Library Wall Chart Offer on Subscriptions for One Dollar
The firm states it will not sell library wall charts to nonpaying customers, as charts cost more wholesale. It offers the chart and a map of Fudiana to subscribers paying one dollar, at the price of twenty five cents, as an incentive to collect unpaid subscriptions.
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Fudiana
This is an Easy Test for Foot Comfort
A vintage ad describes Sprinkle Allen's Foot Ease to place in one shoe to notice the difference when rubbers or overshoes are needed. It claims quick relief for pinching shoes and urges buying from all merchants for 25 cents with no substitute.
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Allen
Poisoned Leg Forcing Amputation In London Hospital
An elderly woman arrives at a London hospital with a poisoned leg. The blunt house surgeon grimly declares the leg must be amputated entirely. She laments losing more than intended yet accepts the drastic medical action.
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London
Frost on the Moon Changes at Linnaeus Crater
The London Chronicle notes observed changes on the moon, especially at Linnaeus crater, where a shrinking white patch is believed to result from hoarfrost melting at sunrise, with frost deposition and melting occurring elsewhere on the lunar surface.
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Linnaeus
London Chronicle
Insult over clothing exchange stirs local clash
In Wareham Long's indignation he recounts a dispute with a woman in the neighboring house who mocked his request for old clothing. She allegedly offered a bathing suit instead, prompting his protest in the Chicago Tribune.
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Wareham Long
Chicago Tribune
Tyre Dout Seeks Desired Job Callouts on Atlantic Liner
Dout expresses willingness to work and seeks a job as a station caller aboard an Atlantic liner. He states he would not mind calling out the stations if given the opportunity.
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Tyre Dout
Scientific kiss or clever escape plan?
A brief quip contrasts a so called scientific kiss with the aim of breaking away from a girl without getting engaged, attributed to the Kansas City Independent.
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Scientific
Briggs
Griggs
Kansas City Independent
Zelpha Toler Dies of Typhoid Flooding Heidelburg Burial
Zelpha Toler daughter of Dale Toler from southwest of town died yesterday from typhoid fever. She will be buried today at 10 o'clock at Heidelburg cemetery.
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Zelpha Toler
Dale Toler
Heidelburg
Napoleon and the shift from glamor to mechanized war
A commentary on how peace eluded Napoleon and how warfare evolved into a system driven by machines. The text contrasts romantic war symbols with modern logistics, noting admirals and generals operate like technicians, and war becomes a matter of industrial power rather than chivalric display.
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Napoleon
A. L. Kielland
Nepoteon
Hannibal the Greatest General of Ancient Times
The piece proclaims Hannibal as the greatest general known, noting the second Punic War as a near single handed contest against a powerful nation. It highlights his genius shaping a diverse army and fighting formidable warriors without home support, citing contemporary praise from the New York American.
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Hannibal
Wannibal
New York American
The Color of Jade and Its Social Allure
The piece notes jade’s value in China where fine finds can lead to state land seizure. Jade’s range of hues includes sea foam tones and its green tint flatters skin, driving popularity. Even affordable pieces use chipped stone with flaws to achieve color.
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China
Pearson's
The Actress Retort in French Tour Turmoil
Georgette Leblanc wife of Maurice Maeterlinck faced a weak support in a French town while a company bungled lines. She confronted her manager who replied that great dramatists are daily murdered in the same way, noting the misfortune of living writers.
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Georgette Leblanc
Maurice Maeterlinck
Mme. Leblanc
Maeterlinck
The Unappreciative Londoner Cartoon Voice
The London Graphic notes that London surpasses Paris in beauty wealth culture and art yet laments that English people fail to fully appreciate their city. The piece contrasts French enthusiasm with British restraint and pride in London's qualities.
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London
Paris
London Graphic
Confrontation Over Unpleasant Terms Cited
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt a smaller man bristles and protests two terms. He warns a third term is not acceptable in the country as a larger man steps closer and then withdraws without further words.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Local Humor Exchange at Eagle House Groomed by Straw
A jovial exchange in Warfield at Eagle House features a drummer asking about bedding materials. The landlord touts the county’s best straw, prompting the drummer to remark he now knows the straw that broke the camel’s back.
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Eagle House
Warfield
Hull
Puck
His Was Hers Implying a Dollar In a Lewisville Context
A line from the Louisville Courier Journal recalls a scene of whispered doubt about a romance. The speaker hints at rumors and a vow, concluding the couple are married and a dollar was the focus of the plea.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Baby Keeps Waking? Hewitt Reveals Night Work
A witty exchange notes Hewitt’s baby waking habits and Jewett’s quip that he fooled the baby by starting a night job as soon as birth occurred, reported in the New York Press.
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Hewitt
Jewett
New York Press
Consider Happiness Before Pursuing Mature Ventures
A reflective editorials urges readers to weigh long term happiness before chasing mature or complex pursuits advising caution and self restraint to avoid regret.
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U. B
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J. L. Rowe
Court House
J. GL. Rowe
E. L. LaRue
Mauckport
W. R. Plummer
Wesley Chapel
M. E
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Indiana
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Indianapolis
D. Baker
Franklin
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George W. Self
Sim Baird
Stella Caughlin
Jeffersonville
I. B. Labue
Cincinnati
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Elsie Baxter
Ed Faith
Greelyoure
J. F. Stucker
Paoli
Harrison County Agricultural Society
Crandall CU. B. Charge
Bradford
Goon
Orange County
Crandall and Vicinity
J. O Sibert
Black’s Chapel
FE. G. Janno
W. J. Bullett
First National Bank
George W. Applegate, Sr
W.E. Cook
Corydon National Bank
Indiana Bankers Association
Mr. Cook
Association
Union Chapel
Boone Township
James L. Morris
Hoosier
David Blair
Blair
Sam P Vogt
Ai Tess Tein
Arkansas
Ety Cox
Caonelton
C. B. Macey
St. Louis
W H Keller Co
Sam Davidson
New Salisbury
Sam Smoots
Jessie Brown
Henry Black
John Black
Michael Hesley
Lewis
C. B. Lewis
Ohio
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Luft
Jesse Gibner
Mrs
Wm. Roose
George Brack
Mrs. B
Isaac Lahue
Nevin
O. W. Hottell
New Amsterdam
High Street
Dr. Hottell
Habermel & Hisey
Katharine Jackson
Waldo Hisey
Sugar Hill Farm
J. S. Pfrimmer
W. M. Whitsite
Walter Applegate
Irwin Applegate
Walter
Central
Keur
Jessie
Blake
Grover Love
Nav. Teeter
Christian Church
Bertha Lane
Phronia Snyder
Tom Kingsley
Lexington, Ll
Nettie Hall
Jessie Hall
Daisy Smith
Lexington, Il
Grace Watson
Mead County
Miss She
Stella Tranum
Pearl Tranum
Near Dogwood
Quintillian
Epictetus
W. H. Keller
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