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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1891
Page
4
The text presents questions about a man’s feelings and lists symptoms such as a gnawing insatiable appetite, lack of desire for meals, fault finding at table, loathing of food after appetite, irregular bowels, and peculiar stools attributed to August Flower the Remedy. It frames likely health concerns and remedies in a promotional tone.
A Seymour butcher finds bartered items inside a cow including a half dollar and nails. A Milan man shoots himself on the track after threats. Several judges and lawyers change seats while others face indictments. Weathered quarries, rail injuries, and a 108 year old death mark a busy Indiana day.
Indiana lawmakers debate tax revisions and railroad wage provisions. Senate considering Op penheim tax changes and a display grant for the world’s fair while House passes an appellate court bill and a gas plant procurement measure. Also reports on elections law, county financing by bonds, and local vetoes or amendments.
A dated collage of ad copy and quotes touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward offer and testimonials. The text includes endorsements from Toledo druggists West Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin, plus mentions of F. J. Cheney and Coexer & Co, and sells at 75 cents per bottle. Also features a satirical exchange about a seven cent head wearing a five dollar straw hat.
The Burlington Route from Chicago through Peoria and St Louis to Deadwood is now finished with daily passenger trains running via Lincoln Nebraska and Custer South Dakota and Newcastle Wyoming. Sleeping cars are provided to Deadwood. The Boston Traveler quips that it is better for a young man to have baggy trousers at the knees than brains bagged at the ears.
A collage of old ad taglines promoting Syrup of Figs Dobbins Electric Soap Carter's Little Liver Pills Brown's Bronchial Troches and various testimonials. It cites claims of health renewal in syrup, soap longevity since 1805, Treasury notes edition de luxe, and a praising quote from Philadelphia Press. Individual figures and places mention products and consumer endorsements.
A firm boasting national reach funds newspaper ads to push Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription for women. The copy promises a full money back guarantee if the medicines fail, while detailing prices of one dollar per bottle. The account questions the firms faith and potential losses should the products prove worthless.
A mixed jumble of patent medicine slogans and brief quips appears, touting Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Carter’s Little Liver Pills, along with Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh and a jab about electric company expenses. The text reads like a catalog of ads and stray lines from a 19th or early 20th century page.
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