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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
1
The Home Circle section speaks to weary mothers joining the Home Circle at evening tide. It urges personal growth through faith and deeds, noting humble origins can forge moral personalities and that humble poverty can breed strength and hope for all. It closes with optimism about hidden victories arising from humble lives.
A reflective essay condemns gossip and public shaming. It urges charity over broadcasting others faults and praises the uplifting power of kindness and honest speech to inspire resilience. It contrasts scandal with work and personal warmth as antidotes to despair.
A wife tells how her husband resembles a brass, handsome piano lamp he gave her. The lamp is described as having brass, good looks, not very brilliant, needing much attention, and prone to showing flaws in its shine.
A historical plea condemns men who neglect wives and children, blaming husbands for household strain. It argues wives deserve respect, support, and companionship, not endless toil or subservience, urging justice and humane treatment within marriage.
Instructions for handling a broody hen and chicks, including gathering chicks from the nest, relocating to a new home, feeding and watering the hen, and delaying chick feeding for 48 hours. Recommends buttermilk and sour milks, clean vessels and feedboards, liberal greens, varied diet, and obtaining good mixtures from reliable suppliers.
Program for Y P C E at the U B church on Sunday night May 2 includes Organ Voluntary Mrs. Matthews Song Prayer C A Breden Scripture Lesson Isa 6 1 9 Duet by Juniors President Hubers Letter read by Esther Bair Recitation Mount Bair Training Mission Zella Ackerman Recitation Wm Bair Oration Frontier and its Needs Rev Sayer Solos Orpha Stamm Recitation Beatrice Hayes Organ Miss Quartette Band diction
Lowry Cooper Noah Webster Rei den Smiley George Singer and James P. McGee sue David M. Pershing and Sewart Pershing in circuit court over a real estate sale. Plaintiffs allege they paid a $200 cash deposit on a $5,000 purchase and the balance was due by March 1, with the defendants failing to pay. Plaintiffs seek $5,000 judgment.
The Washington Manufacturing Works, formerly the Cincinnati Seating Factory, will start operations with about one hundred workers. Owned by W L Brown H A Burton and others, it will produce office church and opera house furniture first, then household furniture. Many previously laid off will be rehired as cleanup and preparation proceed.
A reader recounts a comic dream sequence after trying a reported insomnia cure of eating peanuts and drinking milk before bed. The narrator describes surreal events aboard a floating dragon, a two headed bull, a braking train, and a clotheshouse circus, ending with waking after about ten minutes. Health Clinic.
Mrs. Hetty Flinn died Friday morning at age 36 7 20 after a long illness. She was wife of carpenter Alcullan Flinn and mother of two. She was a United Brethren member and described as living a noble Christian life. She leaves husband, two children, three brothers, and three sisters. Funeral was conducted by Rev. W. K. Snyder with burial at Walnut Hill.
A small notice promotes cleaning and mending of clothing with emphasis on careful service. Mentions a person named Biot Webster and a note about women workers.
Township business transacted every weekday during office hours from 8 to 10 a m. Office located in Lienderpou. Undertaking priors referenced.
A hen hid under a buggy seat as Chas Alis house prepared to drive to church. The bird accompanied them to town and laid an egg under the seat before being chased from an alley by boys. Alishouse kept the egg as a memento.
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