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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
2
The Adon Journal from Odon Indiana lists mailing details and rates for subscriptions and advertising. Editor Wilson C Myers notes ad discounts for church events and a town election update mentions the Legislature adjournment and forthcoming candidate considerations. Local court trials on vote sellers are postponed with forty three convictions plus ten year disfranchisement for each.
Records show M J Callahan & Co plan to rebuild their Loogeootee store after a recent blaze. A Washington court granted liquor licenses to Henry Shuck, Wil Hawkins, J W H Smith and Gus Keifer. others approved for W A Clark and John Beckett.
A muddled piece links Sir Walter Raleigh to introducing potatoes to Ireland and recalls a Cork era tale of planting potatoes at Youghal and a servant dousing him with water while he smoked. It also explains silk spun by the Mediterranean shellfish pinna, describing harvesting, washing, drying, and the golden brown thread produced.
A joke exchange contrasts a pessimist fearing debtors won’t pay with an optimist trusting they will. The dialogue also notes a man who scolds his wife does not dare to do so at home, implying private restraint.
The Musical presented by the Southern Indiana Band last Thursday night in Danner's new opera house drew a packed crowd and funds. C E O’Dell spoke on the First Odon Band, organized July 1876 with charter members C E O’Dell John B Crooke J H Garten Mason Palmer Milo Smiley Albert Burrell Harve Correll Jas M Crooke Geo Correll Wm Bond Henry C Correll John W Shaffer.
On Saturday March 14 at 1 pm a program lists sessions in Model Lesson in Primary Work Edna Skemp Paper select A E Hubbard Ornithology Mary Harman Darwinism Ed Richardson Original Work E A O Dell Tariff Legislation John McCarter and P M Laughlin A Hobo thro a Zobo J E Garten Frumentin Bennett Katch Program finished with Pho netics and Lissajous tempered gamut M W H Katch Sub auspiciis E W Bennet
Readers urged to mention seeing merchants' ads in this paper when making purchases. The note stresses a small favor that benefits the paper and its merchants.
An old label defends Grove's Tastle Chill Tonic as containing plain iron and quinine with no claim of cure. It warns there is no guaranteed remedy and notes a 40 cent price. The text cites a joke about theft without cause.
An advertisement credits authorities with debunking split-body nutrition myths and promotes Green's August Flower as a remedy to aid digestion, purify blood, and boost vitality. It claims regular use prevents indigestion and supports overall health, offered at Z. Websters for 2% and Ti.
The document lists members of grand and petit juries with their associated townships including Veale Elmer Ennis Elmore E S Pershing Madison Newton Daugherty Steele Jno A Mudd Washington Reeve and others. A separate petit jury roster names Jno F Blanford Jas Edwards Jno Evans Joe N McBride Jno Baker W R Neeremer Alvin P Gilley Geo F Ellis Thomas Scott Jos Bogner Alfred Mead and Fred W Shaffer.
Mrs Daniel Duoshanm marked her 26th birthday with a home gathering in Elnora. Her visitors from Odon included her mother Mrs B L Jacobs and sisters Sallie Jacobs Lola Jacobs and Mrs James McCoy. Also present was Mrs Frank Jacobs, wife of her brother, to help celebrate.
An invitation to subscribe to The Globe-Devorest newspaper of St Louis as the premier English language paper for a global audience. It highlights wide circulation across the United States Canada Mexico and beyond and urges readers to ensure a home copy during the coming year.
Justin the nick of time was saved from a terrible cough and illness caused by Pleasant Cite and Ohie Phennestta. Dr Rings New Diservers claimed success, with free trial bottles advertised. The notice urges readers to trust supposed remedies as the child recovers and returns home.
An old advertisement-like piece claims jewels and luxury drive health routines but warns women risk health for possessions. It urges fortitude against coughs and lung disease and promotes a supposed cure from Boschers Germingg with claims of rapid lung healing and chest relief. It ends with price and a call to share the remedy.
Advert boasted by H Williams of San Antonio Texas touts Buck Litt Arotea Salve as a cure for ulcers wounds piles and leg sores claiming relief in five days. Other notes promote Little Early Risers pills as a remedy for constipation sick headache torpid liver and related ailments. Also a line about Canada’s forest export value totaling 20 954 689 dollars.
An old Virginia remedy advertises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs and colds. The notice claims long national use, customer satisfaction, and quick relief. The ad urges readers to buy from Z Webster and notes local hours and storefronts.
Kodol is advertised to perform stomach digestion by supplying natural digestive juices and easing nervous tension while allowing stomach muscles to rest. The copy asserts it digests food and helps convert it into blood, signed W. L. Stow. People often speak of rebuffs.
An advertisement touts Humphreys Witch Hazel Oil for piles with claims of permanent relief from external and internal hemorrhoids. It promotes free sample mailing and a single application to cure, listing three sizes priced 35c and 1.00.
During a sudden croup fit a little girl was unconscious from strangulation. Postmaster A L Stafford of Checter Michigan and many present used One Minute Cough Cure. It reduced swelling and inflammation, cleared mucus, and helped the child rest and recover quickly. The remedy is said to cure coughs colds la grippe throat and lung troubles.
Ad touts Vital Weakness and Prostration from overwork and other causes. Humphreys' Homeopathic Specific No 28 in use over 40 years claimed sole successful remedy. Price: $1 per vial or special package for serious cases.
Judge Ely ruled that a company that accepts and uses a municipal factory bonus must honor the agreement or refund the bonus plus interest if specified. Citizens may seek injunctions before a bonus is given, but once accepted the company cannot later challenge the legality. The decision affects city practice on inducements to locate factories.
An advertising block extols Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for dysentery headaches and nervous tension. It claims the tablets cleanse the stomach improve appetite and regulate liver and bowels with easy to take pleasant tasting tablets available from local sellers.
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