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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1900
Page
3
Local notices recap Old Settlers August events on the 13 16 17 18 dates. Woodmen meet tonight. Col Lew Ketcham and family visit from Barnswich. Barns City and Elnora people drive updates. teachers and students prepare for school opening September 8. Merchants advertise goods from syrup to lime to paint and coffee with notices on payments due and local sales.
Fragmentary OCR shows a cricket or baseball style score sequence with innings figures and odd characters. The readable bits indicate a real score line and possible team identifiers but essential details are missing.
Helen Myers daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson Myers died July 21 at age 2 months 12 days from congestion of the brain. She was born May 9 1900. Funeral at residence Sunday 10 am Rev G F Colmer officiating burial Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Multiple local items report weekly visits and events. Edgar and John Stotts join the Sr. band. a festival at Mt Olive aims to repaint the church house. Rev J C Warriner visited Newberry. remonstrance against the saloon circulated. Attendance at Bloomfield teachers’ institute, plus a musical at the Stotts home in honor of Effie Stotts birthday. Nearby residents, Miss Sally Ledgerwood, Miss Minnie Bennett, Miss Lydia Garten, and Ezra Mattingly noted.
We offer cash or produce pricing for your items. Call now to compare values and secure a fair deal. See for yourself the advantages of choosing cash options or accepting produce in trade.
A damaged passage describes geological seams depths from 50 to 190 feet with the deepest around 700 feet. It notes frequent escapes of gas or smoke requiring miners to fit equipment, while many workings show no active fire camp.
Sunday at 8 20 PM Dr Rufus Joel Danner of Elnera and Miss Dott Vera Jacobs of this place will marry Rev H N King officiating. Danner, a local figure, and Jacobs, described as sunny and capable, will reside in Elnora after a church reception.
This notice promotes visiting a graduate optician for eye tests and solutions to avoid or suit spectacles. It asserts all work is guaranteed to satisfy, and if the optician cannot help, it’s in his interest to say so. It also advertises buying clothing at low prices at Vanner's.
An 8.50 round trip to Niagara Falls and return offered with through sleepers and coaches. Departure from Pennsville July 25 at 7 20 am arriving Niagara Falls July 27. Return limit August 6 1900. Sleeping cap space applications due by July 23. For details contact F P Jeffries Gen Pass Apt Evarsville HR Griswold Asst Gen Pass Agt Jayes Co.
John Oliver of Philadelphia details a near fatal illness with yellow skin sunken eyes and pain. After three doctors gave up a friend urged Electric Bitters, three weeks of use restored health and life, a claim that the medicine saved him from death at Webster's drug store.
A troubling account recalls a hostess describing a pest problem with rats and a student showing gruesome curiosity. The tale includes plans to catch, dismember, and study the rodents to illustrate anatomy, unsettling the narrator and others at the school.
The gathering at Rauglestille two miles east of town included Ms. Weedraff who has been nearly blind for a year. Guests came with baskets and shared a long dinner table, and all enjoyed themselves greatly despite her limited vision.
Notice of dissolution of the firm Simp and O Co after selling their store. All debts to the firm must be settled. The firm advertises Humphreys Specifics with various numbered remedies and a free child health pamphlet, sold by druggists or on receipt of price. Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co. New York.
All persons aware of debt to me must call and settle at Orcs. 31 Aaron Jolliff.
Prof Houten cites ten years of world travel and many users of Green's August Flower for dyspepsia liver stomach and constipation. He notes relief for headaches tiredness from irregularity and sour stomach. A sample bottle is offered at Gants Bros with sale through dealers in civilised countries.
A young Aan presents a mag from Kecks and notes its quality is above reproach. The giver takes pleasure in presenting and the recipient is assured of a fine item.
An ad touts Bucklens Arnica Salve as the best world pain healer, claiming it cures sores boils eruptions and skin complaints. It provides a 25 cent price and is sold by Webster the Druggist with a guaranteed cure.
Young men wanted with fair education and good character to learn telegraphy railroad accounting and typewriting. Endorsed by leading railroad companies as the only perfect reliable institution. Graduates assisted to positions. Ladies also admitted. Write for rea catalog. Lexington. Ky.
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