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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1895
Page
3
A chaotic page lists a jumble of local items from Odon including Barnum Baby show at Worthington, store ads, repairs, and names like Dr. Philip Blade and W. Sto M. PL Hubbard. It notes movements of people, worship and church plans, sales, and a Sunday gossip of community life with scattered addresses and occupations.
A retired farmer reports a yearly practice of planting a bean in each potato, claiming fewer potato bugs and a big bean crop for three years. The note suggests a townwide cleanup to improve appearance and reduce disease, urging burning of waste to keep premises clean and prevent pests.
Wheat harvest underway and rainfall noted. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Frank Bechtel. other births include a girl born to Mr and Mrs Henrs Ebids. Residents James Hubbard returns home from near Switz City. Mrs Elaer Pershin and Mr A L Gay visited. baptisms and services planned for Rudlesville with Rev J F Gresge. Kids attend a baptism. fields damaged by chinch bug. Grover suffered a serious accident at work. Dr Culmner treated injuries and reported improvement.
Farmers welcomed the rain aiding wheat cutting. John Kinnaman of Scotland visited friends this year. Pleasant Hill Y PLC workers plan new badge style. Rachel M. Kinnaman recovering from a severe stroke. Fred Malone bought a new dinar.
Eaglesville beat Odon 26 to 7 at home with W L Stoy of Odon umpiring. The Odon team faced strong wind and displayed some questionable decisions, while several local residents attended with plans for the Fourth.
Tuesday Mrs Martha Taylor aged fifty four surprised at home by about twenty five relatives who gathered to celebrate with cake and jelly. The column also lists sales at Danner and Toelle including clothing bargains and a farmer note on salt use and an odd historical anecdote about a French academy boy who aged rapidly.
An exchange notes a farmer who used a self binder to wake hay last summer. He cuts, cures in his barn in bundles for easy feeding. The hay proved bright fresh and excellent, better than the ordinary method. He plans to continue the method this year.
A traveler reports Mexico intends within four to five years to create a full public school system reaching all regions. This will require many teachers from abroad and prompts interest in Spanish language study for future educators. Kansas City already includes Spanish in its schools as Mexican scholars expand.
A sketch describes King Leopold II of Belgium as tall and austere with a broad forehead and gray streaked beard. At seventy he leads a simple, frugal life, studies science, walks with courtiers, and avoids theaters while reading avidly about politics and gossip. He dislikes popular entertainment but opposes capital punishment and vows no executions during his reign.
Mr H Pinewell notes the Tay record salmon of seventy one pounds as the largest British catch in twenty five years. Many fish between fifty and sixty pounds are common with a few above sixty. Youells British Fishes mentions a London sale of a thirty three pound salmon in 1801. British salmon runs appear smaller today.
A method in Bangsiere, southern India, uses a seven foot fire line of dry lightwood to split granite slabs. The process takes about eight hours and yields slabs of large dimensions then cut into wide strips with blunt chisels.
The New York World notes that Renaissance masters painted angels with wings attached to the shoulders and bodies laid out as if flying in impossible poses. Critics argue gravity breaks and suggest wings in the back with a stiff spine could reconcile art with physiology.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Illinois was told she had consumption with no hope but two bottles of Dr King New Discovery cured her and saved her life. Mr Phos Eggers of 89 Florida Street San Francisco suffered a dreadful cold severe enough to threaten consumption and after two bottles she was cured. Free trial bottles offered at Pensinger's Drugstore. Regular sizes priced. Also De Witt's Little Early Risers pills touted for bowel regulation and relief of headaches and constipation.
A historical note traces babies medicine use from Castoria to Ciihiren and back to Castoria, citing repeated brand names as the child grows. The tale emphasizes evolving remedies and parental habits across generations.
Electric Bitters praised as a pure medicine that treats liver and kidney ailments removes pimples and skin conditions from impure blood drives malaria from the system and cures malaria fevers also aiding headaches constipation and indigestion. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded with bottles priced at 50c and 1.90 at S Pensinger's Drugstore. De Witt's Colic and Cholera Care recommended for travel.
Mrs W L Dunagan of Bon Aqua Tennessee endorses Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for teething bowels and says a severe flux cured in a day. She reports relief for her grandchildren and personal recovery after a one third bottle. Sold by W L Stoy.
Public notice advertises De Witt's Colic and Cholera Cure as a speedy remedy for diarrhea. It claims superior quality and urges purchase from vendor W. L. Stez.
Farmers urged to patronize a flour exchange and meat business offering cash for wheat and corn. The ad promises delivery of wheat and a full line of flour meal feed and meats and assures no bread famine.
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