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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1897
Page
4
A London dealer describes how nobles in cash shortage pawn their real diamonds for loans by swapping them with counterfeit stones. The scheme hides the loss in plain sight as wives wear the jewelry, while the genuine pieces are pledged as security, risking bankruptcy and creditor claims.
A fragmentary OCR reading references farms, seed details, and prices with scattered names and locations, including Wis and Virnie farm, hinting at a rural commerce or notice but largely unreadable. The text appears as stray phrases and garbled terms without a coherent report.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a remedy for rheumatism and aches. It claims many users report relief and urges readers to try the product for joint and muscle pains.
A garbled passage suggests a thief damages a bank safe combination causing access delays. It contrasts bank troubles with dire hunger, implying a need for nourishment as the press reads like a moral caution about welfare and security.
The sermon frames Amos 9th century BCE as a practical guide, linking the Pleiades and Orion to divine order. It argues God sustains cosmic and earthly order, calming fears with faith, urging readiness for worlds beyond our own and a loving, warning God.
The note book covers diverse tidbits from rail policy and protests to race funding, legislative sessions, and new ferries. It mentions Grand Trunk railway changes, southern Negro school funding, six states with annual legislatures, a Ludington Manitowoc ferry, Brazil’s luminous tree, birth and death rates in the US and Europe, and droughts making roads dusty.
Nashville hosts a national style exhibit for Tennessee's centennial with state and local women organizing walls and rooms. Georgia and Alabama plan elaborate displays showing women’s handiwork while Lookout Mountain scenery friezes and a grand Lookout Hall entry feature shape a cooperative state effort. Residents of Marion and Davidson counties pledge funds and bid on decorations as city clubs recruit 300 volunteers to support the national fair preparations.
Immense quantities of lumber shipped by rafts down the coast marking a shift from sailing vessels. A San Francisco timber dealer notes Pacific lumbermen’s raft experiment aims to move logs by steamers. The first raft, resembling a cigar, measured over 100 feet long and 50 feet wide, held by 350 iron chains, drawing 24 feet of water, and faced hazards from tides fog and snags before being moored and disassembled.
Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a distinguished looking man observed on the bench as a substitute ballplayer. The exchange questions if he is a judge, but the remark clarifies he is No 2 substitute.
A Washington Democrat note promotes travel to the McKinley inauguration with cheap round trips via the Baltimore and Ohio and Kentucky lines. Tickets available March 1 2 and 3 with return options, encouraging readers to form groups and consult agents for guides to Washington.
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