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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1912
Page
4
Stove wood for sale. Roland Alford offers two Jersey cows with calves by their side for sale. See Ross Lacy. Will Malone returned Tuesday from Lyons.
In New York on April 24 a huge East Side crowd of about 40 000 blocked streets around the Educational Alliance building delaying a planned lecture on Isidor Straus. The gathering grew so large police feared trampling and called in reserves to disperse after postponing the event indefinitely.
Local social notes list daily visits and Sunday gatherings among area families including Sears, Pershing, Cunningham, Hindman, Dungan, Williams, Ramsey, Overton, and Boyd. Mentions travel to Indianapolis, Elnora, Bedford, and Sullivan with brief remarks on visits, movements, and small town commerce. Also notes drugstore products, a cattle sale, and classified items such as lost robes and a horsehair dress.
The first registration day in Indiana history is scheduled for May 9 with registrations in every voting precinct. Three periods exist: 150 day 60 day and 30 day. Registration needed to vote. offices open 5 am to 5 pm, may extend if applications come in every five minutes.
In a terse exchange a caller asks about hair styling and moving a fiancé’s photo to a wall. The Chicago News presents the brief, fragmentary dialogue reflecting a domestic scene.
The text appears as a garbled inquiry asking about a good remedy in a natural context. Details are unreadable. no clear people, places, or events are identified.
The Chicago News describes Chinese painting as calligraphic and brush driven. It notes the influence of handwriting on line quality and the use of absorbent paper sized silk and thin watercolor to create clean vigorous pictures with no later touch ups. The artist often studies the work then executes it rapidly.
Senate witnesses Frederick Fleet and Maj. Arthur Peuchen testify that lack of binoculars hindered lookout and iceberg detection aboard the Titanic. Fleet notes a single glass might have warned bridge crews. Peuchen criticizes crew organization and lack of drills since Southampton voyage. Fifth officer Pittman recalls failing to launch a lifeboat during the sinking.
The London Castle tavern at Cowcross and Farringdon streets combines a public house with a licensed pledge shop. Since the reign of George IV the Castle has held a pawn broker’s license granted by royal warrant, allowing loans on personal belongings without requiring a meal first. The Castle’s unusual blend is noted by Dickens in his novels.
A reminiscence recalls old revenue cutters with small rifled cannon used only for salutes or breaking up wrecks. Gunners rarely hit targets, and masters stayed back while shots were fired. Aboard a cutter, an inspector's visit prompted a rare demonstration ending with a rifle shot hitting the center.
Henry Gastineau of Linton becomes a half owner of the local light and power plant after a trade with Anderson Overton. A furniture store in Illinois was exchanged for the interest, and the firm is now Harriet and Gastineau.
W H Bechtel travels to Dugger tomorrow to attend a meeting of the Baptist Association Board in that town.
A fragment from the Chicago Tribune quotes Uncle Rastus recalling a judge’s doubt and his release. The dialogue suggests a prior jail sentence and eventual vindication, with the judge admonishing restraint to avoid a repeat offense.
Fragmentary text hints at challenges in employment or labor, with unclear references to effort and obstacles. No clear events, dates, or named entities are readable enough to identify specifics. Further readable context is needed to form a precise item.
Orin Zeigler three month old son of Mr and Mrs Wm Zeigler died yesterday morning at 7 200 am. Funeral will be held at the family house this afternoon at two o clock with interment in Raglesville cemetery.
An excerpt notes oil being ejected from the Baku well with remarkable force and accompanying effects. The fragment hints at the scale of the eruption and its immediate impact on surrounding activity.
A fragment notes that but for reliable roads and a well kept buggy, a horse and a shiny new set are referenced as desirable. The text presents an old time sentiment on travel gear and road quality.
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