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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1897
Page
2
A Warren Republican column critiques the $950,109 allocated for three state education institutions and urges passage of a county education bill. It notes resistance, mentions children labeled as too vicious for schools, and discusses political and legal happenings including Cuba Spain and local court notes.
Disjointed text cites Philadelphia city size versus Heaton, a claim about Pasta Pat and Wilson, a Christy parson buying Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace farm, and a call to scatter ashes. Mentions an Indiana water law limiting ore sales, Lake Michigan, Ohio River, and state waters, plus a garbled legislative note about elections and appointments.
Special correspondence details House Finance Committee opposition to a international conference bill and bimetallism debate. It notes the immigration bill passing the Senate 54 to 31, with arguments for and against by Senators Judge Palmer Caffery Gisgon and Gray, and describes literacy tests for immigrants and dependent relatives to enter the country.
The piece laments Union soldiers dying at about one hundred per day according to Grand Army and pension office statistics. It honors those veterans as patriots and heroes who gave their lives in battle, urging timely recognition before the last of them passes.
In Kikhart Mrs William Swan suffers unbearable ear infection after a bug lodges in her ear last summer. Doctors discover a live larva in her head during a Saturday examination. The pain drives her to derangement and she faces impending death.
An old pamphlet suggests filling a glass bottle with urine and letting it stand for a day. A sediment indicates kidney disease, and urine staining linen plus frequent urination or back pain are cited as signs of kidney and bladder issues.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a remedy for back pain kidney and urinary issues and drunkenness after effects. It promises relief from frequent urination and night trips to the bathroom and cites samples by mail from Kilmer Co Inghamton NY. The paper publisher guarantees the genuineness.
John G. Leming, Sheriff of Daviess County, Indiana, will sell at public auction the rents and profits of Lots 53 and 54 in Dearming's Second Addition to Oden, for a decree of 105 dollars and 18 cents plus interest and costs, on March 20, 1897, at the court house door in Daviess County. If the rents fail to satisfy the decree, the real estate itself may be sold to cover the claim. Wadsworth & Williams, attorneys for the plaintiff.
Jury commissioners Joseph Wilson and Joseph J Lacy drew jurors for the March term of Circuit Court. Names include William F Rillion-Stents Isaac W Feagans-Bar Isaac Roach-Washington Euclid Evans-Van Buren Thomas Myers-Elmore Pat Cahill-Washington Geo Lynch-Washington Elwood Baldwin-Washington Jacob Flynn-Elmore Geo Talson-Washington John Myers-Reeve Belden D Smiley-Madison. Saturday a fire in Shoals caused $17,000 in losses, destroying three buildings. The blaze started at Stevens Stephens law office and damaged nearby blocks. records saved.
The article notes Cleveland entered office with a net worth around fifty thousand dollars. By the end of his second term his wealth is estimated near a million. It highlights his unusual prosperity amid four years of Democratic public hardship.
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