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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1903
Page
3
The text blends patent and pace references with farm and stock-raiser mentions and extensive agricultural commentary. It also includes medical advertisements claiming cures and a Detroit Free Press comparison, noting Doctor recommendations and family health anecdotes amid industry and regional news.
A London Tit-Bits note recalls a debate by reformers who dream of a perfect society with strict laws and virtues. A grim man reveals the real place that fits their vision is prison, ending the dialogue with a punchline on confinement.
A New York Times described case notes railroads in Mississippi with claims of damages from train incidents. A commission questioned witnesses including Zeph an eye witness who described the hogs killing and the evasive testimony in stark rural dialect.
A Missouri State University expert warns alum and alumina salts in baking powders are dangerous even in small amounts. He cites medical findings that alum slows digestion, irritates the stomach, constipates bowels, reduces protein nutrition, thickens blood, and can be fatal in larger doses, urging restrictions.
In Hobart Tasmania a long distance walk to Mount Wellington Pinnacle drew 40 entrants from a whisky firm prize. Despite bad weather, runners started at 2 PM in night attire. Two competitors were found frozen to death and several others in distress as search teams recovered participants with frostbite and confusion. The winner completed the route in two hours and four minutes.
The article recalls Count Borra Dianovitch wandering the globe on foot for nearly four decades to enter a prison record of wealth and gain practical experience. He has reportedly visited prisons in Spain, France, England, and America and endured harsh confinement while seeking a rare, persistent mineral claim in borax deposits amid heavy rains and geological shifts.
The article discusses how a span of oxen can mean ten to sixteen head. It notes farmers must budget for draft animals and heavy wagons capable of carrying 2000 pounds or more. It mentions Kansas City and references Uncle Youngs mat and Straus, with a tone of shared old farm practices.
Coal from Japan surged in export during 1892 to 1900 as steamship and railway expansion and factory growth boosted domestic consumption. Exports remained modest while domestic use nearly quadrupled, reshaping the coal market.
A woman stops a youth from kissing her claiming he mussed her hair causing him to draw back in embarrassment. He resumes less boldly as she repeats the command to stop. Catholic Standard and Times report.
An Automobile Magazine excerpt quotes critics debating nicknames for a new rack gear or car model. The dialogue suggests the monikers like The Scarlet Killer or The Sky-Blue Demon provoke laughter and controversy as the editor explains it always runs people down.
A Syracuse Herald quips about money talking in a dialogue where a subscription-papers woman jokes that money talks while a narrator describes the tightwad millionaire who scoffs at lavish rhetoric.
Fragmentary data indicate American factories contribute hundreds of millions to the economy. A rough tally suggests five hundred thousand feet of factory space and a multi hundred million dollar impact on national production with large sums tied to output and capacity.
A sermon-like meditation on Paul bearing in his body the marks of the Lord Jesus as proof of discipleship. Persecution and suffering are seen as divine favor and fellowship, with calls to believers to endure hardship for the Gospel and to bearing their own cross.
The piece argues growth can be measured by what we outgrow from childhood to adulthood. It urges self examination of discarded childish traits and early prejudices, and asks whether we advance in mind and spirit, continually seeking higher aims. It ends with a call to endure lifelong self-improvement.
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis exhorts readers to regard God’s love for His children and the debt owed to that influence. He portrays Jesus compassion at a street corner loving and guiding the prodigal and publican toward hope, using vivid biblical imagery.
Fragmentary notes describe experiments in West Virginia on a novel intoxicant and its effects. Text mentions a man eating salt and a possible double or mirrored reaction, but details are unclear and incomplete.
In a cryptic note the Owl of the Pitch, identified as Jester, appears to guide the SV unit to a location or action, indicating a symbolic or coded event tied to the comb and the owl figure.
A. A. Boyce of near Trenton Missouri suffered a severe cold that caused kidney pain and backache. He could not walk at times and all medicines failed until using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports the backache gradually disappeared and finally stopped. Sold by dealers or 56 cents per box by mail from Foster Milburn Co.
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