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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1900
Page
4
Fragmentary clipping notes a figure called the king of medics for indigestion and mentions symptoms like biliousness belching heartburn and sleeplessness. The text is incomplete and reads as a garbled historical OCR snippet.
A Chicago Times-Terald fragment shows a Sunday school teacher prompting children to name why Babylon fell. A freckled boy Percy offers a comical banana peel idea as the class struggles to think of a reason.
The Missouri Preffle Railway and Iron Mountain Route offers round trip hail rates plus 2.00 to points in the West Southwest and Southeast. Tickets go on sale Tuesdays September 4 and 18 October 2 and 16 November 6 and 20 and December 4 and 18 1900. For full information contact any agent or H C Townsend G P and T Agent St Louis Mo.
In a Chicago Evening News snippet Uncle Eben laments a peculiar sensation melting in a man’s soul as a five dollar bill buys ham and returns 88 37 in change. The Philadelphia Press quote captures a husband teased over a necktie, highlighting domestic humor and misheard phrases.
The advertisement insists ordinary treatment fails for painful foreheads and touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best remedy. It claims nine of ten women delay treatment until health worsens, then write to Mrs Pinkham for cures, noting she has helped a million women.
Indianapolis dispatch recalls Louisa Magruder a 92 year old colored woman who died after a long illness. She and her brother Tom were servants to Thomas Noble and the Noble family in Indiana and Kentucky. Mrs Warritt Beecher Stowe showed interest in the Nerrees and discussed their lives, with rumors that the Uncle Tom character drew from Louise’s brother. Tom died years ago in Indianapolis, leaving Louise as the last survivor.
Republicans in Indianapolis opened their city campaign with a street demonstration by the Marion club and a large meeting at English's opera house. John L. Griffiths, candidate for governor, led the program before Senator Charles A. Fairbanks. Addison C. Harris also spoke. An overflow crowd gathered at Monument place.
Five shooting incidents occurred in about 11 hours in South Bend Indiana. Victims include Steve Andravick five Castles and An Crew, Henry Christian, Louis Conant, and Albert Sprague. One 14 year old, Louis Conant, briefly faced a revolver at the head but was not seriously harmed. All involved are under bonds to appear before the circuit court.
Indianapolis Sept 7 a beautified escort known as the Schuppie appeared in city court for female masquerading in male clothing. She claimed the name Cora De Vere from Rushville and faced a fine. Escort Austin Boots, a young businessman, also paid a small fine.
Window glass workers at Mancie Tak held a lone meeting after being called from Savtories Pharaokiy afternoon. They resolved to take no unskited work as the Ameren Window Glass Co plans to hire replacement non-alien men. A committee pledged to join EL 300 and work with the men in the dispute.
Marion Iowa September 8 Van Duren reports defects in the towns 93 incorporation not discovered until now. Surveyors sought land along the Toledo St Louis and Western railroad right of way. The laws allegedly prevent improvements as bonds hold no value. Jasper Gaunt state representative will push a bill this winter to validate the incorporation.
Latorte Indiana hosts the annual conference of the United Brethren churches of Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan. The St Joseph District convenes in Columbia City with Bishops Caste and Weaver presiding, beginning a one week session. The event will include the patriarchal bishop Weaver as lead figure.
Alfred F. Malthe and Mes Flin Quick secured a marriage license in Logansport and wed, while Rosaville reports Mr and Mrs Wm Vandeventer observing their anniversary before his sudden death from typhoid fever. Totten and niece Anna Totten drown rescuing each other in the White River near Waverly.
An angry mob in Berne tears up a sidewalk in front of Caun chia I Tonek's home and carries it into the street and burns it. The action follows a Berne city ordinance requiring stone sidewalks, which Councilman Houck reportedly failed to enforce, prompting the crowd's reaction.
The 73d Regimental association met in South Bend on Thursday electing John Fuller of Chesterton as president J C Cole of Woodville as vice president EF Rammbil of Plymouth as secretary and treasurer. The group plans to meet next year in Chesterton the first week of September.
Valparaiso Indiana reports Pete Smithy age 19 died after attempting to jump between rail cars at Tollestone. His mother witnessed the accident and fears she may go insane. A year earlier another son met a death at roughly the same spot.
Officers Dudding and Johnson arrested Neary McKinney in a city saloon for passing counterfeit money. Detectives report several pieces of spurious coin alleged to have been passed.
Washington dated September 7 reports the appointment of fourth class postmasters in Indiana. Crownenter and Morgan county see William A. Lichman named as successor to O Pruitt, who resigned.
The item notes a Danish West Indies stamp with a new design differing slightly in color from Denmark. It mentions a New York department store annex with an Otto gas engine charging vehicles. It also notes Sicily tourism in May to July, a toad plague around New York and Paterson, and compares postal cards to stamps in issuance and variation.
A collection of humorous child remarks from family life. Tales include Margie doubting pudding, Johnny complaining of old butter with a gray hair, Fiossie challenging parenting, a pupil misusing ferment, Bob asking about whipped cream, Harry misreading scripture, and a quip about Solomon.
Newark New Jersey plans a state industrial exposition in 1902. Paris gas costs about £50 daily at the exposition. A new fruit the makagi, a raspberry blackberry cross, debuts with Royal Horticultural Society. India wheat yields 184 million bushels, California orange crop hits a record 4.5 million boxes. California orange groves value now $44 million. French patent law requires working the patent in country within a set time. Mere exhibiting at an exposition may be treated as fulfilling this requirement.
A man details a plan to repay his wife’s demands by sending back double the amount requested and tells how she returns home with a wary gleam in her eyes, suggesting trouble if her suspicions are confirmed.
Mrs E H Miller of Nashville Tennessee reports a severe case of Chronic Tetter cured by Palmer's Lotion with Lotion Soap after other doctors failed. She praises the product and invites druggists to obtain a free testimonial pamphlet and samples by writing to Solon Palmer in New York.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Evening News shows Mr Wabach calling for the ball and Miss Olive from St. Louis lamenting an hourlong wait for someone to escort her to supper. The vignette captures social timing and city voices.
An advertisement touts Gnove's RasTELEss Cun Toxic as a fever remedy with no cure no pay, claiming it is quinine remade in a tasteless form. The price is listed at 50 cents.
A fragment shows a character urging Alfred to note a marked poison bottle as the remedy for seasickness. The exchange hints at tension and a push toward using the deadly liquid despite warnings.
An old pharmacy claim promises rapid cold relief with Bronic Quinine tablets. The ad states all druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
A collection of vintage quips and adages appear in snippets from newspapers and advertisements. It includes playful mispronunciations about a child named Mose, a claim for Piso's Cure for Consumption, wry proverbs about aging and fame, and an assertion about a dye product by Putnam Fortress Dress.
An eclectic Chicago Daily News snippet touts Hall's Catarrh Care as an internal remedy and urges readers to avoid melancholy with a light joke about laughter. It also contains playful quips about chewing gum and a pun about the letter P as a friend in need.
The advertisement promotes Ayer's Pills as a purely vegetable remedy that is effective yet gentle. It urges taking one pill a day and notes availability at all druggists for 25 cents a box, from J. C. Ayer Company, Practical Chemists, Lowell, Massachusetts.
The Chicago Chronicle notes MeE Chittenden, a noted Methodist supporter and Standard Oil traveler, remembered for a humorous dinner prank. A friend and host tricked him into blessing the meal as guests teased his hearing, revealing Chittenden’s good humor about being deaf.
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