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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1903
Page
4
A reader reports dramatic improvement after following Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound guidance. She describes full recovery from symptoms, now able to walk miles and claims to be a well woman after using the product.
In a small town under cedars, Lance and Cedoni face a heated crowd while plans for a patriotic Fourth of July celebration unfold. Lance, burdened by a dream of a fountain and magic leaf, asks Cedoni to stay and listen as the crowd sings America. Their quiet moment ends as Cedoni accepts Lance’s confession, and the town's celebration proceeds with torches, speeches, and hopeful longing.
A humorous editorial laments modern Fourth of July excesses. It mocks reliance on patriotic sentiment while noting the nation’s tradition of celebrating independence with firecrackers, guns, and boyish bravado, contrasting past frugality with present spectacle. The piece frames the holiday as obvious to all, urging readers to heed a tongue-in-cheek warning about safety and national pride.
The piece notes that three U S presidents Jefferson Adams and Monroe died on Independence Day and that Monroe’s death in 1831 followed praise from Jefferson. It also recalls Hamlin dying on July 4, 1791 and remarks on the coincidence of these deaths with the nation's birthday.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt shows a sturdy young sailor-suited boy at a city editors desk asking about Fourth of July dangers. An agent pressures a mother with a dangerous firework claim while the boy and crowd react to the risk as local readers weigh safety versus celebration.
Fragmentary text mentions Aiton bees, craters, shade, and ambinaton with unclear verbs. The readable bits imply a wildlife or natural setting but lack coherent details or events to confirm a fuller report.
A fragmentary verse piece recounts the birth of the flag under a humble woman who fashioned its stars and stripes. It honors women’s love and national glory, noting the banner’s luminescent blue field and the enduring gaze of the nation’s pride.
A summer traveler recounts discovering a bee perched on a blade of grass that stays still all morning, with a guide quipping it is the husking bee that won’t work yet. The piece contrasts busy folklore with the bee’s calm, framed as a light naturalist anecdote from a countryside jaunt.
The judge notes the officiating clergyman, the bride’s father, received a large fee from the groom. He adds that the payment will not last long, as the young couple plan to live with him.
Advertisement for Ailen's Foot-Ease claiming relief for swollen and hot feet. Promotes a trial package offered free by A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy, New York, with directions to accept no substitutes and to contact druggists for purchase.
The Detroit Fire Press notes a terse exchange about safeguarding property and interests. A married woman with a protective focus seeks help, and a young man claims familiarity with her husband.
Tickets on sale July 7 8 9 19 with one fare round trip plus 2 3e cents. Good returning until July Watch with extension to August on deposit of ticket payment of 50 cents at Joint Agency in Atlanta. Yes since Mr Gotrox broke a mirror yesterday he is convinced it is unlucky. It was a French plate mirror costing 400 dollars says Baltimore News.
An archive card notes one round trip fare to Asheville for July 22 to 27 via the Queen and Crescent Route with an extra 25e, and advises asking the ticket agent for particulars. The item is labeled Tourist and includes a stray interjection about a place’s size and a colorful local remark from Puck.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents. A jumble of notices and quotes including a beggar on horseback proverb and rail line details from Chicago to California Oregon and Washington. Miscellaneous ad snippets and maxims from various sources appear in this historical page.
A compressed market brief showing cattle, hogs, sheep, and prices across regions. Includes figures for butchers cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, and lambs with flour, tobacco, apples, potatoes, and other commodities. Names of cities and various price quotes appear as separate entries.
The Kolonia River line on the Santa Fe resumes the popular Colorado Flyer route. The daily train runs Kansas City to Denver with a 6:55 p.m. departure and a morning arrival, featuring Pullman cars, a library smoking car, chair cars, and through service from Galveston to Colorado Springs. The Santa Fe plans extensive summer promotion including a book about Colorado camping, hunting, fishing, and mountain climbing, suggesting affordable tours.
An exchange from a playful scene where a character jokes about breakfast boosting appetite for work and another cautions that breakfast might lessen the urge to work. The dialogue reflects light humor and a village tone.
An ad offers an 18x36 inch bird’s eye view of the 1900 World’s Fair in St. Louis for 10 cents, payable by silver or stamps, with an address to George Morton G P A The Katy Box 911 St. Louis Mo. Includes assorted quotations and notes from period sources.
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