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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1895
Page
4
In old city quarters quaint herb shops persist, selling burdock, sassafras, chamomile, sarsaparilla, and other botanicals. Herb doctors claim various uses from soothing coughs to treating constipation, with anecdotes about wormwood and sumach berries cited as remedies.
A collage of brief Indiana items reports on a Monon railroad accident involving Riley who fell from a hand car near Lafayette and faces likely death, a Baptist church initiator in Chicapa, and governors in Jasper county. It notes gas wells in Nokomo, elevator accidents, and a mix of local incidents from crime to property losses, with references to Lafayette and Peru.
A Watchman essay extols Thanksgiving as the universal call of home. It praises the festival for binding distant readers to family memories and the founders of New England, evoking home as the central virtue beyond wealth or status.
A humorous contrast shows a foolish turkey neglecting a holiday diet and a wise bird following an anti indulgence plan ahead of Thanksgiving. The piece underscores prudence before a national feast with light moral tone.
Reports from Hilstein ranch recount a mother oriole feeding three nestlings then vanishing after presenting a sprig of larkspur. The birds died within an hour, foaming at the mouth, confirming observers’ claim that a parent may poison its young rather than allow captivity.
A Galesburg village report praises Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure after sixteen weeks of immobility from erysipelas. Elderly Mrs Talcott, age 81, claims lasting relief and improved health, with testimonials from daughter Mrs Sloan and local merchants.
London Public Opinion notes Dr Lundstrom describes calendula producing three fruit types including wind sails and animal hooks and a caterpillar like fruit that fools birds. Cow wheat seeds are carried by ants and saved with cocoons in nests, awakening to reveal the ruse as seeds germinate.
The text condemns knaves selling counterfeit stomach bitters identical to Lostettoer’s, urging readers to seek the genuine article. It argues substitutes fail to match the real remedy for malaria, dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatism and kidney trouble, and quotes Froude on freedom and justice.
A witty fragment promotes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant and effective remedy for the kidneys liver and bowels preventing fevers headaches and other ailments. Sold in 50 cent and 1 bottle sizes by leading druggists. A French quip about prudence adds a moral twist to the ad.
From now until spring overcoats and winter wraps will be in fashion. They can be discarded temporarily with traveling in the steam heated trains of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. For solid comfort speed and safety no other line can compare with this great railway of the West. A remark about a woman from Boston stirring talk in Detroit.
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