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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1901
Page
3
Local notes report Carl Durrell has measles and many residents from surrounding townships and cities visited here for business or transit. Mentions include Hayes McNeely from Morgantown, Sheriff McCord from Washington, L. Ketcham from Burns City, and others. Also lists sales on potatoes and maple syrup, shop upgrades, and community happenings in Elnora and nearby towns.
The QOdon and Washington base ball teams will play the season opener here on Decoration Day.
Keck the Jeweler and Optician announces agency for McCall's Bazar patterns best fitting pattern made-10 and Loc. Patterns are in stock now and available by phone for ordering at the store.
Community updates list residents on sick leave travel and visits, with June 1 strawberry and ice cream festival announced by the Epworth League. Elections for local league officers noted, plus school and Misc. notices about farmers, auctions, and a drowning accident in a nearby well.
W. C. Garren advertises cash payments for beef hides horse hides fars green dry bones rubber tin foil capper brass and other materials at the highest market prices.
Advertisement announces Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a new remedy for costiveness. Each box is guaranteed and priced at 20 cents. Sold by Z Webster.
Two town trustees elected May 5, Win Sims from the first ward and Oliver Sommers from the third ward, joined by interim trustee Daniel Gantz, were sworn in as the new administration began. Gantz named president with Browning as marshal paid $25 monthly, Tolliver clerk, and Smiley treasurer. The clerk’s bond required county approval. the new board chose a meeting room above Liy’s store for sessions and clerk duties.
The piece discusses women’s role in entertaining and cites Lady Jeune on the subject in The Cosmopolitan. It includes a testimonial from druggist A W Sawtelle praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with a customer story and a man aided by the remedy. An ad notes sugar in water improves meat bast ing flavor and Pasture Stock Food Co offers weekly pay and commission for a horse and buggy salesman in Chicago.
A coughing warning links persistent coughs to dangerous diseases like consumption and brown chitis and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a proven cure. It claims wide sale and a money back guarantee if not beneficial. The notice also brands kneading bread as unsanitary and cites Z Webster as dealer.
Advertisement claims cures for consumption and promotes a book How to be a Beautiful Woman with strong earnings. It lists agents in Tippecanoe County Indiana, offering commissions and premiums for selling the publication from Honser Hess Publishing in Indianapolis.
An exchange notes a fine dog and a seller named Jim considering a cooperative bin plan. The bidder asks to buy the dog for a price hinted at but not completed in the fragment.
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