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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1903
Page
7
A Chicago man extols kindness over real estate deeds and urges acts of sympathy. A testimonial touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by Crosier's Corner Cruz Store with a claim it cures and prevents pneumonia.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for lame back and kidney bladder problems. It claims medical success in hospitals and private practice and offers a free sample bottle by mail with an accompanying booklet, directing readers to send their address to Binghamton New York.
New arrivals every day offer beautiful dress materials with appealing charm even in the least expensive options. The Delineator for October showcases Butterick patterns and invites shoppers to come in and view the selections.
The notice highlights favorable prices on fancy prints percale shirting outings brown and bleached sheetings with ongoing stock updates and daily arrivals promising value for shoppers.
Local agents announce a sale of damaged blankets from New Albany Woolen Mills. Good gray blankets in pairs cost 1.00 dollars, while all wool red blankets are 2.25 dollars per pair. Also offered is a selection from the regular stock for better blankets.
A writer asserts farmers should seek higher yields per unit by increasing grain per acre and boosting beef from fewer steers and pork from fewer hogs, while obtaining more wool from fewer hens. The idea emphasizes efficiency to raise profits with less labor.
The piece urges self reliance and merit through practical examples. It contrasts hard work with easy outcomes, noting earning money requires effort and leadership demands competence. It uses vivid analogies like skinning an elephant versus a mouse and a sun moving steadily to emphasize steady progress and competence.
Savings and Loan Association advertises easy terms on a first mortgage loan.
Town reports include school openings under Amy Weaver and Gertie Hattie, a large wheat sowing plan, Olds Hickory mill timber cut at Swan's Landing, and a new two story business house planned at Watkins corner. Apple crop failures hurt township finances. Sterling Alexander plans a gasoline boat. locals attend West Point excursion. 75 head of cattle fed for market. Chamberlain's tablets praised for indigestion.
Horace Greeley, a green country boy, faced two days of refusals in New York City. He found work Monday setting type on a small New Testament, proving himself capable as the foreman watched a proof reveal his skill and resolve.
Marcus Reed compares human life to natural systems, arguing that the line between town and country is arbitrary and that modern life is a natural evolution. He uses beavers birds nests and an ants colony as metaphors for social organization and progress within a vast creation.
A young popular member of parliament faced a rowdy meeting and urged silence after interruptions. The ringleader taunted him and the member was left with no reply. Flora and tragedy are alluded to in a tossed series of comments about love on an ocean steamer.
In a Chicago Post note the rival Thespian questions the right of Her Right to star and receives the reply that she has secured an angel. The exchange highlights backstage theater ambitions and the value placed on patronage in the theatrical world.
A brief reflection cites Maeterlinck on how lamenting destiny exposes weakness of the spirit. The line suggests inner frailty in facing fate and the limits of human resolve.
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