24 Nov 1874
Page 1
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1874
Page
1
Partial readable text shows names of local officials including Sheriff, Treasurer, Recorder, Superintendent, and Coroner. It notes meeting cadence for courts and commissions with references to Mondays in May September December and March posting a general county governance timetable.
Plegah Lotge meets every Tuesday evening in their lodge room over the marble shop of Deno, Rike & Co. James D. Irvin W.M. and Samuel J. Wright Secretary are named. Gremz Ladkee meets Friday evening in the Ledee room over Grit Pa & McGrain store with officers Eligabeth Lodge No 437 Elizabeth Indiana. first and third Saturday evenings of each month in their lodge room over Com ten Son's store. Daniel J. Bowling W.K. and W.S. Wolfe Secretary listed. Mew Albany mails depart Corydon daily except Sunday. county post offices serve Lanesville, Ri or cave, Palmyra, Mauckport, New Amsterdam, Valley City, Rosewood, Bradford Jouve daily via New Albany to Georgetown, Burnville, New Salisbury, Parren, Milltown, and Salina each Saturday morning. New Middletown, Elizabeth, and Laronia every Thursday morning. For Masekpart Cedar Wood Crispes Cross Roads every Thursday morning. Sharp's Mills Thursday at 12. Regular ministerial supplies occasionally. Methodist Services first and third Sabbaths at 9 A.M. and every Sabbath at all PM. Prayer meeting Thursday evening at Glyateluck. Sabbath school 9 o'clock AM. Rev. A Ward Pastor. Presbyterian Services every Sabbath at 9 o'clock, and every Wednesday night Sabbath school at 2 o'clock. Rev. Preston McKinney pastor. Trustees include Wm N Travewell, Samuel Wright, John G Mitchell, Ephraim Mower, W Bo Slemons Clerk and Treasurer A D Rike Marshall John G Mitchell.
Home paper brief notes on subscription renewals due by December 1 and political chatter. Mentions a Wall Street favorite elected to Congress and potential speakership, Civil Service reform talk, a jumbled paper editorship, and various regional opinions about elections and candidates including Michael C. Kerr as a favored speaker candidate.
The document outlines rates for single copies and yearly ads, with minimum charges and deductions for year-long advertising. It also notes that no local notice under $1 per insertion will be published, and details secretary of state and speaker discussions plus a long column of miscellaneous letters and notices from various editors and readers.
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