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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
2
The Odon Journal column catalogs a string of satirical and hyperbolic items touching on sports, politics, fashion, aviation, crime, and social norms. It parodies public life with puns about football fatalities, wireless slang, divorce laws, aviation, and fashion shortages, all framed in a foreshortened, jokey tone.
The article notes rising living costs in Austria and a growing demand for government intervention. Proposals include transferring cattle and meat businesses to a government agricultural bank and creating a central agency with foreign branches to facilitate cattle and meat imports and trade.
A New York widow of vast wealth may have wed a foreign titled suitor but has instead married an American who holds no military title. The remark questions the peculiar nature of some women's choices.
The czar orders strict scrutiny of aviators to avert bomb threats against the palace. Every advance in civilization brings new perplexities for the Russian government head.
A northeaster hit New England states and New York City causing street cars to stall for up to nine hours. Passengers endured in carriages amid deep snow while trains from the south and west fell hours behind schedule. Brooklyn Rapid Transit faced heavy disruption with multiple stalled cars and four plows aiding elevated lines.
A powerful north east storm swept New England driving a massive tide into Massachusetts Bay nearly matching the 1851 surge. Wires and rail systems were driven down by wet snow and high winds. Three people died in Fiverett and Chelsea as tides rose around midnight. The storm center lay off Nantucket and brought heavy snowfall across the region.
In Oak Park last Saturday thieves moved a safe from A. Scales store. The safe was returned by express with prepaid charges after the thieves found the contents valueless to them. Scales noted minor door marks but the safe otherwise appeared undamaged and the papers inside held personal keepsakes.
Naples reports the vault at the Patani mansion showed $4,000,000 in cash and securities missing after seal was broken. The theft occurred after the Senator Patani’s death in November. executors had not yet been appointed and the vault had been officially sealed. There is no clue to the thieves.
Cardinal Francis Satelli once papal delegate to the United States is reported to be seriously ill in Rome as blood poisoning develops, increasing his danger.
Edward Hunt, a motorman, died from injuries after two interurban street cars collided between Galloway and Litchfield in Waterloo Iowa. Four passengers were badly hurt as the crash damaged heads and backs.
Cablegram from Bluefields reports Zelaya leading administration troops retreating from Rama and preparing to command in the anticipated battle with Estrada's forces. About 1000 men killed since the campaign began and calls grew for U.S. intervention "in humanity's sake" from New Orleans.
Dispatches from Bluefields report Chamorro Mena Fernce Diaz Matuty and Pacheo leading a pursuit of Zelaya's remnant. Rama battle casualties sowie widespread wounds and captives exceed 300 wounded and several hundred captives, with estimates of 800 to 1000 dead since the war began and a renewed appeal to the United States for intervention.
Muskogee Oklahoma Governor Haskell accepts the resignation of Sheriff Ramsey of Muskogee County as charges are investigated. The district court suspends filing a formal accusation of 20 counts by the special grand jury already in session.
Incoming liners report a great storm delaying westbound ships. The Lusitania, the St Paul, the Minnetonka, and La Touraine will reach New York behind schedule.
Olympia reveals an attorney general opinion stating state law prohibits reading the Bible or opening schools with prayer in public education. The guidance cites the Washington statute and outlines permitted activities within classrooms and school openings.
In Washington Taft and Secretary MacVeagh agreed on a $100,000,000 bond issue to refill the treasury. Senator Aldrich was called in and plans for issuing the bonds will be prepared immediately. The six month deficit starting July 1 exceeds $28,500,000 as receipts rise but not enough to cover outgo. The sale will be authorized to fund the Panama Canal project and the treasury is short by about $99,000,000 spent on the canal.
The body of King Leopold II of Belgium was placed in the royal burial vault at St. Mary’s Church in Laeken alongside Queen Marie Henriette and other royals. The state funeral proceeded with pomp despite his will for simplicity, while crowds rioted and police and soldiers battled excited spectators sending many to hospitals.
In Delaware, Mabel William son aged five and her four year old brother Grover died while attempting to rescue their baby Vernon aged two from a blaze in their home. Parents nearby in a closed barn learned of the fire only after neighbors' screams. The children reportedly played with matches. In Newcomerstown, Charles and Peter Meyers aged 16 and 14 perished in a farm house fire three miles away as the father saved his wife and four younger children.
A would-be killer fired through a bedroom window at Miss Ethel Witlhuber in Chicago Illinois. The bullet pierced her dress but glanced off on corset steel, sparing her life as onlookers saw the stray shot hit the curtain.
Billy Brink an Indian charged with two counts of murder in Sapulpa Oklahoma was assassinated near Kelleyville. He was found dead from a bullet wound before the January term court hearing.
Lexington Kentucky A R Long of Kansas City buys the noted show and saddle stallion Knight of Point Au View for 6000 dollars. Anderson of Maysvilleky is mentioned among interested parties in the report.
The Explorers' club denounces Dr. Cook as untrustworthy and drops his name from the membership after a committee found no evidence he reached Mount McKinley. The panel ignored Guide Barrill's affidavits and said Cook failed to provide promised data after agreeing to submit proof in person.
A Denver driven campaign aims to unite cities from Chicago to the Pacific to invite former President Roosevelt to return to America after his African hunting trip. Western donors pledge funds to send a message or committee to Khartoum to meet him and extend the invitation, with belief he will accept if the west unites.
An appeal to Archdeacon Emery in Corte Madera asks permission for Helen Aoki to return to her father and seek protection. Friends say the Ep iscopalian clergyman left for Seattle with plans to bring Helen and her six month old child back after disputes over her marriage to a Japanese houseboy.
The Senate on Monday confirmed Judge H. H. Lurton to succeed Mr. Justice Peckham on the United States Supreme Court.
Washington report says Harry K Thaw's appeal from New York court commitment to Matteawan is denied by Justice McKenna and will not be reviewed by the Supreme Court. The ruling ends Thaw's bid to overturn Matteawan confinement.
William Southworth, famed for carving figureheads for more than 500 vessels, has died. The Kasville Journal notes his specialty shaped by years of work and the decline of figurehead art amid rising commercialism, with several creations attributed to his skill.
A Boston man claims a long suffering case of skin humor ended after trying Cuthiura Remedies following six months of hospital and doctor treatment. Patient P. Keyes, 147 Congress St., says he was cured quickly, after decades of agony.
Win J Sadlier of Philadelphia writes that after ten days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent his pimples disappeared and his face cleared following months of doctor visits, dated May 1 1909 at 1614 Susquehanna Ave Philadelphia.
Mrs Benham Rowdan continues her work life commitment even after marriage with a claim she seeks to fall in love anew.
A home remedy is described: mix a half pint of whiskey with one ounce compound fluid balmoyce and two ounces glycerine. Shake well and take in tablespoon doses three to six times daily to check and cure colds and la grippe faster than other methods. Drugstores can supply the balmoyce.
Mrs. Jeanette Ryder, an American woman, has spent ten years in Cuba doing humane work and is praised for her impact against bull and cock fighting on the island.
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