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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1903
Page
2
The Odon Journal details subscription terms published for the weekly paper. Rates show one year at 1.00 and six months at 0.60, with a note on delivery every Friday and post office handling in Odon Indiana.
Officials of Odon seek supplies as town trustees request bone meal and sand for municipal projects. No further details provided.
John Walsh gains staple time to craft grave stones for a double political grave. Town Trustees approve fencing streets in Odon for a potato patch or building purposes, with items available at the asking price.
The Hon. Tom Taggart may receive the Democratic caucus complimented vote but cannot compel complimentary remarks from the Lincoln Nebraska commissioner.
The Journal notes many citizens approve the stand against Sunday closing but business remains open on Sundays, with the town continuing normal commerce despite the demand for closure.
A jumble of notes reports Walter Crooke giving away twenty eight shoes in Elwood, three shotguns found on a Stoals hay wagon, and guns linked to a bank robbery. It cites tax collection pushes in the state and seizures at Indianapolis, plus an injunction on striking Cincinnati workers and a church incident over a harvest hymn. It mentions Prof Motsinger studying osteopathy in Kirksville and Paoli’s high local tax rate.
The corporation extends its boundary to cover two miles of railroad track and requires trains to slow to six miles per hour within the limits by ordinance. Local notes cite civil service growth, lynching lawsuits, farm losses, and timetable changes with rail service revised for E. & J. lines.
Travel diary recounts Flora Shaw arriving at a frontier town exhausted by dust and heat. Officials greet her, then she asks for hot water. A serving dish brings a milky odor, as water intended for a boiled fish is served, revealing a water shortage at the hotel.
The story recalls novelist Robert Buchanan facing hunger after a first novel. He borrows three copies from his publisher with payment to his account, sells them to a used bookseller, and quips that even a humble author can live by his books.
A New York court strictens pawn rules by forcing a lender to wait over a year before selling pawned items and requiring public ads so owners can identify their property. In a case, a lender who kept 6,000 off a 12,000 necklace and then sold it without adequate description was ordered to pay 6,060 plus a year’s interest.
A fragment from a 19th century-leaning editorial asserts the press as real sovereign guiding people toward progress. It highlights bold ideas as engines of civilization and calls for public engagement with news and debate.
Ailed letters show delayed replies as residents complain about unanswered correspondence and missing stamps causing postal hold ups in town and country.
Walter Garten alleges he performed additional grading and bridge work under engineer Grant Faiths orders while building Madison township rock roads. He claims extra work costs 129 30, including bridge moves and road bed realignments, were ordered but partly rejected by county commissioners.
The excerpt argues that autobiography struggles to show an honest self image and claims only a diarist can truly reveal inner character. It cites Samuel Pepys as a rare example, noting readers know his heart through his pen better than many friends.
The article traces punctuation from early Latin inscriptions to later minuscule scripts. It notes the gradual introduction of the full stop and comma, then the period, comma, semicolon, and inverted semicolon. It mentions possible interrogation marks in ninth century Caroline manuscripts and Greek usage. It cites English adoption: colon about 1485, comma 1501, semicolon 1570, with Sidney 1587 showing all marks.
A historical note explains that after a Spanish sovereign dies the body undergoes fossilization before burial in the royal pantheon. The time for fossilization varies. the father of Alfonso XII required thirteen years to become stone.
In England's border counties old bridal customs endure as parents avoid attending the ceremony. The bridegroom rides away on a foaming steed with his bride behind him, a practice favored over modern altar processions.
Dialogue from New York Weekly reveals a minister asking about marriage to reform a man. Miss Beauti names young Mr Band clipper as the suitor and notes his rumored penny pinching as a developing habit.
A St. Louis humorist recounts an Indy applicant who faced a test question about whipping children. The reply described a chair position with the child faced downward, and the candidate still won admission to the school.
Rev Harley O Bretten of Epsom wed Miss Ada Porter of Hunt at the bride’s parents home on Wednesday December 24. The bride, a popular school teacher, wore a white silk dress and white slippers. The groom is a young preacher of Vavness county and well regarded.
Mr. O. P. McCarty of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway credits printer's ink for success, praising openness about train arrivals and departures. He contrasts this with the Southern Indiana, which he says withholds information, citing its old fashioned approach and lack of public service.
A Century Magazine tale describes a clever emu near Shelley’s meadow play area. The bird pesters the game keeper by raiding nests and eggs. In a bold plan, the keeper offers hard boiled eggs which the emu eagerly devours, leaving the keeper both astonished and defeated.
A London Athenaeum style note contrasts profanity in Spain and continental Europe with England, then previews February Designer features on millinery dress and Valentine themed embellishments including lace embroidery and poetry, all in one issue.
An old advertisement touts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic with iron and quinine as the ingredients in a tasteless form. It claims no cure no pay and prices at 50 cents.
Free mailed sample promises immediate relief for external and internal piles including bleeding fissures and fistulas. The ad claims permanent cure with use and lists prices 50 cents and one dollar. Sold by mail order with prepaid shipping from a company with unclear location and incomplete contact details.
Four solar and lunar eclipses will occur in 1908. The year opens with a partial solar eclipse March 28 along the Pacific coast at sunset. An April 11 to 12 under moon event will be visible in the eastern United States. A September 11 total eclipse will yield a small partial view on October 5 and 6.
Congressman Brown of Wisconsin opened a package thinking it from home and fainted at a preserved human hand found inside. Colleagues saw the gruesome sight as soldiers’ pension evidence, with a note asking that it be filed with other papers or returned to the sender.
A reader seeks cure claims for indigestion and liver trouble remedies like Green's August Flower and Laxative Bromo Quinine. An agent offers a refund if not cured and references a Canadian forest export value of 29,954,089 dollars.
A Cas cade Iowa druggist J H Weber promotes Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets noting strong sales to those who have used them. He urges trying them for dullness after meals bad taste biliousness poor appetite constipation and promises prompt relief. For sale by Z Webster.
An old advertisement promotes Buealeo's Armes Salve as a cure all for wounds burns stiff joints and piles. It claims the salve kills pain and prevents sleeplessness with dosing and location details given for a Webster druggist.
A historical Virginia page carries medicinal ads praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm for lumabeg relief and Boschee's German Syrup for consumption and bronchial troubles. The notices name Z Webster and G G Green from Woodbury New Jersey, and emphasize broad use by druggists.
A fragmentary OCR note mentions a concealed issue and a case involving a woman, with references to rain and a possible misunderstanding. Details are incomplete, leaving core facts and parties uncertain.
A letter recalls emergency treatment for a choking infant who couldn't breathe. The author credits Chamberlain's Congo Remedy sold by A. E Steere for saving the child, recounting dramatic symptoms and recovery under care.
Ad endorses a new invention that allegedly eats, pastes, and hangs wall pipes, praising Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption as a universal cure. It claims wide use and dramatic health benefits for bronchitis, pneumonia, and liver troubles with trial bottles offered free. Endorsers include W L Stay and W L Stewart praising digestive remedies and urging readers to help others.
A testimonial from W. L. Stoy endorses De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a universal healer. He states he suffered piles for 20 years and sought many doctors with little success until using the salve. The ad touts antiseptic Witch Hazel benefits for piles, sores, eczema, rheum and skin diseases.
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