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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
3
Wu Ting-fang argues about cultural peculiarity in a lecture, quoting Bret Harte and noting that Chinese honor trust and oral promise, while foreigners demand written contracts. He contrasts respect for age with Western emphasis on strength and speed, suggesting view shapes peculiarity.
Local resident Whitehead shares a published testimonial from Morenci Michigan dated September 8 praising Dodd's Kidney Pills. He recounts severe kidney pain that left him chairbound, then reports rapid relief and lasting benefit after using the remedy. He urges others with similar suffering to seek the cure.
A witty exchange about lingering illness. One character jokes that typhoid fever left nothing behind because the doctor got it all. The brief vignette reflects a lighthearted tone in a medical setting.
Agricultural Department reports a cool week with above average rain in parts of the Mississippi valley aiding crops. Frosts caused minor injury in northern districts while Pacific coast conditions remained favorable. Corn progress is good east of the Mississippi. Iowa expects two thirds safe by Sept 20. Spring wheat thrashing advances, while cotton regions see mixed rainfall impact. Fall plowing progresses in the South and Missouri valley, but dryness hampers the Ohio valley and middle Atlantic regions.
A British parliamentary paper details a meeting between colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain and Boer generals Botha De Wet and Delarey. The Boers sought amnesty, pensions, language rights, prisoner releases, property reinstatement, and debt concessions, but Chamberlain rejected reopening the Wereeniging agreement citing its final terms.
Maine election returns show a Republican plurality around 27 000 surprising the party with gains well above early estimates. Four Republican Congressmen Littlefield Allen Burleigh Powers are reelected while Cumberland County Sheriff candidate Rev O J Bisbee loses to William M Pennell by about 2000 votes as Portland shifts stance on Prohibition enforcement.
War and disease devastate farming as rinderpest and cholera cut cattle and crops. Officials estimate cultivation at about half of a normal year, signaling widespread hardship for planters and rural communities across the islands.
Dan Patch paced a mile at Providence Rhode Island in 1 59 14 within a quarter second of Star Pointer’s five year old record. The second quarter ran in 20 seconds yielding a 1 58 gait.
A French enthusiast catalogs hat feather demand causing extinction of swallows kingfishers and goldfinches in France. Siberian and Central Asia suppliers ship dozens of thousands of owl eagle magpie and partridge plumes to Orbit market where fur merchants price them for muffs and trims.
Fifty thousand people testify to Doan's Kidney Pills curing kidney ills from backache to diabetes. A Goshen Indiana retiree Samuel J. Taylor recounts 30 years of suffering and crutches, then five years free of kidney medicine. Free trial offered by Roster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, Ny. 50c per box through druggists.
The incident recounts a professor catching a young burglar at his home and escorting him to the police. After walking some distance the burglar asks to be left there, and the professor responds with a courteous remark about meeting again.
Sparse excerpt from Stray Stories mentions a witty exchange about marriage and wealth. It notes a married couple contrasts a rich husband with a poor husband, illustrating humor about social status. The line reflects a playful dialogue on money and marriage.
An old advertisement touts Hale Catarrh Cure for internal use priced at 75 cents. A stray humorous exchange about travel to Europe follows, mentioning a trip not broadening one's view and instead shortening it.
Every Sunday during the summer starting next Sunday the Nickel Plate Road will sell Fort Wayne to Chicago excursion tickets and return for 2.00 good on train 5 there and train 6 back the same day See Ticket Agent or C A Asteriin Fort Wayne Ind No 126. The Dead Sea is the lowest body of water about 1300 feet below sea level.
Harper's Magazine argues that modern laboratory tools vastly outstrip natural senses. A photographic plate and telescope reveal stars unseen by the eye while the microscope exposes a world beyond human perception, likening sight to a limited piano octave and noting instruments like Langley’s bolometer detect differences as small as a millionth of a degree.
Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf praised parental vigilance over children’s religious spirit. He cited a tale from the Philadelphia Times about two brothers in a strict religious family. One skips prayer and vows to stop forever if no harm follows, highlighting attitudes toward habit and faith.
Sufferers from asthma hay fever or bronchitis are told Dr Schiffmanns Asthma Cure gives instant relief from attacks and immediate sleep comfort. The doctor sends sample packages to local and national druggists and offers free mail samples to those who apply by sending name and address with a 2 cent stamp to Box 814 St Paul Minnesota.
A brief dialog from the Philadelphia Press shows a woman saying her feet bother her and a man labeling her nervous, highlighting domestic tension in a compact exchange.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle corrective laxative that aids natural digestion without upsetting stomachs. It promises pleasant taste and safe use for children and adults, with 50c and 100c sizes available at druggists.
A collage of short, fragmented lines names and mock ads include addresses in St Louis and Fort Wayne plus playful dialogue. The text mentions a patent medicine Piso's Cure All and a suicide discussion in Italy and a kitchen tip about salt to prevent fat fires.
An advertisement offers rubber stamps of all kinds made to order plus self inking daters and ink pads. Reads Bend for catalogue to Lock 19 Fort Wayne Indiana.
Captain O Bertoletto of the Italian barque Lincelles testifies that Peruna cured his chronic stomach catarrh after doctors failed. Congressman J D Botkin of Kansas also praises Peruna and Manalin for relief from stomach catarrh and constipation. The letters urge others to seek Dr Hartman’s free medical advice.
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