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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1897
Page
1
The sermon tema explores Samson and modern temptations, urging believers to strength of character and moral energy. It links biblical power to disciplined living, warns against impure fascination, and calls pulpit and press to confront societal impurities.
A sermon decries modern depravity and bathes moral ruin in stark biblical rhetoric. The speaker contrasts Byron and Michelet with fiery warnings, urging vigilance to defend homes and faith against a rising tide of vice. A closing anecdote from Trenton sets a grim moral tone.
A large northern woolen manufacturer trials a process using old rope and cordage soaked and unraveled to make a durable rough cloth. The aim is to produce a cheaper material that wears well and retains its color, potentially lowering clothing costs compared with shoddy fibers.
Aseture Romarula unearthed on Vesuvius slopes near Pompeii reveals a silver ornament hoard from two years earlier. Frescoes of landscapes and marines adorn walls. a river bridge scene shows an angler. Four wine jars and seven skeletons found. iron workers poised to dominate public buildings alongside plumbers, steam fitters, and glaziers.
Mrs Nancy Allison McKinley aged mother of President McKinley died Sunday morning after a paralytic stroke. Funeral arrangements at Canton First M E Church with interment at West lawn cemetery. President McKinley and family attended the death scene and will attend memorial rites in Canton followed by travel to Washington. The church bell tolled at dawn in her memory.
Track officials admit the Madison Square Garden track was 200 feet short, altering official distances. Miller won by about 0.7 miles, with Hice second. Schinner’s time may beat Hale’s record by several miles, pending sworn affidavits and final steps before prize distribution.
The Mouvement Geographique reports new details on the Nile route massacre near Bahrelehazel. It states only two officers escaped, with Maj. Marchand among the survivors, revising the earlier claim that the entire expedition was killed.
Berlin reports that semi official sources deny the claim Germany will evacuate Kiaochow Bay for a coaling station via the Sam Sah inlet. The denial refutes a circulating report from the previous day.
More than 300 postal service clerks in New York met at Webster Hall and after three hours formed a permanent organization. The group becomes the New York branch of the United Post Office Clerks Association, an affiliate of the National Association of Post Office Clerks. A separate report notes the British steamer Loanzo, Captain Evans, ashore in the Bristol Channel after sailing from Montreal on November 23 bound for this port.
More than 100 delegates from various states attend the seventeenth AFL annual session in Nashville Tennessee. Gompers presides as reports show increased receipts and 44 250 new members, with 276 strikes noticed and 217 charters issued. events include barbecues and a miss meeting for city organizing.
Typographical Union No 1 in New York City votes to press for a nine hour day for 36 thousand printers in the city with a potential strike after Tuesday if demands are not met. A four per cent campaign tax is planned to support the effort as national unions monitor the dispute.
Ricamoesp Virginia December 14 by two to four a senate committee ordered a favorable report on an anti football bill. Acreage of winter wheat in Illinois shows one of the smallest plantings on record with 1 483 500 acres sown a 12 percent decline from last year. Governor Bushnell approves requisition for Wm Davis jailed in St Clairsville to be moved to Pennsylvania for larceny trial.
A detailed report from Washington recalls a Tuesday in Congress with 108 bills introduced including many private pension measures and a clash between the Ways and Means and Banking and Currency committees over message dissemination. It notes civil service humor and warnings, Senate resolutions, and discussions on Cuban independence while flagging upcoming calendar actions and adjournments.
A Virginia post office is named Nameless. Des Moines trolley cars stop when a citizen bails them to drop mail. Tonga stamps feature a turtle watermark. multiple turtles appear on a stamp. East India postal service is noted as most difficult with 4000 undelivered packages monthly. Hindustani dialects complicate routing and postmen face wildlife danger. Synonym A defined as a word used in place of another when spelling is unknown.
SUTLER Ind Dec 13 Four times ex Deputy Treasurer Perry Fair has faced trial on forgery in county orders and each time the proceeding was postponed. The last session had jurors chosen but the main witness Mrs Smith fell ill and the trial was halted. Reported health concerns suggest he may not live to stand trial.
Albert Sevatt aged fourteen pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was sentenced to the state reformatory at Plainfield until he reaches twenty one. The report notes a related October incident and lists other regional items from Indiana and Illinois including a post office controversy and local trials.
David Turton, a prominent Huntington citizen, was buried Sunday after a post mortem linked his death to strawberry seeds that caused an intestinal obstruction.
Washington Indiana December 13 Cole Wickle 19 was hunting rabbits one mile north of town when his gun discharged blowing off the entire right side of his face. He died instantly. Also at Muncie Indiana December 13 Frederick J Long a freight brakeman in Lake Erie yards was killed when a switch engine struck cars his head fell on the rail and was decapitated.
Postmaster George W. Dunter of Huntertown was arrested Wednesday on a charge of assault and battery against Tf. W. Johnson after a quarrel over business matters in Fr. Warne Indiana.
A Madison circuit court session on December 19 hears a state suit for a perpetual injunction to prevent waste of natural gas by Oil Co and W M Pave. The case is brought by the attorney general and Madison county prosecutor, with Judge McClure presiding. Gas belt owners met Thursday proposing reservations and urging swift action.
Deputy sheriff Meek escorted a boy to Plainfield reform school when a stranger befriended them. The trio left in a buggy, the stranger attacked and robbed Meek before fleeing. Meek returned to town badly injured. Local notices mention several engineering and political appointments in Indiana and Michigan City.
Cholera spreads in several county communities as farmers claim drovers from a neighboring county transport infected corpses to distant sites. DePauw University faces fundraising efforts to sustain teaching while endowment funds are arranged.
Erwoop Tad Dee 11 reports flatteners in a window glass factory refuse to work under the Burns scale, seeking the flatteners scale. With a 4 to 6 percent gap between scales, workers walked out after leaving the National association. They formed their own organization and urge manufacturers to sign their scale.
A man naming himself Geo Earnhardt was arrested in Alliance Ohio on charges tied to the Milford bank robbery last week. He faced a preliminary hearing in Warsaw Indiana and was bound over in 3000 dollars bonds awaiting trial after witnesses positively identified him. Top of His Head Brown Of. Exmora Ind Dec 13. A hunting accident left 18 year old Doc Wikall dead at the scene when his gun discharged and blew off the top of his head. In Enwoo, Ind Dec o Andrew AT Stevenson hotel proprietor suffered a paralytic stroke and is seriously ill.
Fire at Olds Wagon Works in Fr Warner Ind damaged the paint shop and office, with losses of about 2000 dollars all insured. Scarlet fever quarantine declared at Incerstony following severe outbreaks in a mill farm. An elderly farmer, Hiram Oxden, 70, found dead near Lancaster township, likely from a trap mishap. Napoleon Ganon of Millgrove hospitalised after an ax wound from James Harris amid a workers quarrel.
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