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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1896
Page
3
A notice invites readers to visit our new business quarters to explore offerings including Harrows Binders and related equipment. The text promotes a call to see xa for Plus Harrows Binders and mentions mowers and stroves, with a focus on inviting engagement.
Friends gathered at Uncle John Haig’s home Saturday night to celebrate his sixteenth birthday with a full surprise reception. The surprise was complete and the feast pleasing, with all wishing him many more birthdays, though eight years must pass before the next.
A brisk list of local notices and ads mentions Danner & Toelles stock of bicycles and goods, plus various residents' moves and errands. Mentions include Albert Besse in Odon, Dr Mitchell at Indian Springs, and real estate activity by Reason Bennett & Co. Community events, hotel work, and upcoming elections are noted along with periodicals deliveries and streetcar plans.
Fragmented items describe medical salve claims for piles and burns, a burial in Van Buren township, a Worthington Populist convention nomination, mortgage and real estate pitches, bicycle and gun repairs, and a travel route inquiry. Names include W T Dearmin, Mrs Jane Boardman, N H Motinger, J E Williams, Corvert, DeWitts Hazel Salve.
A mix of ads and notices mentions furniture repair by Dunlap & Burrell, One Minute Cough Cure claims, and local financial personalities. It notes payments on Main Street and Walnut, a loan request of 100 dollars secured by house mortgage, and Rev A W Awford reporting Westfield College is debt free with a bright future. urges patience for youth.
The journal reports 18 peaches safe in Good Hope as the season progresses. Good Hope boys will work gravel roads this summer. Mose Slinkard visited Newberry this week. J W Bennett traveled to Martin County to work at his old trade sketching pictures. Rev Will Moore begins a protracted meeting at Mud Pike for Rev Bell. The last night of school featured a near perfect spelling contest spoiled by a drunken row among town youths. Cope Culemarn.
March activities and visits fill the week with Miss Laura Taylor at the county seat and Bertha Dobbins visiting her parents. Riley Richardson studies theology while J M Stotts suffers pneumonia. Ketchem children ill, and Paris Loughlin with Willie Moulhard move to Greene County for work. Rev Worriner opens a protracted meeting at Mr Olive. Nova Marks signs off.
A Lebanon Cons. man credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with curing years of rheumatism after months of trial. Also ads offer low settlers and freight rates via Mobile Ohio lines and cite Simon Martmai of Tunnelton using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for quick relief. Ads preserved for W J Dearmin.
A letter urging the town board of Odeon to pass a spring cleanup ordinance. It calls for enforcing tidiness to remove rubbish and decaying boards cluttering streets and properties. The writer insists residents must take part or be compelled to maintain order.
Classified notice describes homes in a sunny area with favorable land prices in Georgia and South Carolina. Offers include set of classic literary works for £1 down and $100 monthly, with contact David Garey and Will K. Penrod. Also mentions rumors about a local school, noisy gossip, and street crossing issues in a West End district.
William W. Smith of Pougheepsie New York filed a complaint after a temperance paper the Searchlight issued an illustrated edition to boost his campaign. The edition misprinted a campaign club name as W W Smith Champagne Club and the entire issue was burned.
The report details depressed wages across trades in Australia with farm laborers earning about 2.25 to 2.50 pounds per week. Boys received 37 to 75 cents per week, bakers earned around 3.75, and woodchoppers about 1.25. The market shows drug-like inflation and labor strain.
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