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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
2
A freewheeling column mixes jokes about beef prices, hog costs, and spring, with quips about politics, wealth, stamps, and a governor’s court ruling. It riffs on trains, subways, airplanes, and social quirks while lampooning public figures and cultural trends of the era.
The pin of the California superintendent of education to require less work for school children at home does not apply to chores and keeping the backyard clean.
A New Jersey man threatened divorce after his wife joined the boycott and refused to give him meat. Beef magnates are urged to recognize the stand as it affects their interests.
Reports allege discovery of counterfeit currency causing concern as people note $10, $20, or $50 fake bills in circulation. A counterfeit $1 silver certificate of good workmanship has been uncovered.
The 1907 panic era shows copper demand surge with January consumption reaching 43,000,000 pounds more than production. The uptick signals broader industrial activity and a market trend toward improvement as copper use expands across several sectors.
A quirky line notes fashion trends in holidays, suggesting colored eggs signal unusual gifts from turkeys at Thanksgiving as symbols of mourning for departed sisters.
Immigration rose last year and signals point to larger figures this year. The piece calls for thorough inspections at all ports of entry and urges government officials to ensure no undesirables land from any foreign source.
Colonel Roosevelt and family toured Sakkara and the Ne cropolis Bulls of Apis and Thy tombs with an archaeologist guide. Oscar S Straus joined for a private visit as Roosevelt drew crowds in Cairo while American officials and notable guests gathered at the Mena House and Nile excursions.
White hot lava streams pour down Etna as fresh craters open. Authorities warn tourists to stay away amid tremors and widespread damage as the eruption intensifies and towns near Castello, Albanelli, and Volta St. Giacomo flee for safety.
William A. Brown of Brownsville claims relatives conspired to commit him to the Southwestern Insane Asylum in San Antonio for eleven years to deprive him of his share of his father's estate worth about five million dollars. He seeks five million in damages in a suit filed against his brothers James A. Brown and Albert Brown, sister Mrs. M. Cc. Sanreman, and James B. Wells, former chairman of the state Democratic executive committee.
Washington D C The Weeks bill to conserve head waters of navigable streams and appropriate up to 11 million dollars over five years for land acquisitions for that purpose was favorably acted on by the house committee.
Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania reports a $250000 fire Wednesday that leveled the Mineral Springs breaker owned by the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. The structure was among the state’s largest coal breakers.
Republican caucus selects five members for the proposed ten member rules committee the Norris resolution created. Wal ter I Smith Iowa John Dalzell Pennsylvania George P Lawrence Massachusetts J Sloat Fasset New York Henry S Boutell Illinois Sylvester C Smith California. Democrats nominate minority members Champ Clark Missouri leads with 125 votes Oscar W Underwood Alabama 102 Lincoln Dixon Indiana 99 John J Fitzgerald New York 98 to finalize the panel.
A patrol wagon was dynamited in Philadelphia as officers returned from a false riot alarm in the northeast. Six patrolmen, the driver, and a sergeant were thrown out and badly hurt. Authorities attribute the attack to strike sympathizers.
Georgie Norman Pierce aged 64 and once head of the George N. Pierce automobile company died in his Buffalo apartments.
Religious riots erupt in Calcutta injuring forty and killing seven as Hindus and Mohammedans clash. shops are looted and damaged amid street violence.
Addis Abeba Abyssinia regent Ras Tesama takes control after King Menelik retires from active direction. The move follows Menelik’s retirement and shifts power to the regent who manages affairs of Abyssinia.
A devastating blaze in Mount Hope West Virginia destroyed nearly the entire village, leaving over two hundred families without homes or shelter and prompting emergency relief efforts.
Ask Writ Against Hyde filed in the circuit court at Independence seeks an injunction to stop Dr. B Clark Hyde from taking depositions in Kansas City while facing a $100000 slander suit against John G Paxton executor of the Swope estate. The petition alleges depositions are being taken in Illinois and Missouri concurrently.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma warned in a senate speech for a cabinet level department of health. He cited 600000 annual US deaths from preventable causes and $1 billion losses from illness and disability. He urged federal state cooperation and government operation to wipe out diseases like hookworm and yellow fever.
The first triple funeral in Galesburg history was held for Henry L. Pennington, his wife, and infant. Pennington died in the Rock Island wreck near Marshalltown, Iowa. Mrs. Pennington, daughter of A. F. Yolton of Kahoka, Missouri, died from grief after learning of the tragedy. The infant died a day after birth.
Nettie Caskey a 15 year old saved her 38 year old niece Marielle Caskey from an oncoming locomotive on the Pennsylvania railroad. Both rolled down a bank as the train sped past. Engineer George Jardine halted his run in Fairmont, shocked by the near tragedy.
The administration railroad bill, containing many changes to the existing law and amended since its introduction by Mr. Townferd of Michigan, has been ordered favorably reported by the House committee.
The final identification in Monday’s crash was completed Thursday when B F Graham of Hermon Illinois identified the previously unnamed woman as Annie Robertson of Galesburg Illinois his mother in law.
Three year old daughter of Frank Dinwiddie a farmer from Literberg died after falling into a sheep dipping vat in Jacksonville. Local authorities investigated the accidental death as a farm incident.
The St Louis farmers convention May 2 to 4 will draw thousands from U S farm groups with leaders from the Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union and the American Society of Equity. Samuel Gompers may launch a new farmer working men party with others like La Follette Graves and Lawrence among anticipated speakers.
A fire in Louisiana Missouri started Friday afternoon in the cutting department of the big Louisiana Stave and Heading company’s plant south of town. The blaze consumed the manufacturing and dry kiln plants with losses pegged at 50,000.
Mt Vernon Illinois J S Norris a wealthy Waltonville merchant was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in county jail for bootlegging in a case heard locally.
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