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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
7
Indiana House passes the bill to legalize Sunday baseball games by 51 to 41, sending it to the senate amid uncertain fate. Debate includes local option questions and Beal Bland and Kene bill provisions, with laborers seeking broader measures.
Fifty two bills were introduced in the house on Tuesday the most in a day this session. Three relate to liquor regulation. One German alliance bill would set up county license boards license taverns and restaurants with liquor sales allow local option elections and cap saloons at one per 500 people in incorporated areas. Another bill caps licenses at 300 in towns and 500 in cities with possible rises to 600 and 1,000 respectively. The temperance Democrats back county and township option alongside existing measures.
In the senate a partisan clash erupted as Rep. Kling proposed a resolution de nominating U S senators chosen in secret caucus. Democrats attacked the move branding it an insult to their caucus that selected B F Shively. Senators Kistler Proctor Stosenburg and Kling Wood Bland Mattingly spoke, but no action was taken.
Discussion opens on abolishing the county truant officer office. A bill may be introduced in the senate to make the president of the Board of Children’s Guardians ex officio truant officer. Some senators consider authorizing the guardian board president to perform duties.
The senate judiciary committee has killed the bill that would let two grand jury members notify the governor of a prosecuting attorney’s alleged failure to perform. If sustained, the governor would investigate and, upon truth, place the attorney general in charge of the prosecutor's office.
John M Hill of Bartholomew County urged abolition of the state fish and game commissioner office this week. He spoke in the house detailing his bill as part of his campaign against the agency. His maiden speech last week defended the measure intended to protect mask rats.
A petition from 30 000 Quakers was presented in the senate protesting the repeal or amendment of the county local option law and any changes to Sunday laws allowing baseball or football on Sunday. It urged Sabbath preservation and opposed recent divorce trends claiming one fifth of marriages are annulled. The petition created a deep impression.
A free text book bill was introduced in the house by Representative Wickey. Other bills include penalties for usurious loans, park boards creation, 25 cent per $100 township road tax cap, poll tax receipt as voter qualification, assessor pay by schedules, optional incumbency for fifth class city officers, rat tail bounty, colored normal school funding at 7000 yearly, abolishing county council and township advisory board, defining trusts, low fare on interurbans, county road blocks, May 1 tax list date, bakery sanitation, banning double header trains, county jail sanitation, fire insurance payout rules, city law amendments, and the senate backed popular election of United States senators.
Democratic caucus ends at 11 without resolution on the local option matter. floor debate expected. House approves a non partisan committee to audit state offices, prune staff, and cut costs. Senate backs Culver Military academy into state military establishment. House passes license requirement for Indiana life insurance agents.
The senate at the close of the third week is up with its work. Of 241 introduced measures many are printed and ready for second reading. Reports from committees at meetings Thursday night and Friday morning were adopted by the senate Saturday. Several bills are ready for third reading and if no new senate bills are introduced, the chamber will soon take up house bills on third reading.
Senator Bland's bill fixing liability on railroad engines that set fires to property along its right of way is expected to be reported out soon after being referred to Senator Halleck for amendments.
Democrats in the house have not yet drafted a bill for legislative and congressional reapportionment of the state. The Apportionment Committee is set to meet to begin the process.
The California Fig Syrup Co states its full quality report for Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It asserts strict production methods, California figs for flavor, and medicinal principles from beneficial plants. Buyers urged to purchase only the genuine product from leading druggists.
A light exchange notes how Washington's birthday as a holiday enables lying in bed. George would oppose celebrating his birthday by more lying. The remark highlights differing views on holiday rituals and personal conduct.
Mrs. M. A. Schwerin of Detroit reports her child Vivian suffered sixty head boils and a recurring scalp humor each spring. Using Cuticura Soap and Ointment plus Resolvent cured the condition, with no recurrences in two years. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Boston fixed sponsor.
After a dry goods salesman finished with Cyrus Craig Centerville's storekeeper asks about town events. Craig reports only two pupil concerts by Salome Howe and two lectures at the academy on Our National Forests and Stones As I Know Them.
The Globe from Atchison Kansas notes a trend toward holding social events away from home. It cites dining in hotels and church weddings while medical care and funerals move to public facilities, reflecting a shift in public life practices.
An advertisement touts Murine as a remedy for red weak weary and watery eyes. It claims experienced physicians compound the product and that it conforms to the Pure Food and Drugs Law. The copy emphasizes that Murine does not smart and soothes eye pain.
An advertisement touts The Herb laxative Garfield Tea as aiding Nature and maintaining general well being by correcting constipation and purifying the blood. A quip suggests women attend church to learn where neighbors stand.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Mine with a signature of E. W. Grove and claims a world wide cure for a cold in one day. It notes a 25c price and mentions Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a Peoria Illinois factory.
An old style advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for tired aching feet with a trial package offered free. It frames foot care as easy money for the reader and cites A S Olmsted of Le Roy New York as contact. The note also references a highwayman as a separate remark.
A quoted exchange notes that the speaker’s poems have been read by about twenty publishers known to them, indicating broad interest in their work. The remark highlights perceived readership breadth without detailing specific publishers or titles.
Lord Rosebery argues in an Edinburgh address that teaching thrift to children requires stressing the criminality of waste. He urges avoidance of wasting material resources that have value beyond money and highlights waste of water and gas as harmful examples.
A claim that deafness cannot be cured by local applications but only by constitutional remedies. It states most deafness is from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure not. Includes a sales pitch for Hall's pills and emphasizes Druggists selling at 75 cents.
The piece notes that the wedding cake evolved from a simple Roman cake of water flour and salt shared at weddings during contract signing. It then recommends smooth iron and Defiance Starch for home shirt laundering to achieve proper stiffness without damaging fabrics.
Important to Mothers invites careful exam of CASTORIA bottles as a safe remedy for infants and children. An ad mentions Lewis' Single Binder Cigar from Peoria. A line humorously cites a pretty girl and a 30 minute itch cure by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. An organ grinder viewpoint includes a note about a poor turn.
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