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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1901
Page
4
A Biograph crew rapidly arrives at a downtown blaze where a large fire and series of explosions cause heavy damage and an estimated 300 deaths. They set up, shoot for minutes, then process the 160 to 200 foot film in hours. The footage is shown that night to evoke the catastrophe for readers.
In Tutuila, islanders assemble on the shore carrying cocoa palm branches. They form a semicircle and drive fish toward the sand where they are killed with sticks and cooked with bananas and coconut milk. Natives sport powdered white hair and red powdered warriors.
Milwaukee reader Sapir E Koch reports months of female ailments nearly destroyed her life. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says relief came after the second bottle and she has remained well for a year. She urges others to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
An ad urges readers to choose Devoe ready paint for best results and offers a free painting book if the paper is mentioned. It targets homeowners with a promise of superior finish and urges timely action for spring painting plans.
A 1961 sermon by Louis Klopsch’s Exalted discourse compares saving wisdom with crystals, arguing religion’s transparency beauty and transformative power surpass earthly gems. It extols religion as superior to crystal in exactness, transparency, and beauty, urging personal repentance and conversion.
Rev Donald Sage Mackay says Andrew Carnegie plans to return to the United States in November with Mrs Carnegie. His latest benefaction provides organs for Scottish churches, with 356 instruments ordered worth between 1500 and 3500 dollars each, totaling near one million dollars. Margaret Carnegie will accompany the couple on the St Louis to New York voyage.
The anecdote recalls the Duke of Wellington visiting Louis XVII as French marshals who had been defeated turned away. The king apologized and Wellington quips that they have got into the habit and cannot get out of it.
A Michigan farmer in Breeders Gazette notes farmers increasingly use small shelters for hogs alongside or instead of large hoghouses. The design centers on simple frames built from eight to fourteen foot runners and hewed sticks, with six by six foot plans and easy handling in yard or field.
An extended instruction describes building a movable hog shelter at the base with precise dimensions and framing. It covers end shapes, runners, crosspieces, and a floor using two inch planks, plus recommendations on boards and finishing to ensure a dry warm nest. The text also includes a digressive anecdote about cold weather and a Brooklyn Citizen quote.
An Ohio Farmer description explains a single handler can scald and dress the heaviest hogs using a rack trough and levers. The device guides placing the hog, lifting over the trough, lowering into scalding water, and toggling to shake hair off, with repeated cycles for efficient processing.
A brisk editorial urges unity in tough times before criticizing petty misdirected efforts. It contrasts practical animal husbandry with overcomplicated schemes and stresses selecting practical, intelligent stock.
Less than a month remains before the Pan American Exposition closes. October weather in Buffalo is ideal for visitors who travel east via the Lackawanna Railroad. Six daily vestibuled trains run between New York and Buffalo with through service to Chicago and St. Louis. Observation dining and Pullman cars add comfort. a detailed guide about the Exposition is available for two cents.
A Philadelphia Record snippet has a bachelor asking for a button sewing machine and a floorwalker replying that the matrimonial agency lies in the third aisle to the right. The exchange captures late 19th or early 20th century market humor.
Upon application at any post office in the United States, a miniature steel engraving of the New York Ventral's Empire State Express will be furnished for two cents. Affixed to a letter, the engraving will ensure its transportation to any point in the United States, Canada, Porto Rico, Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, Guam or the Philippine Archipelago.
A rustic poster style dialogue contrasts cowboy life with moonshine making in Kentucky. A judge voices the line that ranch life and distilling share constant trouble, highlighting regional careworn pride and illicit craft.
Advertises a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease to ease sweating damp swollen feet and aid breaking in new shoes. Mentions price 25c and availability at druggists and shoe stores. directs to write to Allen S. Olmsted in Le Ror for sample.
An Atchison young man sends a floral piece titled The Gates Ajar with Eight to night in rose buds to signal evening plans. The note includes a testimonial for Piso's Cure as the best throat and lung medicine from Wm Q Endsley of Van Buren Indiana dated February 10, 1900. The clippings also feature light quips and a claim about someone’s bad luck and a remark about listening to a story.
Advertisements tout cure all remedies with claims of pneumonia prevention and refunds if ineffective. Mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets priced 2 cents and a croup cure. Also notes skeptical lines about stage realism and a face dye product by Putnam.
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