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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1897
Page
1
Readable fragments show a dated local notice with numbers and stamps but lack names, places, or clear actions. The piece appears as a damaged OCR segment, offering little verifiable context beyond numeric tokens.
The items span workers in Germany and Norway, travelers from foreign countries, a chaperone marrying a groom, fur trade prospects, and eccentric anecdotes from Britain and the United States. Miscellany covers taxes, salaries, and daily life oddities with scattered figures and local curiosities.
London dispatch cites Vienna correspondent on a planned blockade of the Gulf of Athens and possible wider Greek actions. Reports say King George would push for war with Turkey if Athens is blockaded, while ministries seek united consensus and avoid premature moves.
Heavy rains push the Mississippi toward a crisis as flooding rises in Louisiana and Arkansas. Breaks threaten Gunnison Mississippi and Concordia Landing, with reports of deaths and missing people. Crevasses, whirlpools, and rising water force residents from homes. months of high river levels continue across the Midwest.
April 2 reports the region hit by the fiercest snowstorm in twenty years. Ten foot drifts bury outlying houses while main streets vanish under snow. Trains halted for days. Union Pacific crews plow through drifts as Sherman Hill, Medicine Bow, Laramie feel the center of the storm. Inmates report structural damage and widespread business disruption.
Two individuals from Kentucky near Leslie county line are mentioned in a fragmented text about a marriage and a long family history, including a 65 year old woman and a man aged around 30s, with unclear details and many garbled words.
Julio Sanguilly leads four Cubans and a private yacht convoy to South Florida en route to Cuba. General Rivera will assume command of a force moving from Pinar del Rio to the western coast. Rivera remains in good health despite leg wounds.
Gladstone writes that Parliament should resist foreign powers choosing a ruler for Crete. He says peers may claim any chosen prince must acknowledge Ottoman suzerainty, but stresses that selecting a ruler is a distinctly Cretan matter.
An explosion Thursday night wrecked the Shamokin Powder Co dry house four miles west of Shamokin. The blast set a nearby barn on fire and burned the cattle. David Manna's farm structures were destroyed and his residence split in half with his family narrowly escaping injury.
Frank Inter, accused of numerous murders in New South Wales and elsewhere, attempted to take his own life in San Francisco on Friday morning. He slashed his temple with a fingernail, creating a shallow wound. guards intervened after he bled significantly.
A tornado swept the southern Cleveland county area causing extensive damage to residences. Reports list 2 or 15 homes destroyed and 16 or 1 people injured with Will Shirner killed and others seriously hurt.
The Star reports in its Friday afternoon issue that the blockade of Greece ports by the powers will begin on Sunday. Lespos, April 1, notes the claim as authority for the statement.
New Atlantic Cable at Paris factory under way with Calais end nearly complete and ready for testing by April 2.
New York April 1 Woolson Spice Co Toledo Ohio cuts price of their roasted coffee to five cents a pound net Expect Arbuckles to match to keep trade footing in the market St Louis April 3 city council passes ordinance limiting building height to 153 feet and requires fireproof public halls schools theaters and churches Structure steel for Japan awarded to American firm Puianerata April 3 Japanese government awards bridge steel order to AL
Acting Chairman Davis signals no rush to press the arbitration treaty this week as final ratification hangs on two-thirds vote. Senate moves may pause to allow state department review and pairing delays. Agricultural and bankruptcy bills loom, with Congressman Watkins urging a 19 percent tax on imported goods. Col. Charles K. Woodward, Hyatt House owner in Washington, dies of Bright's disease at 72.
International fleet leaders demand answers from the governor over arming Bashi Bazouks and the dispersal of rifles. Insurgents press attack on the block house at Butsunara as authorities vow to disarm fleeing fighters and count arms amid ongoing clashes on Akrotiri.
In Chattanooga Tennessee the Richardson Block, a large building, burned after a basement furnace fire at 3 39 am Saturday. Fire crews saved neighboring structures but two men died S M Patton the architect and Neyd Powing a wealthy citizen fell or burned. The blaze destroyed the block plus adjacent properties with about half a million in losses, two thirds insured. The alarm lag hindered response and many occupants escaped.
In New York on April 5 publishers met at the Astorhouse to form a News Association. The group aims to provide a general news service by leased wire or other means. J. J. Heenan Jr of the Pittsburgh Press chaired the meeting.
Gov. W. Tt. Thornton wires Washington that he resigns as New Mexico governor. His commission expires the 13th instant but he had pledged to resign after conspirators were executed. Washington dispatches say resignation will be accepted at once. Also notes steamship arrivals bringing immigrants and a separate legal note about Rivera.
Frankfort dispatch reports a five minute joint session where ballots for U S senator drew one vote each for Hunter Boyle Blackburn Davie and Stone. Goebel presided as the body adjourned with Hunter leading among anti Hunter factions and talks of a new Republican candidate to block Hunter.
Scortspoiny Indiana April 6 A jury awarded plaintiff John Barry two thousand dollars in a suit against the Big Four Railroad for injuries. Also a tax protest suit seeks to block city tax collection, claiming overassessment. Incendiary fires strike West Fiox, Ohio injuring two barns on W Laferty’s farm. The body of William Koller is mentioned amid local notices.
Washington reports detail senate open sessions lasting into late hours with arbitration treaty discussions and pension bills. house actions include tariff debates and aid to floods. Cuba crisis prompts resolutions on Spanish conduct and Maxime Gomez letters. India famine relief vessel charter approved.
Reports from Atlanta say the steamer Griggs sank on the Chattahoochee River near Ft. Gaines. At least five men perished and one survivor, Randolph Russell of Alabama, reached shore to report the disaster. The storm hindered wires and details. the Griggs ran between Columbus and Apalachicola and went down about 73 miles below Columbus.
Will P. Stuart, winner of the Lexington oratorical contest, is charged with plagiarism by supporters of J. N. Elliott Kentucky University. The Oratorical association may review the matter as in a prior case with Swango of Center College where a medal was demanded to be returned. The report notes Swango did not return the medal.
The Senate confirmed ambassadors to Germany and Italy, a secretary of embassy at Rome, and several treasury and legal officials. Other moves include reinstating a veteran by Secretary Gage, indictments for theft from the congressional library, and a presidential push for flood relief funding.
Detroit April 6 returns indicate the re election of Judge Charles D Long Republican as justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and the defeat of fusion candidate Chorge N Yapple. Charles D Laston and William J Cocker were elected as Regents of the University of Michigan with light turnout and stronger free silver sentiment in southern counties.
In Columbus April 4 the Democrats elected Samuel L. Black mayor by about 400 votes over Republican Cornett Tompkins. The party swept the city slate except for police court judge where Republican S. J. Sewartz won over W. M. Thompson. Republicans carried Columbus in fall by 3,118 votes. turnout and results varied in smaller towns.
Ricusono April 6 Tollgate raiders destroyed another gate near Hicksville Sunday night. The gate keeper fired three times but missed and the raiders returned fire wounding him seriously.
In a light southeast wind the large yachts Ailsa and Brittania completed three laps of a ten mile triangular course for a 5000 franc prize. Brittania finished ahead by one minute and fifteen seconds amid fine weather.
Hatsville college closes with seven students in spring term. White River valley floods feared. E. B. Brown killed by a broken springboard in Anderson. Samuel Craig of Shelbyville sentenced to Indiana Reformatory. Four prisoners escape Portland jail. Cras Compton dies at Marion Soldiers’ Home Kokomo. swore physician to kill himself posthumously. Compton, 69, tall and wealthy, served in Tenth New York cavalry. New postmaster A Adams named at Vincennes. A woman jailed in Shelby County dies by grief. North Indiana authorities claim no arrest power under new law. Printers seek higher pay. Franklin Vonberg convicted in Indianapolis. A goat and a coon attacked by a constable at Hagerstown. Wayne county infirmary praised as model. Northern Indiana teachers meet. Elwood starts a new daily. Butler man confesses sins. wife sues for divorce. Compulsory relocation law faces enforcement. Richmond’s election and school crowding noted. Terre Haute names Charles Hyland police superintendent. Bedford man’s army wound cited. remembered poet. Jeffersonville reports United Order chapter organized. Monrovia citizens target corner stone event. Railroad wage cuts inked for switchmen and brakemen. Winchester man dies at 60 from old army wound. poet. Cass County calf born and cow sold for 100 dollars. Anderson plans new factories. Colerick-Hall mystery persists. May events for veterans in Richmond. Middletown girls’ school mischief case. May gatherings and local developments across Indiana.
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