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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1890
Page
4
Washington April 23 Secretary Rusk writes to farmers outlining causes of the agricultural low mood. He blames careless farming methods high land ownership and middlemen and urges higher duties on agricultural products while arguing for tax reform and protective measures to boost the rural economy.
Fire at the King and Hamilton implement works in Ortawa TH destroyed the building except the paint shop. The pattern room on the second floor started the blaze. The firm had wagons and farm implements heavily stocked, all lost. Loss estimated around 70 000 pounds.
David Taggart, president of the State Senate, was inaugurated as acting governor by the Executive Council to discharge gubernatorial duties during Governor Goodell’s illness. This marks the first time since 1784 that the Senate president has filled the governorship.
Ex mayor Eli Colby of Frroennune Massachusetts died by suicide after a long illness. He left his home Monday morning and was later found dead near a bridge on the outskirts. Authorities cited an affection of the brain as the cause.
Mamie Murphy twenty was murdered by Charles Jackson a competitor at Chris Johnsons saloon shortly after midnight Monday night The quarrel led Jackson to draw a knife and slit the woman's throat Jackson faces murder charges in New York Police District court The report notes the grisly slaying and ties it to a recent contest incident.
STATE INTELLIGENCE reports unidentified remains in Terre Haute. James Thompson arrested in Columbus for revenue law violation. Jas Lankford of Sanborn gets one year for rifling a registered letter. John Lirner badly hurt at New Point. Albert Burt found dead in a well near Napoleon. Republicans nominate H. A. Johnson for Congress in New Castle District. Madison school board selects J. Cannacy as superintendent after sixty four applicants. Prisoners escape Marion jail. Apom Haskett commits suicide near Martinsville. Park Vermilion Republicans nominate George W. Hobson for State Senate. Ft Wayne canters union to $2.25 daily for nine hours. Fish Commissioner Dennis to sue violators in Dubois County. Mrs Martha Retherford dies after typhoid. family beset with outbreak. A loaded revolver nearly kills a warfate smasher in Indianapolis. Crust Hingcenpungh buys delinquent tax lot in Indianapolis. sale deemed illegal. Brown County notes: no railroad, tallest man, and a 18 inch boy. Lis cround gas bore hits mineral water at Spencer. Thirteen year old shoots eleven year old in Brazil. John Sage murder trial set for May. Indianapolis coal shipments near 3,000 carloads. Local carpenters strike settled at eight hours thirty cents. Joshron LeClair killed by engine near Hanna Station. Davin Whyte was killed near Marion. Columbus Starch Works to reopen June 1. Detective James I. Graham deemed insane. John Ropes Milsen drowns in Indianapolis canal. Hosea whipping case fund raised by G A R Post. Parker crushed to death at Columbus mills. Clinton County auditor nominee Ford Davis dies of horse kick. Brazil records note about 29,000 large
From a Nineteenth Century note the jaguar and puma are the chief carnivores on the pampas. The puma is more abundant and adaptable than the jaguar though both share space with grasscat and woodcat. Canids include Azara’s gray fox like dog and the rare aguara or maned wolf, with tales of its red coat and nocturnal screams.
A narrative features Mrs W envying a healthier neighbor who says she is cured by Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription and other tonics. The piece promotes patent medicines like Prence pellets and Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as fixes for female weakness dyspepsia and blues with warnings about distrust in riches and health claims.
An advertisement claims a positive remedy cures consumption and offers two free bottles to readers who mail their address. The note is signed by T A Stoces MC of 15 Pearl Street New York. The clipping also repeats a quip from the Washington Star and promotes Syrup of Figs for kidneys liver and bowels with prices 50c and 1.00.
A vintage advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy. It includes endorsements from West Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin druggists in Toledo and claims of reliability and nationwide sale.
A Baltimore American advertisement touts Lir Novels Free to readers in the U S and Canada via Cragins and Co Philadelphia upon mailing 25 soap wrappers. It notes a circulars list of novels and compares a barrel filling to a man’s unruly nature.
An old Kearney Enterprise ad touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills as a cure for headaches. It promotes a small dose, one pill, at a small price and includes a brief romantic aside about a young doctor.
Fragmented lines praise various patent remedies and consumer products. Beecher quotes praise for Brown's Bronchial Traches while echoing promotional tones for Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Piso's Cure for Consumption. Odd notices include an elevator boot patent and a pocket match-safe offer.
The piece extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a legitimate vegetable medicine for women’s disorders. It claims to strengthen the system, aid digestion, calm nervous symptoms, and help with uterine ailments, offering a money back guarantee and a 160 page book upon sending ten cents. It lists Buffalo as the address and 1.00 price.
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