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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1889
Page
4
Memorial Day Romance at Alemorda Village Cemetery
An emotional Memorial Day scene unfolds in Alemorda as residents gather for services. A young man Mordant confesses love to Gertrude beside the graves of war dead, while Gertrude honors a lover who died in battle. A rival friend arrives, revealing a possible twist of fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mordant
Jim
John
Gertrude
Mes
R. Iver
Practical notes on farming and kitchen fare from Farm and Fireside
A collection of household and farm tips on crop care, feeding, and kitchen dishes. Advice covers harrowing corn, fattening cattle, proper sheep grazing, pork and potato meals, spring soil work, and spinach dishes. It also notes millet and Hungarian grass as summer crops with guidance on seeding and manure for heavy yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
HS & Iz Bohs
New York
Western Steam
Chicago
Chicago Spring
Brad
Bellard
Ness
Baltimore
Detective Guards Mrs Vaan Stamps Diamonds
A detective explains he guards Mrs Vaan Stamps diamonds while a stranger argues their value, noting the jewels appear real only due to his presence. The exchange unfolds in a tense bathroom scene cited by the Chicago Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionel
Tough citizen asks crook about next crime
A vivid exchange from the Chicago Tribune features a recently released criminal taunting his fellow felon about past offenses and announcing a plan to join a school-book publishing firm. It captures street slang and hardboiled tone of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Chicago Tribune
Mrs Hobbs Hine Book Directory Costume Gaffe
In a playful exchange, Mrs Hobbs teases about a new directory costume while Hobbs explains it helps remember names of people to call on. The Detroit Free Press notes the humorous scene as directory publishers face mockery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
J.C. Nancy
Hobbyville
S.S
Yany
Axnte Geesling
Columbus
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Gia
Cause for Gratitude Shaped by an Old Colored Woman
An Epoch excerpt depicts a weary elder thanking Bobben while lamenting her children are broken. She notes others’ deception and a “Kase acy Di show dirt” remark, indicating mistrust and hardship in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobben
Yale
Faike
Wiig
Epoch
Hog Treatment Farm Building Plan Promises Big Saves
Indiana Farmers publish a 54 by 164 foot hog complex with yard fences and lane access, a feed room, cooking and fattening pens, and gambril hooks for hog processing. The design includes gas lighting, two furnaces, and a cook room, claiming up to one million dollars yearly savings in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Clever French Thieves Brings Paris Swindle to Brooklyn
The New York Evening Post reports bold Parisian swindles where a well dressed thief feigned payment and fled with a parcel, later found by a police accomplice. The piece compares Paris crime to Brooklyn attempts using fake diamonds in place of a violin, noting Brooklyn failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Charcutier
Brooklyn
N. Y
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Promises Beauty and Health
An editorial style ad extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women citing beauty and health benefits. It claims many ailments stem from female weaknesses and irregularities and urges use of Dr Pierce’s Pills to regulate stomach liver and bowels.
U S Life Expectancy and Physician Density Report
The report states average life expectancy in the United States is fifty five years and the death rate is the lowest globally. It notes one physician for every six hundred inhabitants, a key health statistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Health tips and miscellaneous notes from old ads
An assortment of medical and consumer notes discusses Brights disease risk from inactivity and kidney impurities, claims for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Carter's Little Liver Pills, and hair dye products, plus a Syracuse estate project, army inspections, and land surveys. It reads like an 19th century advertisement page with various claims and developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Hostetter
Tippecanoe Battle Hero Harrison and Remedies Exposed
A historical notice recounts General Harrison’s Tippecanoe battle and his later illness amid malaria in Indiana. It details local remedies using roots and herbs and credits H. H. Warner with popularizing Warner’s Safe Remedies and Log Cabin products. The passage also mentions Evansville Central America expedition, Dobbin’s Electric Soap, and Carter’s Little Liver Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tippecance
Indiana
Tippecanos River
Battle Ground
Harrison
Tecumseh
Benjamin Harrison
Tippecanoe
Tippecanoe River
Wabash
Lafayette
H. H. Warner
Rochester Chamber of Commerce
Warner
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Ohio
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