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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1902
Page
2
Local notice appears in the newspaper dated November 1 1902 listing publication details and time frame for notices to be published. The fragment references the six published editions and a one year cycle for the ODON DAN JOURNAL.
The document outlines voting procedures for a Republican ticket with precise instruction on marking ballots and handling ballots at the polling booth. It transitions to a campaign critique of Ped content about Mi ers and Chaney, arguing Miers failed to advocate for Bedford stone and public buildings, while Chaney supported the Vincennes project and other district needs.
A scanned political ticket lists the Republican slate across state offices including Secretary of State Daniel E Stor ns, State Auditor David E Sherrick, State Treasurer Nat UW Hill, Attorney General Charles V Miller, Clerk of Supreme Court Robert A Brown, Superintendent F A Cotton, State Geologist W S Blatchley, Supreme Court Judge John H Gillett, Appellate Judges Frank R Roby James R Black Wile Wiley J Henley I W Comstock W E Rollinson, and Congressional candidates John C Chaney and Mears. County tickets show AIKMAN Carnahan for Representative THOMAS Nugent for Auditor and W A Wallace for Clerk, Hilary Truelove for Treasurer, W P Smoot for Recorder, Milton Fitzgerald for Sheriff, Franklin J Snider for Surveyor, Clifford G Eonttam for Coroner, and district commissioners Henry Pfsefrt Wildstam Hi McCarter plus county officials in second to fourth districts and at large posts Louis W Keith Abea Al McCord Andrew J Vest Sr.
Ancient envoy to Sparta pleads famine aid. Spartans respond with brevity, returning the speech before it ends. A starving isle diplomat arrives with sacks and the line It is empty, fill me. They note the sacks were already empty and the request was unnecessary.
A writer recalls a staged mishap during Romeo and Juliet at the Harmarket where Juliet remained still as Paris lay in a dying pose. A fire briefly caught scenery but was fought off. the audience laughed as a corpse crawled on stage for the finale. The anecdote links floral lore to drug altered colors and a breach of decorum.
A compilation notes state level elections on November 4 with Congress and U S senators, plus general officer races in many states. Items report on local events from Washington shops to a giant white oak in Indiana and a missing worker in Elora, with brief mentions of graft, waterworks talks, and insurance vouchers linked to a deceased postmaster.
The text argues sleep restores brain power by allowing the brain to receive nutritive particles from the blood. It claims thinking burns brain matter, fuel is consumed, and sleep provides rest for efficient nutrient uptake, while stimulants merely aggravate exhaustion. Exchange.
A regular customer, Mr. Williams, complains that furnace stock sold weeks ago yields slag and clinkers. The clerk, after noting a rebate idea, posts a memo reading G. G. Williams Bad erg, later explaining the slip meant bad iron. The customer reddens with annoyance at the misread note.
A Chicago News item explains mysophobia as a medical condition where a person inspects every table item for cleanliness before use. It notes the behavior can be a nuisance to guests yet valuable in a domestic servant.
In reminiscences of Oxford a dean of Christchurch in the 1930s earned the nickname Presence of Mind. A pupil recalls a daytime trip to Nuneham where a boat leak led to danger and the dean’s quick action with a boathook saved both from drowning.
A London polyclinic lecturer at a recent meeting urged leprosy patients to avoid fish to halt progression. He cited a blind leprosy patient who after eighteen months of fish abstinence and small arsenic doses showed complete skin patch recovery.
Exchange from a Philadelphia Press cartoon shows Mrs. Gaussip probing her husband while Mrs. Strongmind teases that nothing should happen to him. The dialogue centers on marital control and jealousy.
H. T. McIntyre of St Paul reports persistent stomach and liver troubles improved by Aberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets. He says the product is better than anything he has tried. For sale by Z Webster.
Ernest Fairhurst, a brakeman for the S pravel line, was killed Saturday afternoon near Burns City. While standing on a flat car the engine approached and he stepped backward, two tracks passing over him before the train could be stopped. He leaves a wife and young child. He had worked only a few days for the railroad, previously farming. His son-in-law is David Tobbar.
The Oden post office lists mail arrivals including 7:34 a.m. general mail, 9:22 a.m. locked pouch, 2:44 p.m. loose pouch from E & I, and 12:50 p.m. star route from Siniley Raglesville Sisi Lescn. Departures show 0.22 4 fheked pono for E & I Lidk general mail and 7:43 p.m. locked pouch for Washington, with 2:00 p.m. star route to Artesville Smiles and Sage. Sundays include 7:54 a.m. arrival and 1:48 p.m. locked pouch to Washington.
A garbled late 19th century ad spread touts Grove Tasteless Chill Tonic and other tonics. The jumble promotes cures for malaria chills and coughs with claims of universal efficacy and baby safety. It cites makers and sellers and mocks rival medicines while urging sale to readers.
An OCR fragment promotes Shemnderiains Stomach End Light Tablets claiming to improve appetite, cleanse the stomach, invigorate digestion, regulate liver and bowels, and relieve dullness after meals. It urges use for bad breath and torpid liver.
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