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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
7
The Indiana board of charities probes maternity hospitals and infant boarding houses. Miss S Ethel Clark reports licensing failures and deplorable conditions, including filth and neglect in some facilities, while praising a few models.
Laporte capitalists propose a 150000 dollar hotel project for Hartford City while a man found in Lick Creek is identified as not Kinney. Hammond reports a farmer’s accidental gunshot death. In Washington, coroner Holder handles three inquests including a 13-year-old’s suicide and a infant death from whooping cough.
A general strike shuts down five Bedford stone mills as workers quit over strikebreakers arriving to take their places. About 1 200 idle with 4 000 to 5 000 more expected idle in quarries. a large parade of cutters and supporters marched. John Evans, president of the Journeymen Stone Cutters of North America, spoke on the strike’s aims. In Gary, 60 blind tiger keepers face trial in Crownpoint as part of a broader wave of cases impacting local business and court calendars.
An explosion of dynamite destroyed the front of the new Sacred Heart Catholic church at Clinton in the coal fields near Terre Haute. The parish, largely Hungarian and Bohemian miners, had quarreled over church leadership. The church cost $50,000 and was dedicated last July. Father Maher, formerly chaplain at St. Mary's of the Woods, has led the parish for six years.
Albert Schumaker age 20 son of a wealthy businessman was fined $10 and costs in Bartholomew circuit court for malicious trespass after taking a $3,500 auto owned by Ben Thomas. The grand jury returned an indictment and Schumaker's father paid $120 for damages to the machine.
Joshua Naylor, arrested in Indianapolis for stealing a horse from Mrs. Elsie Adams, a widow southwest of the city, was indicted by the grand jury and arraigned in circuit court where he pleaded guilty. He received a sentence of two to fourteen years at the Jeffersonville reformatory.
Shelbyville reports Adolphus Hill a young forger jailed in Newman Illinois for forging his father's name. Wilford Hill released on $1000 bond while sought for cashing two forged checks. Logansport notes S H Harris dies in county jail after being taken ill on a Wabash Valley car. Kokomo covers a burning home where a daughter saved her parents and the house burned. Jeffersonville reports five hunting without licenses arrests. Princeton notes Louis F Siebe found guilty of forgery for forging two names on an $800 note.
The California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna produced from pure medicinal plant principles. Only the genuine product bears the full California Fig Syrup Co. name on the front, avoiding imitations and ensuring beneficial effects.
Dialogue shows Anna asked by a woman about water for goldfish. Anna reports the fish have not finished the supply from the other day. The exchange highlights a moment of household care and routine.
Five registered letters from Schuyler disappeared on The Overland Limited No 2 on Friday November 5. A pouch catcher failed to grab the pouch, which fell under the wheels and scattered mail, yet the five letters were later found resting on the tracks under the dining car before investigators arrived.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Trail's Catarrh Cure advertised as internal solutions that reach the blood and mucous surfaces. Claims testimonials, physician approval, and non quack status. Sold by druggists for 50 cents. Hall's Family Pills also recommended for constipation.
Solomon mourns a loss as he laments seven hundred samples sent by his wives on the way to town this morning and declares a change that leaves him color blind.
A Detrait Free Press feature discusses the meaning of a pony coat and its relevance to family life. The piece uses dialogue between a child and a parent to illustrate labor and peace in the household, reflecting local humor and social values.
A ten year old aspiring writer, featured by the San Francisco Wasp, spends spare moments composing poetry on diverse topics. After attending a church wedding, she reads her verses to friends, including a stanza describing bridesmaids with lines about pug noses and blue ribbons on their abdomens.
Mrs Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas credits Dean's Kidney Pills with ending fifteen years of kidney trouble and two years of immobility. She says her back aches are gone, she is strong enough to work, and her condition improved to near normal for an eighty year old. Remember the name Dean's. 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
Willie, who used a crutch after a baby tumble, gushes over a new crutch style. He wonders aloud if his friend Johnny Knowles with both legs will be jealous of his apparent advancement.
An old advertisement urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the correct signature claiming over 30 years of safe use. It promotes the product as the trusted remedy for infants and children and reinforces the familiar buying signal.
In Turkish cities and villages numerous small shops press and iron the fez for a few cents. Muslims cannot wear brimmed hats during prayer, requiring a brimless covering to ensure the head presses the prayer rug correctly and remains covered at all times.
John B. Dain of London England endorses Resinol Ointment as the best healing ointment he has found. He has used it for two years and would not give it up.
The term sterling indicates genuine silver in silverware. The word patent shows the design is patented and the article is genuine silver.
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