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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1890
Page
4
The article describes storing water during heavy rainfall for drought use and explains surface soaking, above ground tanks, and buried tile irrigation. It details damming streams, diverting water, and laying tile lines one to two feet deep to flood soils from a stand pipe, with capillary draw to the surface to moisten roots.
An article discusses value in well matched horse teams. It cites a jeweler who bought a supposedly matched span that proved mismatched in back, head and stride. The piece outlines measurement methods and warns inexperienced buyers rely on proper gait and harmony to secure a sellable pair.
A contributor describes a strong light handy machine for farming, ten feet long and thirty four inches wide. It features bolted legs attached to side pieces and cross supports, illustrated in Fig. 1 side view and Fig. 2 top view.
The writer describes a detailed husking routine using a two team wagon and high side boards. A shock of corn is husked on a horse, merchantable ears are tossed into the wagon while small cobs and fodder are handled to left side. The process aims to speed work by husking into the wagon and sorting at the time of husking.
A mid age couple wedding ends in farce as the bridegroom drops the ring into a grating before heating pipes. Clerks search frantically while the bride sheds tears and officials lend a borrowed ring. The groom soothes the bride with a gentle, playful tone amid the crowd's restrained laughter.
A travel package from New York to Egypt and Jerusalem includes stops in Gibraltar Naples and Rome with a return through France England and Scotland. The Circassian 4274 ton ocean steamer will depart February 19 and return by early June. Main tour under 500 dollars with optional radiatory excursions to Constantinople Vienna and more. Rollo Flos4 leads the Oriental section and Gaze & Son of London handle European planning. Rev Dr C F Thomas directs overall. Mrs Thomas oversees a ladies department. Contact Geo. May Powell Philadelphia for details.
An assortment of advertisement blurbs tout cures for catarrh deafness hay fever and related ailments. Claims describe a home remedy using simple weekly applications and warn against snuffs or ocinuerts. Additional pitches push books remedies for consumption and various patent products including syrups figs and Dobbins Electric Soap.
An item promoting Sunshine and Moonlight 1890 in the Rock Island Route series. A Man invites boys, girls, and adults to learn about astronomy with 112 illustrated pages. Post paid delivery worldwide for ten cents per copy, with orders to Sebastian, U. T. & P.A., Chicago.
A contemporary quip contrasts optimism and pessimism in women by their winter garments. The optimist is praised for owning a new cloak and bonnet, while the pessimist lacks both items. The remark reflects social expectations tied to apparel.
An advertisement urges women to use Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription to combat delicate diseases of women. It claims the remedy can ward off ill health or restore health if already present and promises satisfaction or money back. It also promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pellets for biliousness headache indigestion and constipation.
The Baltimore American notes a strong objection to women serving as waiters arguing they cannot be spoken to without a preliminary tip. The item reflects the era’s gender norms and social attitudes in service roles.
A brief historical ad notes Brown's Buondiran Roches as a simple remedy for a coven coin or sore throat with prompt relief, priced at 25 cents a box.
A fragmentary clerkly note quotes an old Terre Haute Express line on fragility of an engagement and references small homopathic pellets and Carter's Liver Pills. It adds a Grand Jury remark about not going behind returns in counting, attributed to the N O Picayune.
A collage of brief, disconnected snippets cites patent medicines Carter's Little Liver Pills Piso's Cure for Consumption and Tansill's Punch cigars. Scattered lines reference funeral tributes and a warning about lightning, with ad like statements and stray newspaper phrases.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for “female complaints.” It claims to strengthen the womb and nervous system, suits overworked women, and includes Husorita as a soothing nervine. A 160 page illustrated treatise is offered with ten cents in stamps to the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo.
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