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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1894
Page
3
A jumble of short items reports people visiting and traveling, shop openings, sales, illnesses, and community notices. Names include Noah Sims, Lizsie Freeman, John Ulayes, Elnora, Brninkley Ark, and Wm Dearmin. topics cover dining, barber shop, a Magic Pink Paste for toothache, a gun missing from a restaurant, weather signs, a World’s Fair trip, and a wedding between Willard Lacy and Matilda Baer.
The English challenger Mitchell loses to champion Corbett after a hard fought battle. The crowd roars as Corbett dominates from the start with clean blows and a finishing knockout in the third round.
A drugstore advertisement touts a program called Million Friends promising a trial bottle and money back if claims are unmet. It emphasizes consumer recovery for children and urges readers to try the remedy, noting a two shilling and sixpence price and Pensinger as the drugstore.
Fragmented text reflects praise for veterans and soldiers, referencing Indians who served, a writer Solomon Yowe, and wartime roles. The passage mentions memory, literature, and lingering respect, with unclear names and scattered phrases.
A fragmented report describes an execution looming not later than dawn with a warden’s preparations and talk of doors to heaven ajar. It notes Lon Williams’ disappearance amid Murders, family ties, and rumors while a town publishes brief notices on local life, visits, and a peculiar math riddle from Noah Pate.
An exchange describes moving along pews to avoid blocking entrances and allow others to sit. It urges not rising for others, but welcoming them, and advises letting a seated person at the end scoot over to keep space open. The tone hints at a wartime readiness to rush out to kill Indians.
Educational column from the Journal Institute notes a teachers' examination in April at Odon and invites readers to submit solutions. It reports Ragleaville’s school bell installed and records of 112 and 122 school days for Bank township and Washington respectively. County Superintendent Wadsworth visited Van Buren township, reporting steady progress.
A druggist praises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption Dr King’s New Life Pills Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters. He guarantees satisfaction and offers refunds if results are not satisfactory. The note credits merit for popularity and urges trust in the remedies.
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