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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1901
Page
3
A tall, nervous custodian recalls a terror filled night at his large home, detailing a chaotic escape sequence and a mistaken weapon grab, ending with a humorous note about a broken banjo strings turning the incident into a humorous memory. A separate piece discusses Max Muller praising savages for religious belief and a shared prayer to a Father figure.
A fragment from the Boston Herald shows a mistress instructing her servant Jane on door etiquette for callers. A second vignette features Jane wrongly admitting a caller without a ticket. The piece also includes unrelated ads for breakfast cake, a mortgage slogan, prepaid toilet paper offers, and a crank remark.
Elizabeth P. Madison endured a decade of Whidney trouble bowels liver rheumatism and kidney derangements. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she improved from the first box and was reportedly cured. Local excitement followed as the pills are claimed to have treated Bright's Disease Diabetes and Dropsy.
A fragment from Chicago News features a dramatic line about torture versus youth, interspersed with early 20th century advertisements. It includes Allen's Foot-Ease shoe powder claims, a sea anemone note, and Putnam Faceless Dyes guidance, with product sales and samples offered.
A spirited exchange at a Boston Herald social page notes a genteel dance and mutual compliments between attendees. The letter from J. W. O'Brien in Minneapolis praises Piso's Cure as a cough remedy, while a historical remark observes Central Railroad discharge rates halved over two decades from twenty to about one percent.
Tickets at reduced prices are on sale to designated points in Wisconsin Michigan and the Southwest via the Nickel Plate Road and connections until November 15. Inquiries should be made with the nearest Nickel Plate agent or C A Asterlin Fort Wayne Indiana T P A. Theologians generally hold that Satan was rejected and will be rebuked whenever he reappears.
An ad lists items such as stamps, printing outfits, daters and a lock box address in Fort Wayne Indiana. It promises price quotations on request and mentions quick breakfast mixes and Mrs. Austins Pan Cake Flour. It also references farm crop values and a tongue in cheek note about a wood chopper and his ax. A separate offer sells 5 rolls of toilet paper with fixture for 50 cents.
A brief note from the Baltimore American describes a Pekin Musicale with an odd tale of a soldier playing on his foot producing a peculiar melody heard from the pagoda of the late Prince Li Sam. Also announced are Nickel Plate Road round trip sale dates to Buffalo starting Oct 5 with a 5 day return limit and agent contacts in Fort Wayne.
Local classified note offers air cushion rubber stamps and outfitting items with pricing inquiry. Readers urged to respond to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayans Tad for details.
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