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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1912
Page
4
The column lampoons spring weather with a blizzard after an early groundhog sighting. Mentions a snow storm and temperatures 10 to 15 below, jokes about jury rulings, and laments misread peach crop rumors while teasing fashion and local happenings.
Local column muses on Valentine Day traditions, noting schoolchildren organizing expressions of affection and a plan to offer seven cents a day for meals in a Cincinnati kindergarten experiment. It weaves in civic names and visits, with playful history on Saint Valentine and a digression about ancient medical feats and Roman festival lore.
A garbled excerpt describes a bed with a feathered coverlet and a hot bottle for cold feet, mentioning a bottle and frozen surroundings in a night setting. The text is highly distorted with missing words and unclear subjects.
The Marion mail questions the creation of new county offices including an official adviser to farmers funded by taxpayers. The writer mockingly doubts any further offices are needed and objects to paying for agricultural guidance. The piece satirically cites past offices and uses mythic references to Ceres to criticize government expansion.
Two new buildings rise in the town center as workers complete the projects. Local officials touted the developments as economic boosts and landmarks for the community.
Ralph Fields of this place, who has failed to attend school regularly enough to suit the truant officer stands show of being brought into the juvenile court. The truant officer who was here about a week ago demanded that he attend school, and young Fields used profane language. Snaiter r abe.
In Bloomington Indiana Silas Adams found guilty of whitecapping Harvey McFarland a farmer last May. Three jurors were Indiana University faculty. Tobe Snoddy was found guilty last week. Six other defendants await March term court.
Peter Johansen a tailor in Terre Haute says he was assaulted by three Bloomfield men breaking his jaw. He identifies his attackers and describes the incident.
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