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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1897
Page
2
The fragmentary text references various local items including property, fences, and a pool team in Kays City, with weather notes about Wooster conditions. It also mentions Cuba pacification, indoor living due to prosperity, and stray phrases about meteors and medical needs, all in a dusty, unspecified newspaper fragment.
Acman in Brooklyn grows sunflowers and orchard flowers with Loch lush seeds. A bushel yields two and a half dollars worth, totaling over three hundred dollars per acre. Pressed seeds show value, while flowers bloom in tidy fields.
The report notes a yellow fever scare in Southern Indiana and a week of prairie fires destroying thousands of acres in Marshall county. Burlington Hawkeye cites labor centers reporting wage increases due to the Dingley Tariff, with glassworkers receiving substantial pay raises as industries align with tariff prosperity.
Tuesday near Barns City, Mr Starlin Sims’s sixty ninth birthday was celebrated by his children and grandchildren at his home. A reunion amid cakes, fried chicken, and good cheer marked the day as neighbors recall him as a respected farmer and gentleman.
Consumers are invited to send names and addresses of three or more piano or organ performers with ten cents in silver or postage to receive ten pieces of full sheet music. Offer covers popular songs waltzes marches arranged for piano and organ. Address: Popular Music Pub Co Indianapolis Ind.
Mrs. O Oswald died last Sunday at age 97 and was buried Monday at Scotland cemetery. She was mother to Tom Willins, Neoub Willinsas, and Mrs. John Stewart of the city, with daughters in Bellealle Delaware and Missouri. A member of the M E church, she believed in charity and will be sadly missed by her children and friends. The funeral was preached tomorrow.
The readable parts describe a dispute over a printed item and references to parties named Piast and Per a. The text is garbled with misspellings and unclear context making exact actions and dates hard to determine. No definitive outcome or concrete details are identifiable from the fragment.
This week in the region many residents from Sullivan county Edon Martin county and Greene county visited relatives and hosted guests. Arthur Phippa traveled to Illinois for Medias while Aaron and Bill Bechtel plastered a local schoolhouse in Elmore township.
Tur sehouls of this city opened Mondays morning with good attendance. Parents show interest in school work at the start of the term. The Odon schools hold a worthy reputation and teachers are urged to sustain it. Attendance lists include Satterfeld 11 rooms, Hubbard 4, Breden 6, Myers 5, Taylor 35, Laughlin 1.
A survey shows major nations changing per capita silver values from 1873 to now. Britain France Germany and Denmark show declines, while the United States Belgium Italy the Netherlands Austria Hungary Australasia Sweden Norway Russia have varied increases or modest changes. The data may influence the upcoming fall political campaigns on the silver question.
NEWI LUMBOR 7 The Spring Street Lumber Company has received a car load of pine lath shingles flooring finishing lumber and other building lumber. Prices available on request. Leamon Cooper manager.
Ivis announced the Montgomery Monitor will be resurrected as a populist paper. It will be managed by a Democrat with editorials by a Republican and a populist.
To heal the broken and diseased tiashes and soothe irritated surfaces is the mission of De Vines Witch Hazel Salve. JL F Dusner & Co. advertise a remedy said to relieve instantly and permanently cure skin ailments.
John W. McCarty and James SGaird visit Washington Saturday and Wednesday respectively while many residents attend church services, court, and building projects. A coal company buys Jno Smith farm in Martin county and construction on the Danner Toolle building progresses as local residents engage in various errands and social events.
A cluttered page blends patent medicine pitches with a long schedule of meetings. Foley’s Honey and Tar is advertised as a cure for coughs and bronchial troubles. A druggist in Sullivan Indiana promotes Dr Bell’s Pink Tar Honey. Community events list devotions, speakers, recitations, and missionary programs across several towns with many local organizers and attendees.
The text notes low mood of spirits common in summer with reduced energy and thought power, signaling deficient nourishment and loss of vital force. It warns this affects resistance and endurance at any age, especially youth, with risks of lung disease, flesh loss, and a threatening cough.
The Scots Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypo phosphites is presented as a tonic that fattens and fortifies. It disguises the oil’s taste, making it nearly as palatable as milk for readers seeking a nutritious supplement.
Two women from near Farlen, Mrs Ola Anderson and Mrs A Laughlin, fought over a family dispute on the Laughlin railroad crossing. Mrs Laughlin was knocked down the road grade. Mrs Anderson pleaded guilty to assault and battery and charged Laughlin with provocation. Squire Taylor found Anderson guilty and fined one dollar and costs. Laughlin was fined fifty cents and costs.
An old advertisement from J.F. Danuer & Son promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers small pills as great regulators curing dyspepsia constipation sick headache sallow skin and loss of appetite. The copy urges readers who have not tried them to seek a cure.
Ex Recorder John Drosch suffered a broken leg Tuesday morning. Trials of Arch Yazel and Dr W J Tolliver of Elnora for selling liquor to minors advanced, Yazel was acquitted. Albert Herndon, a Washington printer, was in Odon Tuesday, having come from Plainville where he defended his sister’s honor by striking a man.
Mobile and Ohio Railroad advertises Southeast routes from Mobile to St Louis and Nashville with Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and rapid connections. Also sale of 450 000 acres of farming and timber lands in the South with easy terms and Government lands open to homestead entry. Descriptive matter available from Albans Land and Development Company Mobile Alabama. For rates and schedules contact railroad ticket agents. Jno G Mann General Manager. E E Posey General Passenger Agent.
A newspaper ad touts a new medical course said to cure consumption and other diseases. It claims thousands of recoveries and urges immediate writing to Doctor T. A. 1 scum M. C., 98 Pine Street, New York, for testimonials and an infallible remedy.
Classified notice seeks reliable men or women to travel for a settled house in India Monthly with 64.00 dollars and expenses. Position ready with reference required. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope. Dominion Company Department Yivhte aso.
Tevon and other men claim willingness to work and earn god pay. The ad offers light easy at home or traveling work with flexible hours. Write for terms to The Hawks Nursery Company Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Advert describes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a sure remedy for headaches fever piles and various illnesses caused by constipation and sluggish liver. Claims the product is guaranteed by druggists and offers free sample booklet.
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