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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
4
A London Express tale depicts two clerks noting a worker on a building roof who supposedly has done no work for 23 minutes. A British workingman nearby grumbles that the lazy clerk is the man who pays taxes to support the War Office, while the window watcher has watched him for hours with no action.
A Sedgwick Arkansas father reports his son suffered severe dropsy with swollen limbs and couldn't walk. After two doctors gave up, three Dodd's Kidney Pills daily for eight days eliminated the swelling and restored the child to health, with continued use until fully stopped. The parent says the pills saved the life of his boy.
A society wife, widow of a former congressman and foreign minister, hosts a dinner in Washington's elite circles. She flaunts jewelry, wearing a diamond tiara and pearl strands. Feeling chilly, she asks her maid to fetch another string of pearls, saying she is cold.
The Santa Fe announces the usual summer service of its California Limited train was inaugurated June 2 westbound from Chicago and eastbound from San Francisco and Los Angeles. The time card remains similar to before and the service was very profitable last season with bookings often made weeks in advance to secure seats. Daily service will resume next fall.
An exchange proposes a two column interview with a doctor on a scientific subject for Stray Stories in the Weekly Boomer. The doctor declines general advertising and offers to discuss a topic in a formal Q and A style. The prompt hints at a humorous, aging readership context.
Readable text notes a round trip from Atlanta with a single fare on late July 7 8 9 and a return on July 1 Sunday with extension options in August. Mentions ticket deposits and 50 cent payment at a Joint Agency.
A note from Chi cog Lecant Terald says the new metal radium is worth three dollars per pound. It urges people to save up scraps of radium and bring them in for trade or sale.
Fragmented lines discuss round trip fare between Ashéville and Retorna, oddly mixed with quotations and stray phrases. Mentions Chicago Journal and references to transit routes, a double track railway, and a Norwich date. No clear events or concrete facts emerge from the readable text.
In Greenwood, Ernest Schmie and Miss Jennie Brennan drank carbolic acid during a July evening walk. Brennan died after the poisoning while Schmie fatally shot himself after firing at pursuing friends. Brennan’s condition remained critical as doctors battled to save her.
Bellefonte Pennsylvania June 22 The gang of robbers arrested in the Seven Mountains Saturday had evidently committed a post office robbery recently. A buried package in an old barn contained postage stamps from one to ten cents totaling 167.44 dollars. The bundle included two bottles of nitro glycerin and other items. The men are about 39 years old. Janey refuses to talk. The wounded man shot by the sheriff’s posse is improving and has a good chance of recovery.
Washington reports 580 miles of submarine cable for Puget sound to Alaska sent from New York to Seattle and 750 miles more due in August. It is the first long US made cable of seamless rubber. Capt. Edgar Russell signals for Seattle prep. Col. James Allen to follow for overall charge.
Riots break out in Brest Nantes and Anger as clerical and anti clerical factions clash during religious processions. In Brest an anti clerical mob tried to seize the host from a priest as the procession neared the cathedral. Fifteen people, mostly women, injured in the melee.
James Shevlin son of a Minneapolis lumber merchant arrived in Buffalo with an attendant on his way from Dansville to home. While waiting for a train he tried to shoot the attendant claiming the spirit of Tecumseh urged the act. He is confined as an insane person and will be sent home Monday under guard. In Manchuria Russian troops have largely evacuated Shinking with trade at a standstill.
John Shannon an old customer refused the usual tip at a New York bar. He allegedly slashed a patron’s lips with a razor in the ensuing melee. He was held in 500 dollars for examination.
Judge Kohisaat granted discharge to John A and Alexander Davidson of Davidson Bros Marble Co wiping out $1 431 838 in debts. Also noted Chicago death of Samuel Vernon Steele, a renowned dramatic and musical critic, from bronchitis linked to illness after the World’s Fair.
In Omaha on June 22 the jury in the case of Line Tinnfer, 25th Infantry, verdicted murder in the first degree but without imposing the death sentence for the murder of Sergt. Robert Yourse.
June 22 Livingston Missouri reports fear among Bridger Creek ranchers as a grasshopper plague multiplies with alarming speed. The article notes extreme concern and potential economic impact on local farms and livestock, signaling a historic pest outbreak for the region.
A sweeping list recalls royal and political assassinations from Julius Caesar in 44 B C to modern figures like McKinley in 1901. The chronicle names kings queens ministers and rulers slain in Belgrade London Paris and beyond, highlighting each casualty and notable details of the murders or attempts.
A Milwaukee wood thief is sentenced to 30 days in the house of correction. A well meaning attorney pleads for leniency, then slyly instructs the prisoner to visit the facility with a paper and five cents. The prisoner complies, honoring the odd bargain.
Burlington Route promotes low summer fares to Colorado Minnesota California with rates advertised as less than half or about one fare plus two dollars for round trips. The notice lists travel windows from June through August and cites L. W. Wakerer G PLA, 604 Pine Street, St. Louis, Missouri as contact for proposed routing.
An excerpt from the Flie gende Bletter humorously lampoons modern authorship and pride. A hotel guest compliments the bill of fare, and the head waiter responds with a wry line about the author. The dialogue highlights the era’s vanity and social satire through concise wit.
It cures while you walk. Allen's Foot-Ease relieves hot burning skin corns callus and swelling. Sold by all druggists. Price 25 cents. Trial package free. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A Baltimore American line recalls Nero amid an automobile race, exclaiming in mock grandeur that with many such divinities Te could have witnessed regal carnage. The shade of Nero muses on the spectacle and the possible wonders of an expansive crowd.
A joke ad fragment promotes free mailings of periodicals including The Groiden Square Timely Topics Old Mexico and more. It provides the address Katy 512 Wainwingar Brig St Louis Mo and adds light banter about tracing Norman ancestry with De Courcy Smythe and a Winkle quip referencing the Normans.
John W. Meng of Indianapolis a state representative for Indianapolis Business College credits Peruna with curing months of stomach indigestion and catarrh after six weeks of faithful use. Willis Brewer U S representative from Alabama endorses Peruna as a tonic and returns for more, praising its effects.
A brief cartoon style exchange humorously contrasts work and marriage prospects. Ned quips women prefer stable income, while Ted notes many men face bias. Prose delivered in a Puck magazine tone reflects social dating tensions.
An old clipping offers medical quackery lines for a cold cure with a 25 cent price and a refund guarantee. It also mentions the Overland Limited train service from Chicago to the Coast via Union Pacific and North Western Line. Witty ad quips about tips and worry pepper the fragment, with a Shenstone quote on aging.
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