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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
6
The article argues that housekeepers as employers shape wages, training, and living conditions for domestic workers. It links wage levels to quality of care, the need for proper housing and health standards, and the broader impact on industry and society. It calls for organized female action to elevate domestic work’s standing.
A Marion County Sunday School association plan outlines the sixth annual Indiana Sunday School convention in Indianapolis April 25 to 28. Delegates will stay at private homes for a dollar a day. sessions at First Baptist and Second Presbyterian churches feature Rev. FLoow Meyer and other leaders with speeches by Gov. Marshall and Mrs. Lamoreaux. Bishop Hartzell, Dr. Meyer, and Marion Lawrence lead a nationwide Sunday school tour.
State news notes a live electric fixture caused damage in a New England store basement melting a Central Union Telephone cable and burning packaging. Crawfordsville reports a New York syndicate plans a St. Louis traction line via Shades of Death and Terre Haute with estate dealer Samuel DPD Symmes hired for right of way. Richmond records death of David Doty after a hay injury. Danville notes Dr. M G Parker's 90th birthday celebration.
A western man visiting Frederick Remington at his New Rochelle home found the artist at work in colors on a large canvas. The visitor asked if Remington painted and the artist quipped in humor that he thought maybe he did.
Gary moves to annex Trammond East Chicago and Whiting to protect its identity as Steel Corp growth drives. Council appoints four members to confer with officials in Trammond and East Chicago. Meeker of Hammond vows to resist while hopes neighbor cities consent.
Mayor Mark J. Forkner presided over his first police court session as mayor. Drunks face stiffer penalties with fines set at five dollars plus costs, replacing earlier amounts. Lice headquarters moved to the courthouse basement as the mayor opened his first court in the assembly room.
Mayor Chester closed drug stores tobacco and fruit stands and all other business houses on Sundays to punish a ministerial association seen as insincere in prosecuting saloon patrons. Milk and tea deliveries limited to absolute necessity as livery stables and garages shut. Electric car traffic to nearby cities surged.
In Evansville a coalition of carpenters and allied trades plans a general strike next week. About 1 080 workers threaten to halt work over wage rates. Carpenters push 69 cents an hour for long hours while others offer 45 or 50 cents. Expect disruptions but not full business paralysis.
Mikhart Nicholas Miele, 24, was killed in a temple area confrontation when Olesio Mashino attacked him with a fist. Mashino, his 4 year old accomplice and other Italians fled after the stabbing as the boy's father intervened. Mashino boasted of prior skill in New York where his wife and three children live.
Amanda Webb a Black centenarian died at her Mount Vernon home aged 101. Born in Virginia she was a former slave on a plantation near George Washington's home. Survived by five generations members.
Management refused to meet the machinists' committee on adjustment, 300 workers quit. They demanded higher wages and ended work in protest.
The Southern Indiana Conference of German Lutheran ministers and teachers begins in Columbus and continues in session for three days.
A landlord boastfully notes every room is rented except one. The applicant realizes the remaining space is already occupied by the landlord who plans to store belongings and linger outside rather than rent. The exchange highlights greed and sly humor.
Knoxville Iowa letter from Mrs Clara Franxs praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for long standing pains and weakness. Claims the medicine restores sleep and strength and urges others to try it with free advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
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