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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1902
Page
4
A steam shovel draws a crowd as two Irishmen debate its impact on work. One says the machine steals bread from laborers. another retorts that if shovels could employ thousands, spoons could too. The onlooker humorously reframes the issue.
Justice Laughlin of the Buffalo Supreme Court orders a permanent injunction with costs and a full accounting of sales against Paul B. Hudson, the Dr. Clark's Foot Powder maker, and a Brooklyn retailer. The court deems the powder an imitation of Foot-Ease and bars further manufacture or sale. Allen B. Olmsted of Le Roy owns Foot-Ease. Similar suits will target other infringers.
President Alderman of Tulane University spoke at the occasion when Nicholas Murray Butler received the Doctor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania and was installed as president of Columbia University. Alderman shared jokes and anecdotes including a Louisiana Negro joke described as amusing Irish bull.
Vermont Senator Proctor recalls his finest speech as four words in response to Senator Hoar. The remark, quoted by the Chicago Inter Ocean, challenged voting restrictions tied to trading with Massachusetts residents.
Clever ad promotes Allen's Foot-Fare to cure foot soreness and heat while easing tight shoes. It offers a free trial package and directs readers in Olmsted Le Roy New York to obtain the product from A. BS.
A fragmented and misspelled note discusses perceptions of the Japanese language lacking cuss words and mentions insults and migration to Buffalo Express, with odd phrasing and unclear context.
Fragmentary report notes a player leaping for a fly ball and comments on his form. Mentions eight contracts this season and quotes a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune style voice in a garbled fan exchange.
A trimmed collage of old ad copy and quips cites Laxative Bromo Quinine sales pitches and claims of cure. Fragments mention Philadelphia Press praise and a 1990 date, with scattered quotes about hope, education, and poverty.
Mrs Louise M Gibson of 4813 Langtry Ave Chicago reports kidney trouble and complications improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits relief from headache and weakness and says health returned to a life she valued, thanking the remedy.
The sermon argues that God is universally Father to humanity yet only those who repent and return to the Father’s House gain sonship. It stresses the Spirit’s threefold role to convict of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and calls readers to trust Christ for deliverance from fear and from the far country of sin.
Boston crews aboard local boats take to the harbor for a testing sail race. Skippers from city yacht clubs compete for bragging rights and early season standings as gusty winds shape the course.
The excerpt outlines a supper dish with chicken in a tomato cream sauce, a crown roast method, and fruit handling. It advises avoiding soda with green vegetables, using hot water to remove stains from table linen, and using chloride of lime for stubborn fruit stains. It also notes egg yolk addition to sauce and variations with cream.
Wilbur F. Kennedy presents a 40 by 60 foot barn plan with a 30 by 69 foot barnyard. Features include three horse stalls, eight cow stalls, a workshop, tool storage, feed bins, grain bins, a high haymow, and a basement access for basement and first floor driveways.
The piece catalogs fashionable fabrics and styles for the season including white linen gowns with embroidery, embroidered muslins with flounces, cream batistes over silk, and flower garlands. It notes linen, pongee, pique, duck, silk gingham, and sheer fabrics for simple dresses, with corsages in shirt waist or lace yoke styles and grass linen frocks.
Cook one quart of gooseberries in a small amount of water until tender. Press through a sieve and add half a cup of sugar. Soak half a box of gelatin in cold water for 20 minutes. Boil sugar in one cup of water.
An 1880s style note extols Catalpa speciosa as a fast growing, durable wood useful for farm needs. It describes seedling growth, deep tap roots, and wood that is easy to work when young but not hard like oak, arguing the species could replace oak for certain uses.
A Memphis socialite testifies Peruna restores strength and health after nerve strain and irregular meals. Chicago’s Mrs. Schneider reports systemic catarrh relief and renewed vigor after using Peruna. The ad claims Peruna cures catarrh systemically with Hartman’s complementary literature and physician endorsements.
An old Boston minister known for his white Panama hat inspired a story about Calvinized hats dipped in brimstone. A collection of quick wits and aphorisms follows, including quips on female suffrage, marriage proposals, piano frenzy, and the value of maintaining friendships as life advances.
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