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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
3
Rev Ernest Roberts pastor of UY B church leads Sunday school at 9 30 with Junior class 2 00 Intermediate class C E at 7 00 preaching services in Odon Sunday at 10 30 and 7 30. Official board members meet at church Wednesday April 24 after prayer service for consultation.
The M. E. Church presents Sunday school at 9 30 with preaching at 10 30 led by Dr J F O Haver district superintendent and sacrament. Evening service at 8 with the pastor preaching Epworth League at 8 Wednesday Prayer meeting Thursday 8 pm all invited to attend.
Dr J F O Haver district superintendent will preach at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 10 30 and again at the third quarterly conference Monday at 10 30 am.
The graduating class will hold commencement exercises at the school on Friday May 3. The baccalaureate sermon for the class will be delivered Sunday April 28 by Rev. Ernest Roberts of this city.
Rev Darby of the First Christian church Washington spoke to a large audience at the Christian church last Tuesday night. He is deeply interested in the Men and Millions movement and delivered a forceful, welcome address in this city.
The piece argues that using 200 pound burlap bags saves material and labor during wartime. It notes India as burlap source, heavy bags reduce fertilizer shipments, and soldiers in trenches consume burlap first, while farmers gain efficiency as larger bags double as packing material and transport aid.
The 1917 corn crop is poor with much of it soft and not keeping in storage. A USDA report shows an average condition of 75.2 versus a ten year average of 84 percent, with frosts and late growing seasons causing soft corn. Proper cultural methods can hasten maturity by one to two weeks, improving marketable ears. Poor plant food in soil also delays development. adequate balanced fertilization can shrink the growing season by ten to fourteen days, increasing marketable yields.
A guide lists approximate weights per unit for water air and common substances. It gives figures such as water 66.4 lb per cubic foot and 7.48 gallons per cubic foot, plus weights for pine oak concrete stone clay gravel lime and other measures.
Frances laments frustration with a bridge game while Francis defends the match, noting it costs him just as much money as it does her. The exchange centers on the financial strain of the game and mutual feelings about the pastime.
A witty exchange in a department store has a lady asking for war yarns and a floorwalker replying with options for reading or knitting. The light humor plays on yarns as both stories and threads.
A humorous fragment shows a man trading a dollar for a needed sugar purchase, revealing a cheeky exchange between John and another person about buying unnecessary items to secure a pound of sugar.
Teacher Why asks why giraffes have long necks and Charlie explains the neck is long because the head sits far from the body in a light humorous exchange.
Readers discuss a local candidate as opponents critique his career arc and cultivation. The dialogue suggests scrutiny of his background and public persona in the upcoming election.
Howell asks about the millennium from his view and Powell defines it as a time with no interval between drinks. The brief exchange frames a playful interpretation of the era as a continuous sequence of beverages.
A terse exchange shows a character vowing to join the army after being refused, while another worries about being shot. The pair weigh drastic options and a grim future in a tense, wartime context.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch notes Henry Fielding Dickens, son of Charles Dickens, is elected by London aldermen to the office of common sergeant with a $15 000 yearly salary. The piece recalls Dickens humor and past burlesques, and mentions relief over the son’s fortune amid tales of descendants’ poverty.
One of the finest war memorials to be erected in Egypt by Australian soldiers as tribute to fallen comrades in Egypt and Palestine. Each Australian soldier there has subscribed 1.25. The monument will be a large broken column on the Suez canal bank. New Zealanders will build a similar memorial at Bir el Abd for Romani battle dead.
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