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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1905
Page
2
Established 1856 Thomas and Ellis editors issue rate card for subscriptions and display ads. One year six months three months rates listed with out of county in advance. Readers rate five cents a line and ten cents per inch for display ads. Special standing ad rates available on request.
Miss Florence Cooper celebrated a birthday with a music cabinet from her mother. Several residents traveled or hosted visitors including Lois McRae and Alberta Grass heading to Illinois for a boarding school position, families visiting relatives in New Middletown and Dogwood, and Mrs. Etta Chambers with daughter from Mauckpot visiting James Dowdle’s family. Multiple exchanges mention visits among Cooper, Kirkham, Zimmerman, Funk, and related households in the area.
From the Reformed St Pauls church west of Newpean aR on August 30 the suit Schoefle records the burial. Augusta Arkean mother of one child one boy and six girls suffered long stomach cancer yet endured. Her husband Conrad Adams died about fourteen years ago leaving her a widow. Born in Germany she arrived in the country very young and saw twenty three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Mt Solomon Evangelical Lutheran church holds communion next Sunday September 19 at 10 30 A M with Rev J W Sappenfield preaching in the morning. In the afternoon Student A M Sappenfield will speak on The Christian Idea of Brotherhood and all are welcome to bring dinners and stay for the day at the church.
John McDonal of Bethlehem Township in Clark County has built a fortune cultivating sunflower seed. The seed is used in making condition powders for stock and in producing olive oil. It sells for 2 cents per pound. An acre yields about 1500 pounds, worth roughly 30 dollars. The industry is thriving in the area.
Judge Pede, a veteran horse expert serving four years at our fair, called the Harrison County show the finest lot of horses he ever saw. His high regard underscores the quality of the event and the animals entered.
J P Klote of Edma Missouri praises Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as superior for stomach trouble biliousness and constipation. Sold at Crosees Corner drug store. The Hub advertises extra sales staff for a sale from the 9th to the gold period by G P Tronren & Co.
A local controversy over liquor emerges with complaints about a town wholesale liquor house and arrests of a salesman, John Pindall. A reader recalls a drunk at the fair, notes the difficulty of drinking five gallons, and jokes that five barrels might be a safer limit.
Victor K Potts eighteen son of Mr and Mrs James A Potts of 2509 N Delaware St Indianapolis drowned in White River near Broad Ripple on August 19. His companion swam to shore and reported cramps. Potts sank and did not resurface. Locals dragged the river with barbed wire and recovered the body about two hours later. He was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery on August 21.
At the fair Dan Pitman ex trustee Blue River township was robbed as a thief lifted his pocket-book from his hip. Pitman chased and caught the man who dropped the purse and fled. Clerk Burton recovered the book containing about thirty dollars. Pitman later saw the suspect at the junction and the man evaded capture with a companion nearby.
An ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a quick pleasant cure for headache and constipation priced at 25 cents, available at L A Riley & Son’s drug store. Separately a notice announces the Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry reunion to be held in Marengo Crawford county on the Thursday of next week, recalling Civil War service from New Albany in 1861.
Mr. G. W. Fowler of Hightower Alabama recalls serving on a murder trial in Edwardsville Cleborne county and being stricken by cholera morbus after eating meat. A druggist swapped a cholera remedy for a stronger medicine, and one dose eased his symptoms in five minutes. Two jurors were affected. a single bottle cured all three. Cloister note: for sale at Crosier's Corner drug store.
Mrs. Edward Lohmeyer of Heth township was hauled from a ditch after a carriage wreck on a hill above the fair grounds. A backing strap broke causing the carriage to overturn. She suffered a fractured arm and deep head wounds with scalp loss and possible skull fracture. She was treated at home and later moved to her son in law's house in South Corydon. One girl aboard was only slightly hurt.
James Stewart a New Albany youth about fifteen exchanged a low cut pair of slippers for a better pair without consent. He was chased pummeled and later jailed after a hearing. County boards will cover costs while the grand jury handles the case. The incident centers on a seventy five cent pair of shoes.
Mrs. Scott Wiseman traveling four miles south of Corydon on Mauckport pike attempted to pass a wagon when a wheel collapsed the spring wagon. Her left arm was crushed between the carriage rod and ground. Doctors reduced the fracture. reports say the wound is healing well.
An advertisement urges engaged couples to maintain digestion with Electric Bitters. It cites S A Brown of Bennettsville DC praising its cure for dyspepsia and torpid liver, claiming his wife regained health. LL A? Ri ely & Son druggists sell and guarantee them.
B S Kirkham moves his law office to the building opposite The Democrat office. All legal business promptly attended to with Notary Public available in the office.
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