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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1901
Page
3
A fragmented ad lists various hat and overcoat price points. Notable entries include men’s hats priced at 2 for 1.50, 1.50 for 1.00, and 75 cents for 50 cents. Overcoats range from 6 to 12 dollars with sale prices such as 4.50 and 10 dollars.
An antique newspaper fragment advertises 76 pairs of ladies wool hose at 19 cents per pair. It also promotes men s duck coats felt boots overshoes and ladies waists shirts and all underwear, described as going with a crash.
A long column of brief items records travel by residents Ben Borders and Bert Crooke and visits by Mrs. Mary Stoner and Miss Nora Keithley. Local churches adjust service times. Rev Hobson conducts protracted meetings at Plessane Hill and Antioch. Trade notes advertise lime at Spring Street Lumber Yard and candy at Tolliver & Cooper with several farm and market notices.
The Southern Indiana Railway Co will sell tickets to Indianapolis via Seymour for 296 dollars. The route is advertised with a price of 2.95 dollars for the journey.
The mothers favor this remedy as pleasant and safe for coughs colds and whooping cough. It claims no opium or injurious drug and can be given to babies as confidently as to adults. Sold by Z. Webster with other household goods at Gaithers.
The article argues that if the U S government presents proper representations Britain would accept the amended Nicaragua Canal treaty. It contends the amendments restore U S control, allow open access to all nations, and defend the Monroe Doctrine against Hay-Pauncefote concessions.
Advertising notice from Quaker Valley Mfg. Co. Chicago offering a free silver plated angar shell to any married lady who asks, with request to mail or return the cutout and include four stamps or two to cover mailing costs. shells normally sell for forty cents locally.
Wanted a reliable man for a branch office manager position in this vicinity. Opportunity if your record is suitable and you can provide good references. Apply with references and details to the hiring location.
A sequence of homely notices covers visits by Mrs S A Taylor of Odon and Mrs Minnie Schaffer of Bedford, New Years gatherings hosted by Mr and Mrs Frank Norman, and local remarks on school sessions and a drama performance. The Porter's Lucky Day tale and other brief items follow, with brief anecdotes about officers, marriages, and health.
The advertisement touts reductions of 50 or 60 cents and seven cent cuts for 39 items, 35 cent goods drop to 25 cents, and 25 cent fabrics to 19 cents, highlighting a broad sale on dress materials.
A London publisher releases poems by T. E. Brown praised for vigorous descriptive style. The excerpt references nautical imagery and vigorous lines, suggesting a dynamic, maritime themed poetry collection by a renowned English poet.
In Edinburgh University circles Sir Lyon Playfair recalls a question asked of English eminent figures about fear of death. Only Sir Benjamin Brodie and Sir Hubert Christison reported a single case each. A children’s tale hints iron’s discovery by smell. A London bishop is mockingly described as a windy speaker prone to long sermons.
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