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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1890
Page
4
A May session summary notes Senate actions on the silver bill, pension and military appropriations, and top House debates on tariff measures in Washington. McKinley aimed to curb general debate hours while leaders pressed amendments on pensions and naval transfers.
Senator Cuay states he will not resign as Chairman of the Republican Committee. A New York memorial day orator will be J. P. Douven of Iowa. Two trains collided at an Allentown crossing, causing two deaths and several injuries. Twenty seven freshmen at Wittenberg College suspended. Danien Rogers of Pittsburgh attempted suicide by inhaling a jet. he is unconscious and may die. An ex judge intervened in a prison dispute and crowds threatened a riot. A government contract moves Ordnance Works from Boston to East Chattanooga with a $300 900 cost and over five hundred workers.
Miscellany items range from graves of three husbands in a Detroit area cemetery and walnut trees in Delphi Indiana sold for 10000 dollars to a prisoner seeking a year’s stay to care for garden beds. Additional notes cover telegraphers coding messages by tapping hands, a dog messenger at a freight office, ivy covering a Porterville store, and long beard histories from a Smoky Mountains resident. Also included are culinary tips for asparagus on toast, frog lifecycle notes from Menasha Wisconsin, a Scots coast lighthouse fog incident, and a courtroom quip in St Paul about disciplining a child with a humorous exchange.
In a St Louis gym a self defense discussion among six men turned into a street style fight. A Cincinnati man challenged milder methods and selected a plasterer as a volunteer. The plasterer knocked his opponent out in under two minutes, collected five dollars, and left, while the challenger pondered the odd outcome.
The Gordian Knot tale recounts Gordius the peasant king of Phrygia who tied a prophetic knot to a beam. Alexander the Great cut the knot with his sword, giving rise to the phrase meaning a bold solution to a great difficulty as reported by St. Louis Republic.
A fragmented ad style piece touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a cure for women with claims of transforming Hannah Jane from weak to well. It also advertises Pierce’s Pellets and Carter’s Little Liver Pills and references Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for indigestion and other ailments in a period-tinged voice.
Frank J. Cheney senior partner of J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each uncured catarrh case. Notary public Iseary A W Greason witnesses the oath dated December 6 1886. Bail’s Catarrh Cure advertised as blood mucous system treatment. Yonkers Gazette reference.
Home Seekers Excursions on Tuesdays April 22 and May 20 offer half rate tickets to farming regions in the West Northwest and Southwest. Limit thirty days. For tickets rates times call or write P. Estes, Gen Pass and Ticket Agent Chicago. There is usually something on foot when a man visits the chiropodist.
A San Francisco Alta article touts Syrup of Figs as a tasty easy to take remedy that is gentle yet effective for laxative and diuretic needs and suitable for health. It notes progress and the appeal to taste and stomach acceptance. It adds a cultural quip about Russian students singing "God Preserve the Czar."
An advertisement notes Hartman Manufacturing Company of Beaver Falls Pa as a reliable firm selling Hartman Steel Picket Fence with testimonials. It invites readers to write for particulars and mentions other periodical notices and various consumer products and quips from Pittsburgh Chronicle style items.
A tale contrasts a horse owner who avoids betting on his famed flyer with a claim about Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The piece extols the tonic as strengthening, nerve soothing, and a remedy for female weakness and various disorders, backed by public endorsement and wide use.
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