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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1895
Page
3
A hodgepodge of local ads tout furniture books hardware guns and crafts. Vendors such as McCoy Abraham Stoner Gaither Pickett Diefendorf and Dearmin solicit customers with bargains on stoves toys medicines and farm goods while promising low prices and cash deals for households and children’s items.
George Machin of Elnora is here with dr. Danner and Prof Chas in Washington. Various residents, visits, and small items: Depute-Sheriff Alex Raybill here, R. M. Wilms subscribes from Burns City, Ed Shepherd shipped potatoes, Bechtel Bros plastered Abraham's new building, A.M. Beck opens store at Elnora, infant son of George and Mrs Riley dead, Harvey Smiler’s brick work slowed by cold, and many travel and visiting notes across Madison County.
Santa Clause and Christmas shoppers are invited to Danner & Telles Bargain Store for a sale featuring gloves, handkerchiefs, scarves, neckties and a new overcoat or suit. Prices include 1.25 to 4.00 range with discounts on assorted items for wife or daughter.
Washington area items report resignations and replacements at a school, new subscribers from local residents, a matinee by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company for children, and sermons by Rev J D Hartsock. There are thefts, pardons sought for Thomas Fisher, and various local business notices including Gaither Pickett furniture deals and N E Jepson jewelry sales. A baby born weighed a pound and a half, and Westfield College welcomes Roland Winktenleck back to studies after a visit with parents.
The fragment mentions Grant Callahan Teacher's Institute in Dis 77 and a National Superintendents Association meeting planned for Jacksonville Florida in February It notes Indiana urging more state normal schools F Smith author of America dies in Boston at 80 It asks about Herbert and Herbart ideas and references a Bartholdi statue group in Paris and a Henry V text from Miller era archives
A letter from Knox Indiana dated January 5 1865 reports an 11 year old girl cured of St Vitus dance and nervous symptoms after using Dr Miles Restorative Nervine. The testimonial notes nine bottles taken with improvement starting after three. The piece promotes Dr Miles remedies and requests the heart and nerves booklet from Elkhart Indiana.
Non resident defendants Edward McKinley Joseph Warner Hezekiah Horrall James Mattingly John T Mattingly Kenneth Morrall Elizabeth Mavis Eliza Lunsford and Charles W Shreve heirs of listed individuals are named in a quieting title suit. They must appear January 28, 1895 at the Daviess Circuit Court in Washington Indiana to answer the complaint or risk a decision in their absence. The notice is dated December 3 1895 and issued by Clerk Theiss P Limps with TSRAL Heffernan Mattingly Attorneys.
The verse laments a beloved Mary, weaving memories of her gentleness and radiant eyes. The speaker pleads for eternal life and solace, seeking strength to endure the vale of tears and the ache of heartbreak across years.
The advertisement promotes land sales in Georgia and South Carolina with two to four crops yearly. It highlights cheap lands in the sunny south and invites inquiries to David Garey, Real Estate Broker, West Shoals, Indiana for terms and maps.
An advertisement from W. R. Neer remers Carding factory promotes yarn at five cents per pound and rolls at 35 cents per pound. It mentions a minstrel show with a face comedy act and notes the talent of Qdon will be featured, with an exact date to be announced later.
An odd advertisement touts an automatic fire alert device claiming to protect homes and lives, urging readers to call or write. The pitch mentions insurance savings and property protection, with misspelled phrases and unclear attributions, attributed to W. Ti. and De Wite Little Earley Risers.
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