Common water and a Panama Canal? Odd notes from Odon
A quirky column from The Odon Journal lists varied items from water flow to taxes and public spending. It references Carnegie golf thoughts, a soundproof Brooklyn church, aeroplanes priced at five thousand dollars, shoe sizing ideas, a talking hen, royal letters, San Francisco versus Pittsburgh, Mark Twain’s corporate move, bees and eye removal, and ethical marriage rites. The piece also notes New York’s ten millionaires and a court ruling on Princess de Sagan’s brood.
Naval Build Up in World Power Programs
The United States plans two 25,000 ton battleships and anticipates Britain may announce 30,000 ton ships soon. The exchange reflects growing naval arms expansion amid tensions shaping global defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Aeroplane sales hint at repair business spring surge
Twenty eight Wright aeroplanes have been sold in France for delivery next March. This suggests a potential uptick in the aeroplane repair business around April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
France
Uncle Sam Seeks 20000 Acres Of Coal Lands In Utah
Government sues to reclaim 20 000 acres of coal lands claimed as fraudulently taken in Utah. Officials assert federal ownership and seek restitution from alleged misappropriation.
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Sam
Utah
Carpet sweeper trust halts broom price rise for now
Report notes an advance in broom prices is planned but the carpet sweeper trust has not yet decided to request higher charges. The public is informed that no price increase will take effect immediately.
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Mark Twain
Carpet Sweeper Trust
Chicago to Open Psychic Rest Room for Worries
Chicago plans a psychic rest room where worries may be laid aside. If successful, the city may draw anxious inquiries from several eminent persons now in Washington.
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Chicago
Washington
Eight-Cent Theft Lands Oakland Man in Penitentiary
An Oakland man received eight years in prison for stealing eight cents. He has been sent to the penitentiary, a notable fact in the case.
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Oakland
Cal
Parents to be punished for children's misdeeds say editor
The Colorado secretary of the Bureau of Child and Animal Protection argues that punishing parents for their misbehaving children could enforce civilized behavior. The Brooklyn Standard Union suggests state power to hold parents accountable might deter misconduct.
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Colorado
Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Brooklyn Standard Union
Turkey’s Far Reach Marks Europe and Beyond
The Detroit News Tribune notes Turkey’s historic influence across Europe Asia Africa and the Philippine Muslim world. It argues the sultan still holds leverage despite being a weakened power and his diplomacy shapes current events.
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Turkey
Russia
Greece
Servia
Hungary
Italy
Spain
Africa
Egypt
Asia
Philippine Archipelago
Detroit News- Tribune
Europe
The Bad Liver as Public Enemy Propaganda Parable
The Ohio State Journal characterizes a bad liver as a public enemy, morose and growly, breaking up families and sowing dissension among neighbors. It portrays the organ as suspicious and quarrelsome, arguing rivers polluting the land threaten public welfare.
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Oqohio State Journal
Judgment and Temptation Under Adam’s Defense
The narrative frames Dr. Judson defending a case that started with Adam while a tempted woman lures a vulnerable man into ruin, portraying him as abused and blameless in a moral stance.
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Dr. Judson
Adam
Indiana Assembly Debates 34 New Bills and Funding Proposals
Indiana House introduces thirty four new measures including tax deadline extensions, high school trust elections, dog attack penalties, lodge affiliation claims, and a study on conservation. State budget figures cover many institutions from Indiana University to state prisons and welfare offices.
House Committees Report Bills for Passage
House committees reported numerous bills for passage including detection of chicken thieves election of city officers law changes for fire escapes state fish hatcheries freight train size limits switched crews with foreman and experienced workers pharmacist license exemptions long health board powers penalties for killing homing pigeons false credit statements hunter license funds to county clerk closing arguments in criminal trials park bells at Indianapolis and other court and tax provisions plus a Hammond Gary Linton superior courts truant officer abolition and school pay withholding. Reports also listed definite postponement on fake medical advertising appeals in damage cases Claysburg bond issues tax reforms and total loss fire insurance payments.
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State Board of Health
Indianapolis
Greene
Sullivan
Howard
Tipton
Grant
Hammond
Gary
Linton
Claysburg
Kleckner Contest Delayed in State House
Apparent disorganization as Democrats hoped to push repeal of county local option law may stop the Kleckner bill from moving on second reading. The bill backed by the Democratic platform for township and ward option has stalled amid Senate and Tomlinson bill opposition, delaying action until late this week.
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Kleckner
House of Representatives
House
Friends of the Tomlinson
Democrats Form Steering Committee to Drive Legislation
The Democrats of the house appoint a steering committee to lead the legislative program and select bills to advance. Members include Behymer Seidensticker Sweeney Thornton and Sunkel. Appointment is regarded as a high honor for the solons.
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Democrats
House
Behymer
Seidensticker
Sweeney
Thornton
Sunkel
Solons
Plan to Buy Harrison Home at Vincennes Moves Again
A renewed movement in the Indiana legislature seeks to purchase the Harrison House at Vincennes. The Harrison House Memorial association petitions for state buyout, with Senate passage and House rejection of the plan in the last session. The property, built in 1804, sits on the Wabash river and is linked to William Henry Harrison's governorship, treaties with Tecumseh, and an underground river passage.
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Harrison
Vincennes
Harrison House Memorial Association
House
Senate
General Assembly
House of Representatives
William Henry Harrison
Northwest Territory
Wabash River
Tecumseh
Reports Back Amended Indiana Liquor Bill
Indiana House committee on public morals reports back an amended liquor bill. The measure sets license fees by town class and caps saloons at one per 500 residents. Majority support signed by Racey Faulkner Moss McKenna Harris. Minority to kill signed by Jay Maddox Elliott. Hostetter did not sign.
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House Committee
Indiana Legislature
House
Racey
Faulkner
Moss
McKenna
Harris
Jay
Maddox
Elliott
Hostetter
Bookkeeping Measure Delayed by Senate Caucus
In the senate a special order for a uniform bookkeeping and accounting bill faced postponement as Republicans plan caucus. Another special order was Powers' fur bearing animals protection bill set for seasonal timing.
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Senate
Powers
Local school book question dominates legislature
Bills seek to replace the present uniform textbook system with locally adopted books by school boards and trustees. A large school book lobby is active for and against the proposal as lawmakers consider the issue.
Sunday Baseball Bill Seeks Senate Judiciary Review
After passage in the house the Sunday baseball bill was referred to the senate judiciary committee for consideration. The move places the bill into committee review as part of its legislative path.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Confident Thief Robs Farmer After Drugged Ride
John Chesnut a 40 year old Greene county farmer and township trustee testified in Terre Haute city court about a drugged excursion through the West Indies and Midwest ending in his robbery of 53 dollars by a confidence man. Chesnut faced charges of carrying concealed weapons and provided the narrative of the alleged crime and capture.
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Terre Haute
West Ind
John Chesnut
Lyons
Washington Township
Greene County
Saloon Keeper Sued for 5000 by Offeryost Family
Mrs. Henry Offeryost and daughter of Lawrenceburg filed suit in the Ohio circuit court seeking 5000 damages from J. P. Scranton saloon keeper. They accuse Scranton of serving whiskey linked to the death of Henry Offeryost in a fight behind the saloon last fall.
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Rising Sun
Henry Offeryost
Lawrenceburg
Ohio
J. P. Scranton
Young Lawyer Missing in Evansville
Evansville reports a young lawyer, cC. B. Aldrich, nephew of Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, missing for several days. He had lived in Evansville six months, was reputed wealthy, and it is said he married Miss Mona Ridgeway, a stage actress, in St. Louis several months ago.
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Evansville
B. Aldrich
United States
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Mona Ridgeway
St. Louis
City council backs two nominees for police board
Vincennes council, in regular session, unanimously recommends Charles L. Kuhn and Herman F. Piel to Governor Marshall for the metropolitan police board. They would replace Marion F. Tindolph and Robert G. Cauthorn as commissions expire, aligning with the governor’s plan.
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Vincennes
Charles L. Kuhn
Herman F. Piel
Gov
Marshall
Metropolitan Police Board
Marion F. Tindolph
Robert G. Cauthorn
Fund Boosters Banquet in Anderson Report
Jet buyers and contributors to the factory fund were entertained by the ladies cooperative committee at a barbecue. The executive committee reported about one third of the $300,000 fund had been collected and distributed.
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Anderson
Ladies’ Co-Operative Committee
Bedford Citizens Organize
Bedford forms Citizens' league with E. B. Thornton as president John A. Rour vice president E J Stalker secretary and Horatio Harryman treasurer capital stock 2000 subscribed
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Bedford
Citizens’ League of
Messrs
E. B. Thornton
John A. Rour
E. J. Stalker
Horatio Harryman
Escaped Convicts Caught in Brazil Return
Jeffersonville reform school escapee Whallen and two accomplices who fled December 6, 1908 by wall sealing were recaptured in Brazil and returned to the institution by Chief of Police Bone.
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Jeffersonville
Mart Whallen
Reformatory
Brazil
Bone
Indiana Briefs Reflect Local Happenings Across Towns
Shelbyville John W Kern to speak at Knights of Pythias forty fifth anniversary event in Shelbyville. Morocco contractor Otha Grubbs profits from courthouse removal. lumber costs rise. Watseka plans a new Watseka Trust and Savings bank after a state auditor permit. Richmond sheriff and prosecutor discuss Wayne County liquor enforcement. Danville county council approves $1000 for Hendricks election costs. South Bend anti saloon league pushes to dry St Joseph Laporte and Elkhart counties. Boonville Freddie Byers sustains arm fractures from two separate breaks. Jasper Ferdinand man Henry Schum dies from knife wounds at Barth s saloon. Shelbyville March liquor license applications filed with county commissioners.
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Shelbyville
John W. Kern
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Morocco
Watseka
Illinois
Watseka Trust and Savings Bank
Rollo Fisher
Marion County
S. & C. Traction Company
Danville
Hendricks County
South Bend
George R. Hicks
Anti-Saloon League
St. Joseph
Laporte
Elkhart
Boonville
Freddie
States education heads confer on nation wide school efforts
Indianapolis report cites a Tuesday conference with representatives from Indiana Ohio and Illinois education departments to form a cooperative body for improving country life and school development. A resolution invites all states to a Chicago conference February 28 25 with Norval D Kemp of Dayton Ohio as secretary.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Sccnool
Chicago
Norval D. Kemp
Dayton
Country Life Commission
Aley Speaks to Fort Wayne Normal Graduates
Dr. Robert J. Aley state superintendent of public instruction addressed the Fort Wayne Normal school graduating class. He spoke on teacher duties in the classroom and the growing dignity of the teaching profession in recent years.
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Aley
Fort Wayne
Robert J. Aley
Sperintendent of Public Instruction
Fort Wayne Normal School
Kokomo Ministers Protest Sunday Baseball Bill
Ministers and citizens in Kokomo urged lawmakers to keep the Sunday baseball law as is. They argued the measure is immoral and risks undermining Sunday observance as a sacred day.
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Kokomo
Commissioners propose $3000 for county records investigation
To Open Kosciusko Books Warsaw reports the Kosciusko county board of commissioners recommends a $3000 appropriation to fund a nonpartisan thorough investigation of county records spanning over twenty years, following hundreds of petitions from various parts.
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Kosciusko Books
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
Board of County Commissioners
County Must Pay $37,000 Subsidy
Judge Fortune in Terre Haute rules for Chicago and Indiana Black Coal Company against Clay County commissioners and residents over a $37,000 county election bonus for coal mine construction. The ruling severs the county from the disputed payment.
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Terre Haute
Fortune
Circuit Court
Chicago & Indiana Black Coal Company
Clay County
Fear Election Expenses
In Bartholomew County Indiana petition circulators report they are refused access to temperance workers names. They were told that if the county votes wet those workers would need to pay the election costs.
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Columbus
Bartholomew County
Farmer Beats Wife Leaving Her In Serious Condition
Petersburg reports Will Arnold a farmer five miles east of town beat his wife causing both eyes to swell shut and forcefully pulled her eyelids apart spitting tobacco juice into her eyes. The woman remains in serious condition.
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Petersburg
Will Arnold
Here
Church Site Sold for Terminal in South Bend
The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend railroad, via F W Keller L C Whitcomb and Charles Weidler, bought the First Methodist church site opposite the federal building for 80000 dollars.
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Terminal
South Bend
Chicago, Lake Shore
Wrangle Over Sum of Money
James Buck former trustee for the Job Nash estate died at his Lafayette hotel apartments with 1920 dollars on his person. The court will decide who inherits the money.
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Lafayette
James Buck
Child receives 500 stock gift at Mason Temple opening
Roy Rice six year old son of M. E. Rice owner and manager of a Fort Wayne theater starts school. In honor of the event his father transfers 500 dollars in stock in the new Masonic Temple to the boy.
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Fort Wayne
Roy Rice
M. E. Rice
Masonic Temple
Knights of Pythias district meet in Rockville
The Knights of Pythias district meeting will be held in Rockville February 23 with the Terre Haute delegation and uniform rank and a band. Many grand lodge officers are expected to attend as this district includes 40 lodges.
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Rockville
Knights of Pythias
Terre Haute
Grand Lodge
Newcastle
Tidewater Pipe Line Company
Illinois Field
Pennsylvania
Greencastle
J. A. Dennewitz
Anderson
Carl Lawson
United Brethren Church
Shelbyville
Missouri Greenlee
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