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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1895
Page
4
An excerpt depicts a man crafting a primitive stringed instrument from a stick and bow-like frame, singing songs of his homeland about battle. It contrasts savage imagery with glimpses of village life and a ghostly mix of names and phrases, reflecting a colonial viewpoint.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a public notice or narrative on federal prisons and penalties. It mentions miners and terms of punishment, names partially legible, and a philosophical aside about celestial concepts attributed to Aristotle. The fragment lacks clear dates or places.
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage preaches on life’s small annoyances as divine tests The hornet represents daily irritants that sting yet shape character He likens troubles to a moral gymnasium forging patience faith and resolve through repeated trials He cites Ruth Polycarp and gospel imagery to urge steadfast trust in God
The article argues that dogs differ in guarding ability with burglars favoring small terriers for immediate bark and quick alert while larger breeds like St Bernard are costly and less practical indoors. It notes thieves’ experience and warns that small dogs deter break ins more effectively, given their vigilance and alarm barking.
An old gray house on a farm hosts a midnight chat between an old gray white man and an old gray black man by a blazing chimney. They recall slavery, freedom, and dignity as the white man asserts he granted liberty, while both reflect on justice and blessing in a bitterly hopeful exchange.
Christmas Eve in a small town reveals a mischief of generosity and disguise. Mrs Dodgett hides her gifts while Mr Dodgett hides his, but a tramp at the back door exposes the hoarded money and a new dress suit meant as a gift. The pair confront the holiday irony and face consequences.
Fragmentary verse hints at a personal name riddle tied to a Christmas gift. The lines imply confusion and sorrow as the speaker questions a message or clue, with a stylized emphasis on name and meaning.
The article notes La mping Maine students digging a well to supply water and mentions women college graduates teaching or marrying. It cites the Missouri Sons of Revolution offering three prizes to public school children for Franklin essays of 1 775 to 1 595 words and reports a Kansas district hiring a female teacher for 35 dollars a month to teach, chop wood, make the fire, sweep and end the matches.
France hosts about fifty thousand wine shops, averaging one per 35 grown men. Across Europe, roughly 150 individuals surveyed in Lagos reflect continental presence in markets and culture.
The Evening News reports Mrs. Anna Burns of 333 Plane Street Newark a 26 year old candy store owner who suffered severe head and limb pains, tremors near trolley tracks, and eventual relief after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. She credits weight gain and pain relief to the medicine, praising its effects for pale people and female ailments. Also noted: a Redwood pencil timber shipment to Nuremberg and court docket updates plus a Philadelphia hospital health note and Ohio Congregationalism centennial.
Live stock and grain prices across major markets including Cincinnati New York Chicago Baltimore Indianapolis Louisville and St Louis. Cattle hogs and sheep prices listed with quality grades and shifts in flour and grain values.
An article notes the North-Western Line now makes Chicago to California trips in three days with through Palace Drawing-Room Sleeping cars and Dining cars. Daily Tourist Sleeping car service between Chicago and San Francisco and Los Angeles is available, with upholstered berths from Chicago to the Pacific Coast for £6.00. Through trains depart Chicago at 6 0 0 p m and 10 50 p m after connections. For rates and routes, contact ticket agents or the line’s G P T A in Chicago.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case cured only by Halls Catarrh Cure. Endorsed by West Treax and others as trustworthy. advertised products include Hart's Family Pills. Contains testimonials and a humorous penny-asked dialogue.
A jumble of phrases warns of fire and uninsured dwellings, preaches insurance, and condemns neglect of health with mentions of stomach bitters and common ailments. Includes scattered lines about King Charles II and a comic exchange, all reflecting fragmented newsprint before rearrangement.
The Pilgrim offers sketches prose and poetry from bright writers and artists. Address on receipt of six cents in stamps to Gro IL Hrar front publisher 415 Old Colony Building Chicago lil. A natural history class asks difference between a tree and a dog and the head boy answers a tree has bark while a dog seems to be hued with it.
A collage of old remedies and humorous quips cites Syrup of Figs for constipation and Pikes Toothache Drops for quick relief. Mentions of “Brown's Brognhil Troches” and Hale's Honey of Horehound appear, alongside stray ad copy and sea slang about a Tar skipper keeping freshergs.
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