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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1909
Page
7
Guests wore magazine themed costumes at a lively party with a typewritten romance insert guiding names of periodicals. Candy book favors offered magazine subscriptions as prizes and a list of titles followed. The Rainy Day club then hosts monthly plain gown luncheons with strict etiquette and relaxed talks for five matrons.
Instructions for making denim and burlap pillows with tulip motifs using stencils. Describes materials, stencil cutting, salt-set dye method with Easy Dye, and color schemes on rajah silk, crash, denim, or burlap. Provides step by step wetting, drying, pinning, and dye application to prevent running.
Mrs Josiah Straw of Canton South Dakota says Doan's Kidney Pills removed her rheumatic pains and kidney irregularities, restoring life and strength. Her husband experienced a similar improvement, and they both recommend the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A humorous note describes a frightened dog named Pup-Gee and jokes about women taking on unexpected jobs like dog catching, reflecting a playful social stereotype of the era.
Mrs Charles Baker of Albion Maine reports severe eczema in both daughters with hair loss on the head and sore arms. After trying various treatments the second application of Cuticura Remedies softened and smoothed their skin. The notice appears from Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Boston.
An Alabama man recalls a funeral in which a pompous preacher ridiculed the departed brother’s character. The sermon quipped that while some called him good or bad, the preacher offered the sole consolation that the man is dead.
A teacher recites the line Suffer the little children to come unto me to the class and asks who spoke it. A large boy on the back bench points to the cherub on the front bench and says That little feller down there.
A call to youth to rise and find suitable work with cheerful energy. It urges action, urging hands to honest labor and citing a Spanish maxim that losing energy costs more than wealth or friends.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt emphasizes Castoria as a trusted remedy for infants and children, noting the signature and the familiar line The Kind You Have Always Bought. The passage also includes disjointed lines about gift shopping and a basement pickle dish remark.
An advertisement touts Murine eye remedy for red weak weary watery eyes. It claims physicians compounded the product and it complies with the Pure Food and Drugs Law. It promises not to smart and to ease eye pain.
A Latin proverb notes that the asp borrows poison from the viper highlighting the idea that harm comes from those who imitate or draw power from others. The saying warns against copying dangerous traits or relying on stronger rivals.
Dr Herman L During longtime Philadelphia City Mission head and beggar aid innovator tells stories of the poor. In Bala he recalls a Rumalley exchange between two girls about a hospital kiss and childhood blushes.
Pat, after three days digging a well and with a week’s deadline, glimpses Towser the foreman’s bulldog and declares he will not work beside a man with that face. He recalls past employers and refuses to work with the bulldog’s human.
A lighthearted remark imagines catching and taming a lion at home, voiced in playful kid friendly terms by Willie. The snippet offers a whimsical moment rather than a full news item.
In a country boarding-house tale set in ole Virginie last summer the girls and the men agree to share hall costs, music and refreshments on a mutual benefit basis. The women will supply sugar and the men lemon provisions as part of the plan.
An advertisement urges readers to ask their druggist for Allen's Foot-Ease. Mrs. W. J. Walker of Camden New Jersey says it cured corns and the burning itching in her feet and she would not be without it. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents.
The piece contrasts ceaseless dull grinding with daily duties and mocks hyped virtue. It cites Dr. Cook-Briggs and a Wisconin Sphinx joke about a hypocrite as a student with a smile. It also promotes Hamlins Wizard Oil as a quick sore throat remedy.
Advertisement fragment bundle offers a 10 cent Garfield Tea package to readers who mail their name, address, and 10 friends details. Other small notices promote Lewis Single Binder cigars, Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething children, and humorous slogan lines about peace with vices.
Letters from grateful users claim relief from organic female troubles and back pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites 80 years of sales, worldwide use, and free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, urging sick women to write for guidance.
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