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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
6
The Ornithological Bureau of Buda Pest reports experiments attaching light disks to young storks. Labels asked to be detached and sent to Budapest if birds were captured. Results show some birds reached Biasutolana and far regions, with two deaths among ten birds observed.
Dean Albert Woods of the Minnesota Misnte Aer Cultured College notes a back to the farm movement with recent graduates, many young women owning farms or holding interests in Minnesota land. He says the average age of students entering the farm school is around fifteen, and that young women are as capable as men in returning to manage farms.
In a curious scene a cow grazing nearby a boy flying a kite in a pasture swallows a ball of twine. As the cow moves the kite lifts as if to chase, the animal gallops and the kite remains aloft until the frightened animal is caught.
The text explains why champagne corks cost 30 cents each, detailing how cork bark is steamed to soften it before entering bottling machines. Steamed cork loses elasticity and breaks, causing leakage, so only high elasticity, hand-cut corks are used to seal bottles.
Local notes detail visits and travel by residents including Mrs C A Breden to Terre Haute and Miss Stella Boyd to Jasonville plus Amos Flinn and family moving to Bedford and several others visiting or traveling to Akron Ohio or Detroit Michigan.
The Camp Fire Girls and Boys Glee Club of Washington gave a pleasing entertainment at the Star Theater on Wednesday night to a fair sized audience. Proceeds will fund a local Camp Fire Girls organization. Slater and Finch performed well at the Star, drawing a small yet high quality crowd. Mr. Finch praised as one of the city’s best impersonators. C E O'Dell chosen town marshal to replace resigned William Summerville.
A fragment describes a lake in Ireland that petrifies submerged wood with a stonelike substance from Lough Neagh. A British cutlery firm tested wood from the lake and produced a ratox hone, later famous. the firm claims the hone is merely petrified wood rather than a unique stone.
A 30 year old umbrella once used by Dr. James A. Mullican’s family on Greenwood avenue was stolen while lent to I A Seck during rain. Mullican notes the umbrella’s long family history and vows to recover it. The same article mentions the Gerlin Observatory electric clock, praised as highly accurate.
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