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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
2
A compilation of wide ranging items from The Odon Journal including mock editorials on street cars, disease, war, patience, spring, romance, and travel. It notes Harvard at 45, skin diseases, pacings of market reports, a Cincinnati millionaire, German naval cuts, a Georgia pardon, and New York highway plans.
A court injunction aims to stop a family from operating a boiler factory in the flat above a department store row. Reports claim trolleys and steam cars crash into homes, but the piece argues houses do not dispute track right of way and cars should not challenge stationary phoses.
A biography of Samuel Langhorne Clemens born in Hannibal Missouri in 1835 tracing his youth as a river pilot under Horace Bixby then his shift to writing. It covers early journalism in Virginia City California Hawaii and Europe, major works from The Jumping Frog to The Innocents Abroad Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, personal trials including poverty debt and family losses, and his late life including Stormfield and the death of daughter Jean.
A newspaper item quotes a remark about a telephone company's edge in business. The line notes that if a receivership is ordered, they can always hang up the receiver, implying a strategic advantage in financial distress.
Liberia hosts several palm species with the fan palm, raphia bamboo palm, cocoanut palm, and oil palm among the most important. The piece highlights these varieties and notes their wartime or economic relevance.
A speaker notes satisfaction with a woman renting his house, saying she is the first visitor who did not brag about being a good tenant. Her candid approach contrasts with others who boast about reliability.
Senator Sorghum warns that radical rhetoric will ruin trusts and kill industry if the speaker is allowed to continue. The critic asks what effect the orator would have and answers he would talk them to death.
In a playful family scene Ostend asks his mother to bake a doughnut with a hole twice as wide, explaining he promised his younger brother the largest portion. The exchange captures lighthearted kitchen humor.
Citizens debate how to choose a candidate as the field grows. Advocates suggest holding a primary to narrow options and determine a clear choice for the party or community.
Louis D. McMullen owner of Mutual Employment Agency was arrested in Indianapolis after charges that he failed to return 75 percent of registration fees as required by Indiana law. He admitted not returning Ricks of Lafayette’s fee and said he would refund after a second call.
Frankfort reports a sensational marriage annulment suit filed by George P Chambers against Beulah Miller age twenty. The couple wed after a cloths purchase and $80 gift. Richmond notes Rezalle held for killing Mrs Frank Allison at Cambridge City. A mysterious girl attempted to involve Rezalle but was refused. New Castle records Mrs Lester Elmore in serious condition after taking carbolic acid. Montezuma recounts Hosea Johnson's suicide after rejection by Edna Berry. Princeton covers a church dispute delaying Rev. T A Devore's welcome as Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian Union clash with an injunction.
Special Judge Shuman has ordered Frank Hardy former trustee to face trial June 1 on a bribery charge arising from Will Thompson contractor payments for a North Anderson schoolhouse contract Thompson testified money was left on a desk and later found missing though he could not prove Hardy took it.
Jeffersonville Indiana reform school superintendent Major D C Peyton announces a new barbering department to teach inmates the trade. The institution will also ship furniture for a new State Insane Hospital near Madison, with the reformatory providing the majority of the hospital's furnishings.
Ten women employed in the offices of the Central States Cooperage Company in Newcastle went on strike after being told a 15 cent cut in salaries would take effect that week. They refused to work, organized among themselves, and signed an agreement to stand together under the wage reduction dispute.
Jeffersonville resident George Roederer attempted suicide using a broken razor during a spell of despondency. He severed his windpipe but was found by his wife and treated by Dr. Claude Crum who sutured the wound and Roederer will live.
Mrs. Susan Winbigler of Russiaville suspects poisoning of her well after observing tracks near the curb. She fed her chickens water from the well and all died, with no clear suspect or motive identified.
Vernon, the county seat of Jennings county, is unique in Indiana as the only county seat with no resident lawyer. The departure of Chester Bachelor, son of the late Judge Thomas C. Bachelor, from Vernon to Seattle left the town without a practicing attorney.
Sheriff White carries warrant to Cicero Barnett drug store where 314 barrels of bottled beer, one five gallon jug of whisky, one four gallon jug of blackberry brandy and five quart bottles of wine are seized.
Government inspector C Huner examined the scene of the post office robbery in Greenfield. He confirmed a loss of 2,225.12 dollars. the postmaster Bridges has covered the amount and will be reimbursed after government formalities are completed.
Two more women have fallen victims to the purse snatchers whose nightly deeds worry the Murcie police department. Mrs. Stella Fry was attacked and robbed of her pocketbook while en route to her home.
Milton Dobbins a 63 year old farmer died after a chip struck his face while chopping wood. The wound became infected with blood poison. He leaves a widow two sons and a daughter.
Thomas Doyle, a featherweight, drank a quart of whisky in one sitting and became a giant in Washington. Chief of Police McCrusaken and officers wrestled Doyle to a bed after a struggle. Doctors call his survival a near one in a thousand event.
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