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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1896
Page
3
A jumble of notices and commerce items covers travel gossip, property improvement, post office changes, and local business. Names like Barsh sisters, Danner & Toelle, Oden, and Worthington appear alongside ads for sewing goods, gardening, and school notes. Sailors, concerts, and a parade of small-town updates fill columns.
The fragmentary text mentions a beetle or cub, a person named Westy Poot Boks Bis, and a peculiar event. Details are unclear but imply a local note about a person and a consequence or outcome. The readable terms suggest a community or family context and a possible incident or ownership reference.
The Second District convention renominated A M Hardy for Congress and elected E F Polk of Knox County and Nat A Hill of Monroe as delegates to the St Louis convention.
Pastor J. D. Martsachk reports the winter campaign closed with 119 total additions since conference. Sunday Schools prosper. Epworth Leagues aid the pastor's work. Church ladies’ auxiliaries are enthusiastic and farsighted. all edges out. Christian duty kept before members with the call to do God’s business.
A garbled local column discusses roads and weather, community events, and gossip. Mentions Pearson company remarks, school bells, funerals, and calls for subscriptions. References a spring term student count and local residents in a dated, informal tone.
From the Journal’s able correspondents comes a country news update with clear reporting on local events and notable happenings across towns. Readable brief items summarize governance, weather, and community notices for residents.
Local items report Polly Ketchem illness and Chae Adams visiting Still on Saturday. Shade trees planted at Pleasant Hill and a baptism conducted by Rev. Brewer at Peter Walter's pasture last Sunday. A marriage at a bride's home plus Miss Mary Fetler's school opening. A church dinner for teachers and pupils noted. Various visits and travel noted among area residents.
In town this week residents discussed a rosary workshop and a church closure on Tuesday. Mrs. David Riggt 4, a long-time resident and mother of 23, has died and was buried at Bil er cemetery. The Third Analamanes ceremony honored Van Buren graduates with noted essays by Dore Higgins and others, with addresses by Prof. Faskeris and County Superintendent Wallace.
Piles of people have piles but De Witts Witch Hazel Salve promises fast relief. It claims to heal burns and wounds with no pain and soothes itching and chapped lips. W T Dearmin Seething promotes this remedy as a cure for piles and skin ailments.
The Journal notes ongoing friction between the school board teachers and citizens aid by a poetic call to consistency. An ad copy promotes One Minute Cone Cure claiming to cure insomnia and health issues, urging readers to purchase it.
Fragmentary ad text mentions a cough remedy and a call to action. The snippet references unclear names and stray phrases about a right place and a wine item. The readable content centers on a cough cure product claim and a promotional tone.
A local reader extols industry and rejects idleness as harmful to society. The letter argues every wasted minute cannot be recovered and links loafing to crime. It cites recurring health attacks as motivation to seek remedy and mentions a patent remedy briefly.
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