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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
5
The piece argues advertisers should seek targeted circulation over sheer volume. It compares media reach to a steak, warning against paying for distant readers who cannot buy. Emphasizes measuring local buying potential to avoid waste and inflated rates.
A Kansas Farmer note explains dairy cows sell fast at good prices while mature herd bulls often fail to find buyers. The piece suggests buyers prefer cows to sires and discusses how anger in a child can dominate the body, with a quoted Mothers' Magazine description of anger overwhelming reason and pain perception.
A promotion urging readers to gift a proper pair of glasses rather than cheap substitutes. It highlights many misuse poor glasses and invites purchasing a certificate for a correct fitting. The ad emphasizes Keck the Jeweler and Optometrist offering the service and suggests it as a thoughtful Father or Mother present.
Burns FY reports visits by Chas Plummer in Indianapolis and Enry Fox of Logansport visiting J B Kutch. Attendees at a funeral for Mrs McCarter in Eaglesville. J M Toon returns from West Baden after orchard work. Mrs Carter returns from Evansville. Abbie Kutch travels to Las Animas Colorado for winter with son R Kutch. Veda Maryfield from Elnora visits local friends. The Burns City band gave a Thanksgiving concert at the school. Mrs T A Hays returns from Kentucky after her father Mr Lovelace’s death, escorted home by nephews Win and Ward Poindexter. Township teachers prep for Shoals teachers’ meeting. Burns City H S boys lose at Montgomery. Karl Garrett hosts a pie social at Toon school.
Several area youths attended a pie supper at No 11 hosted by Cecil Hestettler on Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Obe Hasler visit their daughter Mrs Mose McCarter in Oklahoma while Joe King leaves for Indiana. Vera Hostettler and Josephine Allen spent the night with friends, and many from the community joined the funeral of Mrs Wm McCarter. Ralph Hasler returns from Indianapolis to visit family.
Chamberlain's Tablets are designed for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. Readers report long standing stomach issues cured by the tablets and they are claimed to permanently relieve chronic constipation when directions are followed. Sold by Olm Drug Co.
The article notes thousands seek farming as a vocation due to high profits and rising land values. It cites improved transportation and communications reducing isolation, the appeal of independence for families, and farm life offering social contact and material gains. It also describes a new stalk cutter technology that chops stalks into short lengths.
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