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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1894
Page
4
The article describes cuckoo birds in Southern California killing rattlesnakes. It explains the birds build a fence of cactus around sleeping snakes in early morning, then strike with their beaks to subdue and feed on the prey. The piece mentions the birds’ nocturnal chill and coastal habits shaping their hunting behavior.
The sermon laments fashion as idolatry, urging modest dress and inner virtue over costly wardrobes. It cites biblical text, societal excess, and personal ruin from spending sprees, calling for self control and charity over display.
The text reviews ancient Roman and Jewish views on hog worship and purity laws. It cites Tacitus and Mishnaic sources to explain why Romans claimed Jews feared idols and why Jews avoided hog meat and contact, noting leprosy fears and ritual purity. It also notes Palestinian and Egyptian perspectives and debates over hog reverence.
Reader note on food adulteration from Dr. H W Wiley detailing common misperceptions. It lists sugar syrup maple products coffee tea cocoa and chocolate as contaminated with fillers salts metals and starch and warns of lead from tin cans preservatives and ptomaines in meats while stressing overall food purity.
A summer drink syrup made from water chopped ice and orange sirup. When oranges are abundant the juice is pressed, mix three pounds sugar per quart, add lemon juice and peel, boil fifteen minutes skimming, strain if needed, and seal in jars. Useful for puddings ice cream custards and cooling drinks. Philadelphia Press.
The meteorologist Redfeld showed that large severe storms feature surface winds converging toward the storm center. The article notes extreme snow depths in Norway, the Himalayas, and the Andes, and remarks that heat peaks about a month after the longest days.
A New York wheelman reports a mysterious Ulster County hill that cyclists cannot coast down. Pedaling is required to descend, while climbing the hill takes less effort than moving on level ground. The phenomenon, investigated by E. P. Howarth of Poughkeepsie, may involve magnetic ore beneath the surface.
The ad warns that neglecting liver trouble causes unease under the right ribs and shoulder blade, dyspepsia, nausea, constipation, headaches, and a coated tongue. It promotes Hestetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure and urges prompt use at first signs. It also makes unrelated playful comments about poets and a Halva Catarrb Cure.
The Northern Pacific Railway Company calls attention to August and September as optimal times to visit Yellowstone National Park. The report notes fully prepared hotel and transportation services, resumed train routes from St Paul Minneapolis Duluth to Portland Tacoma Seattle, and complete staff to handle travelers. Pullman sleepers, vestibuled coaches, and palace dining cars are available on all through trains. Pamphlets and details provided on request. July 25, 1894.
A collage of quotes and ads notes desires for large spaces over small, reversals of fortune, and a rash remedy via Glean's Sulphur Soap. It includes Hill's Hair and Whisker Drecents and a quip about negative being a positive.
Advertises Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative remedy that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers. Claims it aids kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and warns against substitutes. Sold by druggists in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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