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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
4
An advertisement for Allen’s Foot Cure claims to relieve swollen and sweating feet. The trial package is offered free, with the cure available at druggists for 25 cents. Address: Olmsted Le Roy, New York.
Jackson Ky May 28 report on court martial of two corporals for passing through lines and sleeping on duty amid worn troops. Details show tension over assassination probe into City Marshal Cockrill last July and concerns over sentry fire and jail-area search light. Authorities debate bailiff removal due to family ties amid ongoing military patrols.
May 30 report shows 37 firms of about 5000 Philadelphia textile firms agreeing to cut hours from 60 to 35 a week. By quitting time Friday night 12 mills had halted work and one mill locked out. Executive committee says a general strike could involve about 60,000 workers. manufacturers expect defeat.
Chicago May 30 The Lake Shore road and freight handlers settled their strike after talks. Workers sought 25 percent raise. railroad offered about four percent average. Both sides signed the contract which takes effect June 1 and lasts one year.
In Kansas City Missouri on a Friday night a quarrel between union and non union workers at Armourdale foundry left Dan McWilliams a union striker dead after being shot twice and J B Kentch a non union boxmaker fatally stabbed. Dick Kilders another union foundryman was also involved and is under arrest along with other surviving participants.
In Washington on May 30 during the southern lawn tennis championship Miss Winona Closterman of Cincinnati defeated Mrs Wallington Hardy of the Norfolk Country club 11 9 6 3. In men's singles third round Wiley Grant of the New York Lawn Tennis club beat L W Glazebrook of Washington 6 4 6 1 and C C Clark of Washington defeated Capt E B Babbitt 6 3 6 2.
Treasury figures show a surplus of 35.95 million over expenditures for 11 months. Projections for the full year estimate a near 44 million surplus. Year to date receipts total 510.53 million while expenditures run 471.58 million. The current month adds about 3.53 million to the surplus.
Reports say highwaymen entered the drug store of Dr A C Boen decke at Peoria and Randolph streets Friday night. They forced clerks George Semsratt and Dr John Forbes to the floor with revolvers and shot Dr Forbes when he charged for a weapon. The robbers fled after the shooting.
From Fort de France Martinique on May 30 authorities warn of renewed Mont Pelee danger. The general council urges immediate evacuation of the island's northern region due to heightened volcanic activity.
Washington reports Minister Bow en cables that Venezuelan forces have seized the port of Barquisemeto located between Fuerte Cabello and La Guayra, long used as insurgent headquarters. Berlin notes the Social Democratic Party plans an eight hour movement across Germany with a test in Bremen where tinsmiths strike for eight hours. Operations suspended.
A business man laments modern quick lunchrooms teaching workers to act like phonographs. A New York Times anecdote describes two diners ordering the same items, the waiter parroting back orders and promising fresh eggs, illustrating mechanical service in busy restaurants.
Register Judson W. Lyons of the United States Treasury praises Peruna as an excellent remedy for summer catarrh and related low mood. The letter highlights Lyons, longtime financial figure, and includes testimonials from Miss Camilla Chartier of Baltimore and Mrs Kate John of Brooklyn praising Peruna’s relief after prolonged ailments. Dr Hartman offers free advice to readers with catarrh.
A Houston Post quizzical item has Mr Smiffking insisting his daughter retract a backstory of scorn and a demand for repayment. The dialogue shows tension over money owed, with threats to speak to the daughter and urge a rescission of alleged wrongs.
Adrian Minnesota resident Philip Doyle says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his long standing kidney trouble. He reports using about ten boxes and returning to full health with no symptoms. Doyle endorses the medicine and recommends it to friends without disappointment.
A young woman asks Mr. S-2 if he was ever in the country during husking bees. He mockingly responds that he would not know how to husk a bee, noting the oddity of the question from a modern perspective.
A fragmentary reminiscence notes a Sunday school scene where a teacher questions harm from naughty behavior and mentions conscience while a child recalls new thoughts. An English resident in Florence recounts a balcony scene with an American family and a playful exchange about travel plans in April.
Burlington Route offers remarkably cheap daily tourist rates after June 1 with round trip fares to Minnesota and California advertised as less than half. The notice invites proposals for routes from L. W. Wakeler G P A Burlington Route St Louis Missouri and includes cited quotes from various newspapers.
An artless maid asks for the secret of conversation. The sage embodies grace in speech, claiming the key lies in how one listens and responds. The exchange hints at social polish and tact in dialogue, framed as a brief vignette from Sircy Stories.
A fragment from the Cleveland Leader cites a Colored Gander remark and a parson exchange about aging and accounts on the ground. The text mocks fear in a birdlike allegory and notes an elder man’s diminished strength, implying social commentary of the era.
A garbled collage of brief quotes from multiple papers includes quips about free information, investments, symphonies, gardening, telegraph poles, political candidacy, a farmer named Corntossel, a kiss, and remarks on duty and accomplishment. Names and attributions are inconsistent with several broken fragments.
A witty exchange frames a doctor advising about unfiltered water containing organisms while a patient fears the danger and prefers safe sources. The dialogue echoes concern over water quality and health in a light remark.
A historical advertisement describes lingering Grippe effects on kidneys and endorses Doan’s Kidney Pills. It cites several user testimonials from Avners New Mexico Barrie Creek Mica Pury West Virginia highlighting relief from bed wetting, back pain, swelling, and urinary symptoms.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as powerful cures for eczema psoriasis scalled head acne and related skin conditions. It claims immediate relief faster healing and safety with directions to bathe apply and take the Resolvent. Sold worldwide with depots listed in London Paris Boston and more.
A Colorado newspaper ad invites readers to request a complimentary copy of the illustrated book Aa Colorado Summer. The notice promotes the volume as a locally produced celebration of the state’s landscape and culture.
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