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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1891
Page
4
The coper, a Dutch eight ton vessel, serves as the principal rendezvous for sijacksmen. The crew, not all drunkards, are in a voyage marked by a serpent bite on the fleet. The master greets us with a boisterous welcome and offers a tiny pour of Hallands to whet his guests.
Advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s preparation as year round blood purifier and cure for skin and keratogenous ailments. It promises money back if not beneficial and contrasts with sarsaparillas claiming spring efficacy. It also touts Cleaies renews and invigorates the system for various afflictions including eczema and white swelling.
The Dr Sage proprietors promise a 500 reward for an incurable Catarrh case. They present it as business not talk and say they will pay if they cannot cure. They claim success for those they treat.
In Washington on a Monday morning Senator elect Calvin S Brice of Ohio appeared to take the oath as the Senate convened. The session featured a protest that Brice was not an inhabitant of Ohio at the time of his election, with Senator Sherman noting the issue and seeking to preserve residents’ rights to contest.
The article notes Charles Crisp of Georgia, newly elected speaker, to be torn on the seth? in London while his parents traveled from Savannah. It mentions his birth and early education, with references to his career in the House and background.
Fragmented OCR text preserves references to law career paths, court appointments, and party figures. It mentions a figure admitted to the bar, a solicitor general posting, a judge appointment, and a Democratic nomination discussion. The content reflects mid 19th or early 20th century political proceedings with unclear names and places.
Cha r rerio ca was remain Woasitinacgeas Pleo S Mia BlCrisp end for speaker of the house by the democratic caucus of the thirtieth. Tathasith Poe Mills close second. Kors nominated for clerk on Pennsylvania. Yash Vito nominated for sergeant at arms. Yarn er of New York nominated for door keeper. Dalton of Indiana nominated for postmaster.
A Paris cablegram to the state department quotes French authorities stating the president promulgated a law on pork duties and a decree repealing the prohibition on American pork effective immediately, reversing a ban that had stood since February 1881.
Estimates indicate 18 080 people contracted influenza in Hamburg last week while the crown prince of Denmark’s eldest son lies seriously ill in Copenhagen. The epidemic is mild in the Danish capital but spreading and even the supreme court has closed due to judge illnesses.
Several laborers on the Grafton and Greenbrier road in West Virginia were injured when a car overturned near Hell's Fate. No further details provided.
New York, Dec. 9. Russell Sage would have been killed by the bomb if clerk W. R. Laidlow had not shoved him aside. Laidlow, wounded, says Sage dragged him toward the private office and the blast came as they were cornered. Sage disputes the tale, saying he pulled Laidlow from the wreck. Chief Inspector Byrne reports the case.
A Frenchman Laurens Signourette, ill for months, asked his wife to kill him. He took strychnine on December 1 and his gun failed. She then sought help to cremate him, encountering George at a nearby cabin before authorities intervened.
A fragmentary report notes oath recitations and nominations in the Senate and House. Appointments and referrals address seats for Mr James and Mr Drake, with a motion to investigate, plus a speaker election and adjournment proceedings.
The executive committee of the National Democratic Committee met at the Arlington hotel. They set January 21 as the date and Washington as the venue for the fall committee meeting, to be held at the Arlington hotel.
The article notes Hover Q Mills plans to resign his House seat and launch a campaign for the U S Senate seat held by Chilton, who was appointed by the Texas governor, with the legislature soon to elect. Troops ordered from Fort Keogh to Cheyenne Agency as Red forces threaten an attack.
The United States supreme court postponed until the second Monday in January the hearing of the cases of Fielden and Schwab the Chicago anarchists now imprisoned at Joliet for complicity in the Hrysnarket riots.
A Boston Gazette piece humorously traces a housewife’s year long chase to perfect chow chow. Aunt Martha and neighbors taste, critique, and demand more salt sugar cloves mustard and allspice before the dish finally settles, leaving the cook to finish dinner as the pie meat season nears.
An analysis in the Saturday Review notes the Englishman or Gringo as central to Chilean economy and society. It highlights leadership in nitrate regions, Valparaiso trade, and mining, plus leisure pursuits from tennis to cricket, and affirms English influence in upper-class Chilean life and breeding studs.
Fragmentary note mentions a safe remedy possibly linked to Woodbury and a sole man. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR text.
An advertisement extols a tonic regimen using hypophosphites of lime and soda with partially digested cod liver oil. It compares coating to sugar or gelatine to avoid taste and invites readers to request a free book on careful living.
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