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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1899
Page
4
A garbled 19th century political screed discusses the Jolacco Trust and Ohio platform alignment with Chicago platform. It cites prominent figures like William Jennings Bryan, asserts the need to civilize distant peoples, and laments job losses among traveling salesmen while critiquing party positions and Congressional districts.
The passage argues William J. Bryan will be nominated by the Democrats for President in 1900 and then elected, asserting he is patriotic, eloquent, honest and beloved, and that opponents fear him more than Sirvan.
Toledo meat inspector accuses local markets of selling varnished watermelons and embalmed beef. He claims watermelons are treated with a poisonous preparation to stop ripening, eyes produced in a Michigan town, and butter mixed from rank butter scraps, lard, tallow, and grease.
R McLean is named as the Ohio Governor candidate by The Democracy of Ohio at Zanesville after a single ballot. The platform endorses the 1296 Chicago plank, calls for silver and gold coinage at 14 to 1, direct election of officials, eight hour work law, mine and shop inspections, sweatshop prohibition, prison labor reform, and anti trust measures.
The Indianapolis Sentinel criticizes President Mehinsey and the current administration, arguing the government is controlled by wealth and millionaires. It claims the money power bought elections and wields influence over appointments, insisting wealth dictates policy and patriotism is sidelined.
The Villadelphia Ledger denounces the Messinley expansion policy as fiscally ruinous and war driven. It warns of huge armies and fleets, higher taxes, and growing casualties, noting July treasury shortfalls and Philippine war costs over ten million dollars, questioning if expansion is worth the price.
The piece notes the election in Missouri's Eighth District where Judge Shackleford won by 3,165 votes over Voshel, defeating the Republican candidate who had carried the district in 1898. It frames the result as a Democratic wind change and criticizes Republican rule nationwide.
The piece notes 40 expeditions to Manila in 14 months totaling 1,474 officers and 45,769 enlisted men. Twenty new regiments may push forces toward 60,000 as debates over African American voting rights and Republican unity intensify. Senator Pettigrew calls for recalling troops and ceding the Philippines to a native government. The piece predicts growing antiwar sentiment within the GOP before the 1900 election.
Jury commissioners draw the grand and petit jurors for the coming term. Grand jurors include William P. Richert Franklin township James P. Hobbs Posey Alonzo L. Reynolds Harrison John Burgess Spencer Alonzo Wright Washington John Habermeh Morgan Petit jurors include Henry Showmaker Webster township Conrad Richert Franklin Philip Weis Webster Oscar Harbison Franklin William Fisher Heth A L Reagan Washington Henry J Bye Spencer Henry Gilham Harrison Cornelius H Lang Scott ta Edward Haas Harrison Horace Boone Boone me Frank Bowling Posey.
A letter to Jacob Lopp in Valley City Indiana details son Tom teaching in AlaskaEsquimus gold strikes near Cape Nome report of 15000 in gold from multiple claims and plans to dispatch from the Pacific coast. Also notes no mail or supplies yet and whaling ships in port along with health and local notices.
A Prince ton News representative praised Corydon Harrison county as a picturesque county seat with a delightful fair grounds and scenic amphitheatre hills. He notes the eight mile Air Line branch from Corydon Junction and commends officers and staff while urging visits to Indiana’s first state house and the historic elm.
Indiana shows 150 daily papers with 17 in 1890 and 57 in 1850 and a shift to tri weekly and many weeklies. It records 153 Democratic 202 Republican and 327 independent papers. Also an insurance ad urges fire coverage with H. H. Miller Corydon Indiana and a loan offer from Bank of Corydon.
Edward T Bowling of Elizabeth Posey township Harrison county Indiana will apply to the Harrison county Board of Commissioners at the first session in October for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at a two story Beech street corner building in the town of Elizabeth. The sale would be in quantities less than a quart to be consumed on the premises. The request names the northeast front room as the location.
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