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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1897
Page
2
Ohio publication lists a one year subscription option in section S14 MO with pricing and renewal details. The notice lacks full customer names and exact dates but indicates standard renewal terms and payment method.
Disjointed miscues mention arbitration with England and slavery era figures, long sums and prices, politics, and a mix of weather, crops, harvests, and a reference to lectures on public life. Names include Sherman, Harrison, Cleveland, and Wester with scattered geographic touches and a nod to Cuban reports.
A derailed, garbled note laments Spanish soldiers alleged to invade homes during the Cuban War and prey on women and girls, calling the conduct a despicable universal outrage that should shock all civilized nations.
The piece notes that Norwegian girls must earn certificates in knitting biking and spinning before marriage while American girls prize charm and slang. It argues adopting Norway's standards in the United States could reduce divorce and drunken or dyspeptic husbands.
A sharp tale follows Mat from fragile infancy through harsh schooling and a restless pursuit of success. He builds a newspaper and gains friends yet discovers that promises crumble under pressure, leaving him to face a hard, unkind world.
The text notes Mark Twain born Samuel L. Clemens is sixty two and reduced to poverty. It laments his declining humor and notes his latest works fail to pay debts. Readers who laughed at Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer sympathize with the struggling author.
The evolving cabinet includes Secretary of State John Sherman, Secretary of Treasury Lyman J Gage, Secretary of War Russell Alger, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Secretary of the Navy John D Long, and Secretary of the Interior Joseph M Renna, with others like Secretary of War and the interior roles outlined.
A Kansas lawyer proclaims he would back Grocer Cleve for president, saying he could extend his hand at any moment to crown him for life. The remark paints the speaker as a combative attorney with sharp, prosecutorial flair.
The eighty year old woman, reportedly unseen before in Connecticut, requested the family while lying in bed, challenging their views in an unusual domestic scene.
Readable fragments describe a dish with roasted elements and a hot sauce. The passage mentions a teanpores style dish and a wid pireon, but the full meaning is obscured by garbled words and missing context.
Eli Winklyplock returns home from Greene county and Eyworth League meets at route. Miss Carrie Arford, No.2 teacher, hosts a pie social. Prod Shaffer injured his leg when his horses and sled trapped it between a tree and the dash.
A garbled page of political opinions and social commentary touches on Cuba Spain coinage education laws in Indiana liquor reform and upcoming elections. It references a senatorial race and local fixtures with fragmented phrases and era feel.
A miscellany of brief items mentions J D Laughin attending court in Washington, a baby girl born last Sunday, teaching vacancies, a fifty strong Indian parade band for McKinley inauguration day, and Deslie Ward's illness in Dewey Illinois. Also noted: Roan of Cash Grocery expands trade, Anna Kilgore’s death and burial, and farmer EneLe Aley Myers among county pioneers. Charles G Dawes named U S Treasury comptroller designates Eckels as current holder through 1838. Southern Indiana Normal at Mitchell announced with Clark faculty joining. A cure claimed for incipient consumption via Helis Pine Tar Honey. Warns against Globe Advertising Agency of St. Louis as unscrupulous. Passage ends with a note on Aszeita hats and an English measurement reference.
A fragment discusses collecting unpaid bills by displaying customers' pictures in frames upside down. It also includes a testimonial for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for croup and colds in children. A note explains a Biblical Sabbath travel limit of 2000 paces and how some Jews hid food to extend the journey.
An old ad claims one third of children die before five, touts Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites as a remedy to build solid flesh, strong bones, and healthy nerves. It asserts the substitute will improve children’s health and prosperity, available from druggists.
In Covington Jail Jackson and Wailing, Pearl Bryan’s murder suspects, are said to have made a lampshade believed to be a gas bomb. Authorities now think it could be intended to fix to a gas fixture in their cell. Today marks the anniversary of the body’s discovery at Fort Thomas.
The Summers and Odell siblings marked their forty second birthday with a family reunion at John Odell’s home. They hosted friends and relatives for dinner and a jovial day, with best wishes for many more birthdays to come.
The town board held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. Uncle John Smith suffered a severe spell of sickness, Mrs Surept Bennett remains ill with La Grippe, and Jack Gauttne was ill Monday and Tuesday. Lawmakers debate cigarettes as a proposed prohibition advances. Down with the damnable things.
The JOURNAL advertises deep discounts on a year’s subscription combined with other papers. Open Journal plus Washington Weekly Post 170 Toledo Weekly Blade 120 Hicks Word Works 1.65 New York World 1.60 Indianapolis Journal 2.15 Chicago Inter Ocean 1.30 St. Louis Globe Democrat 1.65 New York Tribune 1.25 Cincinnati Enquirer 1.20 All orders must be prepaid and mailed from Tus JOURNAL Udo Indiana.
The Washington Council passes a late ordinance charging 1000 dollars yearly for cigarette dealer licenses with a one day option. Firms may pay about 3 dollars per day and sell Wednesdays and Saturdays, while wholesalers seek exclusivity by paying for half the license. The Gazette notes smokers may buy on more days, and a new 50 dollar state license could follow if the bill becomes law.
A new book titled Knitting and Crochet is published by The Home Silk Store in Boston and offered with Home Seeker monthly. Subscriptions at 30 cents per year include a copy of the book. special trial offer provides the volume with subscription. An annual premium list for 1887 will be sent on application.
A compact compendium notes umbrella rib lengths from 24 to 28 inches and raccoon length near 18 inches. It cites human proportions with total height seven times head length and notes thumb and little finger lengths and variations in tongue length between genders.
In 1886 Neuman estimated the Battaks population in their river basin at 50 000. Van der Tunk described their language and the Toba dialect, while C A Ophnijeni covered Battak poetry and a leaf language used by Battak lovers. They invented an alphabet and write on bamboo strips. dialects vary little. Bickmore notes their superstition myths and advanced traits, and Dutch colonial campaigns ended cannibal practices once common among Battaks, including reports of the rajab of Sipirok about eating human flesh.
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