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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1894
Page
4
The article recalls a medieval Bohemian custom where a lord taxed peasants after a monkey he kept escaped and was killed by frightened villagers. The tax endured as a yearly levy through the centuries as a relic of feudal impositions.
Fragmented text shows multiple medical advertisements toutting powerfully marketed cures. Claims include tonics for coughs breath issues and general vitality, with names like Medical Discoveries and Hydrotherapies.
An old advertisement claims Lincoln Tisa Co cures diseases of the liver and kidneys and offers benefits for women and men. The product allegedly promotes vigor, relieves constipation, improves complexion, and prevents dyspepsia. Priced at 25 cents with free sample, available at druggists or by mail from Fort Wayne Indiana.
The readable lines show garbled phrases about a miller and a maiden with scattered words like fresh and tender, die pot anatee, and waning sighs. The fragmentary nature suggests an aged literary or legal notice damaged beyond clear interpretation.
Susie Barclay, an orphaned music pupil and church helper in Rosedale, faces rivalry with Bessie Stacey. She secretly saves ten dollars for an Easter cross, then learns of Mrs Byrne's need and secretly funds Nora, a sick child, revealing in the end that Mr Castleton confirms Susie's true, selfless act amid accusations of hypocrisy.
Easter gains popularity as a cheerful holiday, seen as a time of new life and happiness beyond strict austerity. Children lead the joy, with processions, gifts, visits, and festive cheer spreading through society and across nations.
A playful collection of romantic fancies and quips. The verses describe a courting scene with a hopeful lover, a passing girl, and imagined dialogue. Quotations from The Detroit Free Press appear among light musings on love and femininity.
The New England farmer is praised for extreme economy and thrift shaped by harsh climate and poor soil. The essay likens New Englanders to Scots and Puritans, noting stern theology, dry humor, stoic discipline, and deep affections beneath frugality.
A Toledo firm oath claims all partners liable for one hundred dollars regarding a catarrh cure with testimonials and a note on Hem Catarrh Cure taken internally. The text includes a notary public, a Sunday in December, and references to Crexel & Co Toledo.
The fragment cites a remark asking about the Wilkens children and a maxim about life from Young Men's Era. It reflects era tone with moral reflections and social observations common in periodicals. No clear event or local person beyond these quoted lines is identified.
A brief exchange quotes Mr Jason and Mrs Jason on the treatment of married women. They discuss how wives reflect on courtship and early marriage, suggesting that fairness and cruelty perceptions shift over time. The snippet also mentions a boy and a smith shop scene with a horse shoe request.
An odd clipped advertisement offers a Farm Wagon at 42.49 and a “world’s best” wagon for 242.50 with a barrel cart at 3.50. It urges sending the cutout to John A Salver Seed Co in La Crosse Wisconsin to receive a mammoth catalog. The text also twists through a line about Arizona politics and a coroner inquest from the San Francisco News Letter.
An illustrated book of Lincoln stories and anecdotes, many unpublished, will be sent free to anyone who mails their address to the Lincoln Tea Co., Et. Warne, Ind. The flyer promises no advertising in the book.
Promoters praise Syrup of Figs for cleansing the system and easing constipation. They claim it relaxes the kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them and cite its popularity among patients and the medical profession. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles and manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on each package.
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