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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
4
A garbled passage describes a minister confronting someone poking him and fumbling with objects, with a question about lowering something. The text appears damaged and unclear, mentioning a preacher, hunting, and a city name.
A mau cr (man) arrived at a town hotel and registered after being kicked out by a conductor. In the morning he asked for a bath, provoking a sharp reply from the proprietor who ordered the bath be made possible by damming up the creek.
Ladica can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease. A cure for swollen feet. Druggists sell for 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Trial package free. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
An 19th century styled fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer presents a terse dialogue between a young man wearing a high collar and a marble hearted maid. The quip Death loves a shining mark appears as a stray quotation about boldness and bravado.
An old Chicago Tribune fragment advertises laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a 25 cent price. A cracked dialogue shows a jilted suitor and a returned love, with a brief line about short haired women disliking long haired men.
A jumble of quotations and ad blurbs cites remedies like Dodd's Kidney Pills and a London style cure for consumption. Mentions of Brooklyn Eagle, Ocean Grove, and various railroad lines appear amid scattered text and archaic phrases.
A fragment from Chicago Daily News notes a book free offer by B M Worsley A D of Aulania Ga. Mention appears to describe a homemaker as tidy and devoted to the ocean. The text is garbled and partially unreadable.
A sermon on dress as moral identity urges Christians to wear the “raiment of the redeemed” by putting on Christ daily. It contrasts worldly attire with spiritual attire, urges crucifying the flesh, and claims true faith shows in deeds and compassionate acts, not vanity. The piece cites biblical figures and missions to illustrate unity in Christ across nations.
The article argues true riches lie beyond money, defining well off as having health, good friends, a home, meaningful work, and enough to eat and wear. It contrasts wealth with real well being, noting money cannot guarantee these essentials.
Prof. William Crookes addressed the International chemical congress in Berlin on the unity of matter and energy. He linked Roentgen and Bequerel rays, Curie experiments, and radium to a future where atoms dissolve into fundamental energy, suggesting matter may fuse with force beyond the twentieth century. He noted Davy and Faraday’s insights and warned that matter’s fate remains uncertain as science explores universal dissolution.
A Rome education report shows reading ability rising from 31.2 percent in 1872 to 51 percent in 1901 among Italians over six. The 1877 compulsory system barely raised overall literacy, though men lead in primary schooling and women show recent gains. illiteracy declines in Como Gondrio Novara Bergamo Turin and Milan provinces.
Railway racing in England resumes with speed goals. Great Northern plans nonstop London to York 188 miles. London and Northwestern aims for nonstop London to Carlisle about 200 miles in just over four hours. London and Southwestern recently began record runs on London to Salisbury 89 miles in 54 minutes.
A new social trend called pay, pay, pay parties spreads in London society. Each guest agrees to cover their own share of the bill, with events ranging from luncheons and dinners to week ends in the country or at Ascot under mutual expense sharing.
A letter from Major T. Tf. Mars of the First Wisconsin Cavalry praises Peruna for curing chronic kidney catarrh after years of illness. The author credits rapid improvement after four months of use and urges others to begin treatment at first signs of kidney trouble, noting heart and digestive benefits as well. Dr Hartman offers free advice to respondents.
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