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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
2
Notice outlines subscription rates for one year and advertising terms. It lists rates, copy deadlines, and guidance on an assortment of notices and ads including condolences and memorials. The text appears to be a miscible editorial and rate card fragment from the Indiana Post Office period.
A collage of briefs includes rail policy debate notes, a Chester Park contract, a corruption crack about baking powders, and local incidents from Danville to Washington. It reports on a bigamy case against William C. Goss in Washington with pending trial and bond set at 2500.
The Elnora town board long promised concrete sidewalks on main streets and now, with warmer weather, crews begin laying walks around the Christian church and nearby properties. Residents note increased traffic as sidewalks replace dirt paths and the project advances after a harsh winter.
During a rain storm Monday a lightning strike hit the barn of John ilasier three miles southwest of Scotland. A fine jack was killed in the incident.
Saturday sale at Halete's offers a 7 cash deal for a ajadinere stand and a 10 purchase for a larger item. The largest cash purchase this April wins a rocker or five stand table. Buyers are encouraged to act quickly to secure premiums.
A Kentucky distillery turns out 1200 barrels every seven days, totaling 42400 barrels a year. Estimated cost to manufacturers is 374400 dollars with wholesalers paying a profit of 81 to 2 dollars per barrel. Government takes a share, and after transportation, licenses, salaries, rent, and other charges the bar keeper bears the bulk, totaling 24671678 dollars.
A London Graphic note argues against French terms in daily life and language. It cites menu Napery stockings costumes programme and other examples showing English equivalents. The piece laments rising hotel poach and telegraphic influence, urging use of English in literature and conversation.
Dialogue fragment shows a hotel clerk and a traveler in a hotel setting. The traveler asks to be called later while the clerk asks for a name. The text references Baltimore and a derisive self-description.
A writer describes young French conscripts marching to railway platforms in shabby clothes and a visible lack of polish. The crowd combines wealth and street scavenge, with cynical jibes from veterans as they head toward two days in Paris before their first army life.
The piece describes an old act fining those absent from church on Sunday under threat of imprisonment for distress of soul and notes the act’s repeal in 1844 for Roman Catholics and wholly in 1540. It also mentions a curious marriage formula from the Frankfurter Zeitung linking a man’s age to his bride’s age with a quadratic relation.
The Panama hat is woven from the undeveloped leaves of the bombonaje plant, a screw pine from Colombia Ecuador and Peru. Leaves yield cogollo plaits two feet long which are boiled bleached and dried then formed into hats. A hat uses sixteen cogollos for ordinary quality and twenty-four for finest. manufacture spans four days to several months.
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