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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1901
Page
4
A printed appeal from Washington promotes Peruana as a tonic that boosts strength, vigor, and appetite, claiming it cures catarrh. Multiple local names, dates, and places appear, including testimonials from W.O. Roach in North Dakota and others praising its efficacy despite uncertain details.
Indianapolis Feb 19 Barlow promotes saloon smashing bill urging passage while his electricity in legal executions bill is amended to return to rope. House and Senate actions include state property sales metropol itan police bills charter measures and antitrust efforts. By Feb 22 lawmakers discuss bribery charges and consolidation road bills amid heated floor debate.
Milncie Ind February 25 Train 16, the new eastbound Wullman St Louis New York express on the Big Four, surged toward Muncie with air brakes failing. Engineer Tamblyn shut off steam near the city but brakes refused to work until a Madison Street stop narrowly prevented a collision with the Knickerbocker freight as passengers faced a frightening run.
Indianapolis Indiana Loyal Legion commandery held its annual Washingtons Birthday event at the German house with a banquet at 5 o'clock after a business meeting. Gen J C Black of Illinois was absent due to inflammatory rheumatism. Guests included Civil War veterans and Adm George Brown presided.
The police hunt a Negro in the Irvington area after he assaulted and robbed Miss Dorothy J. Darter, 20, leaving her in serious condition. She was thrown down an embankment and badly harmed. A mass meeting and reward were announced amid talks of possible lynching.
Discovered on a farm north of Petersburg Indiana the remains are believed to be Thomas Lear and John Henry Halies two wealthy farmers who vanished over a decade ago after a trip to a town to deposit money. One skeleton shows a broken index finger while the other is described as incomplete.
A wife tells of a well known congressman alarmed by noises in the night. He ignores her plea and jokes there are thieves, but she asserts danger. He finally quips that the thieves are all in the senate, delivering a sharp political punchline.
The note describes Farini’s circus stunt plan to wheel the Prince of Wales in a wheelbarrow over a tight rope to the United States at Niagara Falls. It promises spectators a refund if an accident occurs, while claiming little danger.
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It explains blockage of the Eustachian tube causes deafness, often linked to catarrh, and pledges $100 for any deafness from catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes Toledo, Ohio based firm F J Cheney Co and product details.
A humorous fragment shows a patient question about medical fate after consultation. The head physician replies that knowing the cause would have prevented a post-mortem, illustrating witty tension between certainty and mystery in medical discourse.
Readers are urged to try Casearets the bowel regulator praised for liver aid and overall well being. The ad touts millions of boxes sold last year at affordable prices with a money back guarantee if unsatisfactory. Each box is claimed to last a month for even severe cases.
In the Philadelphia Record a whimsical line notes mutton offered by a butcher named Lego in the AUC context. The column evokes period slang and locality references with playful phrasing.
An advertorial note promotes Laxative Bramo Quinine Tablets with a 23c price and money back guarantee if they fail to cure. The snippet also includes a brief and unrelated discussion about Mars communication and quotes from various periodicals and letters. The date shown is February 17, 1960.
Elkhart Feb 25 a Wabash passenger train struck a sled carrying several persons killing three and injuring one. The dead are Christian Watter a farmer Louis Wagner and Christian Deere aged 25. Edward Wagner and another son suffered severe injuries. The horses were not injured.
A thoughtful piece warns that trust issues threaten social order and compares them to stomach disorders. It advises using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to cure ailments and prevent indigestion malaria and related fever. The text urges a decisive response to trust problems before they worsen.
Conversation reveals Mrs. Greene and Mrs. Gray discuss the Chittings who have acquired money from an uncle. They note a change in table fare from mincemeat to croquettes as a sign of social pretension.
Mrs A A Bailey of Cleveland writes of her daughter's four to five year sore eyelids improving with Pahner's Lotion and Lotion Soap. The ad urges readers to obtain simples from Sulan Palmer of New York if their druggist lacks the product.
Towne Our friend Andersham says he has a fine situation. Browne estimates about 32 a week. The wife allows him that salary, not his own declaration.
Special low rate colonist tickets to California offered by the Southern Pacific Company on Ogden and Sunset Routes. Fares from Chicago 330.00, from St. Louis Memphis and New Orleans 827.00, with other east and north points similarly discounted. For details contact W. G. Neimyer Chicago, G. W. A. Jr. PL Co Cincinnati, G. G. Herring Pittsburg, LE. Townsler St. Louis, and S&S P Co Kansas City.
Floxsie's cure claims to help children with croup membranous croup diphtheria pneumonia and whooping cough. Sold for 54 cents with no opium.
A fragment from the Ohio State Journal recalls a fond father and a boy’s advantages in a bygone era. The dialogue hints at class or generational contrast in a clipped historical snippet.
Muddled report describes a tasteless cure labeled Grove's Tasteless Chul Tonie priced simply as a remedy. It mentions a farm origin and vague payment terms with confusion over ingredients and purpose.
A collage of vintage quips from Atchison Globe Chicago Daily News and others. It notes marriage money debt aging and morals with wry lines about bachelors and warriage misprints and playful product plugs.
A playful quotation asks whether the canopy of heaven rests on the beams of the umucn, reflecting Ally Sloper style whimsy about celestial supports.
The shannaabi opinion of the veterans of the Mexican War was held in this city Freblus. Map Mulkey of Bloom imnetan presiding over the meeting. Delegates present were nearly 72 years of age, many older. Men recalled fighting with Scott from Vera Cruz to Alexios City and others who fought under Taylor from Rio Grande to Menesit. Over a hundred veterans attended.
In Vokcomo Josiah Reed predicted his death after attending a neighbor's funeral and was found dead in his chair two weeks later. In Versailles near here the home of George James burned, killing James and four daughters while Mrs. James and another daughter were away.
Hugh MecWintere of New York defeated Eugene Bezenah of Covington, Kentucky on points after 20 rounds at the Alexandria Athletic Club. Bezenah pressured hard, but MecWintere was the clear favorite in a surprising decision.
In Delevire, Muncie, managers of the Ideal stave works announce a contrast with the Commercial club at Sandusky Ohio over relocating the plant to that city. Trouble with unions cited as the reason for the removal.
Anderson Indiana February 25 Mrs Cal Riekhart 23 took strychnine in a suicide Sunday night following a quarrel with her husband a piano dealer who had employed two men instead of one. The incident ends in her death by her own action.
The three year old child of James McCleary living at Spurgeon fell into a grate and died from burns. Mrs. McCleary nearly lost her life while trying to save it.
Fortville story notes plans under way for capitalization of electric lines from this city to Tipton Kokomo Logansport Delphi Lafayette Crawfordsville and Lebanon. Petitions for franchises will be prepared at once. Green Goods Scheme in South Bend: Arthur Haven confessed to operating a counterfeiting letter scheme.
Gattty of Mackmall, Knutington, Feb 23 Albert Lamarble pleaded autere to Kinckmail Priday and was given 400 dollars fine and an indeterminate penitentiary sentence May Lose His Eyes. Shetbyville, Feb 23 Charles Vanion, a prominent young man, attempted to assault saloonkeeper Edward Miller. Miller struck him with a beer bottle, leaving Vanion probably fatally injured with both eyes nearly cut from the sockets.
Evansville Indiana February 23 Mrs Clara Thompson of Nashville and two children were involved in a kidnapping incident at Owensville Gibson County. The husband Boones Bition papers.
Burnham's Tasty Jelly uses orange lemon strawberry raspberry peach wild cherry and vanilla flavors. Dissolve in hot water and cool then use for wine and coffee jellies with an easy package available at your grocer.
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