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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1907
Page
1
The blind tiger bill passed the Senate 73 to 20 and moved from the House on January 22. It now awaits the governor's signature with drastic liquor sale provisions for druggists. A White House statement notes the president asked Postmaster General Cortelyou to consider barring dissemination of Thaw case details from the mails.
Town residents of Dugger plan a mass meeting to protest raising the Indianapolis Southern road bed by five feet through the town center. The change would split businesses, with most shops on one side and the bank on the other, obscuring sightlines without bulletins. John D Rockefeller's gifts to education total about 34.9 million, including 21.3 million to the University of Chicago and 11 million to the General Education Board. Andrew Carnegie’s known gifts total about 12.96 million.
A Bloomington movement aims to mobilize Monrovia region quarry owners to supply Ladara oolitic limestone for the Panama Canal. If secured the contract could total several million dollars, fueling significant output for Galitic belt quarries over years while docks and stations are built. The plan, though organized, has no fixed line yet. The Indiana General Assembly’s first half ends with 922 bills filed, a record for this stage, though few are considered paramount.
The senate has passed the two cent railroad fare and the private banking bills. The prim ary election bill is ready for third reading. The blind tiger and liquor license measures move toward engrossment and committee review. An anti trust bill awaits third reading while a Wood bill aims to draft a new Indiana constitution. Six bills have become law, one vetoed involving YWCA incorporation.
The Library Association presents Singin Skule Beginment at the opera house this Saturday February 16 directed by Miss Thel Orchard. Thirty local performers star led by Miss Ethel Deckard and Mr William Bair. The show is a humorous set with music and is already a hit in Indianapolis drawing large crowds and booking additional performances.
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station offers Indiana farmers free seed samples of 4 to 5 leading varieties of corn oats cowpeas and soybeans for trial on a quarter acre of corn and a tenth acre of other crops. Results must be reported at season end. Interested parties should write A T Wiancko LaFayette Ind to obtain full particulars.
In a August night on the Western division Dad Sinclair commands Soda Water Sal to outrun a runaway coal train, pushing Greenhorn Dick Burns to deliver a furnace blaze that saves No. 1 and the acton runaways. The perilous chase ends with Burns earning a name on the frontier rail.
A special meeting will be held on February 15 for installation. A program will be rendered and a lunch served. By order of chief.
Advertises 300 bushels of white seed oats for sale by 22225 and W. W. Harper.
A Daviess county petition urges Indiana legislators to raise the state levy for common schools from 11 3 5 to 14 cents per $100, arguing need to boost teachers salaries and school efficiency. The group notes past levy at $.16 and appeals to Rep T D Simp and Sen Ezra Mattingly for support.
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