12 Oct 1869
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1869
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription renewals due to salsa, continued publication unless the publisher opts to discontinue, arrears payment requirements, and penalties for nonpayment. It details advertising rates, square size requirements, and charges for legal notices, with advance payment and attorney-name rules.
Edgar Ward, driven from his beloved town after an accusation of drink, seeks redemption in New York and San Francisco. Years later he returns as a pastor in his hometown where he reunites with Hattie Hosmer, now his wife in a hopeful, faithful union.
Mrs Cassell, a young married resident, died after a coal oil lamp ignited near her while she shielded her infant and shielded a toddler. The fire trapped her as neighbors forced entry, the house burned, and she died about two hours later at eleven. The infant survived unscathed. Cleveland Plaindealer.
A dated school house rule warns against kissing girls during school hours and licking the master during holidays, reflecting strict conduct norms of the period and the informal guidance printed for students.
A terse report notes labor’s setback as an organ grinder performs outside a deaf and dumb asylum door, illustrating public sentiment and the era’s urban pageantry.
Col. Clarence J. Prentice recounts a Sunday storm when three colorless lightning streams struck a cliff over the river, fracturing the rock and blasting at least fifty tons into the valley below. The thunder was unusually loud, making the event grand and startling.
A group of young men serenade an empty Charles Street house in New Orleans with flutes lutes and guitars for thirty or forty minutes. A nearby enslaved woman at the window scolds them saying no lady is inside and orders them to leave. The musicians slip away into the city as if summoned elsewhere.
A string of light humor items recount oddities and puns from readers and clerks. A Devonshire love tragedy ends oddly. a poet's line becomes a misprint. jokes on gold fillings, beggars, horses, and auctions fill the page with social wit and sly observations about manners and urban life.
An advertisement extols Limericks Chill Cure as a greatly improved tonic and the best chill remedy of the age. It claims purity safety and certainty and urges readers to buy a bottle and tell others that no other remedy is genuine.
The Courer-Journal reports extraordinary success for Dr Limerick's Chill Cure claiming permanent results with no relapse. Wholesale houses in New Albany and Corydon authorized to sell to trade at the same price. available through Dr Limerick & Co in Louisville and Dr W Reader in Corydon Indiana. May 25 69ly.
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