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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1891
Page
4
Women unable to engage in pastime suffer from female weaknesses and disorders with sallow complexions and exhaustion. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is pitched as the greatest tonic and cordial for overworked milliners seamstresses shop workers and nursing mothers with a satisfaction guarantee or money back.
John D Cox of Allegheny City recalls chronic dyspepsia with fullness after meals and wind colic. After two weeks on August Flower he was completely relieved and can now eat previously forbidden foods. He references employer Thomas McHenry and notes residence at 39 James St. Allegheny City. G G Green, Woodbury NJ, USA.
Delegations from 24 western and southern states and territories meet at the Coates opera house to discuss relief from depression and promote western interests. President Harrison’s letter to the gathering urges free trade, stronger markets, currency stability, and bimetallism to sustain farmers and workers.
The president appoints E. H. Nebecker of Indiana as United States treasurer. He must post 140,000 bonds and await Senate confirmation before entering duties. Nebecker, a longtime Indiana farmer and banker associate, strengthens ties to Indiana politics and the Harrison circle as other treasury posts shift. Arch bishop Ryan orders Catholics buried only on weekdays, not Sundays, and reports of grip spreading in England accompany the Newark dispatch.
A string of humorous brief items features George Shaw of Newark arguing with Mrs. Gray as the judge explains the term and Shaw pays a fine. Other quips include child and minister exchanges, a Saturday doctor reply, and comic banter about reading and writing Irish dialect.
Advertisement notes one hundred fifty thousand acres offered for sale at an average price per acre. Land suited to fruit growing, general farming, and sheep raising. Contact E P Skeye Land Commissioner 78 Michigan Ave Chicago for particulars. Includes other notices and brief humorous and medical ad snippets from the period.
An old advertisement voice extols Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative and diuretic noting its taste and gentleness. It adds a quoted street line about a woman needing a spring gown and mentions Carter's Little Liver Pills relieving dizziness nausea and headache in small doses.
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