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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1870
Page
3
The ticket lists Michael C. Kerr of Floyd County for Congress in the second district and George A. Bicknell for Circuit Court judge.
A racist County Gazette excerpt attacks a misrepresented tax picture in Harrison County Indiana. It contrasts township and county levies with the state audit showing Republicans collecting 99,989.38 and Democrats 18,488.90, plus township taxes 14,078.98 totaling 968,401.33 in taxes.
In Harrison County figures show taxpayers paid 30 869 35 in state taxes versus 18 492 90 in county taxes with little township levy. The piece rebuts claims of higher county levies and warns voters about past efforts to fund a new courthouse, highlighting estate sales by G M Stockslager and local farms for sale.
The text explains that under the law every voter’s name and number is recorded by the election clerk and the inspector or trustee marks the back of the ballot. It states that during counting the public can verify how individuals voted and that tickets may be compared with the poll book.
The Corydon Republican derides Dem charges against Auditor Wright and vows to demand honest fees while not seizing county funds. A heavy rain and hail storm damaged fruit in southern areas. Navins Explanatory Horse Doctor gains wide farmer support. J. S. C. Hornaday offers three book supplies at the Fair with two copies available.
A partisan critique attacks Harrison county Republicans over state taxation. It claims ten years of Republican rule cost Indiana taxpayers far more than the prior Democratic period, cites alleged Wright fees, and urges voters to consider party impact on public works. The piece also advertises local events and ads including a fairground booth, a Greenwood clothing shop, a sermon, and a Corydon cotillion.
The text alleges a canal debt scheme in Indiana led by Robert I. Milroy, a Republican Treasury candidate, aiming to bind state finances to canal bonds. It accuses Radical figures of bribery plans, lists a proposed seventeen million two hundred thousand tax burden, and cites meetings in Indianapolis as part of the conspiracy.
A public examination of teachers will be held at Corydon on Tuesday September 20 and at Bradford on Friday September 25 in the year 1870.
95 acre farm seven miles northeast of Corydon with 60 acres cleared and creek bottom land, good grist mill and saw mill powered by water. Mills known as Levi Hurn's. eight acres with adjacent land also offered. Contact S M Stockslager, real estate agent, Corydon. Also local notices include county Sabbath-school convention September 30 and political meetings at Buena Vista and Middletown with speakers Carlton Zenor Denbo. Mrs Ceresting Lane offers sewing services on Water street Corydon.
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