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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1905
Page
3
Mrs. Cole, widow of the late David Cole, dismissed her suit for a widow’s share from the estate after an ante nuptial contract set her at 1000 dollars. The case, tried before Judge Utz, ended when she withdrew the claim before a verdict or decision.
An advertisement extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills as mild effective purgatives loved by children, delicate ladies, and weak people for their cleansing effect while strong people call them the best little pill sold. Sold by all druggists.
The New York Mutual Life Insurance Company is shown to have contributed 144000 to the Republican campaigns of 1896 1900 and 1904 with 48000 each. It questions what Standard Oil Trust Steel Trust and other combinations gave to defeat the will of the people and buy the presidency. Roosevelt's office was purchased by the trusts according to the report.
A well known traveling man asserting druggists often ask customers if the cough medicine is for a child or adult notes that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is almost always recommended for children due to safety. The dealer claims it cures coughs colds and croup and that there is no danger in giving it. Sold at Crosier's Comer Drug Store. oct.
Indiana lab reports widespread adulteration in foods sold in multiple cities. L W Bristol and H J Barnard describe impure cider vinegars vanilla and lemon extracts jellies spices and maple syrup with borax detected in prepared meats. Terre Haute shows formaldehyde in 33 percent of milk samples.
Transfers show Nancy Hottell to Valentine Cline for 100 acres at 1800 dollars and several other deeds including Isaac Mauck to Oliver Mauck 27 acres, Mary Shaw to Rush Boone 21 lot at Laconia for 150 dollars, and Jacob Richert Sr to Wood Mosaic Flooring Co for 260 acres at 10000 dollars.
An old newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for an uncured case. It includes testimonials for F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo and notes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces, price 75 cents, sold by druggists. Also mentions a land listing near Corydon and generic mill feed sales.
The Appeal condemns four packers who pleaded guilty to rail rebate schemes. It alleges the attorney general struck pleas with no jail terms, calling the verdict a farce while noting fines of 25 000 each are easily paid. It blames railroad officials and judges, predicting public meat prices will rise.
A letter to Mr Charles Dick Cory don Indiana recounts how Gladstone and Paine became our agents at Delhi New York after a deal using paint gallons as payment. Paine later learned his paint was adulterated and that Devoe lead and zinc is the superior product. The note mentions Loitch Barbee as dealers.
Miss Nolena Shafer hosted an eighth grade class gathering at her West Chestnut Street home last Wednesday evening. Attendees helped choose the school colors green and pink and the pink rose as the flower. Guests included Elizabeth Wheat Fern Bean Zylpha O Bannon Clara Williams Mary Graves Fay Taylor Salo Peters Anna Brown Clara Bennett Bessie Miller Nell Bullett Irene Gwartney Margaret Jordan Winnie Lockhart Izetta Saffer Barbara Cook Forrest Bullett Walter Tuell Stanley Loitch Jack Bean Harry Applegate Carlton Daniel Douglass Getzandanner Ruskin Rowe Clyde Cromwell Harry Saffer Sam Riely. Refreshments were served.
Advice urges buying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy now for winter colds. Recommends keeping it at hand for prompt relief before illness settles. Notes Crosier's Corner Drug Store sells the remedy. Also carries nursery stock offer from Charles McClaren & Son of Sunshine Indiana with 50,000 trees for fall delivery. urges price checks and agent contact in Eureka.
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets with a money back guarantee signed by E. W. Grove. It also promotes the International Gasoline Engine and Manure Spreader at W. H. Bullett & Son's and notes a good papaw crop with a strong market this year.
A short note describes making small hot biscuits with Royal Baking Powder for a breakfast luncheon or tea. Bake just before serving and enjoy with honey marmalade or jam. Royal Baking Powder Company of New York is cited.
A Commoner piece contrasts a girl’s neatly kept room with a boy’s shabby space to show why a son prefers the street. The household notes torn bed clothes, a cracked mirror, rough carpet, improvised repairs, and a missing glass pane, wondering about his absence after dinner.
Relatives gathered at Mr. and Mrs. George T. Fry’s residence on Sunday September 17 to honor Mrs. Fry during a visit from her sisters Mrs. Ella West and Mrs. Katevans of Missouri. Guests enjoyed hospitality, a bountiful repast, and fond memories while the Fry family, including Mrs. Fry and her daughters Miss Bertie and Miss Rosa, hosted with generous warmth. Present were Mrs. Aron Fry, Mrs. John West, Mrs. Frank Evans, Flavius J. Haas and family, Jesse Gibner and family, Ben Abbott and family, and Ed Haas and family.
Soak corn or bunion to loosen before paring and apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily for five minutes. A corn plaster protects from shoes. Pain Balm touted for sprains bruises lameness and rheumatism. Sold at Croiser's Corner Drug Store. Also small ad: good four stall stable for rent near the public square. inquire C. B. Ellis.
The Indiana M E Conference at Linton Greene County authorized De Pauw College New Albany trustees to transfer the brick building at Fast Ninth and Main to De Pauw University. The transfer follows a bequest by the late W C De Pauw for a home for ministers with maintenance funds. The building, once Asbury Female College later De Pauw College, has not served exclusively as a school for years, except briefly for New Albany High School during construction.
Mr. Andrew Rosenbarger sold his long time Cedarwood residence and will move to a new home. Sixty one neighbors gathered Saturday night to honor him with a surprise supper and Fairview orchestra. They wish him, his son, and daughter happiness in their new community.
Rev John Poncher Presiding Elder reports on four years in the New Albany district noting 5453 conversions and 1223 professions in the past year Church growth includes new churches parsonages and rising minister salaries at the district conference in Linton.
Casey Indiana resident J H Simmons recalls a severe cough until he used Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds which he credits with a complete cure The ad notes relief for throat and lung diseases and offers trial bottles at L A Riley and Son druggists with prices 50c and 1 00.
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