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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1903
Page
2
A mix of local advertising terms and community items. Subscriptions and advertising rates are outlined. Various Indiana notes cover schools, mining payrolls, quail season, saloons vs churches, road work, editorials, and quirky local anecdotes. Includes resignations, teaching moves, pay rolls, and weathered town perspectives.
A Crawfordsville Star item describes a girl earning a monthly salary for good moral character and education exams. She uses the money to pay board and buy clothes, attend summer schools, fund educational papers and books, attend county conventions, purchase state pencils, and support religion.
Sheriff John Morgan names farmer John Kahn as deputy to replace W. E. McCrisken who resigned to work at B. and O. S. W. shops near Glendale and joins the department.
A humorous list of seven life ambitions includes becoming a street railway conductor and a professional ball player. Other aims joke about defeating the school principal, marrying the smartest girl, becoming U.S. president, earning a decent living, and avoiding the posthouse.
On Halloween twenty three years ago Mr and Mrs Albert Burrell wed. Last Saturday night many relatives surprised them with a call and gifts during the evening.
Judge Houghton rules a Washington national bank must allow examination of its books for 1901 1903 to let the court assessor determine if Harnen and Meredith evaded taxes via the bank. The 1901 act on bank record investigations is not retroactive to earlier years, per the opinion reported by the Washington Herald.
Local landowners Albert Bord Levi Coristesberry Samuel Boo and ALS Bord Sr warn the public not to hunt on their farms. This precautionary notice prohibits hunting on the listed properties owned or controlled by the signatories. Signed by the named parties.
An unnamed writer details a simple sleep remedy using a curved wooden pipe, puffing on an empty pipe 60 to 100 times while lying flat. The method claims harmlessness and low cost, with guidance on breathing, concentration, and avoiding meerschaum bowls. The piece concludes with a tangential jab about Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic.
Partial excerpt notes a focus on climate conditions and their possible effects on medical cures. No further readable context or outcomes are provided.
A Terre Haute visitor spread smallpox to Elnora area. the Sears Elmore township school district remains closed indefinitely after a student unknowingly brought the disease to class. Dr Will Tolliver assisted in the outbreak relief.
Saturday night around seven, Sam Chestnut's home on South Elm Street caught fire. Helpers quickly doused the flames with water after clothes near the stove pipe ignited, possibly from a spark. The family lost much clothing but the house itself was not damaged.
Mrs. Joseph Chestnut suffered a broken arm after a fall from a wagon. A child of Mrs. Geo T Benson burned himself on a hot stove. Chamberlain s Pain Balm calmed him within half an hour and he recovered in two weeks. Mrs. Benson, a Keller Va resident, is linked to the remedies advertised by Z Webster. The ad also promotes Chamberlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets for sick headache and invites readers to share news with the editor.
B. F. Bass of Fremont North Carolina reports severe kidney disease improved after using Electric Bitters. He says he was sick for a long time and was cured after a few doses and has not had a sick day since. Neighbors report relief from rheumatism neuralgia liver and kidney troubles and general debility. Only Shy at Z. Webster, Druggist. There may be worldly things better than money but it takes money to buy them.
Ruth Woodruff eight suffers severe leg injuries after a misstep at a turntable on a city rail site. The flesh and bone were exposed, rescue required prying the rail free. amputation feared. Local paper requests news tips and promotes a stomach tablet ad placed within the notice.
ElNora and Washington Indiana time table listings show north and south bound trains with daily and Sunday variations. Details include times 7 16 am 12 0 pm 10 44 am and 7 10 pm and notes on fares sleeping parlor cars and rates. Information directed by A McDonald agent and KR R WASHINGTON IND.
An assortment of old ads tout cure alls for colds and stomach woes. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is promoted to loosen phlegm and soothe throat and lungs. Green’s August Flower is billed as a long standing digestive aid for all stomach troubles with trial and regular bottle pricing.
Carelessness blamed for railway wrecks and rising throat and lung trouble. Dr. King's New Discovery is praised for curing even the worst cases of consumption, coughs, and colds, offering hope to sufferers.
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