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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
2
Washington teamship announces William Rice Cammiett as a candidate for sheriff of Daviess County subject to the Republican nomination process in Poveetsvaekht aby.
Report notes growing interest in the Old Settlers event with motor enthusiasts promoting a one day meet. Concerns include arranging a speedway area and coordinating a Strailcars entry while the main goal remains unfinalized.
A naturalist in Ceylon notes cobras are not as dangerous as feared as a crow attacks a cobra in its nest high in a tree. The fight lasts about 15 minutes with the cobra driven from the nest and forced down a branch, the crow relentless in pecking at the snake.
A historic note describes making hair fabrics by reducing hair to a paste and forcing it through an artificial silk spline to produce woven materials. It mentions use of various hair types and fibers in the paste.
The White Sox were routed at South Side Park Sunday afternoon by Terre Haute Vandalias, who outpaced them with fourteen hits to thirteen and four extra base hits. Pitchers Garten and Williams led a tough showing by Chicago, while McCarty fanned four Vandalias batters as Umpire Toon called the game.
The Trinity Springs hotel, a modern brick building with metal roof, will open to the public next Monday, August 5, under new management. Owned by Mathew D. Kelly of Washington, the hotel promises satisfaction to the priests at the famous watering place.
A librarian jokes about readers leaving bread crumbs in volumes. The scene suggests a studious, lonely town where books are read during meals, and outsiders wash away crumbs while rail against messy readers who neglect hygiene and aesthetics.
A fragmented dialogue centers on a caller seeking Mr. Jones via a phone line. The tone mixes confusion and insult as Bates misremembers the number and the caller insists on delivering a cigar, exposing a comic miscommunication scene.
Witnesses report a confrontation last night where a man yelled about a Comanche Indian on the street. Eyewitnesses questioned what caused the outburst and speculated about possible intoxication.
A truncated OCR item appears as a travel column note titled Circular Trips. It hints at travel deals or promotions but text is garbled, with illegible phrases and missing specifics about destinations dates or providers.
In Sullivan county near Dugger a free-for-all pistol battle at an ice cream social left William Shepherd dead, Thomas Shepherd gravely injured, and several others harmed. Reports vary on who fired first as Sheriff’s deputies investigate and take witness testimony.
A Boston confidential clerk explains why he has avoided strong drinks, recounting a March binge that led him to walk home, get meals from strangers, and vow sobriety after a near emotional moment with a child. The piece ends with a note on a San Jose park bench device by E. W. Allen offering a coin operated two person seat for public amusement.
The Merom Bluff Chautauqua lists a full evening program on Monday August 19 with lectures by Dr. Lichliter and Edmund Vance Cook, musical preludes by the Chautauqua Band, performances by The Pierces, and a Farmers’ Club talk by Prof. D C Thompson.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a fresh color domestic scene from Kentucky with a Thursday afternoon reference and a misfit dinner schedule. It lacks a clear event or outcome and provides no identifiable names or dates.
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