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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
4
Women in a period of life changes are urged to use Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. A customer letter from Penna Rosas of Mountclair Mass. praises relief from dizziness hot flashes back pains and kidney pains after six bottles.
A rumor describes how a tar named Reed offered a reward for gold framed spectacles left on a washroom shelf. The tale notes the finder would have had better luck if the reward description specified gold, implying the notes misled responders as the millenium neared.
A man in clerical garb handed out cards with an identification blank for accidents near the Brooklyn Bridge. The reverse advertised a new burial scheme by an undertaker, praised by a clergyman for careful committal service and comfort in the final moments.
An old Wells Fargo stage line ticket recalls a journey from Virginia City to New York with connections via Union Pacific to Omaha and Chicago and onward to Pittsburgh and Harrisburg before reaching New York. The document, found with other relics, highlights historic travel routes and fares.
The notice lists cheap rates for trips to Colorado and California with half fare round trips and special low rates to New York Center along with baggage handling figures for 1902. It notes daily tourist rates around one fare and confirms routes via Burlington Route with Pine Street address in St Louis Missouri.
A field military mass was held at the marine barracks parade grounds in Brooklyn to honor American soldiers and sailors who died in the Spanish American War. Also reports from St Louis and Montreal note appeals to the czar of Russia and a streetcar strike disrupting service.
President Roosevelt tours Northern California Oregon Washington with large crowds at Portland Seattle and Tacoma. Corner stone laid for Lewis and Clark monument in Portland as 25 000 gather. Roosevelt greeted by governors at Kalama Olympia and Seattle as he travels toward Bremerton and Everett.
May 25 Philadelphia reports a major blaze at the Front Street Warehousing Co. building. The three story structure with two cellars stored matting, carpet rolls, molasses, machinery, wines, liquor, and matches. Owner Jacoo Wiseman valued the property at $65,000. Three firemen injured, two with fractured shoulders.
In Memphis on May 23 Judge J S Galloway dismissed Ohio warrants and held Lizzie McCormick on Tennessee charges. The case goes to the grand jury. Cincinnati officers planned to press requisition, but the court ruled the offense occurred in Tennessee. Detectives Sweeney and Renkert returned home disappointed but will return to testify if trial moves forward.
In Springfield Illinois a historic tree planted by Abraham Lincoln in front of the old Lincoln homestead fell during a heavy wind and rainstorm. It was the last tree planted by Lincoln after his election and will be cut up and carted away.
Newton Booth Tarkington, afflicted with typhoid fever, shows some improvement but fears he may miss Princeton commencement day address. Dr Louis Runnells confirmed the better state yet notes concern for travel. In London, Lord Knollys denied reports that King Edward is in poor health.
Alston Michigan May 25 report of James Culet who suffered twenty years from rheumatism and kidney trouble after trying many doctors and medicines he found relief using forty two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills claims the pills drove out all rheumatism and left him a "new man" and recommends the remedy.
A passenger with a skull cap and another with side whiskers discuss church sermons. The first notes a pastor who never preaches beyond 25 minutes while the other reveals he is the preacher. The exchange highlights differing views on sermon length.
Western lines announce low round trip fares for summer travel to Colorado points from Chicago and other East locations. Union Pacific and Chicago North Western run double daily trains to Denver with few layovers. Trains feature buffet smoking library cars Pullman sleeping cars dining service and reclining chair cars. The piece highlights Colorado history and rapid western development.
Fragment from Philadelphia Press notes black crape symbolizes widow grief yet questions the display as performative. A Brooklyn Life remark mocks a young doctor’s confidence and hesitation to call a consultation with each diagnosis.
The notice offers $30 from St. Louis and $25 from Kansas City to California with a June 15 withdrawal date. The Katy Flyer departs St. Louis every Tuesday at 8 32 p.m. tourist car to San Francisco without change. Inquiries to Katy 504 Wainwright St. Louis. Bertha compliments Tilda then Eunice notes Tat.
An archival ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming a one day cure for a cold with a druggist refund if ineffective. The note includes a Town Topics quip and an Eliot quotation on duty and power.
A 120 man battalion arrives in Jackson to preserve order during the investigation of James B. Marcum's assassination, the feud’s last victim. The force includes an infantry company from Shelbyville and two artillery batteries from Louisville and Lexington, with Judge James Hargis and State Senator Alex Hargis among the passengers. Judge Bach, a key witness, arrives from Los Angeles to testify before the special grand jury as to the killing.
An unknown man seated in an open car on the Brooklyn bridge suddenly exited mid span and leaped into the river. He tossed his hat at a fireman, stood on the edge, dived head first with a cigar clenched, and disappeared as his body rose briefly before current carried it away.
A private letter from Mexico City recounts April gossip of a New York earthquake and cyclone. The tale claimed mass destruction and a million dead, but a cable reply said the rumor held no truth. The dispatch explains Spaniards nicknamed Earthquake and Cyclone fueled the hoax after returning from Europe.
Estimates place summer vacationers in the United States between 8 and 10 million with yearly leisure spending from 400 million to 500 million dollars. The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces a Chicago to Colorado round trip ticket for 25 dollars from July 1 to 10, promoting low-cost outs. The Rocky Mountain region is highlighted for its scenery in a new book from the railroad passenger department, available for six cents postage. Through service from Chicago to Denver runs daily via the CMStP and Union Pacific lines.
Ad claims Aden's Frot-Ease cures hat sweating callus and swollen feet with a free trial package offered by Aen S. Olmsted of Le Hoyoy. The mid text includes assorted quotes and anecdotes from other sources praising various products and sayings, without a cohesive news item or clear date or place.
Amos Leedy aged 60 the postmaster at Leedy Oklahoma pleaded guilty to detaining valuable letters in land contest cases The letters stayed uncalled for in his office and he threw them into the waste basket He was fined and allowed to return home alone for funds to pay the penalty Six Years For Bribery case in St Louis former delegate Emil Hartmann found guilty of bribery and sentenced to six years in prison Mass meeting in Denver protested Russian Jewish massacres at Temple Emanuel Boston remembered Emerson’s 100th birthday with a service at Symphony Hall
W. J. Hill of 40 South Union Street Concord North Carolina, hardware and harness store owner and Justice of the Peace, endorses Dean's Kidney Pills. He says the pills cured backache and kidney irregularities, with improved health, and offers a free trial by mail. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y and all druggists for 50 cents a box.
A brief market snippet shows flour and wheat prices alongside rye and oats, with No 2 red, No 2 mixed goods and a note on Western pork and lard from steam processes. The fragment suggests a midstream commodity listing from a regional market page.
Mrs J E Finn of 82 East High Street Buffalo writes Peruna Medicine Co about how the tonic helped her recover after a doctor advised a year of rest. She says within two months she was in perfect health and that a dose of Peruna relieves fatigue. The letter asserts nervous women suffer from female diseases stemming from catarrh and claims Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
An advertisement-style argument claims sickness stems from weakness and urges building strength with Ozomulsion a cod liver oil based vitality tonic. It asserts Ozomulsion regenerates constitution and cures consumption claiming broad health benefits for women children and the ill.
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