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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1910
Page
2
Public notice outlines admission charges and special rates for church notices and entertainment listings. Obituaries limited to twenty lines free. longer notices priced per line with cents per line and payment requirements specified.
The Democrat presents a campaign issue with photos of Senator Shively John W Kern Congressman Cox Senator Stotsenburg and county candidates. It praises their sober honest industrious work and argues for full Democratic support noting most are farmers and many are local residents. Also advertises a rental on North Market Street after Oct 10, 1910.
Hon C C Stoll of Louisville, first vice president of the Methodist Brotherhood of America, will address a men’s meeting at the M I church on Thursday night October 6. Also reports say Gypsy groups robbed Corydon, with about twenty five to fifty members in town, displaying threatening and predatory behavior.
Sheriff Alver G Ward started from Pensacola to return John A Rowe who escaped from Evansville Insane Hospital in April last. Rowe, 30, wrote from St. Louis in June to his mother Mrs. Sarah Rowe of Webster township and was later traced to Florida. Mrs Ward joined the escort on the trip.
Announcement notes the marriage of Miss Nell Mathes daughter of Mr and Mrs Eli Mathes to Mr Clem Bussabarger set for October 30. The item preserves names and the planned date in a concise society notice.
Besant notes Daniel Defoe born 1661 whose Cripplegate father ran a shop. He recalls a boyhood scene of buyers avoiding meat from hands and money kept in vinegar pots, a memory from the plague year observed in his father's shop.
The German legend holds Frederick Barbarossa sleeps in an enchanted state beneath the Harz mountains. He sits with his knights at a marble table inside Kyffhausen cavern, his red beard growing over the table to the floor as ages pass. He awaits the moment of awakening.
A brief London Saturday Review dialogue captures a tense household exchange as one party says they will leave and not return until judgment day, while the other bids peaceful parting if temper does not improve. The fragment hints at a heated but witty domestic moment.
A marriage license issued for Charles Smith and Edna Blackburn. Also noted is a separate entry for Vincent Stemle and Elizabeth a man, indicating a second license application or record.
Democratic nominee Indiana Senator Jonathan Kern opened in Evansville with a fierce attack on Beveridge and the tariff system. He called Roosevelt the general of the progressive movement who surrendered to standpatters, and urged election of a Democratic Congress to revise the tariff to a revenue basis. He praised Governor Marshall and the Indiana Democratic slate, while denouncing Republican betrayals and pledges.
W H Vollmer of Vincennes asserts businesslike governance as treasurer if elected. Moses B Lairy of Logansport, a judge and partner at Lairy Mahoney, also seeks the post. Andrew A Adams of Columbia City, a former Indiana legislator and Purdue trustee, supports Governor Marshall and remains active in state affairs.
Col William Jennings Bryan will address Indiana audiences for five days starting October 15, with a possibility of a sixth day if feasible. Bert Hendren, chairman of the speakers bureau, says Indiana assignments for Bryan are being actively considered.
The St. Louis Times notes a humorous exchange about a circus juggle act. A spectator bets a streetcar to train handoff without dropping any bundles, highlighting playful admiration for precise juggling skill.
An announcement notes a prominent speaker at the Methodist church tomorrow night. The invitation emphasizes the event in a local social column tone with no further details on speakers or topics.
Samuel Gompers blasts Indiana's E D Crumpacker and William O Barnard for opposing the Hughes amendment in Congress. He says the measure would shield labor from the Sherman Act, enabling organization, shorter hours, and higher pay, and sparks a protest among Indiana workers.
John H. Devine of a large Philadelphia printing house writes to James McCrea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., as a stockholder urging payment. The letter dated September 22, 1910, advocates action by the railroad on a prior obligation.
A banquet exposes a split between Beveridge and Durbin over business interests in politics. Durbin defends business influence while Beveridge denounces it, revealing a gulf within the Republican party and doubts about any harmony between factions.
Former Indiana governor J Frank Hanly charged that brewers silenced the Republican party on the liquor issue in Indiana. He claimed brewery influence affected party leadership led by Senator Beveridge and attacked Judge Oscar Montgomery, the Republican nominee for the state Supreme Court. The speech at Hartford City condemned allies of the county option law for abandoning it.
Rev. Wilson W. Tait presides with Sabbath services at 10 45 A M and 7 00 P M Sabbath School at 9 30 A M The morning sermon The Greater Business Enterprise in the World The evening sermon Gods Account Book Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 P M
From Oct 1 to May 1 1911 Rev E L Quape announces schedules for Rehoboth Evans Landing Corydon and New Middletown. Services include Mass Sermon Communion Benediction Sunday School Confession and weekday Mass times with weekend variations.
Miss Emma Dammann and Rev. Louis W. Nordsick were married at the bride’s parents’ Hillsboro Illinois home on September 26. The couple’s sister Nettie and Howard Hope also wed, a reception followed on the porch with golden rods and plants. Rev Ezra Keller officiated, the couple will reside in the Flatwoods near Corydon at the St. Peter Lutheran parsonage. Mrs. Nordsick received many wedding gifts and well wishes from family and friends.
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