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Newspaper

Odon Journal

Location

Odon, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1906

Page

5

Harvard Short Story Contest Ends in Tragic Fire Hero

The piece recalls a Harvard gathering for a Collier’s short story contest where judges wrestle with a flood of entries. An aged fireman known as Seventeen performs feats, then dies saving a child from a burning building, while Harvard commemorates J. R. H. classmate with reverent tribute.

Collier’s Havana Beme Geome Harvard

Crusade Against Vice Hero Anthony Comstock

Anthony Comstock is portrayed as a steadfast reformer who built a national reputation for suppressing obscene literature and imagery. The piece recounts his life from New Haven to New York, his early raids, the 1873 legal victory, and decades of relentless anti vice work, with personal sacrifices and ongoing public defense of his mission.

Anthony Comstock United States Express Comstock New York Mr. Comstock Summit N. J Connecticut Samuel Gettysburg Anthony New Haven Tennessee Lookout Mountain Institute Young Comstock Simpson Nassau Brooklyn Mr. Jesus House New York Society For the Suppression of Vice Buckingham Department Robert G. Ingersoll Congress House Committee Society Republic

First European to See Mikado Face in 1868

An old claim recalls Admiral Lord Charles Beresford as the first European to glimpse the Mikado of Japan in 1868, a detail tied to early contacts with Japan during the period.

Lord Charles Beresford Japan

Briefs from Everywhere on Global Trends

Marconi wheat becomes a staple in Colorado arid regions. Newsboys in Spain are exclusively female. Friction matches date to only fifty years ago. Honduras timber costs less than pine. Switzerland houses 5,000 women students. Britain imports farm products worth 900 million dollars yearly. One million dollars exits to Norway by Norge-Americans. Forty four Kansas counties report no paupers, thirty seven no jail inmates. Sir Harry Johnston warns London misery exceeds Africa’s.

Honduras Switzerland Great Britain Norway Kansas Sir Harry Johnston London Africa

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