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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1904
Page
4
A household guide touts St Jacobs Oil as a universal remedy for aches and pains. It claims timely use prevents pain from rheumatism neuralgia sciatica lumbago and supports quick relief for hurts cuts and wounds.
A distinguished amateur visits Inks with confidence and bungling humor. The caddie teases him about length and pace as the man swings, misjudges, and finally drives only a couple of yards, highlighting golf vanity in a humorous vignette from New York Probune.
The article extols the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St Louis as the greatest world exhibit, detailing flagship palaces and displays from agriculture to electricity, plus extensive government, foreign, and educational pavilions. It covers transit, lodging, and pricing while praising the fair as essential for future growth and discovery.
Miss Page of Tacoma Washington returns from Siskiyou County California where she filed a mining claim. She crossed rugged mountains forty miles from the railroad and faced a fierce storm while trekking twelve miles on snowshoes through snow depths of three to five feet.
Mrs. Kate Taylor, a graduated nurse of prominence, shares her experience with Peruna. Her social and professional standing adds weight to her outspoken endorsement of the remedy.
A Chicago reader praising Peruna as the finest tonic for post illness weakness cites quicker relief than other tonics. Mrs Kate Taylor says it restores vitality and strength in convalescent cases. Dr Hartman offers free treatment directions for female catarrhal diseases this summer via The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
A Chicago Post anecdote shows a magazine editor debating payment for a difficult poem. The assistant editor asks readers, six men try, Robinson offers a hint, the editor notes $10 adjustments per reader, and concludes good poetry deserves fair pay based on reader comprehension.
An exchange in Chicago Daily News quotes a deacon praising a morning sermon. The parson notes the congregation glanced at their watches, a detail underscoring the timely message and shared tension in the pews.
A collection of playful quotes shows lobbyists funding speed ordinances, undertakers’ trust concerns, and social banter about intelligent animals. The pieces reflect urban politics, satire, and the era’s humor through remarks attributed to council members journalists and columnists.
Washington reports show Senate talks on Capitol extension projects and an outside office building while the House advances bills for joint statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory as well as for Arizona and New Mexico. Multiple days cover pension, river and harbor, and naval measures with varied approvals and protests. Separate dispatch notes heavy fighting rumors along the Yalu but remain unconfirmed from Seoul authorities.
In New Haven on April 23 two hundred boilermakers in local shops of the New York New Haven Hartford railroad walked out. They protested the company refusal to grant a nine hour day and a 15 percent wage increase.
A California high school principal credits a physician and Grape-Nuts with curing long standing indigestion liver trouble and rheumatism after two months on a milk fruit and Grape-Nuts regimen. He praises the product and asks wider use by readers noting Postum Co. as the maker.
In final report of the Scott county grand jury indictments were returned against Dr. Warren Smith and Mrs. Lydia Miller charging them with murdering Mrs. Miller's husband Henry Miller.
Washington reports show Representative Thomas of North Carolina proposing a bill to amend postal laws allowing one copy of all second class publications to be mailed free to actual subscribers. A substitute for the Chinese exclusion provision and other diplomatic notes follow.
Monticello Minnesota April 25. Mr J W Moore claims Bright's Disease at last stages can be cured. After doctors warned he would die within a year his legs swelled and he could not stand. A traveling salesman credited Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring his health and Moore says he is now sound as a dollar.
A Cleveland woman pitched an alarm clock at a burglar and knocked him from a window. The burglar lies in a position to acknowledge that a woman can throw straight when given time.
The note urges farmers to curb grain wastage and time loss from old style machinery. It points readers to Nichols & Strepard Co of Battle Creek Michigan in another column and calls for eliminating waste on Lue farm as progress in farming.
A powder promises to cure tired feet and ease new shoes with Allen's Foot-Base. An ad urges readers to ask for the product and contact A. S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a scientist claiming fish can talk.
An old ad promotes a Star Washing Machine priced at 2.70 with wringer at 33.90 from Joh AL Salter Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin. It includes a quip about health and beauty and notes Putnam Fadelesa Dyes claim to not stain hands or kettle except for green and purple.
Representative Cowherd of Missouri aides an aged woman seeking a pension for a father believed to be a War of 1812 veteran. A muster roll matched a name but lacked proof. The daughter offered a self description and odd cues she deemed sufficient, noting her father’s height hair and eye color and his inability to close one eye.
The Kansas City Southern Railway announces its Annual Almanac ready for distribution. It includes monthly calendars and household hints covering Missouri Arkansas The Indian Territory Texas and Louisiana. Address S G Warner General Passenger Ticket Agent Kansas City Mo for a copy.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a guaranteed cure for dyspepsia and weak kidneys and stomachs. It claims a 30 year safety record, home cure instructions, and a refund if not effective, with samples and free medical advice offered by the Blood Balm Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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