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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1914
Page
6
A rural newspaper note invites readers to send in recipes from women of Northern Davis County. Each week features collected recipes in this space. A six month subscription to the Odontist Recipe is offered with weekly receipt.
The text presents garbled domestic reminiscence about kitchen tasks and ingredients such as vinegar pie and batter, with scattered phrases referencing May roads and local names. It reads like a jumbled diary fragment from a bygone era, lacking clear events or dates.
Short items report visits from Miss Ola Huff and Mrs. Nannie French to relatives, and various residents in towns including Burns City Washington Worthington and Indianapolis. Ads offer Rexall music and paint supplies. edge-bound community notices include church juniors shower and Easter hen production tips.
The column notes Stowe cannot publish all recipes weekly due to priming and space limits. It previews a Six Series on Pach page and mentions subscribers receiving awards for a Chocolate Leaf Cake. Other recipes appear on page ma wat Tree.
The Father of his Country, George Washington, wore artificial teeth after the Revolutionary War. A New York dentist created a full set, ivory inlayed and fastened to a metal plate with clamps. The contraption included upper and lower arches joined by springs, noted in Harper’s Weekly.
The article notes hedgehogs show notable immunity to certain snake venoms and mentions recent experiments suggesting shared resistance to toxins from diphtheria and tetanus. It raises questions about the mechanisms behind this defense.
The London Globe questions whether hedgehogs have separate antitoxins for all poisons or one broad antitoxin. It suggests one powerful hedgehog antitoxin may neutralize multiple toxins, noting hedgehogs resist some poisons more than many animals yet are not immune to all.
Vienna correspondence reports Rihal near Grosswardein Hungary shaken by an earthquake. Villagers, fearing the devil’s groans, consulted a local quack who blamed punishment for cold and hunger. They burned the Bishop’s forest and threw calves and goats into a chasm. The quack and several peasants were arrested.
An ad in German papers announces the vacant mayor position in Magdeburg with a salary of 21000 marks plus 4000 marks for expenses, including city hall dwelling rent. The notice invites applications by September 1, illustrating the German view of city government as a technical business.
A powder system for breaking adobe soil was demonstrated on a college farm. E R Angust led the project with Ranhast drilling 196 holes per acre fifteen feet apart. Charges in three rows were fired together, cracking the ground and lifting large chunks. The method improves ploughing after frost and costs about $15 per acre plus labor.
A St Paul Dispatch summary notes that three precincts Timber Lake White Horse and Isabel voted in the new Dewey County race. Isabel and Timber Lake sought the county seat while White Horse stayed out. officials largely went to the reds who controlled most offices despite Isabel's threats to contest.
A humorous verse note on Harper and Brothers marketing plays with upcoming titles like Going Some and Oh You Kid as publishers chase current reader tastes. The quip extends to Century Atlantic McClure and Ladies' Journals with puns on popular lingo and new books.
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