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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
3
Miss Lucinda Berry and her sister Alice nurse the injured bachelor Williams after a street accident. His gratitude and a worn valentine melt tensions as the sisters demonstrate steadfast care and domestic order in a tale of unexpected romance.
The article traces St Valentine customs from Scotland to England, noting Walter Scott and Pepys as sources for wooing lore and midwinter gifts. It discusses card valentes and the rise of modern Christmas cards, plus the quaint notion of sending tissue veils as a traditional token of affection. It also observes flowers fruit or a dainty book as agreeable gifts on this festival.
Sunday School lesson text Acts 5 17 32 outlines the apostles imprisonment trial and deliverance in Jerusalem between AD 30 and 33. It highlights angelic intervention church growth and Peter defense and notes the threefold victory of the apostles and their bold preaching in the temple.
Washington reports from the commission on country life outline prosperous agriculture overall yet note farmers face limited profits and social limits. Key causes include poor schooling, highways, soil depletion, and weak rural leadership, with remedies from surveys and extension work to credit reform, highway planning, and a public opinion drive.
Dayton police and thousands of volunteers search for the killer of Elizabeth Fulhart and other victims in a string of brutal attacks that have shocked the city. Investigators note the latest body found in a cistern with a bag over the head, while questions remain about death cause and the suspect's identity.
The American battleship fleet began its home voyage Saturday after a farewell at Gibraltar. Ships weighed anchor at nine with steam up, planning a likely ten knot pace and delaying pennants until Virginia Capes. A government gymkhana honored the fleet, with sailors enjoying smokers aboard Albemarle Slava and Nebraskan.
The battleship Delaware was launched Saturday at Newport News Shipbuilding with sponsor Miss Anne Cahall breaking a bottle of champagne on the bow. Gov Pennewill of Delaware attended with staff and aides from Bridgeville Dover Wilmington and Du Pont Wilmington. The ship’s battery lists ten 12 inch rifles in five turrets two 21 inch torpedo tubes forward 14 5 inch guns and several smaller saluting guns. The waterline armor belt increases to eight feet width and ranges from 11 inches thick at the top to 9 inches at the bottom.
Rochester New York The New Clay Products association approved Justice Wrights labor contempt decision at its closing session and passed resolutions endorsing the Washington judge's opinion.
In Bismarck the senate approved a bill barring marriage between whites and blacks with only one dissenting vote. Supporters expect swift passage in the house.
At the Metropolitan Museum a curator jokes that a fleurant label misnaming a china statue Gen Washington instead of Benjamin Franklin drives him to the brink. He explains the potter in France erred over a century ago and cannot change it, even as visitors flood in daily. A visitor then asks about the statue, and the curator smiles, ready to explain once more.
A new constable at a London police court guided a prisoner toward the cells. In a dim corner the constable warned mind the step, and the prisoner answered I knew that step before you were born.
An advertisement touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a remedy for rheumatism neuralgia and sore throat claiming rapid pain and inflammation relief. The playful line about a recording angel is included as a humorous aside about honesty in love.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies soothing gums reducing inflammation easing pain and curing wind colic priced at 25c per bottle. The latter sentence remarks one cannot become a dramatic critic by reading the Acts.
A column cites numerous testimonials from women across the United States praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treating irregularities nervousness and female troubles avoiding operations. Mrs Samuel Lex of Louisville Kentucky and Lena V Henry of Adrian Georgia share dramatic cures. The ad touts decades of testimonials as proof of the remedy's power for feminine illnesses.
Advertisement claims CASCARETS cure constipation and liver troubles by natural action. It touts millions using the product with a box for a week and three treatments, declaring it the world’s biggest seller with a million boxes monthly.
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