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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1916
Page
7
Easter joys mark a lively community period with visits from Montgomey of Bedford and Hayden Osbon family from Blankenship. Uncle John Andis suffers a paralyzing stroke, while Miss Hazel Huddleson visits Mrs. Carter. Easter services unite two Sunday Schools at the Christian Church.
W. S. Wade aged sixty eight, a Taior resident and devout St. Michael Catholic Church member, died Sunday morning after ongoing ill health. He leaves brothers Tom James Sam George Wade and sister Mary F Campbell. funeral arrangements noted with no service at St. Michael Church and burial in the local cemetery. Brothers and relatives from Indianapolis Loogeetee and Washington attended the funeral and related gatherings.
A Valley View column records weekly social visits and local happenings. Residents like Mr. and Mrs. Ira Williams, Miss Ethel Robinson, and families from nearby towns are listed with Sunday visits, health notes, and community events. The piece also mentions Easter fashion displays and local kindness, ending with a friendly invitation to readers.
Spring is praised by many but rheumatic pains worsen in cold damp weather. Relief may come from applying Chamberlains Ointment, available everywhere and at all dealers.
Trustee announces regular office hours at the EK Laughlin building on East Main Street in Qdon. Visits will occur on Wednesday and Saturday each week to conduct Madison township business.
Harper's prints John Way's diary extracts from 1864 recounting Lincoln’s tale of McClellan and a covert New York political plot led by Thurlow Weed. The account centers on Baldy Smith, Wood, and others, detailing alleged letters and the president’s suspicions after Antietam.
A reflective remark contrasts desire for a million with choosing a quarter of a million and happiness in that choice. The speaker emphasizes prudence over chasing larger riches and suggests contentment brings lasting satisfaction.
A humorous essay argues for abolishing age and birthdays as a cure for life’s clockwork. It jokes about time, calendars, and the idea of a commission to end the passage of years, urging readers to quit measuring age.
A humorous critique of modern agents selling cheap optimism about new typewriters. The narrator recalls ten prior purchases, praises the typewriter as a writer’s aid, but laments a broken carriage and costly repairs by an agent. The piece blends satire on writers of Dickens and Scott with quips about agents and human foibles.
An early 20th century note explains that a pint of oil per hour can create a calm zone around a ship, requiring nine pints per square mile and even a single drop for seven square feet. Oil spreads as a film two millionths of a millimeter thick, reducing waves and ripples. London rules prompt lifeboats to carry oil for rough seas. Reports from the Great Lakes describe methods of dripping or pumping oil to calm waters and aid lifeboat launches.
It is an important function of rye stock on the farm to furnish a market for the crops grown, enabling farmer to convert grasses, forage crops, legumes, and so on into higher priced finished products and to return to the soil the plant food taken from it.
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