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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
8
The column records the week’s community happenings from Purns City and nearby areas. It notes children at school, farmers pondering hog rearing, illnesses including Kutelh with la crispe, residents moving to Calef, and visits between neighbors. It mentions a brief school vacation, various household movements, and a few oblique personal notes about local families and kin.
James Ritter and Mrs Geo Hackier hosted Jimtown residents for a day. Rev McMillion and wife spent Sunday afternoon with Rev S H Dyer. Bell Palmer met Mrs Geo Hackier Thursday afternoon. Violet and Audrey May visited Maude and Calvin Ritter Sunday. Collins family visited Mrs Bell Palmer Sunday. Rescue England noted in the area Sunday afternoon. Miss Maude Ritter stays a week with her sister Mrs Rose Proland.
Dr Cunningham Ceikte reflects on the Bethlehem Nativity, noting the traditional cave beneath the Church of the Nativity as the birthplace. He contrasts shepherds guided by angels with Jerusalem's high priests asleep, urging readers to worship the newborn Christ.
In the Crimea, Lord Wolseley and his men made a Christmas pudding from biscuit grease and fruit gathered under siege conditions. The mix was cooked in a fragment of a Russian shell, and despite orders to move, they ate it before leaving. That pudding proved to be the one and only they ever made.
A Bosnian legend speaks of the sun leaping in heat and stars dancing as peace descends over mountains and forests. Descriptions of Easterlike renewal appear with green stumps and blossomed grass while birds sing atop peaks.
Records show that for centuries an infusion of nuigalls treated with iron sulphate formed the only known ink, revealing a historic pigment method.
A family shares a clever DIY Christmas gift idea from Woman's Home Companion. Instead of traditional presents, they create a two foot high tree with tiny packages containing wrapped dollar bills and small keepsakes. The surprise remains intact until after the holiday rush.
The piece laments the fate of a country editor who once mocked readers who paid dues with cord wood potatoes or corn, questioning what became of him and his own reader relations in the old subscription economy.
A garbled column mocks wartime food rules and espionage chatter. It jokes about meatless days, diversions from hunger, and a quip about U S secrecy while lamenting jobless men. It also pokes at fashion and trench warfare with odd imagery.
A statistician contemplates the lifespan of a dollar bill, recalling the bygone era as he estimates its three week durability. The remark blends archival nostalgia with a practical measure of currency wear.
The comparison portrays General Haig as a tough, stubborn figure who relentlessly pressed his opponent until victory, likening his persistence to an English fighter who stood and slugged until the foe was whipped.
Intizted stocks reveal that the Zeppelin theory is not a success as market indicators suggest disappointing results for related investments.
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