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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
4
A clipped review from the Daily Grind recalls the amateur Histrian club production of Camille with mixed judgments. It notes Violet Lords Waters delivering a flawed performance while praising others and predicting future growth for the performers.
A minister asks a stranger his denomination after a service. The man jokes he is submerged in many churches, naming his wife, daughters, and son as members of Presby terian Methodist Baptist Church of England and Congregational groups, highlighting ecumenical mixups. The minister reacts with astonishment as the joke lands.
An ad claims Catarth Cure treats constitutional disease by internal use to affect blood and tissues. It touts a worldwide remedy with testimonials and lists Cheney & Co in Toledo as suppliers and a druggist network selling the potion at Tay Hall’s Family place.
A partial Boston Transcript fragment discusses Faye and Rayies amid stray remarks about races and a tense exchange. The garbled lines reference a May date, a wide unknown site, and a discussion of a long wait or voyage, with bios or quotes from Daliadelphia Presa Billings and Stilsen.
Fragmented OCR text references a track event with mentions of a pair and a dealer. Names and details are unclear, but it hints at competition and repeated strikes in the same place.
Fragmented OCR text references creditors, probes, and police activity with scattered place names and outlets including Norristown Herald and Daily News. It mentions investigations, injuries, and a sponge reference, but the readable material is highly garbled and lacks coherent events or dates.
A sermon extols ordinary courage of women and men who endure domestic hardship and toil unseen. It honors sewing machine workers, caretakers, and parish heroes who sustain families, charity workers, and faithful servants, urging gratitude for quiet sacrifice and spiritual rewards.
An oration in a Civil War era scene blends faith and fate as a widow speaks of mercy while a firing squad executes. The preacher extols martyrs of charity, contrasts earthly power with eternal virtue, and urges resilience amid hardship and injustice.
Consul Covert in Lyons reports a French inventor M Lenret who makes artificial pearls from fish scales plans to move to the United States and build works once a suitable large supply of scales is found. Scales must be small with a silvery sheen, brighter scales fetch higher prices, with 23 000 pounds usable annually and potential to double.
Teabine police monitor a rect in Germ as part of routine city security checks. Officers maintain presence in the area to deter disturbances and ensure public order.
A Chicago Chronicle tale shows Dan Daly in a late night poker setting when a tailor misplaces the call. Daly answers calmly while a comic miscommunication unfolds as the tailor shouts about two pairs of trousers. The scene end with Daly hanging up after the misread exchange.
A lower Breadeva clothing merchant set a front display with a marked suit and a bold price sign hoping to attract buyers. No customers appeared as hours passed, and when the merchant checked the sign it read The suits SIS They won't last long causing passersby to smile at the blunt honesty. The clerk who designed the sign faced job trouble afterward.
An inexpensive compound in capsule form can generate electricity to light a house power an automobile or run a railroad train when mixed with water. Yet a bottle of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is said to strengthen the system curing indigestion dyspepsia biliousness and liver and kidney troubles boosting overall health.
The Old Codger dismisses a neighbor, equating him to another man with dyed whiskers and declaring no use for Henry J. Swank. This excerpt, quoted from Puck, captures a sharp, humorous dispute over a local figure.
Do Your Feet Ache and Darn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet. It relieves new shoes feel easy cures corns itching swelling hot callous smarting sore and sweaty feet. All druggists and shoe stores sell it 23c Sample sent free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A fragmented passage critiques financial writing targeting those with tight funds. It frames a learned article on currency elasticity as biting sarcasm for a man living paycheck to paycheck. The excerpt hints at December timing and elusive formatting.
A quirky piece notes a boy learning organ and jokes about him becoming an eye and ear specialist. The Philadelphia Bulletin reference hints at a humorous column about misheard phrases and locals in a Bronx context with quirky character names.
Cartoon dialogue features a character asking if another understands pro-Boer sentiment. Johnny replies, affirming that the man roots for the Boers in a wartime context.
A garbled wet page shows ad copy for Cure a Cold in One Dry Take Laxative with refund promise. It mentions Druggists, Detroit and Chicago papers, and assorted ad lines about relief, chewing gum and jokes, all in a cluttered, clipped fashion.
Clara Kopp writes Mrs Pinkham claiming relief from backache full body aches and cramps after four years of illness and multiple medicines. Another letter from Cuana Lorr of Rockport Ind praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, saying she is now healthy and urges others to seek Mrs Pinkham's advice.
Americans in Paris asked for ginger in a shop and learned they would be sent for the candied variety. They waited as the staff exchanged astonished gestures before receiving a drink served in liqueur glasses with crushed ice labeled as gin.
A new unmarried minister visits the Fasdicks and tries to kiss little Anna who refuses and runs to her mother. The mother tells Anna that she would kiss him, prompting a curious follow up where the minister asks again and Anna answers that her mother will kiss him instead.
A clergyman fired a gardener he had kept for over two years. The clergyman offered a character note praising the gardener for yielding more from the garden than any previous employee, while a kitchen glass breaking often signals a domestic storm as noted in the source.
In a letter from Oxford Mississippi Senator W V Sullivan endorses Peruna as an effective catarrh remedy. He notes his own improvement and recommends Peruna as a tonic with no substitutes. The Peruna Medicine Co. offers a free book on catarrh.
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