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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
6
Ruth brings bran home and explains its many uses from cleaning painted woodwork to whitening hands. The mother praises the practical value of bran as a household aid.
Johnny Spratt could afford no fat and his wife could afford no loan leading to a grim thrift plan. The couple proposes cutting costs until a lower price appears, reflecting hard times and wage pressures in the community.
State education advocates argue centralized schools give far more teacher attention per pupil, aiding intellectual social and physical development. They urge modern curricula tailored to farm life and new agricultural needs to raise country children to compete with city education.
A proposal urges adding nature study agriculture manual training domestic science music and drawing to the curriculum. It stresses opening students minds to the world around them making them observant and thoughtful and providing practical knowledge about local soils plant life and animal life. Continued next week.
A reader shares practical tips for removing fish odor from silver and utensils by cold water soaking before washing.Silk care is advised against brushes. velveteen can wipe dust without scratching. Mirrors can be cleaned quickly with tissue dampened in wood alcohol, followed by whiting on paper for a final polish.
The column jokes that war in Greece would bring disaster and that a man’s tongue reveals his brains. It notes a business failure blamed on women not wearing petticoats, then clarifies the firm was a petticoat manufacturer. The piece satirizes gendered attributions in business outcomes.
Public notice urges immediate action against a grip epidemic with chest head and back ache. It promotes PETRISOL a 25 cent jar available at Odon Drug Co. and M. B. Ulrich & Co. for throat chest and lung relief and prevention of serious illness.
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