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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1903
Page
6
Local items list fall sales at Keller's and Miller's, school openings at the Normal, and plans for the commissioners and circuit courts. Residents Roscoe Miller and Prof. Platlett and family return. town events include a ballad concert, fair crowds, and entertainment at the Auditorium.
Readers discuss the proposed two per cent tax to fund an electric railway from Corydon to Falls Cities. They argue the tax proves road need, predict reduced mail delays, and claim an electric line would draw 6 000 visitors to fairs, turning Corydon into a summer resort hub. They note costs of 500 000 to 1 000 000 and urge local support for bond buyers.
The article outlines fashionable table centerpieces using real flowers such as cerise Rhododendron blossoms arranged in a star shape on a white cloth. It suggests paper guides, four pointed stars, and linked candlesticks with garlands, plus cerise and white ribbons. It also covers bowls with purple iris and clematis for luncheon tables, using lead supports to create growing-like arrangements.
An English manufacturer introduces a cabinet made of matting with bamboo and willow trim designed as an accompaniment to bamboo reed and willow furniture and matting floor coverings common in summer cottages.
The Mureka Telephone Company managers met recently and bought a latest designed switch board for the Corydon exchange. It will be in operation by October 1 and the company plans to wire the entire county soon using the best and latest material throughout the system.
A finely crafted cabinet made of Chinese matting features bamboo trim and diamond shaped front decorations. The piece is described as suitable for living room library or veranda use and capable of holding music, periodicals, or newspapers as a receptacle.
A homemaking piece describes improving hammocks with chinutz flounces embroidered sailcloth and wooden extension sticks plus cushions. It also offers a green tomato and onion pickle recipe with green tomatoes onions salt sugar vinegars spices and a cooling storage method.
The passage instructs applying improvised cleaner to oiling points and running the sewing machine briefly then stopping as usual. It reads like a step by step maintenance note with practical but hazardous instructions and no clear outcome or context.
A London Truth excerpt mocks clergy for new fundraising tactics in a Wallasey Parish Church Magazine. A parishioner confesses forgetting a subscription, while St Peter questions the applicant about payment, illustrating comic religious fundraising antics.
The Bank of Corydon reported assets of 484,586.52 at August 31, up 20,140.95 from August 15. Individual stockholder liability is 100,000, yielding a total security of 883,586.52 for depositors.
Next week the Democrat will publish a full and complete list of all premiums awarded at the fair last week including the names of the winners. The list is prepared by the Association secretary and is official. Requests for the list may be sent by five cents in stamps if not printed in the paper.
The Normal begins September 8 with a full staff for Teachers High School and Scientific departments. Every county graduate should enroll to access about ten thousand dollars in equipment and top teaching facilities. Also notes on avoiding loans and bank practices and fall hat styles.
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