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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1897
Page
4
A preacher warns that societal pressure drives young men into debt and disreputable living. He details how borrowing for appearances corrupts morals, destroys finances, and harms families, urging patience, honesty, and self restraint to avoid ruin.
A speaker urges young men to seal a room as a personal sanctuary with prayer, family portraits, and available music, rejecting vice and worldly distractions. He insists self reliance comes from God given capital, study, discipline, and right conduct to rise as future merchants, poets, and leaders.
A scattered Digest notes Senataun Minrs owning Log0 acres of oil land in Texas and Dennan Piesrson on a New Hampshire farm. It mentions Dr. Stephens the oldest physician at 104 in West Newfield, and Duchesna Forge Co. in Duquesne Pa turning to full operation. References Empress Eugenie and a Corfu palace visit, a Bucksport woman who served in the Civil War, and a claim about a magnetic rail brake, with canal plans from Riga to Sebastopol and ice cream distribution in New York.
A veteran boatman laments that rowing as a livelihood has faded while sport grows. He recalls when dockside work, ferry runs, and ship duties paid well, with daily excitement, but now shellboats and modern craft crowd out labor and steady earnings. He notes boats are now mainly for ferries, lobster men, and driftwood-hunters, with three dollars a run as the norm.
An observer describes a Jamaican gathering with green grass spaces, bamboo booths, and bright hibiscus, canna, and sugar cane decorations. An ox roast centers the festivities while villagers in festive attire tell ghost stories and elect a king and queen before a royal toast to Queen Victoria.
A Philadelphia Press note recounts strange, tragic mishaps including Frank Pommer’s death after foot pressure leading to blood poisoning, Dennis Cummings surviving a 11 story elevator fall, Mrs. Margaret Ryan dying from a broken hip after a bed fall, and Iwan drowning in shallow Camden water. The piece concludes with bemused remarks that events simply happen.
Viennese scholar Dr. C Diener proposes a scientific account of Sodom and Gomorrah. He links Dead Sea basin upheaval and a violent earthquake to the biblical events, suggesting an ancient volcanic crater on the east shore erupted during the quake. The study seeks to explain the scriptural phenomena.
Otto Dorner of Milwaukee argues for shared road funding in a Dixon Illinois speech. He says farmers cannot bear sole cost, advocates state aid and tax sharing with city, commercial, and rural interests to build permanent highways nationwide.
A New York Sun clipping recalls Ezekiel Bloon of Starkville Center Vermont who chained his umbrella to himself with a light three foot chain. He forgets it when entering shops, causing comic tugging jabs as clerks and customers watch.
The large cottonwood at the head of Bloody Island, a landmark linked to duels and local lore, fell after about a century. Famed duels occurred here including Lucas Renton and Barton, with several other combats and prize fights tied to the tree.
C H and D R and D and C Steam Nav Co announce a five dollar Mackinac excursion on August 26 with return by September 4. Special train departs Cincinnati at 9:00 a.m. and travels via Hamilton Dayton to Toledo, then steamer Alpena to Mackinac with a daylight Lake Huron ride. State rooms and hotel rates offered. contact agents or D G Edwards for details.
A dying man asks a pastor if a deathbed confession is valid. The crime tale recalls a past ride on the Great Consolidated Street railway where the narrator admits beating a gang of robbers for a nickel fare. The reverend suggests comfort through repentance as the man dies peacefully.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad completed straightening and grade reductions at Tabbs Station Meyers Hole and Tablers on the second division. New lines remove heavy grades reverse curves and a dangerous dip, enabling longer freight moves and safer operation from Cumberland to Brunswick.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal notes So Peracks plans to marry a Moon girl. He allegedly told her she was too young to manage her fortune, highlighting a clash of romance and wealth.
An 2c priced advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to treat swollen hot feet, smarting toes, tight shoes, blisters and bunions, promising cooling relief and easier walking. Trial package offered free with address to Allen S Olmsted Roy N.Y.
Cholhie asks if he has been complimented while Miss Fier reveals she believes he is more intelligent than he pretended to be. The Indianapolis Journal reports the exchange as a light anecdote from the social scene.
Advertisements push remedies for sedentary workers and indoor life. Claims tout Hostetter’s Stomach Hitters and De Kline's Great Nerve Restorer as tonics and cure-alls for dyspepsia kidney liver and rheumatic issues. Ends with a quote and names in Brooklyn and Philadelphia badges.
A special tariff for Tennessee Centennial exposition travel from Cincinnati and other terminals to Nashville and southern points. One way 36.75 or round trip 7.20 from Cincinnati with seven day return. other tickets 9.90 and 13.50 for round trips. Vestibuled trains offer a pleasant trip to battle grounds at Chattanooga Lookout Mountain and Chickamauga. Repurchase to Nashville visits at Chattanooga for 3.48 round trip. Inquiries to W C Reinbarkson Cincinnati Ohio.
In a San Francisco Chronicle excerpt, Jabson recalls refusing his wife's request for a small sum, causing a sleepless night as her pleading tones haunt him. Madson commends his soft heart, questioning who the woman was. The scene centers on a moral dilemma within a strained domestic moment.
Hightiy Plustreated Publications describes Yellowstone National Park Black Hills Summer Tours to the North and Northwest Tours to Colorado Pacific Coast and Puget Sound Farm Lands in Northern Missouri Nebraska and Wyoming and Homes in Washington and the Puget Sound Region will be mailed free by the under signed. Send fifteen cents for a large colored wall map of the United States or a pack of superior playing cards. I. W. Wakeley G. P. A. Burlington Routes St. Louis Mo.
A brief exchange shows Mrs Talkalot questioning a doctor’s response after describing extreme fatigue. The doctor asks to see her tongue, prompting curiosity about bedside manner in a New York framed phrase.
P M Sharples of West Chester Pennsylvania has delivered 50 Dairy Separators to W S Moody of Nashua Iowa for a milk saving system that lowers costs by 10 cents per 100 pounds. Five more creamery managers ordered similar outfits. The excerpt includes a Tit Bits joke about a troubled husband and a threatened wife.
A letter urges immediate care for suspected ovarian inflammation describing dull side pain swelling and feverish heat. It promotes Lydia E Pinckham's Vegetable Compound and Blood purifier with a testimonial from Mrs Anniz Curtis of Ticonderoga New York praising the remedy and urging others to seek help from Mrs Pinkham Lynn Massachusetts.
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