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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1900
Page
2
A readable fragment describes a small Kern area city with rail access and local industries. It mentions churches schools coal mines and agricultural surroundings along with stray political chatter about Bryson and party politics. The text shows local pride and scattered references to national issues.
Congress appropriated 5 000 000 to celebrate the Louisiana purchase. Some men called the acquisition an outrage and doubted future value. The text compares this to the Philippines a century hence.
The writer condemns Governor Stephens of Missouri for allowing and not protecting women from beating and stripping in St. Louis. The piece calls his actions a disgraceful pandering to voters and predicts political ruin for him.
One hundred additional cadets to West Point will be appointed with vacancies filled as they graduate or drop out. This implies about 20 more graduates each year than currently, but whether this meets future army requirements depends on future needs.
A city visitor searches for strawber ries among straw stacks and finds none. A pump inspection yields no pumpkins while geese are chased for gooseberries. Butter comes from a barnyard goat after a half hour talk. Gas main blasting near Bloomington shows petroleum in stone and strong odor. Bedford plans first August tree delivery. A Columbia township resident, James L tnider, is bitten by a copper head, hand and arm swelling and doctors striving to treat him. The case is critical. Community notes include policemen with canes, a fence crew losing a job to a curve, and goats in Chicago thought to be spring lambs, with supper remarks on tin can diet.
A Bedford Republican note recalls timber demand shifting with rising need. Sycamore and sugar and hickory become valuable for frames and uses once unneeded. A cyclone on a Mineia farm hid two missing hogs under a straw stack for eight months until found alive and dead. At Lafayette a brewery project was struck by lightning amid a storm. In Indiana town the preacher’s prayers accompany a warning to the wives of a Methodist minister, traced through three husbands and their children.
A message to readers with overdue subscriptions. The notice urges subscribers with balances to pay promptly to avoid further actions by The Cablisher. It stresses that paying is essential for living expenses and rent and addresses those in arrears directly.
The Philadelphia Record notes about 5,000 German children under 11 are employed to dress dolls and aid toy production in one district. They begin learning at age four, attend kindergarten for a year, then study three to four more years before joining factories for extra income. The kids enjoy making doll clothes but miss the wax figures when the foreman collects them.
A local store highlights a wide selection of chains, charms, cuff and collar buttons with engraving offered free of charge.
David Paris, living near Free town, was bitten on the hand by a water moccasin while reaching for a drink from a branch. Mancil Clinton near here earned top honors in Senior Law at Sloomington, and Francis Guilkeson of Loogootee won Junior honors. Postmaster James W. Huss of Indianapolis died last Saturday. Assistant Postmaster Shidler will serve until a new postmaster is appointed.
Sylvester C Guthrie is appointed administrator of the estate of Thomas Pruett deceased in Daviess County Indiana. The estate is claimed to be solvent according to the notice posted in the public record.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a stomach and liver remedy that improves appetite digestion and energy. Also a help wanted notice seeks farm hands and house workers with wages, listing Mrs R Houghton at 406 N Main St Bloomington IL.
An advertisement offers money to loan on improved farm land at 5 to 8 percent interest. Call in for terms with Harry H. Crooks.
Farmers urged to sell wool for top cash as Hayes and Abraham advertise they will pay the highest price and invite sellers to visit before transacting.
Manchester man A W Hides describes a near death from consumption with frequent hemorrhages and coughing. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption with saving his life and recommends it to others, noting many users report cures for throat chest and lung troubles. Available in Webster's Drug Store in regular and trial sizes.
The June term of the Daviers Circuit Court began Monday at Washington. Grand jury members include Frank Smead and Benjamin Waggoner of Washington, Gallatin England Bogard, Written Wilson Bair, Crat Jones Harrison, James Ragsdale Veatle. Petit jury members are Daniel Osborne Madison, Thomas Freener Washington, James Vonrad Madison, Charles Kammel Washington, Grant Potts Reeve, James A. Thompson Barr, E. J. Linallea Van Buren, Marion McCord Reeve, Daniel Reffernan Barr, John W. Carrico Barr, William Orr Washington, James A. Boyd Elmore.
A well-dressed stranger with a glossy card meets a Chicago editor chief, laments lack of small change, and asks for a dime to reach the South Side while probing for a publishing venture. The scene unfolds with a sly, self-assured charm and a crowd of bystanders sharing a similar tale.
Gisstaus Hews reports from Dr D B Cargile that four bottles of Electric Bitters cured Mrs. Brewer of long standing scrofula and severe sores on head and face. The remedy is praised as the best blood purifier and healer of eczema and rheumatic ailments. Webster druggist sells with guarantee.
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