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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1892
Page
4
An advertisement touts a guaranteed cure for catarrh or a cash payment, promising lasting results after a long trial. It asks readers to test the medicine, noting risk is minimal and urging payment of fifty cents to the druggist to begin.
L C Frost of Springfield Mass testifies that August Flower relieved his wife’s sick headache and heart palpitations after years of suffering. He indicates prominent doctors failed to help before trying the remedy. The testimonial notes immediate relief and cites a $9 price.
The blotchy item notes Robin events across Indiana including assaults in Jeffersonville and Crawfordsville, a child’s river accident in Lawrenceburg, and a series of local incidents. It mentions bond issues in Wabash, a fire at a farm then a tree collapse in multiple towns, and various court and revival reports.
Maj Davenport told Musquaki chiefs about Noah and the ark, but a leader interrupted with a myth of canoe riding and muskrat diving for mud, claiming the waters receded. The tale mirrors biblical Flood themes across Indigenous memory.
Harper's Bazar notes that southern European manners surpass northern in color with Naples and its Tunerians presenting radiant public ceremonies. Priests’ robes and mourning monks heads carry lighted tapers while onlookers kneel and recite prayers as processions move through the island town streets.
Warning about catarrh treatments containing mercury and urging prescriptions from reputable physicians. Promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure by Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as safe and mercury free with internal use. Testimonials and druggist sales guidance accompany the cautionary note.
Inai e officials report an incident described as a spet causing an office disruption and prompting a response from local authorities. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Reading through a jumble of OCR, the readable notice references the Sisseton Indian Reservation in South Dakota planned for settlement and farming, mentioning related authorities and multiple cities. The passage also notes various health, postal, and promotional fragments, with unclear details about dates or actions.
OCR reads like a satire ad mix from Harvard Lampoon with scattered names Arvodaxis H. Conors and Beneonusiveere. Mentions Hale's Honey and Pike's Toothache Drops and various lines about fortunes and health tonics, all in a garbled historical newspaper fragment.
A fragment from the Washington Star mentions a three man display ad offering a word puzzle with two words forming one. It hints at a Crescent brand on published goods and promises free lithographs or samples if the word is found. The butcher’s remark about losing flesh is noted in the excerpt.
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