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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1896
Page
4
The Chicago and North Western line announces excursion tickets to Chicago St Paul and return for 3.00. Round trip valid for passage until September 1, with extension possible to September 15, 1865. For tickets contact W. B. Kuischeux G and T A Chicago Ill.
The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for nervousness and digestive issues. It claims the epigastric nerve and brain are linked and that stomach remedies can ease peptic symptoms and reflex actions. It also asserts benefits for molaris biliousness rheumatism and kidney trouble.
The text notes a baby’s name has not yet been selected, with plans to wait until November when a man is elected. It mentions Washington and states a focus on the upcoming political event and public anticipation.
An advertise ment extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle, beneficial spring remedy for all the family at 50 cents a bottle. It touts genuine Mantac tured by the California Fig Syrup Co and availability through druggists. The text also awkwardly references unrelated phrases and names.
Advertisement notes June updating cheap Home Seekers excursions to the West and Northwest via Chicago and North-Western lines with dates in August September and October. Provides agent contact W L Kisskenn G P and T A Chicago for full information. Includes miscellaneous filler items and testimonials.
Dr. Talmage argues from Ecclesiastes that there is no opportunity to correct earthly sins in the next world. He describes drunkenness, crime, and misused life as permanent, urging immediate repentance and warning that fate is decided at the fall of the tree, not after.
A collage of items includes Harahan restoring a 10 percent wage cut reversal for Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern employees, honors for Charles Breyer for valor at Rappahannock in 1862, London soot every month, Mexico Diaz re-election vote, and Florida watermelons forecast. Also noted are Harvard’s honorary MA to Booker T. Washington, George Paynter’s shipping miles, studies on breathing, Coomassie treasure hunts, and London incubator business for birds and premature infants.
A brief ad describes a potato bug killing contraption built from a cigar box with door screen mesh and a forked stick handle. It suggests a seven inch box, removing the bottom, and attaching screen for break joint meshes, aimed at easy one handed use.
Instructions from Ghio Farmer advise using Paris green mixed with flour or lime to dust potato rows for beetles. The mortar-like mix with cement or plaster dusts easily and covers an acre per gallon, best applied at dew. Reapply after two days and repeat for rusting cucumbers with similar powders.
Agricultural guidance on rabbit care covers housing, feeding, and breeding. It advises dry oats as primary feed, crushed oats for under six weeks, sparing roots, and limiting green vegetables. It describes multi story hutches, ventillation, rat-proofing, litter boxes, and year round mating with controlled litter numbers.
Western Rural advises farmers on when and how to pick duck feathers for profit. It covers frequency, ripeness tests, and careful handling to avoid harming birds, especially laying or sitting ducks, with cautions about temperature and timing.
Practical guidance on poultry care urges using sand for gravel substitutes, keeping low roosts for large birds, feeding oats to melting hens, supplying green food daily, and selecting Minorcas Leghorns and Black Spaniards for egg production. It also advises grading shipped poultry, fattening when mature, and notes improvements are easier to secure.
Dr. G Stanley Hall argues that male teachers face lower averages than females, noting 85.67 weekly for some men and 4.67 for women. He cites Massachusetts and North Carolina salary ranges, stresses vast national spending on teachers, and condemns gender discrimination while lauding women's dedication to education.
The editor explains the concept of an atom of electricity as a theoretical tiny unit. Influential figures Helmholtz Edison and Prof Richarz are cited for backing, with a calculation tying the atom to the cube of a million and the coulomb measure, as reported by the St. Louis Republic.
The text recounts a confrontation at a carnival where Dur ing the carnival he accused George Allin of liquor being sewn on the grounds. Allen, a director, denies and pokes fun at the accusation while confirming his voting record on buffet privileges. The second anecdote relates Nell Gwynn threatening to drop Charles II’s son from a window, prompting a swift rescue.
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