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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
5
A piece from Outing Magazine by Francis Steale argues the rattler rarely warns before striking. Snakes hear poorly, sensing movement by ground vibrations, and hunters often miss them in moss or leaves, as most serpents are timid and avoid confrontation.
In Tahara village Japan villagers aged over fifteen lined up before a Shinto shrine to identify a tobacco thief. Footprints were compared and later all stood barefoot over a burning charcoal pit. Overt signs pointed to a guilty man Akio Shibata who resisted and was arrested after he confessed.
In a real life vignette a boy pleads with his sister to mend a quarrel over pie. A six year old boy smeared with huckleberry pie faces a moment of family regret while a girl cries as an older sibling tries to reconcile.
Chef Valere Braque Hauts writes to the New York Tribune about eating spleen in France and Italy, noting pig spleens weigh about eight ounces and lie near the liver while cow spleens reach about two pounds and are firmer. He suggests the dish could become fashionable in top restaurants at roughly 15 cents per portion.
A London Strand observation claims the modern Turkish woman receives superior education with seven languages and many foreign governesses. It notes Western women pursue leisure while the Turkish woman remains focused, behind barred windows, following those activities in spirit.
A young girl Gertrude watches a thunderstorm from a window and describes a flash of lightning as if a piece of the sun falling from the sky, recalling a line from the New York Press in a charming quotation.
In a brief quotelike sketch the piece contrasts old and new marriage rites noting that a broken sixpence once sealed vows while now the lover bears the break. The quip ends by affirming the enduring nature of love despite change.
A fragmented passage describes a sailor’s not guilty stance and a decoyed land person amid disjointed phrases about enthusiasm and caution. The garbled text references a beast and unclear actions with stray quotes and mispunctuated names.
A historical account describes horse whisperers in England and Ireland who calm fractious horses without force. It highlights Don Sullivan, famed for taming King Pepin at Curragh and Mallow, using whispered words, calm demeanor, and minimal gestures, earning a race win.
The Great Falls of the Potomac lie about fifteen miles above Washington in wild undeveloped country. The Conduit road reaches near the falls on the Maryland side and stops. The Cabin John bridge spans a deep gulch, a grand stone arch begun before the Civil War and once the world’s longest masonry span.
A narrative scene describes dawn over a prairie ranch with mountains and dimly visible ranch buildings. Cowboys arise and search for FODRS as the first light hints at windmill, adobe, and corrals. Windy Bill adjusts his tarpaulin while daylight approaches.
The piece argues responsibility develops strength and leadership, asserting that growth comes from being thrust into duty. It warns many capable individuals remain untested behind counters, and only by demanding responsibility do latent abilities—initiative, self reliance, organizational skill—emerge.
The article notes the last execution at Tyburn occurred Friday November 7 1783 in John a Austin for robbery and cruel wounding. It corrects Walford saying Ryland was the last and describes the move to hang outside Newgate Prison beginning December 3 1783 with scaffold erection and the November 1783 accounts of Montrose when a student at St Andrews mention golf balls and a lord’s drink and club boy in Falstaffian vein.
A New York Press account describes a woman trapped in an office by a man preoccupied with his moustache and vanity. She laments she could not even adjust her hair or glance at herself in the mirrors while he lingered.
A fragmentary note references a person named Pillai and mentions a father with an ambiguous condition. The text appears as an incomplete diary or memo fragment with limited contextual clues and no clear event or date.
Advert says Christmas bargains for men including caps silk mufflers coats shirts neckwear kid gloves fancy suspenders shoes and more at the shop.
Advertisement lists fur sets wraps skirts and dresses for ladies. Includes hand begun drawnwork handkerchiefs toilet scarfs and dress patterns plus numerous articles for stylish apparel.
A local drive distributes shoes boots caps and scarves gloves and mittens to children in need. Organizers emphasize warm clothing and steady donations from families and volunteers.
The Mexican Herald describes cargadors as small yet strong men who bear heavy burdens, often over 500 pounds, using back and shoulder power. They move household items in Mexico City with paired cargadors and hand trucks, while carts and moving trucks become more common.
A lecturer retells a fable where a Paris traveler asks his valet to fetch the piece containing his trunk keys after hearing the man was killed in a railway accident. The tale centers on selfishness and the misplaced value of objects over life.
A Boston woman explains a method to vent a shell by making perforations at base and apex and inhaling to discharge contents. An elderly listener remarks how people change, recalling older practice of making a hero in each end and sucking.
Special Sunday School at 9 30 Junior meeting at 2 P M PCU at 6 Preaching at 7 W E Snyder pastor includes service details for December 22 at the church.
Christian Church lists services for Sunday including preaching at 10 30 and 7 00 with subjects The Work of Patience and What They Said Sunday School at 9 30 Junior C E at 2 00 p m and Endeavor at 7 15 Thursday evening You are welcome to all services by Pastor H A Turney
Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m Christmas service at 7 30 p m special music Jr League at 1 30 p m preaching at 7 p m Young people are especially invited Sunday night topics appeal to youth Prayer meeting Thursday night League Friday night pastor C L Lowther Journal ads bring results.
The article argues tenor dominance in Verdi and Mozart operas and notes baritone leads in Wagner works. It cites Rienzi Taonnhauser Lohengrin Tristan Parsifal as tenor-led titles and suggests the tenor relic idea may fade per French savants.
A reflection on why people value poems pictures and songs as part of world literature noting that personal appeal defines art more than critic defined canons. It suggests classification as great art is tied to universal lasting appeal.
Mrs Jones and Mrs Brown trade jibes over a trifling favor. A brisk exchange mocks a brazen borrower who asked to borrow a husband for an hour to clean a sewing machine, thrash an insulted man, and discharge her cook.
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