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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1897
Page
4
A distressed patient argues with a dentist about the extraction process saying the pain and treatment felt worse than the procedure. The patient recalls wartime service and questions the motive, while the dentist remains silent as the exchange unfolds.
A distressed peddler and a customer discuss a delayed arrival and the lack of press or stock for suspenders. The peddler laments not knowing when the purchaser will appear and questions the availability of goods for his Christian present. The exchange ends with uncertainty about the man's exact arrival time.
The readable text hints at medical ideas, cures and public notices from scattered fragments. It references Catateh Gurr and a cure with dubious claims, mentions ABSAISthe, and includes stray lines about can openers and a canvasser exchange. The readable content is incomplete and disjointed, giving no coherent news item or clear event to report.
A distorted text fragment mentions oats, a streak of luck, mishaps, and several unclear items. It references Plimley and Sheba and hints at diseases or remedies related to incipient malaria and nervous ailments, but readability is minimal.
A collage of ad copy and quirky quotes from old newspapers. Mentions chemical cures and tonics like St Jacobs Oil and Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Includes brief asides about railroads travel, city notices, and social commentary with dated citations.
A Green Bay man in poor health due to dyspepsia improved after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. After three bottles he could eat without distress and return to work, with the family praising the remedy from Baxnagsa Rensere at 1 North Pearl Street.
Train No 3 on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line collided with an extra train near Carytox. Three employees were killed and about a half dozen others injured, but no passengers were harmed. The dead include Engineer J. Dr. Rausch Fireman G L Brewer and Fireman C F Deuter.
A historical note describes sites for a new Indiana Montment4 at Chickamauga Park. It mentions commission members from Indiana, selection of sites on Mission Hilters, and a monument planned near Orbario Wret ta east Sia. The plan includes a tall spear head statue and costs estimated around fifteen dollars.
A jumbled 1900s era column reports on a Monon railroad bridge accident near Laravertre Indiana with brakeman Charles Wheat details and a second note on freight cars through a crumbling bridge. It also mentions coaching for a civil service reform and a nurse in a hospital, plus local political letters and gas well hints in Clay County.
A diphtheria outbreak in Gaston County Indiana has led to 25 cases and seven deaths. The Evans family, with seven ill, includes Mrs Evans in Richmond asylum. Dr Hugh A Cowing accuses local physicians of failing to enforce quarantines and has cited three physicians before the county medical board.
In Indiana the Tiomeni the KRekono and Hiwisad plants accept company plan for piece work pay and will resume operations this week. State Grange adopts anti food and anti tramk laws resolutions as Diptheria prompts school closures with six cases and two deaths reported.
In Mancie Indiana churches launch a movement against the high hat with aims to ban the headwear in local worship. Elsewhere near St Joe Randolph County reports two masked robbers kidnapping a man and stealing 1500 after learning of cattle sales. County Commissioner Lon Scott suffers a ruptured blood vessel from violent sneezing, nearly bleeding to death before medical aid arrives.
Greenspune Indiana Dr W P Shannon superintendent of city schools is dead aged 59 after a week long illness from typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and four children.
Ixigmanapolis Indiana December 15 The grand central handicap closed the Hive bird tournament after three days J S Fanning of California won by not losing a bird Ed Fulford and Charlie Budd tied for second place.
A nostalgic Christmas poem by Frank Putnam appears in the Chicago Times-Herald. The verses speak of reunion, love, and the renewal of a shared home, praising patient affection and the warmth of presence during the season.
In December the governor, amid pile d mail and a Christmas clemency review, receives a petition from Abner Hill, a prisoner who writes through the illiterate plea with a violin gift. The violin and note move the governor to grant parole, after witnesses confirm good behavior, and the convict reunites with his mountain home as the governor and Abner share a tearful farewell.
A Christmas truth states that true happiness grows as you share joy with others. The more you give away, the greater your own enjoyment, a paradox the Boston Courier presents in a reflective note.
A Klondike traveler recalls wildly exaggerated weather tales from the Yukon. He claims January brings extreme cold with candles freezing into strawberries, whisky freezing and harming drinkers, cows producing ice cream, and other impossible acts. The anecdote ends with a chuckling refusal to provide affidavits.
In a smoky reminiscence a landlord confronts threats as three members of a touring Uncle Tom’s Cabin company plan a late escape. A narrator recalls dangers near midnight and a revolver appears, echoing a volatile scene captured by the New York World.
A Washington Post letter criticizes church music choices, praising neither the Cavalleria Rusticana intermezzo as a Sunday organ piece nor Delilah’s Samson aria, and noting a Sabbath school superintendent’s compliment as ill advised for missing the music’s deeper meaning.
Ask your grocer today to show GRATS N O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. It can be brewed like coffee and is said to agree with delicate stomachs. Sold by all grocers for 25 cents per package.
In a harsh exchange the western customer warned of a draw or forceful settlement. The response claimed the customer would confront the debtor with shooting tackle if payment was not made, reflecting a risky dispute over debt.
The Missouri Kansas line announces a new excursion scheme starting December? inviting inquiries to He luwsher at 435 Walnut St Cincinnati Ohio for details.
A fragmentary ad touts Dr. Kline's Nerve Restorer offering a free trial and a claimed cure after first day’s use. Includes name Dr. Nine and address 233 Arch St Philadelphia with uncertain street chatter and bold slogans about wealth and risk.
An old advertisement compilation mocks miracle cures for colds and aches. It parodies claims for St Jacob’s oil and other tonics, noting exaggerated patient results and social jabs about public figures. The piece critiques quack remedies and the tone mirrors late 19th century ad rhetoric.
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