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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1902
Page
3
The notice advertises a local shop offering a range of buggies and carriages at low prices. It promises a broad stock from harvesting to general footwear for gents and a line of harvester supplies.
Thornton Flinn remains in poor health while a stream of residents from Eaglesville Terre Haute and Indianapolis visit relatives. Primary election returns aid a Sailor’s and Soldier’s Monument dedication day crowds. stores report brisk business as townsfolk attend events and auctions.
Ellsworth Overton captured a large horned owl on Tuesday and displayed it in a cage belonging to Albert Diefendorfhee. The unusual event involved the distinctive feathered predator and drew local attention to the unusual exhibit.
Rev. Frank Boyd and his family have moved on to Georgetown after passing through last week. They previously traveled from Dayton Ohio where Mr Boyd attended a course at the B Seminary.
Miss Maud Garten traveled Thursday to Dieterich Illinois to stay with the Cooper family. Mrs Cooper among the household had been ill since departure but has now recovered.
Dr Spears of Edwardsport and Miss Jessie Taylor wed in Toledo on Wednesday and reached Van Suren township on Thursday en route to her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jas Taylor. The bride, a Toledo plate and glass factory book keeper, will reside in Edwardsport.
Farmers toil through clods and prayer for rain as a stream of visitors arrives. Thomas Wadsworth stays from Eaglesville while Hewett Wallick heads to Indiana polis. Miss Bessie Harman of Odon visits Miss Lola Wallick, with Burns City graduates and guests sharing news and birthday festivities at John Hubbard's home.
The text touts August Flower as the foremost medicine for indigestion and bilious issues. It claims doctors were scarce and uses the product to cleanse the system, halt fermentation, regulate the liver, and stimulate the nervous and organic systems.
Louis Smead, a young farmer east of Washington, was killed Monday when a tree he had cut while plowing fell on him. He died about ten hours after the accident, suffering multiple injuries. He leaves a wife and three children. his wife is the daughter of Frank P. Myers of Elnora.
A fragmentary note indicates Manley plans to sell 60 acres and a CSinojne farm of 80 acres with expected activity in a few days. Forsythe and Abs. ske & Forsythe are mentioned as associated parties in local real estate discussions.
Jacob O. Winklepleck hauls the county’s first rock load on the new road, with work starting Monday southward from the line between Van Buren and Madison township. The nine by nine road is to cover nine feet wide and nine inches deep with Richard Dunlap supervising and Grant Faith praising the effort as proper and just for Olon and Madison townships.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine depids as the remedy that cures a cold in one day. It also urges readers to work for the best salaries and wages possible, implying value in productivity.
Josh Edgar of Germantown Cal says fourteen years of teistic rheumatism left him unable to move freely. After trying many remedies he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and was immediately relieved and soon cured. He reports it has not returned and urges others to try it. Sold by Z Webster.
Cyrus A Harman, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Harman, died Wednesday at his Lasca home aged fifteen years and 26 days. Typhoid fever caused the death after a period of illness that followed poor health and school withdrawal. He was a quiet studious freshman at the local High School. Funeral services were conducted by Rev Thomas Wadsworth at Kilgour cemetery Thursday morning, with burial there. He leaves a father mother and several brothers and sisters.
An advertisement from Z Webster's Drug Store urges readers to try Stomach and Liver Tablets. It claims the tablets are easier to take, more pleasant in effect than pills, and not followed by constipation. Regular size costs 23 cents per box.
The Union Pacific chairman orders tender treatment for passengers ejected for unpaid fares, recalling Chauncey Depew’s early Central era. Brakemen are told to read station names in a clear tenor voice as part of the policy. A Poughkeepsie youth once asked Depew what tenor fit a $30 monthly wage.
A Springville Alabama mother recounts her three children illness with whooping cough last summer and credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with preventing serious effects. The baby was three months old and the oldest child often asked for cough syrup between fits. Also ad copy promotes Foleys kidney cure for kidney and bladder diseases and warns against selfish spending.
Earl Kelsey son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Kelsey near Lasca nearly dies after taking Laudanum to end pain from cramps. He bought two ounces at W L Stoy drugstore then again after breaking the bottle. He is recovering after antidotes and care at Dr Andersons. Accusations blame a love affair rejection by Miss Lillie Sommers.
A young girl named Violet screams at a wasp near the porch as her mother and others rush to her side. She hides in a corner with eyes wide and arm raised in fear believing the insect will sting. The scene ends with the mother asking what is wrong and Violet insisting the nasty fly will sting her.
A note promotes Boschee's German Syrup as the sole remedy effective for serious threat and lung diseases. It claims to heal tissues fight germs reduce inflammation and aid rest. The ad urges trying one bottle and mentions availability at 7 Websters with Green's Special Almanac.
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