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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1898
Page
7
The Runaways in a Prairie Marriage Plot
Sim and Tiny plan to elope amid a wide unplanted strip of prairie flanked by corn as families Saulsbury and Taylor clash over the union. Old Tom Saulsbury confronts Mrs Taylor while Tiny and Sim vow to wed after leaving home, despite parental disapproval and fear of scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
Ioway
Susan
Eliza
Tiny
Father
John
Saulsburys
Tom Saulsbury
Widow Taylor
Taylor
Mom
Saulsbury
Mrs. Taylor
Elopement on Iowa Farm Prompts Family Accord
A rural saga unfolds as Sim and Tiny elope, prompting a family feud over land rights. Mrs. Taylor and Miss Taylor negotiate a settlement turning their longtime dispute into a shared “wings” property connected to a 100 yard by 320 acre strip. Neighbors plan a welcome home feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim
Uncle Sim
John
Susan
Eliza
Mrs. Taylor
Tiny
Father Mathew’s Gentle Spirit and Arrest in Dublin
The portrait highlights Father Mathew as gentle yet authoritative with soft winning speech and open-hearted Irish generosity. His self-denial and restraint earned esteem, even as bailiffs arrested him in Dublin while he administered the pledge, the man humbly blessing his captor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Mathew
Dublin
The Tired Old Woman and a Final Exit
An old woman living alone expresses fatigue and a wish to stop chores after death in a quatrain style exchange. The piece contrasts tiredness with a man’s habit of chronic boasting and rushing to surpass others, highlighting idleness versus ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dea
Holidays galore in France school system noted
The New York Herald notes French public schools have far more holidays than workdays. It lists 64 days summer break, 52 Sundays, 10 Christmas and New Year, 15 Eastertide days, 52 Thursdays, 3 All Saints, 2 Charlemagne, 2 Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, 3 Whitsuntide, and 3 national fete days, with study only on the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
New York
Lazarus
Dives
French Republic
Manhattan
Timbuctoo
New York Herald
Confession of a Millionaire Endorses Bitters
A wealthy man credits hard work for success and now spends on regaining health. He touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the remedy, claiming it reaches the stomach to cure dyspepsia and indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Gulf Stream Source Shift Ties West Indies Region
Investigations reveal the Gulf Stream mainly derives from water between and beside the West Indies rather than the Florida Channel. At Binioni the warm water volume is sixty times greater than the combined volume of all rivers at their mouths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Channel
West Indies
Binioni
Time and Money With Fresh Air Cures
Delightful weather invites breathing fresh air while warning about lumbago. St Jacobs Oil is pitched as a prompt cure, emphasizing relief and speedy remedy. The copy blends health hype with practical comfort implied by outdoor air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
Parts of a Watch See Make Up of Timepieces
The average watch contains about 175 pieces and requires over 2,400 distinct operations in manufacturing. It ticks at 18 000 beats per hour, totaling 12 960 080 in thirty days and 157 680 000 in a year. It travels about 3 558 3-4 miles annually.
Grain-O and Grain-Q Promoted as Healthy Drink for Children
An ad praises Grain-Q as a nourishing substitute for tea or coffee for children, claiming Grain-O is made from pure grains tastes like coffee, and costs about one quarter of coffee. It notes 15c to 2dc grocers sell it and ties to royal coronation history in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Victoria
To Cure a Cold in One Way Take Laxative Bromo Quinize Tablets
A 25 cent remedy claims to cure a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinize tablets. Druggists refund the money if it fails. The genuine tablets bear the L B Q mark on each piece.
Snow and Water Weight and Bulk Ratio
A cubic foot of newly fallen snow weighs five and a half pounds and has twelve times the bulk of an equal weight of water.
Coughs and Cures Advertisements and Facts
The text promotes Kemp's Balsam cough remedy with sample bottles free and warnings to act quickly. It notes coins and medals in the British Museum total nearly 250 000 specimens. It praises St Jacobs Oil for muscle soreness and cites Pico's Cure for Consumption with a personal testimonial from George W Lotz in 1895. It also mentions 13 000 postage stamp varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
St. Jacobs
Pico
George W. Lotz
Fabacher, la
Speaking clocks from Switzerland claim phonographic timepieces
A Geneva based French watchmaker introduces phonographic clocks and watches that loudly announce the hour at press of a button. Some models even urge sleepers to rise with phrases like six o'clock. The mechanism uses vulcanized rubber slabs with traced words to speak the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Geneva
Avoid the Night Air and St Jacobs Oil Cure Neuralgia
A period advertisement claims damp cold night air causes neuralgia and asserts St Jacobs Oil cures neuralgia regardless of cause or duration. The copy emphasizes avoiding night air to prevent symptoms and promotes the remedy as a universal fix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
A Brave Man Pokes Fun With Rolling Pin Gift
A humorous exchange notes Fenwick’s supreme confidence in his wife. The quip asks why and answers with a rolling pin presented as a wooden wedding gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenwick
Mercury Free Hell's Catarrh Cure Promoted
Advert explains dangers of catarrh salves containing mercury and praises Hell's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The product is taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces, and is sold by druggists for 75 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Chaney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
All Good Ones
Ethel boasts of receiving a dozen marriage offers, all from George, prompting Maud’s astonishment in a brief Boston Traveler exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
Maud
George
Boston
Grain-O Drink Promoted as Coffee Replacement
Try Grain O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. Children may drink it without injury as well as adults. Grain O has the rich seal brown color of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and agrees with delicate stomachs. Priced 1c and 25c per package sold by grocers. A study note claims three hours of close study wear out the body more than a day of hard physical exertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Lane's Family Medicine Ad Promises Daily Bowel Relief
An advert touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movements support health, with gentle action on liver and kidneys and cure for sick headache. It lists prices of 25 and 50 cents. Also notes rapid Palestine population growth from 15,600 ten years ago to about 60,000 today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Jaffa
California Bound Travel Offers and Low Excursion Rates
The Chicago and North Western Railway advertises favorable single and round trip fares to California with daily through sleeping cars and weekly tourist car parties. It promotes home seekers excursions on December 6 and 20 to western and southern points at low rates, with full details from agents of the North Western Railway and connecting lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attenton
North- Western
California
Oregon
Chicago & North- Western Railway
North- Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
Relief From Pain and Health Promises from Lydia E. Pinkham
Letters from women in Ohio Georgia Louisiana and other places praise Lydia H. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Liver Pills and Sanative Wash for relief from menstrual pain womb inflammation leucorrhoea and abdominal discomfort. A Japan note contrasts living costs at $300 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Walden
Gibson, Ga
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