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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1890
Page
8
In a crossroads store Fate alias Pantop and a doctor confront a letter that exposes a murder past. After drinking and bravado, Fate rides away but is pursued. the doctor confronts him at a hill and fatally shoots him. The case ends with a courtroom discharge for a Christmas mercy.
Digby explains a mistaken gift of a diamond pin intended for him to his cousin who shares his name. The cousin sailed for Europe that afternoon, leaving Digby pressed as his wife nags about pine gifts.
Captain Starbuck and Full-Back Mall of the Wesleyan football team plan to enter Yale Law School next fall amid talks that Bowdoin may be dropped from the Eastern Football League, creating a Wesleyan vacancy. Also, Princeton names Jesse Riggs captain for next year, replacing Edgar Allan Poe who graduates. Mercury-free Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised with medical warnings and claims of internal action. Coxsipen quip notes punctually minded men waste time waiting for others.
In a Cincinnati Enquirer dialogue set aboard the Velvet Train between Cincinnati and Chicago, Muggins notes the McKinley tariff on hops while Scruggins remarks the menu line remains first though frog’s legs were dropped. The scene also includes a humorous census report joke about a rough count not yet filed.
An advertisement extols Chicago and North-Western Railway through trains from Chicago to St Paul, Minneapolis, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Denver, Portland and San Francisco with Pullman sleeping cars and dining service. It invites readers to contact a ticket agent or A Thrall for full information.
The ad argues 5000 bottles at 50 cents would net 500 when the product cures catarrh or a cold in the head. Makers promise 500 payoff if wrong, signaling strong confidence. The piece invites readers to try the remedy despite skepticism, framing trial as preferable to continued catarrhe.
The note claims mild agencies like Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets work slowly but surely. It touts sugar coating, easy intake, gentle effect, and says one dose costs twenty five cents at all druggists.
Advertisements tout Syrup of Figs as the best family laxative. Dobbins Electric Soap is praised as cheap and widely used. Carter's Little Liver Pills claim to cure bilious disorders without pain. A dentist’s office is described as a studio during portrait sessions.
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