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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1891
Page
4
A Holyoke businessman received a telegram from his brother in law asking for $59 claiming he was stranded in Chicago. He suspected a bunko and confirmed with a reply from St. Louis. The ruse failed after a cautious exchange and the con was not successful.
A teacher reproves a boy for mischief and the student replies with a witty line about his black eyes. The response defuses the dispute and earns a lighthearted reaction, illustrating schoolroom humor in a small town setting.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for periodical pains prolapsus and other female disorders. It claims to restore strength to the system and urinary organs, promises age retention, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
A testimonial touts German Syrup as the best remedy for sore throat cough cold and lung troubles. The writer claims six years of relief and urges others to try it, naming G G Green of Woodbury New Jersey Edom Texas and John Franklin Jones as endorsers.
A collection of agricultural tips and observations from Western Rural Farm journals and American Dairyman. Topics include dairy stock management and breeding costs, butter price impact, cow nutrition, calf dehorning and safety, steam cooked linseed meal feeds, and the value of milk fat in factories.
A dairy guide argues cream value depends on churn tests and butter price. It details separator use, deep cold setting, fat behavior, and a revolving churn method. Steps include washing butter, salt application, gradual drying, and final rinsing before packaging.
The article explains how cream separates in milk, noting that larger fat globules rise faster while some remain at the bottom due to composition. It describes experiments with a sixteen inch glass tube showing diverse globule sizes and levels, and states that about one eighth of the fat never reaches the surface.
A retrospective traces the bicycle’s birth from Baron von Drais’s celerifere to the Draisine and early velocipede, noting 1818 introductions to England and America, then 1860s French and English advances leading to the modern bicycle and mass manufacture. It recalls figures such as Lallemont and discussions of early riders and ridicule, followed by stray anecdotes and competing claims.
A freighted odor on a Mobile train puzzles riders as investigators note the scent diverges from nearby flowers. Reports claim a mysterious sporelike fragrance linked to chromic blossoms carried in pockets, described as powerful and sweet across two hundred miles.
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