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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1904
Page
2
Advertising rates are outlined with discounts for churches or large advertisers. The piece includes political commentary contrasting Democratic and Republican administrations with references to crop prosperity and economic conditions. Local notices mention a potential wedding, road petition discussions, and several residents visiting.
Friday was a wet day with rain damaging roads. Miss May Hetchem visited Odon this week. Mt. Olive Sunday School reorganized naming J. M. Stotts as superintendent and Miss Zula Bechtel as secretary. Duster Williams, noted assessor, was also in town amid various items from the community.
Heavy rains tore a bridge on Prairie Creek near John Sims and damaged another on the Hied'erd road. Muddy roads hinder coal mining, and washouts delay rail traffic. Local residents consider elections and a potential Post Office reestablishment. Separate notes mention health advice and social commentaries.
Classic 19th century medicine ad touts Green's August Flower as a universal liver and stomach cure. Claims to restore energy, cheer, and appetite, with over thirty five years of use and availability from all druggists.
Sample mailed free. One application gives relief for piles or hemorrhoids external internal blind or bleeding itching or burning fissures and fistulas. Relief immediate cure certain. Three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Pay druggists or send prepaid to Humphreys Medicine Co New York.
An old advertisement promotes Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 as a cure for nervous debility vitality weakness and prostration due to overwork. It claims forty years of use and offers vials at 1 dollar or 5 dollars for special packages. Sold by druggists or mailed prepaid. Humphreys Med Co William and Jones Streets.
The article describes early Burmese petroleum usage tied to lamp fuel and insect protection. It details a well system in Burmah, oil rising to about 375 Fahrenheit, collection into jars, and transport by water to supply the empire, with annual export estimates around 17.5 million pounds in 26 percent pounds each shipment.
Citizens at a Philadelphia exchange discuss how well they can recognize voices amid mispronunciations and garbled speech. A girl notes she cannot identify speakers by sound, while a man claims he hears Harry, only to be told it is Jack, leaving many feeling small.
The story describes a quirky scene with a crabbed urchin and a chamois chased along a shortcut, a carriage stopped, and a humorous exchange over copper coins. A companion notes the odd eyes and a squint while the narrator remarks on generosity and worth.
A Paris publication insulting King Leopold of Belgium sparked a ban on entering Belgium. Despite notices, readers in Brussels and Belgium obtained copies by recovering the texts from new covers labeled with unrelated titles. Officials, misled by innocent titles, did not confiscate them.
Sealed bids for building one half trunk line from Qidon to Elnora will be received until April 8. Specifications may be seen and bids left with A. Diefendorf and Fred Shaffer. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
A Nature summary details how birds from woodpeckers to swallows prey on insects at every life stage. It notes ground and canopy foraging by quail, partridges, sparrows, warblers, and flycatchers, while hummingbirds and night birds snatch prey by day and night.
Sydney officials appoint Superintendent Walker to a major New South Wales police district. Walker, famed for capturing the outlaw Thunderbolt, confronts him in a river duel that ends with Thunderbolt mortally wounded and dying the next day.
A farmer named Fd Armetrong drove cattle along a Salines road when a couple in suspicious attire blocked the path. After a tense exchange they relented and allowed passage. No arrests or charges are mentioned.
Report claims over 90 percent of Mexico's population is of pure or mixed Indiana stock while the land is alleged to be owned entirely by about 65 Spanish families.
A recent report states that 7,407,863 kangaroos have been killed in Australia since 1877. The figure highlights long running hunting and culling practices affecting wildlife numbers nationwide.
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