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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1912
Page
2
The essay notes the pigtail ban in China and recalls its historical presence in England. It cites the London Chronicle on abolition after long use, and mentions 1740 fashion, 1858 Cheapside sightings, and Royal Welsh Fusiliers uniform remnants as lasting traces of the queue.
The Omaha Bee notes a traveling British youth aims to see America in two cents worth of hours in New York. He will miss vast regions like the Missouri and Mississippi valleys and the expansive West. The piece argues Broadway cannot reflect the continent and that New York offers only a window, not a full mirror, of the nation’s scope.
The Chicago public library in a given year reports 3 340 000 books called for with more than two thirds for home use. The count splits between serious works such as histories and idiographies and others, and ephemeral best sellers, to determine literary character.
The board of education in Los Angeles barred boxing for high school girls citing concerns over beauty and prospects. The prohibition is expected to be accepted by the girls who are the targets of the ruling.
A New York jury awarded a lawyer elix cents in damages but a judge set aside the verdict noting that a lawyer's reputation is more than money. The justice said results depend on the individual, not the occupation, and that membership in a profession does not certify character.
Fragmentary line reads as a cryptic note about coloring and pipe seating. No clear people, places, organizations, dates, or event details are readable. Further context is required to produce a meaningful card.
A travelogue on St. Petersburg describes the Neva city as vast and stylish with grand spaces and expensive shops. Officers are praised for politeness, canals are utilitarian, and fur prices are high due to reimported skins and duties.
Cleveland officials led by councilman William B. Woods press John D. Rockefeller to back a large park upgrade at Hough avenue. The scheme would remove brewery buildings with tall chimneys at the end of Hough to extend a park bearing Rockefeller’s name. Estimated removal cost is 250000 dollars for the red brick structures.
Rev. Clarence H Wheeler pastor of the Baptist church in Brockton Mass cites rising living costs and falling salary as the reason for his resignation from the pulpit. He quips that even a minister must eat and wear clothes and cannot work without money.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture W. M. Hays urged a world census that assigns each person a number to map mental aptitude and heredity. He argued a racial religion would push efficient groups to have larger families while less efficient groups have smaller families, aiming to strengthen humanity for economic competition.
A knife hurled at conductor Charles W. Wade aboard a street car near Michigan and Atlantic avenues in Atlantic City struck his vest where a lead pencil halted the blade. Wade chased the assailant, who had been ejected for insolence, but the attacker escaped. Wade provided a full description to police.
An older newspaper text notes ivory shortages despite large on hand stocks in parts of Africa where chiefs hold ivory. It claims commercial value drives murder to obtain ivory, asserting that ivory has cost more lives than war and that trade persists despite deadly risks. Edward Carson is mentioned in a carrier pigeon anecdote from New Rochelle, noting a noon moment.
Moody Bible Institute lesson centers on Luke 2 40 52 showing Jesus as a model boy whose growth in wisdom and stature came from home church and Bible school. It argues character forms by words acts habits and destiny, urging parents to model Christian life for children.
A Wisconsin woman, after securing a Canadian Government certificate in Milwaukee, bought a reduced fare ticket to Edmonton Alberta and settled near Pembina district with friends. She describes a beautiful country, a thriving farm, 40 acres under cultivation, a cattle herd, 100 chickens, and weekly butter output, highlighting optimistic letters promoting settlement and upbuilding of a new country.
In a dramatic exchange, Mandy reveals intent to marry Ling Chung, the Chinese laundryman, despite her mother’s concerns about mixed heritage for their future children. Mandy defends her love, saying she will marry him anyway.
A reader recalls severe kidney trouble in Chicago with paralyzed left side and hospital care failing. After taking Deans Kidney Pills, the author passed multiple gravel stones and reports lasting relief, endorsing the remedy from Foster Milburn Co. in Buffalo New York.
A damaged excerpt describes bets at two ice ponds and warns against skating until embon point. It asserts constipation as a cause of many diseases and claims Pierce's Pellets cure it with tiny sugar coated granules. The text mentions a man forced to toe the mark developing into a chronic kicker.
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