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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1909
Page
3
The piece notes France considering subsidies related to birth rates as part of social policy. It references the national economy and savings, hinting at a billion franc fund for future rainy days while contrasting with other nations and public sentiment. The tone reflects editorials on social planning.
A philanthropic but misguided fish doctor in New York City has claimed a life-saving intervention for a German carp Cui bono. The event raises questions about motive and impact on aquatic welfare communities.
Orville Wright shows progress by using crutches during practice as he continues to test airborne theory and resist returning to solid ground.
A Milwaukee physician marries his cook but the plan collapses as soon as the union forms with the cook quitting the kitchen duties. The comic predicament hinges on the unexpected career change following marriage.
A Parisian journal asks whether actresses should marry and answers that they should not marry so often as they do.
The remarks suggest that Prof Hugo Muensterberg saw value in applied sociology in theory but warned against its practical misuse. The statement implies caution about implementing sociological ideas in real world policies and programs.
Report suggests gold, silver and lead mines to be worked extensively in the bleak Innishowen district of Donegal County Ireland overlooking the Atlantic with potential economic impact.
The article notes the German emperor’s supposed fondness for the phrase forget it and suggests he has lately been compelled to push his favored maxim to the limit under mounting duties.
A doctor argues that cocktails may suppress panic about pneumonia, claiming they help prevent undue fear. The remark appears aimed at reassuring skeptical patients about the illness.
The text warns that nations embracing aged pension schemes may face future problems as a professor claims to reveal methods for living to 150, suggesting societal strain and unsustainable policies ahead.
The six months of land and sea bombardment of Port Arthur caused less damage than the earthquake that struck Reggio, highlighting the greater destruction from the seismic event.
President Roosevelt is expected to capture an oryx for the Washington Zoo along with a kleene-boc and a kahau. He has captured unusual game in the United States, and observers anticipate success in Africa.
Record excavations in December reached 3,261,067 cubic yards, surpassing 2,920,404 in November and 2,201,784 in December 1907. Progress in other directions also shows steady gains, bringing completion closer.
A man in New York was arrested and jailed for begging a cup of coffee to sustain himself while seeking work to feed his starving family. The writer condemns treating poverty as crime as a grave injustice in modern civilization.
A United States district court in Oklahoma grants royalties on oil lands to Zeke Moore, a colored man and ex convict, making him the state’s richest Black resident. The decision is seen as a step toward equal treatment and hope for reform.
The NY Central president warns that the industry will require billions in the next 15 years and notes how contentment to stay in one place contrasts with the wanderer’s life. The Baltimore American adds that lifelong homebodies and those who have never made a long trip are showcased as human curiosities in daily papers.
The invention of the seismograph for earthquake study uncovers the crust's surprising responsiveness to forces once deemed too small to distort the globe.
An Indiana farmer used nails driven into corncobs to trap a suspected thief. The trick led to the neighbor’s arrest after nails were found in a hogpen with corn cobs. The method drew praise for its ingenuity.
Indiana Senate passes bill establishing a Gary superior court and approves city official salary changes. Gary wins over Hammond while other measures ease city governance. The lower house now reviews the proposals including a $60,000 governor’s mansion project and various city class adjustments affecting mayors clerks treasurers and officers.
Both houses met Monday at 2 PM after last Friday's adjournment. The cities and towns committee drafts a bill to reduce office costs in small cities by possibly abolishing boards of public works or other offices. Elliott of South Bend notes many proposed approaches and the bill may let cities vote on keeping boards of public works controllers and city judges.
The House considers bills blocking candidates from giving any gifts to churches lodges or associations or accepting campaign money or gifts. Other measures seek re election for city officers longer horse theft penalties and abolition of capital punishment. Indiana railroad commission proposes grade crossing eliminations and trespass prohibitions with costs split counties and railroads.
The senate approved several measures including a ten year cap on tax liens on real estate and legalizing expired notaries public. It also moved to create courts of inquiry and ban malicious six foot or taller spite fences. A later slate of bills proposed banning mineral water vein openings to protect Pluto Springs at French Lick.
Representative Sunkel introduces two measures. One requires county clerks to issue hunting and fishing licenses and keep the fees. The other amends election law to allow voters to mark a head of a ticket and then scratch other names without voiding the ballot.
Representative Carter of Danville introduces a bill to amend the public depositaries law allowing depositaries to issue municipal street or sewer bonds as security for public funds and to bar interest on balances under $1000. He also proposes a measure enabling township trustees to erect and maintain drinking fountains on highways with springs or wells.
The Committee on Cities and Towns works on a composite bill to amend city laws. Elliott of South Bend and Stephens of Anderson prepare a report predicting South Bend will move from third to second class. The bill also revises street assessment payments and would abolish several offices in third to fifth class cities.
A favorable report will be made on the bill to spend 150000 for ground purchase and construction of a governor’s house, despite Gov. Marshall’s objection. He says the amount is too high and beyond the salary, arguing 15000 to 20000 is sufficient.
Democrats back a bill to create a governor special counsel with a salary of 3500 dollars. The measure was recommended by Gov Marshall and sent to engrossment without amendments as Republicans planned to contest in the Senate where they hold a majority.
Hints of taint swirl around Marion as the Federated Charities society faces questions after money raised at a charity board party, hosted by prominent society women with prizes awarded to winning players, is questioned by the local Ministerial association.
Miss Ruby McCormack and Charles Conaway of Knightstown were married in Newcastle after her high school graduation delay. The couple kept the wedding secret until her graduation was missed and then announced the marriage.
The Sutton mystery, a triple crime of robbery murder and arson, stumped local authorities in Ripley County officials for years as they pursued leads and searched for a solution in the puzzling case.
Terre Haute police report Clyde Mc Clure a palm reader and clairvoyant wanted here for swindling clients out of thousands of dollars has been arrested in Bridgeport Conn under the name Galena Tully.
Explosion of two railroad torpedoes ignited a warehouse of the Chicago South Shore Eastern Railway in Gary yesterday. The blast caused a panic among about 100 workers and injured two men, triggered by heat from steam pipes.
Elisha Wolf of Coatsville seeks divorce from Orlena J. Wolf 60 citing her violent and uncontrollable temper and labeling her a common scold in a Danville filing reflecting blue law era attitudes.
Terre Haute. Cecil Thompson, a mail carrier, tells a superior court jury about teeth marks on his flesh from the bulldog owned by James Crawford. He sues for $1,000 damages.
Mrs Elizabeth C Louden wife of Judge John H Louden was found dead in bed at her North College avenue home. She had been in apparent good health.
Allen Weaver a farmer near Lebanon was chloroformed in his sleep by thieves who took $215 hidden beneath his pillow. The crime highlights a brutal home intrusion targeting a rural resident. Detectives investigate to identify suspects and recover the stolen funds.
Short item notices from across Indiana report Mabel Hunni–sutt's wrist relief from a splinter of sagwood. the Terre Haute assessment roll lists total property value at 48 743 736 with 1 481 250 mortgage exemptions. Evansville girl Mabel Mitchell, 16, ends life from poverty. Shelbyville hosts tuberculosis exhibit at farmers institute with a steereopticon talk by Dr. Hurty. South Bend Isaac Wells regains speech after five years of muteness due to throat muscle strain. Evansville burglars James Tivitt and John Solomon confess to ten burglaries. $800 loot recovered. Jasonville headless body of John Beatty found near Vicksburg.
Indianapolis reports that 58 saloons were closed as four counties Hamilton Putnam Decatur and Tipton voted dry with large majorities. Drys rang church bells held night meetings and sang hymns in celebration. Pike Washington and Lawrence joined the dry column days earlier, with ten more counties slated to vote in ten days.
Andrew Carnegie notified Mayor Bookwalter of a $120,000 gift to Indianapolis for six branch library buildings. The city must provide the sites and $12,000 annually for maintenance. Negotiations had been pending for months and concluded with the decision.
William Blakeman Jr a former Laporte politician and police member was convicted of taking a bribe as a juror in a Laporte circuit court case. He was sentenced to the penitentiary for two to fourteen years ten years disfranchisement and a ten dollar fine.
Deputy Sheriff Joseph L. Mendenhall testified at the Scott R. Lingenfelter trial that a complete bar was found in the back room of the drug store with Floyd Williams acting as barkeeper. The case centers on Lingenfelter's alleged illegal liquor operation during the raid.
Mrs. Elizabeth Frank wife of a machinist was arrested by a U S marshal and taken to Evansville before Commissioner Whartmann on a charge of sending through the mails a letter containing an objectionable picture of a woman.
Iden Harned, formerly night clerk at the Dorsey restaurant, charged with robbing the cash drawer and abstracting diamonds and valuables totaling about 500 dollars, was arrested in Rossville Georgia where he has a wife and child.
The state sues Thomas W. Box Lawrence County sheriff alleging intoxication. The trial is moved from Bedford after the defendant’s motion claiming lack of a fair and impartial proceeding. An Indiana court handles the venue change in the suit against Box.
A four year old child of Howard Moorford drank coloring fluid used in butter making. The child was found unconscious and revived only after diligent medical effort. The incident occurred in Wabash and authorities are investigating the bottle involved.
Laporte fire damages Lay's hall by about 5000 dollars with full insurance. Fort Wayne eyes dredging rivers to beautify banks and prevent obstructions. Princeton notes Princeton boy Robert C. Duncan leaves IU to teach physics at Penn State College. Boonville reports 88 year old coal miner Martin O Loughlin dies, father of District 11 official James O Loughlin. Jeffersonville cites oil strike sparking local boom. Thorntown Bert Aldridge located in Covington after leaving note to wife. Evansville Grace Presbyterian votes to merge with Chestnut Presbyterian to form a 700 member church. Chestnut street building valued at 40000 to be sold to Masons for a temple. Lafayette Purdue Cosmopolitan club members F K Sah L C Yen V L Wong host Chinese New Year dinner. Madison reports 1 500 000 tobacco tied for season at 16 cents average.
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