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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1889
Page
3
A Leap Year social in Odon featured nine well behaved young ladies escorting nine bashful suitors to Mr. Sanders Johnson’s home. The event ended early as mothers wished, with partners dancing cards and a light crowd, hoping the New Year would arrive on time.
Fire bells and night trains alerted around 1 am Wednesday. The wash house serving the sheriff's kitchen burned lightly, likely from a firecracker, with no serious damage reported.
The paper lists township Sunday School union officers led by President Rev. Moses Heavenridge with vice presidents for several townships. It records the death of Chipia Neeriemer, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Win Neerenier, and notes a second family loss with Ophia’s death and funeral. Calvin Lee Johnson, born March 4 1870, died December 29 1888 at age 14 years 9 months 25 days after expressing conversion, buried at Good Hope with Rev. A A Armen delivering the funeral.
A concert drew a crowded house Tuesday night but by Wednesday morning only two men claimed attendance. Patrons paid 35 cents and felt the show did not deliver more than a 10 cent performance, with blame undecided between the singers and their agents.
A series of old sayings link Christmas conditions with yearly fortunes. Warnings about green or cold Christmas, fruit yields, and a shepherd’s preference are paired with sun and bridge imagery. The verses blend humor and superstition for holiday folk belief.
A roundup of community happenings includes families dealing with illness with Wes Keck and W T O Donal d mentioned, a party at Aunt Mary Fisher's, store improvements, egg sales, railroad work, New Year visits, a Vi ola birthday gathering at Esq Taylor's, and visits by Wim Tr Vinner and Dr Randell. church meetings draw members, the G A R supper overflows, and Dr J E Mebeuns Volcanic Oil Liniment is promoted as a long used home remedy.
A fragmented ad offers remedies for consumption and kidney disorders with free trial bottles. It mentions sending photographs for copying or enlargement and promotes a liver and kidney tonic by Dr Hi MebLewus. The text invites readers to mail for samples and claims positive cures.
The advertisement claims the stomach, when active, converts food into nourishing blood, supplying vigor and warmth to the body. It promotes Dr J H McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier as the remedy to tone the stomach.
A local railroad blacksmith shop near Dunlan's and Pershing sill is described for repairing scrapers and making mattocks. The facility offers sharpening services and targets novice workers seeking quick training at the shop.
OCR reading notes farms and marketable title property for sale. Mentions insurance service at low gate and in good condition. References Crooke & Son as a listing or broker in the sale.
An old ad promotes Strensthenine Eve Salve for eye inflammation and nerves with two cent a box Tinney and Pavia property sale listing HM Crooke & Son. Dr. J M Kean's Chills and Fever Cure priced at 90 cents a bottle.
Fragmentary notice lists 190 farms 109 bets 20 tleuses on casey payments and one share dew and belance tone time. Readable names include Casey payments and Daviess county with San Dees Forinson and Tasihina as partial references.
Lost ledger detailing accounts with Crooke and Son. Liberal reward offered for finder. Note signed C. Eb Open. Also ad suggests remedies for stomach troubles and malaria with Dr. J. H. McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Fillets at 25 cents a vial. Debtors urged to settle at Stoy's Drug Store. Appetite and sleep improvement claims.
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