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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1896
Page
3
Fragmented OCR style diary of small town happenings in Oden and nearby areas. Mentions lectures, visiting farmers, hardware stock, furniture refinishing offers, church events, and local store announcements with numerous names and places.
The page blends community updates and ads naming Washington figures, vendors, meetings, and street work with mentions of elections, lectures, and improvements. Readers learn of council actions, store openings, and local commerce while politicians and residents are cited by name in a snapshot of daily town life.
The town board held a session Tuesday night at the Starri House. The following claims were allowed: Croske, Marsha E41 tn Jon Meow, treasurer. Stoner, Hardware. Seamon Cooper, Lumber. Cylon Journal, Printing. Elevion Sheriffs. Stewart Herbert. The new town officers were sworn in and prepared to file their beads.
The item notes Gaither & Pickett offering furniture carpet and rockers at low prices. It mentions Reverend J D Uertsock preaching at the M E Church, street repairs, and a fire at Mr Scomp’s barn on E Main Street with losses to Ali Scoup’s property. It also markets undertaker supplies and an upcoming excursion in Sr. Lands.
The column lists various named individuals such as Dean Carrell Aunt Mahala Betchel and Miss Bate Botested with scattered references to Marin Counts Greene Conte Tedford cone and Was i WH bro. It reads like a fragmentary weather and social notes page with odd spellings and incomplete sentences.
Multiple community items list residents buying wool working on projects and digging a cellar. marriages noted for Thomas Scott and Rebecca Kuinn last Wednesday. Townspeople attended church at Liberty and social evenings at Warren with local families mentioned.
The page reviews students in a Geometry class excelling this week and notes various school activities. It mentions a Notussites Knels group photos, grammar students at a course, and a focus on music classes under Mrs. Clark, plus a remark about a judge attending two sessions simultaneously.
Elmer Leyns and Josep Marshal visited Sunday while Rev James Carbon of Owensburg traveled to see relatives. George Besley and wife from Linton spent the day here with James Sinclair visiting his best girl. Rens Vickers made a business trip to Shears Tresilay. Anna Eaton returned from a Liinois trip. A saloon has been planted again.
An advertisement claims a universal remedy called Caturrah Het ig coostigeiunal treatment can cure a disease by destroying harmful tissues and rebuilding constitution. It warns against traditional medicines and cites supposed trials, urging readers to request testimonials from UHENNEY & Co in Toledo Ohio and The Halls Family Puls as best.
Partial OCR text offers domestic guidance urging patience with wives and remedies. Mentions keeping a bottle of cough remedy at home and notes shopkeeper W. Draggist selling the product. Difficult to parse, but reflects tipsy, period advertising tone.
Fragmentary text mentions dilution and warnings for those with complaints. Numeric bits and names appear garbled, suggesting a medical or remedy notice with uncertain details.
Fragmentary text mentions a possible health risk from a product and references severe cold conditions. No clear events, people, or organizations are identifiable.
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