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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
2
The note indicates a weekly Indiana publication schedule. It lists options for publication frequency including one year six months and three months. No additional names dates or events are identified in the readable text.
Republican ticket details state officers and judges with names for Secretary of State to State Geologist plus district judges. County ticket lists representatives sheriffs and council districts with designated candidates including Shafes Se frit McCarter and Neiswanger along with Isles Keith MCCord and Vest Sr.
The Agriculture Department will begin the largest seed distribution in history on September 1, three months earlier than usual. About 40,000,000 seed packages weighing around 1,000 tons will be sent to congressional constituents and the department's own area. Over 70,000 vegetable and flower seed packages go to country correspondents and more than 800,000 seed papers and bags go to State Grange units nationwide. Seeds are mailed franked.
An anonymous physician recounts a patient encounter with humor and irony. He recalls a call from two elderly sisters fearing scarlet fever, using wit to examine her tongue and offer treatment while easing dread. The tale mocks clever medical bravado and questions patient consent.
Reports from Indiana describe donations toward a state university building for social and religious use led by J M Clinton in Bloomington. Rockefeller offered 30000 on condition of matching subscriptions by others before January 1 1903. A meeting at the courthouse gathered 17600 of the needed 30000. Nearby, a mob of women destroyed a saloon in Helmont near Nashville. Levi Harrison found a valuable diamond on his Brown County farm and planned Indianapolis appraisal. The piece also notes a crude liquor cure and a rail accident near Seymour affecting Southern Indiana passengers.
In Elnora a private bank in Main Street’s Jot Building drew praise for wealth and rapid loans before a Chicago lawyer report triggered a stampede of deposits. Durham, a 50 year old man, vanished after buying a ticket to Indianapolis while his wife assisted in the bank. Suits for attachment were filed as townsfolk recalled Durham’s rapid ascent and promises to return.
In central New York state a Presbyterian preacher recounts his Sunday morning with his family. The five year old refuses to go to church while the mother insists on attendance and the father has already left to preach, highlighting a quiet domestic moment of religious obligation.
The article contrasts how people draw circles to judge intelligence. It notes that good students draw circles left to right while inferior or softer minded individuals draw right to left. Asylum patients are said to draw circles similarly.
A lawyer questions a timid young woman about her prior appearance as a witness. She answers with hesitant confidence, describing the suit as a velled gown with a blue trim and matching hat, presented to the jury.
An OCR fragment hints at a school fire with characters named Jota Gentleman and Small, describing crying and disbelief. The text is severely garbled but centers on a reader’s reaction to the school burning down and a frightened child figure.
An advertised bottle of Gro's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to be iron and quinine in a tasteless form for malaria and fever. It warns of children misunderstanding the product and notes a price of 50 cents.
An advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a remedy for all sores, burns, bruises, and wounds including gunshot injuries. It claims immediate skin relief and healing with no counterfeits, citing A. Fuller of English, Indiana, who says the salve cured a leg wound after other remedies failed.
An advertisement touts Boschres German Syrup as the sole remedy for severe throat and lung infections. It claims to heal tissues curb germ disease reduce inflammation and aid expectoration. The ad notes availability at Z Websters and recommends Green's Special Almanac.
An early 20th century ad touts Cure A Cold In One Day with Curative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It claims money back if it fails and notes E W Grove’s signature on each box. The copy warns against talking with the forehead and advises using the mouth for speaking.
A local publisher lists many subscribers in arrears and urges those who owe payments to call at once and settle accounts. The notice stresses paid up status for current subscribers.
A Panama doctor reports a teenage girl with severe dysentery improving within eight hours after being given Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She regained strength in three days and was fully well in one week. The note appears in a recent letter from Dr Chas Utter. Also an ad promises high salaries for work.
An old ad lists multiple patent medicines including Brumo-Quinine tablets and Kodal Dyspepsia Cure claiming cure-alls. It cites Ed Mehler of Erie Pa and Z Webster as sellers and praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets while noting forest export values.
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