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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1897
Page
2
The readable fragments mention several names and a place but lack context. It appears to be an OCR damaged clipping with scattered proper nouns and phrases such as personal names and a location, offering no clear event or dates to summarize.
Fragmentary notice describes an event at Menaia with a reference to pedicatedags and a tie pet a, mentioning a procession or observance and a response after a specific departure. Names and places are distorted in the OCR.
The Washington Advertiser notes bids to address great crop losses across Southern Tudtuna and Ulin due to destructive pests. It warns the pest threat is earlier and more severe than anticipated, risking wheat in multiple counties.
A controversial publication triggers a local feud as a man faces social backlash. Sixteen young ladies demand a retraction while the village contends with moral judgments about a well off girl and her working mother.
The piece notes wage limits for Indian laborers at five to ten cents a day and compares grain prices to a dollar twenty five a bushel. It argues famine danger remains unless protected mills provide work, citing President McKinley’s mill protection stance and potential revival in business with protective tariffs.
The readable lines reference candidates, dates, and events around a political process. Mentions include a page 4 date, a creed, a ban, and references to leaders, places, and general campaign activity with several garbled terms.
A town order warns residents to remove nuisance debris and renovate unsafe areas by a June deadline or face cleaning costs. The Board of Health and Secretary Hedrick enforce the rule while noting related street improvement on Main Street with a brick and stone cover over a new bridge.
A Sunday morning blaze devastated several storefronts and a noted opera house on Locust Field. Fire swept the east public square, causing total losses estimated around 50 thousand dollars with Gravé and Laster hardware among the heaviest insured, and many firms reported damage or destruction.
Local items report court term activity, church events, weddings, and community notices. Mentions include court in session, a Childrens Mission Band formation, a Giant local article, and residents visiting Terre Haute for school. Obituary notes list Henry Herron and others, with scattered social and business updates across the county.
John Wesley Neal born 1851 in Ohio moved with his mother to this place as a child. He died on the 2nd of this month after 17 months confined by consumption. He lived a quiet life, valued knowledge, and was loyal to friends. a painter by trade, a Republican, and a devout agnostic in writings.
Mr. Abe Weaver and wife and Mr. Charles Bean and wife of Mud Pike were guests of Rev. Lashbrook on Tuesday. They remembered their pastor and wife with substantial gifts that were greatly appreciated.
An old advertisement claims urine tests reveal kidney disease and promotes Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a universal cure. It cites back pain, frequent urination, and urinary issues as signs, adds free bottle offers, and urges sending for samples from Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
The county board met in Washington Saturday and approved a wage rule for teachers. It sets per diem wages by multiplying the general average by 24, with towns or cities exempt at the board's option. Township trustees may adjust wages if funds are insufficient, using a uniform percent cut. Graduation exam rooms will be restricted to exam applicants and the examiner.
In Elnora last Monday voters chose Marshal W L Hastings Clerk D J Riley and Treasurer C T Muillshemier with Trustee H However. Ai Loogootee elected Marshal Stephen McMurphy Treasurer Chas Patterson Clerk Chas Lions Trustees L F Cunningham and Silas Urvotee. In Montgomery Idarshal U S Hipshur became treasurer with Clerk un Ro Wedding and Trustees Geo Wade Nance O Nevl and J M Graves.
50 lbs. of Coal A day would keep your rooms warm in winter. But that small stove will burn only twenty-two. Hence discomfort and misery. A certain amount of fat, turned daily, would keep your body warm and healthy. But your direction is bad, and you don't get it from ordinary fat food. Hence you are chilly, you catch cold easily, you have coughs and shivers, while pneumonia, bronchitis, or consumption finds you with no resistive power. Do this. Burn better fuel. Use SCOTT'S EMULSION of Cod-liver Oil. Appetite and digestive power will revive, and soon a warm coating of good flesh will protect the vital organs against the cold and the body against disease. Two sizes, 50 cts. and $5.00 Book free for the asking. SCOTT & BOWNE, New York.
The favorite North and South Line places tickets on sale at all depots north of the Ohio River at reduced rates for ite patrons. Tickets will be available daily until South, Tsh7, and valid through June 1859. Passengers may stop over at southern points. For inquiries contact Railroad Ticket Agent or W. B. Land, General Agent, 215 N Fourth St. Louis, Mo. G Mann, ELE Posey, General Manager. Mobile Alabama
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