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Newspaper

Odon Journal

Location

Odon, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1916

Page

3

Schiffmann's Expectorant Guaranteed Money Back

Druggists advertise Schiffmann's New Concentrated Expectorant for bronchitis whooping cough and croup with a money back guarantee. The ad claims eight times as much medicine as older formulas, no narcotics, pleasant taste, and appeals to parents to try it at low risk. Ju don Drug Co. backs the guarantee in Saint Paul Minnesota.

Drus Schiffmann R. J. Schiffmann Saint Paul Minn Don

Miss Britta Ketchem Visits Scotland Friends

Mt Olive Miss Britta Ketchem visited Mr and Mrs Wilbert Barker of Scotland Saturday and Sunday. Many local residents spent Sunday with relatives and friends including the Mowery Ledgerwood Stickels and related families.

Britta Ketchem Mrs. Wilbert Barker Scotland Myrtle Opha Ejna Butt Ledgerwood Ference Rufus Mowery Ernest Ledgerwood Dan Mowery Mort Dobbins Catherine Stickels Wilma Homer Mowery Charles Ledgerwood Sherman Eva Miller Odon

Old Nursery Rhymes Revamped

A humorous note reworks familiar childhood verses with playful lines about Jack and Will facing consequences, suggesting a cheeky modern twist on the classic nursery rhymes.

Random Musings On Government And Society

A collage of observations on government work spoiling citizenship, reforms spurring action, and social behavior. It notes Mexico's stable government, Caranza’s presidency, and rhetoric about monuments and memory. The piece touches on chautauqua platforms, German science, breakfast foods, and public legacies.

Mexico Caranza

Skeptical Until She Took Tanlac

Mrs Orville Clapp of Marion praises Tanlac after rapid health improvement. She cites relief from catarrh and stomach trouble, better sleep, and a ravenous appetite. The article touts Tanlac as a master medicine for stomach, kidney, liver troubles, nervousness, rheumatism, and weakness. It notes exclusive sale at The Odon Drug Co. store in Odon.

Marion Ind Orville Clapp Marion Tanlac Indiana

Community Notices and Social Visit Highlights

Thursday night gatherings featured MARSH Mirs Mike Thomas and children visiting Mrs Stefford and her family. Debating club activity at Goshorn continues with weekly declamations and music. several locals attended tabernacle and Sunday meetings. Armsterd Russell returns home near Plainville after a visit with parents. Rufus Laughlin delivered hogs to Stewart Hoover on Wednesday.

Goshorn Debating Club Armsterd Russell Plainville John Russell Rufus Laughlin Stewart Hoover

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Receives Endorsements

Mrs Amanda Gierhart of Waynesfield Ohio praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saying it cured coughs and colds in her family for twenty years. The remedy is sold by all dealers.

Chamberlain Amanda Gierhart Waynesfield Ohio

Dinner Hosts Included Sears Boardman Elkins Families

Mr and Mrs Ben Sears Mr and Mrs Frank Boardman and Mr and Mrs John Elkins were entertained at the home of J A Marshal Monday with a six o'clock dinner.

Ben Sears Frank Boardman John Elkins J. A. Marshal

Ruth irons Stasi stamps to ease separation

Ruth's father complains about 20th drafted Stasi stamps stuck together. Ruth uses a hot iron with thin paper to separate them without damaging the stamps, earning a quiet nod of admiration from her father.

Ruth

Facts and figures from a bygone era

A collage of curious claims records oddities and stats from a historic period. It mentions a small creature eating its weight in leaves daily and a government timber sale earning 2 500 000, plus innovations from paper made from hop waste to a foghorn built for the lighthouse service. It notes wartime migration to Canada and a Swiss aviator’s altitude record.

Sam United States Canada United States Lighthouse Service

Money to Loan on Farm Loans at 5 Percent

We offer five percent money on good farm loans for five years with prepay privilege. This option provides flexible repayment terms and favorable rates for eligible applicants.

Hints on Silk Stockings and Household Etiquette

Hints include preventing runs in silk stockings by threading near the top with a fine machine stitch. Instructions cover cutting fresh thread by dipping a knife in boiling water and slicing bread loaf. Also notes hot water plates for invalids on sale, a decorative pan with handles and a spout, and an inner serving plate to sustain temperature with varying prices by material and size.

Severe Cold Quickly Cured by Chamberlain Cough Remedy

O J Metcalf of Weatherby Missouri writes of a December first severe cold that nearly laid him up. He bought two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and recovered in a few days, praising the medicine as one of the very best. Obtainable everywhere, for sale by all dealers.

O. J. Metcalf Weatherby Chamberlain

Never blow your own horn in pub lic unless you are a musician

A compact bon mot warning against self praise in public, warning that only musicians should boast about their talent in tavern settings. The line implies humility and restraint in performance contexts.

Conceit of Nearly Every Man You Meet Explained

A compact aphorism notes that most men overestimate their own humility while assuming others are vain. The line functions as social critique of self perception and ego. It reflects a common ironic view about vanity in everyday interactions.

Strange sayings on everyday woes printed in column

A collection of quips about transit transfers family troubles umbrellas and personal woes. The phrases mix humor and proverb like reflections on everyday life with lines about vigilance and life’s small burdens.

Rural communities seek unified church and school expansion

The National Stockman and Farmer argues rural areas can no longer rely on small country churches. It advocates centralized churches and schools, greater regional cooperation, and shared social welfare to meet progress and broaden community reach. It stresses unity over nostalgia and notes the rural church is not doomed.

A Cynical View on Wealth and Its Keeper

A pithy saying portrays a mean man as someone who spends two thirds of his time earning money and the remaining third protecting it, reflecting a sharp moral critique of avarice and frugality.

Man realizes ideas after building house to own plan

A man discovers the meaning of his foo ideas only after constructing a house based on his own design.

Indifference as lure in marriage pursuit proverb

A noted proverb suggests many women ensnare husbands by feigning indifference as a tactic. It frames emotional restraint as a strategic lure.

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Dimension Lumber W. R. Neeriem Gouchsaad Ce MT. Olive Mrs. Ab Stickels Brazil Ind Sir Mrs Henry Wallick Golda Myers Mabel Sandborn O. M. Wallick Washington Orrin Osborne Linton Alme Elizabeth Zeiglar Hazel McCallian Jack Ick Bebe Sying Congress Lyceum William Germany America Europe Daisy Young Anna Stepp Opal Stewart Jessie Ferguson Clyde Burkhart Tomey Smiley Taternace Chas. Trotter Pruett Mike Thomas Albert Bright Chas Trotter J. T. Pruett Tabernacle Meeting Will Stafford Nellie Pruett Sundey Blanche Plato Jay Dwiggins Orchesta BEC Ie Orchestra Phodgrany Salely
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