Books from traveling library to Corydon Library
The traveling library at Indianapolis supplied new volumes for Corydon Library use for three months. The list includes histories, biographies, travel works, fiction, and nature titles by many authors, with a note about a South African war officer later gaining distinction. An 1812 Rabun County Georgia monster story is also referenced from an Exchange article.
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Indianapolis
Corydon Library
England
Stuarts
Trevelyan
United States
Jameson
Butterfield
Roberts
Frederick Douglas
Washington
Hale
Schultz
Ieat Plains
Parifh
Lincoln
Bates
Roosevelt
Burroughs
Norton
Abbe Constantin
Halevy
Lammermoor
Scott
Ford
MacLeod
William Jordan, Jr
Snaith
Leroux
Little Arcady
Wilson
Rose Macleod
Brown
Whitlock
Frau- Jein Schmidt
Mr. Anstruther
Carlyles
Harrison
Connolly
Deliver
Danny
McClung
Polly Cologne
Diaz
Wide World
Lane
Pinafore Palace
Wiggin
Smith
Crib
Fly
Polo
Boys of the Mirthfield Academy
Lucy Larecom
Familiar Fish
Hohenzollern
Under the Tamaracks
Five Little Peppers
Philip
Bernardo and
Jaurette
Hero
Eric
Ton Paulding
Alec Worbes
Sean
Land
Old Cambridge
Theocritus
Hunan
Isle of the Shamrock
Paul Jones
Milton
Quiberon
Captain Jenks
Tluiel
Georgia
Rabun‘county
Virginia
Carolinas
Atlantic
A Changed Girl and Jealousy Over a Painter’s Slang
A Baltimore American excerpt features girls discussing Ife’s clever slang and a comic note about photographs sent with a single card saying You're another. They contrast Julia’s former sweet temper with a church-choir phase, hinting at social gossip.
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Jack
Ife
Julia
Baltimore
He Filled the Bill
A brief item notes Mr. Woody-Music as a fascinating study and hints at his singing ability with Miss Blunt and a remark from London Tit. Bits.
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Woody
Miss Blunt
London
Earth as parabolic hexoid baffles curious locals
Engineers retreat from inquiry after a field study reveals the earth as a parabolic hexoid with imperfect coordinates. A young man privately explains a planned test to a wary rural observer, noting a gap in the field and a forthcoming incision before linking two sections.
The Shilling Bequest and A Mule's Quiet Resolve
A column discusses the old practice of leaving a token shilling to show sanity in wills, cites Blackstone and Roman law, and recalls stories of Sherdan and a testator’s daughter. It closes with a train hold up tale of a mule resisting stops and an African man coaxing it aboard with humor.
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Blackstone
England
Sheridan
Tom
St. James
Theo
One Side of Paper for Lady Correspondents
A short note urges young lady correspondents to write on only one side of the paper while the rest may be written on all four sides. The item includes quips about spelling Homer and a joke about the pen versus the sword.
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Sylvania
Tommy
Tan’am
Chicago Tribune
Willing to Try and Love Me Yet
Excerpt shows a dialogue between Amelia and Harold with a note about health and an abroad future. The fragment references a London scrap and Byron in a reflective, literary tone.
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Harold
Amelia
Papa
London
Specialist Dr Leonhardt Proclaims Internal Cure for Piles
Lincoln Nebraska specialist Dr J B Leonhardt declares external treatments fail and only internal treatment works. He perfected Hem-Roid the first internal pile cure claiming 98 percent success. Sold guaranteed at Louis B Riely’s Buffalo New York price one dollar. Write for booklet.
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J. 8. Leonhardt
Lincoln
Neb
Leonhardt
Louis
Riely’s
Fire damages J H Conner Drug Company basement
A basement fire at the J H Conner Drug Company on Years and Spring streets in New Albany sparked at 4 o clock Thursday afternoon. Firefighters contained the blaze with losses not exceeding 4000 dollars. An employee, James Endris, stepped on a match in the basement while retrieving oil, igniting paints and other inflammables before the fire could be controlled.
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J. H. Conner Drug Company
New Albany
James Endris
Drug Company
Featheringill
Public Auction At W H Marshall Residence Near Corydon
Auctioneer W H Marshall offers horses hogs cattle farming machinery grain blacksmith tools household furniture and one share in Harrison County Agricultural Society at his residence two miles north of Corydon on Thursday October 28 1909. Usual terms. See sale bills.
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W. H. Marshall
Corydon
Harrison County Agricultural Society
Barred Plymouth Rock Stock For Sale Near Corydon
With a view to changing residence I will sell my stock of Barred Plymouth Rock chickens at my home five miles east of Corydon. A twenty five percent discount will be offered to buyers paying before November 15. October 202w J S Primmer.
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Corydon
J.S
Washington Township Trustee Sets Weekly Office Day
Washington Township Trustee Richard Cunninghslam designates Saturday as his fixed office day for public business and requests contacting him on that day.
Spencer Township Trustee Office Day Notice
The Trustee fixes Wednesday as office day. Persons with official business should call and meet at the Dogwood office on Tuesday each week for transactions. Public notice dated 113-tf.
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Dogwood
Pension guidance from Lew M O Bannon at Corydon
Lew M O Bannon offers help securing pensions for eligible individuals. Write to him at Corydon Iowa with postage included for a reply. This notice urges readers to contact for pension assistance under applicable law.
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Lew M. O'Bannon
Corydon, Tha. Tf
For Sale Cheap Hluber Engine 16 HP in Laconia
Practically new 16 horsepower Hluber engine offered by G. L. Shields in Laconia Eureka phone. Also note weekly office day fixed Mondays at Lanesville by W. W. Williams, Trustee.
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G. L. Shields
Laconia
Eureka
Uncle Sam seeks postal clerks and carriers in Corydon
Government plans November examinations for postal clerks and letter carriers nationwide with about 50000 appointments this year. Applicants must be over 18, will be well paid and receive full pay vacation. The Bureau of Instruction can ready any applicant quickly. Send for details to 560 Hamlin Building Rochester NY.
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Uncle Sam
Corydon
Bureau of Instruction
Democrat
Hamlin Building
Rochester
Ready Reference Library Wall Chart sale offered for subscribers
The notice promotes the Ready Reference Library Wall Chart available to subscribers for twenty five cents, with payment thresholds of one dollar for subscription or advertising. It describes six pages featuring maps of Indiana and the United States, lists of counties and towns, population figures, postal and tariff data, world distances, and Panama Canal maps, urging purchase before depletion. The offer is tied to The Corydon Democrat and The Louisville Evening Times bundle at $3.50.
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Indiana
United States
Alaska
Mexico
Central America
Panama
Panama Canal
Congress
Indianapolis News
Corydon Democrat
Corydon
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