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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
7
A dainty safety pin case made of linen features a California design with a red poppy and green leaves. Cardboard pieces form the cover and back with carbon transfer to linen, then embroidered in plain Kensington stitch. White flannel pockets hold pins, and ribbon binding secures the case as a handy gift for travel or home.
George S Crowell of 11098 Broadway Helena Montana suffered backache irregular urine and nighttime awakenings from a kidney disorder. After using Doans Kidney Pills his condition improved quickly and his kidneys strengthened. Doans is sold by dealers at 56 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A detailed guide describes festive Christmas tree embellishments using color over materials. It covers wrapping gifts in tissue, embedding small items in artificial oranges, using tinsel, corn, holly berries, mica glazes, and gilding nuts with smalts. It notes homemade garlands, pine case ornaments, biscuit-like bonbon baskets, and safe miniature lanterns for illumination.
An attractive satin stock features a high boned silhouette with colored satin and a wide ruching at the top. It is folded over white net foundation, boned at sides and back, and finished with a base band forming a twisted front cravat and heavy silk tassels.
The piece discusses choosing a gift for a girl about twelve who outgrows dolls and childish items. It suggests a practical ribbon for the hair with embroidered self color scallops and a small Dresden style design, requiring about a yard of ribbon and five inches width.
A brief humorous item notes Gallant Bob stepping from his father’s knee in a car to address a lady, offering to take his father’s place. The snippet captures a playful moment of polite impropriety as a young boy shows deference and charm toward a woman in the scene.
An old newspaper notice advertises a home remedy claiming to break a cold in a day and cure coughs. It prescribes mixing Concentrated pine compound with glycerine and whiskey, with doses every four hours, and notes the pine product is sold in half ounce bottles with an airtight case.
Tommy’s mother sends him to guard his baby brother with a toy shovel. The infant screams as the mother rushes out to find the child bitten by a fly. Tommy explains he killed the fly on the baby’s head with the shovel, a boastful act reported by the Exchange.
A father of Judge W H Wadhams keeps a chicken coop and a stable hand while replacing his dog after suspecting a thief. A groom questions the bond, suggesting the old dog be tied in the coop. Also promotes Resinol Ointment as a cure for eczema with a Chicago testimonial.
A fragmented clipping references Dr Cook on the north pole size, parodies quarter dollar size, and promotes Hamlins Wizard Oil gargle and Allen's Lung Balsam with price notes. It also mentions a Lewis' Single Binder cigar and quotes from George Eliot and Jewett.
A Berlin Bourse wit bets 50 people that they will answer the same question. He asks if Meyer has failed and learns the same reply from all fifty, proving the wager. The scene shifts to Omaha where a man notes theaterlike railroad advertising on an elevator shaft and recalls a safety jingle.
A serious girl asks if reincarnation is true and the flippant young man explains the idea of returning to earth. The dialogue shifts to a witty remark about debtors escaping to other planets if possible.
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes deafness to inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube, often from catarrh, and offers $100 for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes contact details for F. J. Cheney & Co. and a suggestion to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Yale Record quotes a rival line about dinner plans and football captains as a spark for campus chatter. A wry remark suggests girls worry a kiss may not be returned after a bold gesture.
An old newspaper fragment urges taking Perry Daves Painkiller promptly for sore chest and tickling throat signaling a cold. It notes availability at all druggists in 25e and makes a wartime style boast about battles and immunity.
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