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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1912
Page
7
A journalist living in Bowhill describes miner families in Fife Scotland. Husbands work early shifts and return by two. wives manage housework and millinery with close rowhouse ties. Accidents loom, yet faith and community sustain them as churchgoers.
Richard Tovey a trapper climbed a tree in Meeker Colorado to pursue a mountain lion. When the beast leaped he opened his coat and the animal struck head first into the coat as Tovey held on. Both were unhurt in the fall and the lion escaped.
A fragment notes an incident in Altoona Pennsylvania referencing a needle in an arm after a person named Heaton. Details are incomplete and cannot confirm context or outcome.
The Gretna Green certificates of marriages celebrated between 1825 and 1854, signed by the couples and the Gretna Hall register, will be sold. John Linton’s autographs mark these entries, including notable unions such as Edward Gibbon Wakefield to Ellen Turner in 1826 and Prince Ferdinand of Two Sicilies to Penelope Smyth in 1836.
The article describes the one year ten month old daughter of N A F Ekengren, Swedish Legation chargé d affaires, Mme Ekengren. Elsie Helen Augusta traveled to Europe as a baby and has never seen her father’s country due to the cold climate.
A brief exchange reveals Mrs Bridges stating a two week stay at her last place before an applicant is questioned. Mr Bridges calls Mary to ask the lady what delayed her, hinting at an eviction or housing verification scene in a domestic setting.
Miss Elizabeth Gehrki of Fort Smith Arkansas reports six months of intense itching on her neck with scratching that led to sleepless nights. After trying doctors and medicines she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three weeks and saw a complete cure. Her brother’s facial burn also improved with Cuticura.
A medical authority urges summoning a doctor at once for threats and intestinal troubles. Delays can waste valuable time as soft throat may hide diphtheria and intestinal signs could indicate peritonitis or appendicitis. Prompt action is essential to avoid serious outcomes.
The narrator notes Casey showing off a new car and parading in grand style. A contrast is drawn with life back in the old country where he went barefoot. Rumors of a turnout abroad and eviction are mentioned in passing.
Geraldine comments on a regular sound described as seven notes, discussing perception of the noise and its tone.
Mark Twain doubted mine claims calling liars but a prospect owner with capital limits is often a hopeful seller. The grizzled prospector answers an eastern syndicate rep who asks if the lode is permanent by joking that even Niagara power and Arizona dump would not exhaust the ore for a million years.
Dialogue shows Mrs Praise-Your praising her husband as all observing while Mrs Diggs jokes he misses Lent. The exchange implies a humorous domestic dynamic and mutual familiarity.
A quartet of young oculists in a hospital quarters debate eye color virtues. The fourth speaker, dismissing blue brown and hazel eyes, proclaims he wants sore eyes and plenty of them to be happy.
A quotation from Luther Burbank urges constant kindness and nurture for children. It compares care to tending a plant, insisting they receive sun air blue sky and cheerful activities year round, not just briefly. The message emphasizes consistent love, music pictures laughter and engaged occupation.
If you are sensitive about shoe size you can wear a smaller size by shaking Allen's Foot-Ease into them. Antiseptic powder helps for dancing parties and breaking in new shoes. Sample free by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The exchange shows a friend noting the composer marks his own works and the composer replying that his pieces would lack vogue among flat dwellers if played softly.
The Paxton Toilet Company of Boston Massachusetts will send a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic a cleansing and germicidal toilet preparation free to any woman upon request.
A compact Victorian style item cites Garfield Tea as a mild herbal laxative for liver kidneys stomach and bowels sold by druggists. It also notes many brides are self possessed even when given away in a brief social aside.
Mothers urged to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the signature and the assurance of safety for infants and children. The classic remedy has been in use for over three decades and is sought for by children who cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A Frequent Type presents Spoonleigh as a connoisseur of happiness who knows how to be happy yet cannot. The piece questions whether true happiness is attainable or merely observed through expert taste.
A vintage advert claims Cole's Carbolisalve quickly relieves burning and skin diseases and heals burns without scars. It promises instant pain relief and curing, priced 2d or 50c with free samples by J. W. Cole & Co. of Black River Falls Wisconsin.
A brief dialogue turns on advice given and accepted with humor. One speaker notes the guidance was sound while the other jokes that it was a bit too resounding. The exchange captures a light moment in everyday conversation.
Odd clipped lines mention a fiancé and age with light humor. An odd advertisement proclaims ILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 LAYS promising a refund to cure itching. The fragment hints at terse social notes and a stray cryptic ad in a dated newspaper page.
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