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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1898
Page
3
Bay head regatta nears as Thorne’s Conqueror arrives to challenge Dave Garrison’s Fleetwing. The harbor crowds speculate on wind, rivalry, and a potential clash for the cup. Dave contemplates racing Thorne to settle the long standing feud.
Dave races the Conqueror and Fleetwing as Thorne fights weather to win. A drifting skiff with crying passengers forces Thorne to coast and rescue, proving honor over cheating. Thorne loses the race but the cup bears both names for the brave rescue.
The article discusses the Mexican Central Railway creating a mosquito commissioner led by Captain George Sperry and cites U S experiments showing potash can exterminate mosquitoes for a month at a small cost. It then recounts Caleb, Achsah, and Othniel in Debir, framing wealth and worldly portions against spiritual riches.
A sermon extols spiritual riches over worldly wealth, comparing the south land to earthly deserts and praising the upper springs of heaven. It urges Christians to seek divine comfort and eternal life, contrasting transient change on earth with lasting joy in Christ.
A survey of a supposed sixth sense notes the pituitary body as a tiny dual lobed brain mass in the sella turcica. It humorously speculates on whether ancient humans could see in darkness or commune with ghosts, or merely misdeveloped vision and smell organs that faded with better senses.
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture estimates the United States produces about 850 million dozen eggs annually. Placed end to end they would circle the Earth twelve times at the equator and still leave enough for barnstormers restraint.
A sharp line about a cameo pin elicits laughter as Mrs Stripes explains it is not an heirloom. The banter hints at social pretension and the era’s humor about women seeking virtue and heaven, while noting experience teaches lessons slowly.
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