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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1891
Page
1
A shoemaker Pete helps Sonny a disabled boy through crisis and poverty. Sonny endures illness and an amputation, gains a doctor friend, and finds care in a hospital. The story links family love, community support, and Christmas hope.
Thomas Sidler of near Coal City Cherokee County is charged after two of his children died within days of each other. He allegedly withheld a priest for the daughter, kept the bodies in bed, and slept beside them. Neighbors summoned a physician only after the son died. the doctor says poison caused the deaths.
Sonny wakes on Christmas to find a brand new wooden leg with firecrackers stuck between the toes. The surprise continues as his father returns, joining the celebration by the window while Dr Gilbert and his sister watch. The moment leaves Sonny hopeful he has finally earned his chance.
George Archibald laments Saint Nicholas's neglect of the poor in a Judge magazine poem. The speaker questions Santa Claus's care for those in poverty and calls for equal cheer at Christmas, noting the annual deficit in comfort for the needy.
In a humorous exchange, Panta Clans tells the new deputy about a Chicago break in which only one girl found something in her stocking. The deputy quips that he assumed all girls had clubbed together and he dumped the entire consignment into that stocking.
The first known reference links holly to Christmas decoration with a 1459 carol preserved in the Harleian manuscripts, highlighting early festive use.
A brief note from the Philadelphia Times invokes the rule that Christmas comes but once a year, framing the season as a time for goodwill and celebration and urging cheerful observance.
The article notes ongoing hunger and fuel shortages among strikers in Indiana as mine owners withhold coal. Despite hardship the workers remain defiant, while the Coal Miners Association of the United States formally recognizes the strike and calls members to donate. It may trigger wider action if adjoining states’ contracts are found to aid Indiana miners.
Tennessee governor mobilizes militia to move 300 convicts from three mines Briceville Coal Creek and Oliver Springs back to work. About 400 troops arrive at Nashville guarding the convicts with orders to kill any escape attempts.
Wasuixetax December 15 report Roger Q Mills will not be appointed chairman of the ecommittee on Ways and Means. Speaker Crisp finds the appointment practically impossible due to Mills acts and party policy disputes. William M. Springer will be named for the post, becoming House leader. Mills’s sulkiness after defeat for speakership aided Crisp’s decision.
Advices report Emin and Stuhlman found a river described as the Nile’s southern branch. It rises northwest of Ujiji and feeds into Al edward Nygaza at a point on the apaingast shore.
Neighbors split on whether Sidler is lunatic or criminal after police arrest as three surviving children near death and two others died. Investigators say he gave medicine shaped poison amid signs of deliberate murder planning. Children describe two nights with their father beside the dead bodies.
China declines to participate in the World’s Fair citing US discrimination against its citizens and the need for a special passport by act of Congress. Merchants already in the United States may join, but the empire as a nation will not exhibit. Negotiations via Minister Denby relayed to Director General Davis.
Senator Sherman introduced a bill to elevate flag respect. It requires the quartermaster general to sell flags to G. A. R. posts at cost and makes flag misuse for political or advertising purposes a misdemeanor with fines or imprisonment.
Alfred Downs, convicted of breaking into the home of James W. Wadsworth in Charlothne on a syringe theft, is scheduled for execution by hanging Friday. He was captured soon after the burglary in a nearby yard and did not injure any residents.
In WuHee Line on December 16, authorities held Stony Duffy Pudding Lowry Dutch Theodore Albert Kogle and Peter Kemp for court on a charge of outraging Lucy Williams fourteen. The girl says twelve men forced her to a lonely spot where seven assaulted her before police arrived. The case joins a troubling claim and investigations continue.
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