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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1896
Page
4
A young West Ride woman outsmarted a large man on a Madison Street streetcar. After blocking the door and with quick moves she enabled the forward exit, forcing the man to retreat as passengers watched in stunned amusement.
Portraits of aging families show how features converge across generations. Observers note older relatives share striking similarities with younger kin, illustrating a visual thread linking parents, siblings, and grandchildren as time passes.
Fragmentary text from a newspaper page references death, family relations, and investigations but provides no coherent events, names, dates, or places to identify a full news item. The readable bits suggest a discussion of bereavement and parental involvement but lack concrete facts.
A garbled inquiry asks which component of certain venoms produces paralysis and infiltration when injected into tissues, and notes a concentrated venom form removes parts to yield the most powerful toxic agent. It mentions a theoretical lethal dose and compares potency to the original venom.
A fragment describes daily runs from Chicago to California on lines including Chicago and North Western and Union Pacific. It mentions double berth accommodations and inquiries to agents for tickets and schedules. The text mixes notices with unrelated quotes and ads about medicines and social commentary.
Dr. Talmage delivers a Sunday sermon titled The Chant of the Stars, using Job 38 to argue that harmony in the universe mirrors moral order. He warns that discord in society and in individuals reflects sin, calls for spiritual attunement, and likens Christ to the master musician who restores broken instruments.
The speaker dreams of a world in tune with virtue and benevolence where labor and capital unite, prices and goods align, and society hums like an anvil chorus. He recalls historic music and a Boston jubilee with vast choirs, bells, and Meierbeer’s coronation march, ending with Parepa Rosa's stirring Star Spangled Banner.
A miscellany notes gospel in 30 languages in the U S, a Colorado millionaire Wal Struts ties his wife to business as partner, and a crude prison reference. It discusses rubber consumption rising from 5.6 million to 70 million pounds, rubber tree destruction in Brazil, and search for new cultivation regions. It ends with a Newfoundlander submarine craft, cigar shaped and powered by electricity, using twin propellers.
The article describes a recently patented bee house with a door and central passageway. Vertical cross partitions divide the side walls into accessible sections, aiding bee housing and management according to the engravings.
A Farm and Home note describes a vertical cross section hive with longitudinal and horizontal divisions forming hive compartments. Each compartment has a bee opening and a fighting hoard, with broad frames suspending honey sections above. The design aims to substitute individual hives for a warmer drier easier access system despite disease and pest risks from crowded swarms.
The Ohio Poultry Journal notes four seasonal fowl diseases. Spring causes crop binding from overeating green grass. summer brings cholera with rapid death. autumn brings roup and canker with no cure. winter brings frozen combs and feet without proper housing.
A household tip piece explains turning the stair space into a functional storage area in stables. It warns that neglect makes it a dumping ground for many small items and clutter, and suggests practical organization ideas.
A farmer describes a multi purpose space redesign with a harness closet at the highest section and a grain bin below it. The front wall is hinged to open downward for access as grain levels change, maximizing storage and utility in a single area.
A Rural World remark on horse breeding emphasizes love of horses and practical horse sense as key traits. It advises breeders to study livestock journals and observe each animal to tailor nutrition, promoting thriving colts and healthy horses while avoiding sickness and misfortune.
An expert view from experiments at experiment stations shows that corn stalks or butts, when properly prepared and finely shredded, are digestible and have notable feed value. The authority cited emphasizes cattle will readily eat the entire product.
In a crowded Clark Street car a woman with a babyish burden sits and a kind passerby offers her seat. The shawl slips and reveals the young woman with a pug dog instead of a baby, provoking amused titter from other passengers.
A Cincinnati Enquirer style list offers safe flattering lines when meeting a newborn. Common prompts praise looks and features such as sweetness and intelligence while avoiding blunt truth. Remarks emphasize delight in the infant and a request to hold him briefly.
East Liverpool motorman Robert Collingwood, long bedridden by a bone crushing disease, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for his recovery. He reports improved appetite, digestion, and strength, leading to his return to work at the power house. The Pink Pills, made by Dr Williams Medicine Co, are priced 50 cents a box with six for 2.56.
A newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh, claiming it cures constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The notice offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. convenience Co. in Toledo, with druggists selling the product.
Announcement of personally conducted trips to California via Chicago and North Western routes. Departures from Chicago every Thursday offer comfortable sleeping cars, low rates, and quick travel under attentive care. For details contact nearest agent or W B Knirkern G P and T A A Chicago.
Left destitute of earthly comfort the poor tormented by malaria may find relief in a tonic claiming to prevent and cure many ailments. Stomach bitters are touted as a sure remedy for dyspepsia biliousness constipation rheumatic and kidney complaints when used systematically. A Detroit Free Press sports line notes Bragiey as a strong tackler at a free lunch table.
The 1846 schedule promotes round trip excursion tickets from Chicago to many Western and Southwestern destinations at greatly reduced rates on November 17 and December 1 and 14. Details on rates and routes available from coupon ticket agents or Gro. H. Hearrong, General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
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