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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
6
Fragmentary extract shows a send-off scene on the bluff with Miss Selina Joe speaking of guidance and a bustling early start. The text is incomplete but suggests a social or ceremonial farewell connected to Mr Alan.
The text lists ice thickness needed to bear various loads: 1.5 inches for a man, 4 inches for cavalry, 5 inches for a four pound cannon, 10 inches for a crowd, and 18 inches for a railroad train. It notes the ice must be evenly thick and true ice, not slush, and that thawing weakens strength.
At a Philadelphia dinner Admiral Lord Fisher lauded American wit. He recalled a ferry incident where a boy mocked a fat man selling holiday week magazines, culminating in a sharp quip about a free library.
Miss Selina Sue runs a day nursery for local babies behind her grocery known as Soap-Box Bables and shelters Alan Kent the artist in Blossom barn. Cynthia Page visits, tensions rise as Alan confesses affection while a charity event for his welcome is planned with Mr. Bradford and Miss Selina Sue guiding preparations.
In Scotland a widow kept hens near a minister and sent two warm eggs daily for payment. The minister’s servant assumed freshness, but one day the eggs were cold. The girl explained the cat would not sit on them, so they were not warm, revealing a harmless deception.
The letter comments on a newly erected statue of Sir Henry Irving by Mr. Brock R A praising the pose and lifelike face while noting a tailor’s critique of the sculpture and asking if laws differ for artists and tailors.
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