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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1900
Page
4
A garbled page fragment mixes reflections on ocean cable laying and ship encrustation with multiple old-time product ads and quotes. It includes Thoreau remarks, raffle lines, Hale’s Honey of Horehound, Pike’s Toothache Drops, and a testimonial claim about Piso’s Cure for Consumption, all from sources stitched into a single clipped item.
A testimonial claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses the system by addressing impure blood. The writer says headaches back ache eruptions and fatigue fade after taking the medicine and reports weight gain and renewed energy.
The sermon argues religion extends life by reducing worry and dissipation, urging that faith in God and Christ sustains health and fate. It cites biblical prompts on longevity, warns against vice, compares life to a watch, and presents an afterlife vision to reassure believers.
A letter to Canadian Government Agent Benj Davis at St Paul Minn recounts settlers arriving near Dalesboro Assa. and building a thriving community. They report a promising crop outlook, rapid land uptake with scarce vacant quarter-sections, and plans for a local church. Alex Cameron asks for help for Arthur Finney and his family as they relocate in March and promises to send further updates.
A Kansas University English professor recalls a student prank that echoed by a miscopied line about talking to yourself as much as possible. The tale is followed by an 19th century drug advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and a notary oath by F J Cheney & Co claiming cure guarantees.
A short verse from the Detroit Free Press contrasts marriage vows with legal terms showing matrimony, harmony, patrimony, testimony, and alimony as part of married life.
The Crescent Hotel Eureka Springs Arkansas opens March 1 1900 as a desirable resort for health and pleasure seekers. It offers ideal climate pure sparkling water and best accommodations with travel via Steepers through the Frisco Line. Write for particulars to Manager Hotel or Frisco Line representative.
Mrs Flatte questions the strange ice at their doorstep and Mr Flatte explains it as the heat source for their flat in a short Detroit Free Press exchange.
A historical advertisement offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease from Allen S. Olmsted in Leroy N Y. The powder claims to cure chilblains sweating damp swelling aching feet and to ease new or tight shoes. It specifies druggists and shoestores sell it the notice ends with Ze.
In a humorous exchange, Dixon praises his wife’s stunning town and remarks the moment nearly knocked him “cents” less, reflecting a lighthearted bit from the Chicago Evening News.
A vintage ad touts Groves TaateLees CuittTonic as best for fevers and colds claiming plain iron and quinine provide a tasteless cure. The copy emphasizes nature based health and promises easy relief in tablet form.
An advertisement touts a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It promises refunds if it fails and notes availability from all druggists.
An Afrikander trekking from Schuin's Hoogte to Palapsie with bilton halts at a fontein where a Voortrekker appears and shouts Qorlog. The Afrikander replies oop. Their voorlooper falls, men argue in Taal over routes, a tarp ferries them to the laager for safety.
Mid aged women report relief from change of life symptoms after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters from Mrs. Gio. H. of Brooklyn, Mrs. Pineraw, Mrs. LuTLer of Bridgewater, and Mary E. James of Bradford praise improved health and strong recommendation for the remedy.
Mrs Polly Evans credits Peruna with curing twenty years of catarrh after six bottles, noting past la grippe relief and widespread use locally. The letter claims Peruna reaches systemic catarrh, cleanses body functions, and promotes natural health, urging others to obtain the remedy from the Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus, Ohio.
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