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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
2
The column blends satirical notes on the harem skirt and Jupecullett term, praises or critiques of global trends, and humorous glimpses of current events. It mentions sleeping sickness linked to goldish, a vicious sky of frost affecting Georgia crops, and a Danish warship bound for Greenland amid world-views of 1923 and 1916 prophecies.
Radium is seen as a competition to coal in heat production. Coal producers argue the price should align closer to the rival material.
A report says an American girl is alleged to have paid 25009 dollars for a handkerchief in Paris a few days ago. The note hints she may have bought an interest in a French count for that sum.
A vague note suggests a woman studied longevity possibly reaching 150 years and mentions avoiding heavy undergarments to stay healthy. The text also hints at conflicts with unnamed “wet producers” without concrete facts or identifiable figures.
A natural precedent is cited for supporting the tala of a New York dog that appears black due to consuming a black kitten. The note adds that many humans eat crow and that such acts often make them look black.
A kidnapper has been sentenced to twenty five years in prison. The article quips that with this rate of justice kidnappers, once freed, may resume their trade as a lost art.
An investigation reveals students at a well known college are given skim milk. If the idea men are what they eat holds, a noted lecturer’s opinion that colleges are turning out crocks gains plausibility from the milk controversy and social critique.
The text praises a policy allowing a death row inmate to select between hanging or a painful poison. It links this to willingness to end marital disputes for any reason and suggests Nevada’s approach shows an obliging disposition in fate.
A magistrate in Gotham Court praises a wife who resented a beating with a forcible remonstrance over a stove lid. The remarks imply wives could endure mistreatment with furniture for support, suggesting no need for whipping posts and criticizing sentimentalists who complain of injuries to a husband's respect.
A well known women's college may stir indignation with a member's claim that plain girls attend college to compete for husbands, arguing that attractive girls do not need college training for marriage. The bold remark risks harming support for higher education and its advocates.
The Chicago health department bulletin urges a vegetarian approach but offers affordable meat options for those who must eat meat. It argues nutrition matters more than price, citing milk and bread meals as better value than costly steaks, and notes rye bread's longevity and laxative properties. It also highlights mouth hygiene and the value of school medical inspections to catch issues early.
Canon City locals from the Merchants association rediscovered a long rumored cave in the Royal Gorge. A Portland visitor’s description led a crossing party to an entrance in a ravine about 500 feet above the river near the gorge station.
The speaker explains that the father spent the morning developing a couple of negatives using an instantaneous developer, highlighting a routine photographic task.
Dr. Simon B. Weibach of Harvard Medical School and Dr. J. L. Todd of McGill University depart for West Africa to study sleeping sickness and related diseases among native populations.
At a Berks and Oxfordshire chamber of agriculture meeting in Reading, officials stated 827 rats were killed during a thrashing of an average corn rick on Lady Wantage's estate.
Professor Scott Nearing of the University of Pennsylvania warns that modern women's dress and spending threaten national stability. He claims women shifted from earners to spenders, creating an economic burden and offering two paths forward: remain parasites or become producers with economic necessity. He cites Rome as a cautionary example.
Members of the Chicago Press league attended a spring festival at Field tea-room where Mme. Zenia promised to reveal futures by palmistry. Palm lines supposedly showed women with large hands make the best homes and that one could keep a secret, while many chose art or bettered the home.
Mrs. J. D. Murphy of 1827 East Riverside Avenue promotes bells on cats to protect song birds. She has drawn many supporters and plans a Bell on Cat society to organize the campaign.
In a Stray Stories vignette a doctor notes convalescent influenza brings slight irritability. A wife recalls the convalescent man smashing fourteen soup plates and a dinner service after she refused steak and onions, prompting her to order steak at once.
Walter Sargent a prosperous rancher in San Jose kept calm when a mountain lion stalked his herd near the foothills. He fixed the beast with his eye and the hungry animal paused before trotting away.
An old advertisement notes Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gums softening reduction of discomfort allaying pain and wind colic with a price of 25 cents a bottle.
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