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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1867
Page
1
A Monday 9 September 1867 issue outlines subscription terms in advance, rates for local notices, and advertising rules. It notes penalties for arrears, discontinuance conditions, and the publisher’s right to charge advertisers or their attorneys.
A fragmentary set piece blends a dramatic tale of a maiden’s death and a healer’s failed art with a raven’s ominous dialogue. It closes with parables on mischief, news delivery, and a block of curious demographic statistics about languages, lifespans, and marriage.
Speech excerpts argue redeeming bonds in greenbacks will expand currency and fund improvements like farms, bridges, roads, and railroads, while ending internal revenue taxes. It condemns bondholders as alarmed by reform and warns of a new aristocracy of money if debt continues.
Series of corrected statements from a Democratic county convention held in Indianapolis. The resolutions oppose negro suffrage in Indiana, denounce Military Reconstruction acts, urge Congress to support labor and productive interests, advocate equal taxation, and call for redeeming federal bonds in legal tender while warning against risky currency. The text emphasizes civil rights, constitutional supremacy, and party cohesion.
A memorial cross in Fear Seville tells of a simple, beloved boy who could not learn, his life ending in peaceful faith. The piece contrasts devotion with a parable of conscience, showing how habitual disobedience dulls moral perception like a waking alarm.
A brief moral note suggests character shapes fate as time and vice push people toward better or worse paths. The aphorism frames improvement for good individuals and decline for bad ones influenced by ongoing life and temptation.
A McMinnville New Era analysis describes the 1880 census era white voter base and a Black vote tilt toward the Radical party. It estimates 1,800 eligible white males over 21 and paragraphs recount disfranchisement effects and a 1,636 white Conservatives versus 250 Black voters, noting a Black vote majority and social reflections from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Bishop Hall laments self conceit and urges true humility to avoid wild paradoxes in philosophy and religion. He warns that pride breeds fanciful thoughts, and only modest judgment keeps one on the proper path. He prays for the Lord to guide him to think himself no wiser than he is.
A brisk sermon guidance urges preachers to load up before entering the pulpit announce the text proceed with dash and directness engage the waking listener hold children and restless youth in control give attention to the aged who struggle to follow and aim for a thirty minute impact with earnest urgency to seek divine blessing.
A line of moral lament cites the madness for money as the strongest passion. It traces the thinning ranks from ten thousand emigrants to a mere handful by century’s end, warning of sacrifice of humanity and life in the pursuit of wealth. The source attributes the thoughts to Lishon Burgess.
A humor filled slice of old notes features wedding vows with archaic phrasing, a motherly banter about a future state, a Detroit divorce joke, a soldier comparison to illicit spirits, a bread miserliness quip, and a baptismal miscue by a schoolgirl. Holmes remarks on rain aiding transplanting in a broader jestful roundup.
A compact reflection on continuity and resilience, likening daily labor to weaving a thread that endures. The metaphor emphasizes interconnected effort and the unbreakable bond formed over time.
A compact reflection noting that advice seems like a vice some ignore. It asks what is dropped yet not picked up and hints at self serving. The adage contrasts past views of marriage as companionship with modern shifts toward financial dependency on husbands.
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