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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1895
Page
2
The February 23 1895 issue reports Oden Indiana residents weighing street lights for the town. Citizens discuss practicality and safety, noting preferences for better illumination and town improvement. The column also surveys national politics and warnings about grapevine scammers.
William F Taylor of Vex Buran township is tried by the United States court for an incident involving the G-25 Post Office. The case centers on alleged mail theft and related fraud charges. The defense is led by Lisstiogs, with 83, MLS listed as background.
iRy A O Parkerson reports County Superintendent Wallace gains teacher support. Eaglesville schools close about March 20 and Van Buren township schools near March. Arnold Tompkine will publish Philosophy School Management. National Teachers Relay at Danvers in July. R R rates to be halved. Van Buren township seeks support for Nicaskos Bill. State Board of Education members listed including Claud Mathews D M Geeting Joseph Swain and others.
Hon J H O NeaI announced Basil Ledgerwood will be paroled in a few days after serving three years and four months for burning the court house. He aided county funds in pursuing conspirators, while associates received eight year sentences. The governor approved the parole and Ledgerwood is free if he obeys the law.
Indiana school superintendent urges teachers to prepare pupils for the common school graduation exam set for March 16. Examinations will be held at multiple locations including Barr Montgomery Bogard Epsom Elmore Elnors Harrison Clemdale Madison Odon Reeve Alfordaville Steele Plainville Van Buren Eaglesville Veal Pleasant Hill Washington. Teachers should remind pupils to bring paper pens and ink and stress genuine knowledge over cram methods.
A fragmentary column reports a man named Swan who swallowed pills at Brookville and grew gravely ill. It notes a survey of railroad ticket pricing, a pool of jokes about Eve and Adam with arithmetic errors, a church debate on buying a chandelier, and various stray anecdotes from local life and mischief.
A lengthy, fragmentary clipping describes a pair of twins in Indianapolis who own a factory. A fire in the neighborhood compromised the building as the office door was forced open to save the factory. The owners later billed the fire department for three dollars eighty five cents for breaking the door. The rest of the text contains unrelated ad-like lines and brief jokes.
A Sunday Magazine piece surveys fear of death and how people confront dying. Anecdotes include Davy Crockett, Napoleon, Garrick, Wesley, Stonewall Jackson, and a Des Moines woman seeking relief with Chandlerain's Cough Remedy, noting a clinician’s perspective on dying as gentle or terrifying.
The piece notes a deadly superstition in Calcutta where a goat was hanged from a two story house under instruction of a so called magician to cast out a devil, the animal killed and meat given to the poor. It also advertises Chamberlain's Pain Basin for rheumatism and Uni Miawi Cough Cure as faster relief, with W L Stey the druggist selling both.
Notices announce weekly Saturday business hours for residents to transact township affairs in Madison and Van Buren townships. Truster W. Shaffer and the trustee appear to list locations Radlesville and a Radlesville residence for official dealings, with exceptions on the second Saturday each month.
An OCR fragment advertises remedies and juvenile history pamphlets. It mentions De Vitis Little Early Risers for headaches and a Bible history set from the American Publishing House in Philadelphia. The text touts engravings and a request for name and address.
Promotes The Illustrated Weekly from Denver offering eight pages of scenery and adventure stories for a trial three months at ten two cent stamps. Includes a premium gold ring with Rocky Mountain gems and a coupon address note.
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