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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
5
Worth Readiness advertises hundreds of Fall and Winter goods direct from manufacturers at rock bottom prices. Men and boys suits, jeans, hats, and children's wear offered in numerous styles and sizes with discounts aimed at boosting sales and attracting customers.
Direct from the Mills offers underwear shirts drawers and knit jackets heavy coats and socks with prices from 4c to 4.25 and discounts on fleece lined shirts duck coats and jersey knit office coats. customers urged to view goods in person for best value.
The Corydon area reports illnesses in families, property transactions, and community events. Items include sales at John Bennett’s, a livery stable sale to James Lockhart, Tennessee-bound and local visitors, state fair attendance, and upcoming weddings and church activities.
David Wright of New Albany displays a large engraving of the old constitution elm on a 60 pound plate glass piece valued at 50 dollars. The Modern Woodmen log-rolling event at New Middletown attracts about 2000 attendees with speeches by O F Avery and others. The Normal school offers discounted terms for country school graduates and housing at low weekly rates. Auction notice for a 30 acre farm north of Sugar Grove near Elizabeth, Indiana.
The ad touts Isterling's Chill Tonic from Jno P Isterling Den Zug Corydon Junction DeWitt's Little Early Risers to cure constipation biliousness and nervous exhaustion and claims a cure for the entire system. It presents a cure claim with a money back guarantee and promotes the pills as pleasant and free from gripe. Citizens discuss a turnpike from New Albany to Bridgeport noting farmers oppose the route though the road is seen as badly needed for regional benefit.
W H Burns and Mary B Hazzard, Marquis Crawford and Isabelle Watson, Tillman Harrison and Maggie Key, Chas E Boone and Lou Hunter are noted in wedding announcements. The brief item lists four couples and their surnames as part of a social column entry.
For sale a six room house with three porches and solid first class materials. Includes stable smokehouse other out buildings cell ar and cistern on a two acre lot under fence in good cultivation. About 100 fruit trees suitable for raising poultry. Located at Corydon sep13 is R S Korkuam. Best on the market for coughs and colds and all bronchial troubles one minute cough cure ends with Henry R Whitford note. L A Rivey J Rorurocxr
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