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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1896
Page
4
The North-Western Line cuts transcontinental travel to three days from Chicago to California. Through sleeping cars, dining cars, and daily tours connect Chicago with San Francisco and Los Angeles. Rate details and tickets via connecting line agents or G P T A Chicago.
A sermon depicts the Philippian jailer’s tremulous plea for salvation from Acts 16 30 and urges urgent personal repentance. It contrasts earthly business with eternity, calls listeners to seek Christ now, and uses dramatic anecdotes of pardon and redemption to press the question What must I do to be saved.
In Leeds Center Maine Mrs Mars W L Francis wife of the postmaster tells how she rose from nervous prostration after years of weakness and heart pain. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health and enabling acceptance by an insurance company as a good risk.
A London Tit-Hits report describes an annual Neapolitan ceremony in Naples where orphans from a foundling asylum assemble before Our Lady’s altar. A priest selects a bride from a line of 30 girls, each choosing to wed a man of good character, as suitors proceed in turn and disappear into the sacristy.
Billy Clark recounts a Cincinnati Times-Star interview about exploding seltzer water bottles at the Grand hotel and Gibson bar. He describes a night when a disgruntled patron vowed revenge and a cascade of bottle explosions caused a frightening, pistol-shot like concussion.
Oath sworn by J. Coexty claiming senior partnership of PM J. Cursey & Co. in Toledo with cures for catarrh. Bayard notary date December 6. Uproarous ads tout Ball’s Caranki Cure and Ball’s Family Pills, plus De Kalb Fence Co. doubling output of fence lines in 1804 and catalog request. Jumbled quotes reflect local chronicle mix of business notices and wit.
The Burlington Route offers weekly Wednesday personally conducted excursions to California with through cars from Chicago. Cars include carpets bedding toilet rooms and all conveniences. Descriptive pamphlet available from T A Grady Excursion Manager 211 Clark St Chicago.
The passage touts Stomach Bitters as vital to digestion and body function, claiming it nourishes brain substance and aids absorption. It includes testimonials from a friend about Blanche and a rival remark, amid mentions of malaria rheumatism and kidney inactivity.
An excerpt from the monthly Corn Belt paper describes western farm lands and farming experiences, with subscription offer at 25 cents for one year sent to Chicago. The text also includes assorted ad-like lines and testimonials about remedies and products.
The passage argues that a book or bottle's title or wrapper tells little about quality, and stresses that the author’s name matters. It uses Robert Louis Stevenson and Sarsaparilla as examples, praising AYER’s name as a trusted guarantee for fifty years.
A compact, era tone meditation on how custom and opinion sustain rule. The text quotes Mill and Hume to argue authority rests with public perception, noting that without belief in authority rulers lose power. It also includes satirical lines about Texans and social norms.
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