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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1910
Page
8
Theodore T. Jones of Washington Township announces as a candidate for county treasurer subject to the will of the Republican nominating convention March 1.
Harry P. VanTrees of Washington township and Thom 8 Singleton of Veate township announce as candidates for county recorder subject to the will of the Republican nominating convention March 8 and March 30 respectively.
Caleb O Dell of Madison township declares candidacy for county clerk subject to Republican nominating convention. Benjamin Burris of Washington township also announces for county clerk showing intent to run under party guidance at the nominating convention.
Fragmentary text describes an assessor in a Van Buren area with unclear governance terms. The readable parts mention a plan or designation and a governing body or convention governing authority. No clear events, dates, or named organizations emerge.
Milton Fitzgerald of Washington township announces candidacy for sheriff subject to republican party rules and an upcoming convention. The statement signals a formal bid with party process guiding selection and nomination.
Jacob G. Clark of Ilarrison township and Templin of Bogard township file as candidates for county auditor in Daviess County. Both seek the Republican nomination at the March convention.
John tumuaw of Madison township announces candidacy for commissioner of the Third district subject to the will of the Republican nominating commission on March 30.
The Dimocrats of Madison township meet in Jolliff's hall Saturday afternoon and elect Frank Norman Alfred Osborn and Robert Mason to the central committee.
A marriage license was issued Tuesday in Bloomfield to Ernest Walter Hugunin a young farmer from Daviess County and Elma Dowden of Scotland Indiana.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our wife and mother. Mr J G Taylor and children.
Epworth League program scheduled for Friday evening February 25 features a topic How to work with scripture from John 9 4 5 Rom 12 11 songs Nos 107 and The King s Business devotional by Mrs Lewis solos by Mrs Melvin Cooper and Wallace Smiley a talk Ideas Love by Lucille Odell Reason Bennett and Lizzie Dillon Tasks of the Kingdom by Roy Winkle pleck the Way of the Cross Leads Fame hymn Yo11. The program closes with business and dismissal led by Madge Baker.
An anecdote recounted by Carlo Ceccarelli places Verdi at a dying friend’s bedside in Milan. Unable to shed tears, he sat at a piano in the adjoining room and instantly improvised the poignant Miserere from Il Trovatore, expressing his deep sorrow through music.
A West Africa fashion note from an Italian paper reports German Southwest Africa officials finding telegraph wires and insulators repurposed as jewelry. Natives display stolen wires as necklaces and earrings, with insulators used as ornamental pieces and even rubber heels and silk garters worn as adornments.
A voice from a Sandringham visit recalls Sir Evelyn Wood, deaf yet curious, taking up music at twenty four and later changing paths from sailor to bar to army, with rumors of church plans his enemies say he avoided by choice.
The article recounts a legend from Dalhousie Castle in Scotland where a branch of an ancient oak supposedly signals a death in the Dalhousie family. It notes the original tree fell in the early 1700s and a new one grew, with a forester in 1874 reportedly predicting the laird’s death after observing a branch fall on a calm day.
A sea captain, claiming to have lost everything in a shipwreck off the Swiss coast, tells a straightforward story at the door. He describes his vessel going to pieces and asks for assistance from the listener.
A Harper's Weekly cartoon panel features a clergy member and a motorcyclist in a brief exchange about religious oaths. The motorcyclist questions the use of oaths while the clergyman protests their abomination.
The saying notes that striving to look smart can stop a person from actually being wise. It emphasizes the contrast between appearance and genuine wit, suggesting humility may foster better judgment.
In Brazil a 15 year old Inez Grijalva is secretly wed to Juan Bustamente after her mother discovers a hidden marriage certificate in a dolls clothes box. The couple sails to the United States for a health trip and return with a daughter. the mother resolves to raise her younger daughter abroad seeking independence and honesty.
William H. Rideing recounts Henry M. Stanley’s bashfulness during a dinner of the Upyrus Club in Boston. The explorer, lauded by the chairman, fumbled for notes and finally placed Livingstone’s cap on his head as a modest acknowledgment of honors.
The Boston Herald reports a Michigan mystery, Lake Orion’s island that rises each August and vanishes around February. Attempts to anchor or bury it failed, with stones or chains vanishing when the island returns beneath the surface. Local theorists blame vegetation growth and decay in currents.
Dr R Marloth reports six new stemless succulents with buried egg shaped leaves. Only the apexes show above ground as colorless windowlike panes that admit light to the green interior. The first identified is a bulbine species.
A quoted excerpt contrasts two types of men as Mrs. Gregg extols the appeal of a truly ordinary man who is delightfully helpless at housekeeping. The dialogue parodies expectations of domestic competence and masculine help in a humorous light.
The article notes the extravagant state funeral of Alexander the Great, stating about a million dinars were spent on his burial. The body lay in a gold coffin filled with aromatics, a diadem atop the head, and a gold adorned funeral car weighed heavily, pulled by eighty four mules across a journey from Babylon to Syria lasting over four years.
A dialogue-driven note describes a missing cashier, height unknown, with a $10,000 shortage raising concern. The exchange implies a business man seeks details from the chief of detectives about the cashier.
A compact reflective line attributed to Richter contrasts joys as uplifting wings with sorrows acting as spur for growth. The quote emphasizes resilience and personal motivation.
Indiana rural delivery carriers plan a united drive for higher pay. They report six month earnings and expenses from July to December, including vehicle and horse costs, harness, repairs, depreciation, and insurance. Several show positive net earnings while one Milford carrier notes a loss due to buying a motorcycle for routing.
Poultry notes discuss using skim milk in poultry yards and the importance of the keeper behind the breed. It covers turkey laying time, nest setup with a salt barrel, delaying giving eggs to early sitters, tiny eggs with no yolk, and locking breeding ducks at night to ensure egg collection.
On January 18 each year the Duke must present to the sovereign a small flag marking the annual rent in petit sergeanty for Strathfieldsaye. The miniature flag is a Napoleonic army tricolor or eagle, fringed in gold, with a gilded eagle atop the staff and the year embroidered at the top corner.
A Baltimore American quotation recalls former times when beheadings occurred and marks how events moved forward on a single modern idea the block system.
A fragment from London Punch depicts a ferryman reassuring a traveler during a tempest. The speaker warns of unpredictable danger while noting the fare for passage and the precarious nature of the moment at sea.
A proverb attributed to Pilpay about the consequence of harmful actions. It cautions that one who harms others should not expect favorable rewards. The saying emphasizes justice and moral cause and effect.
In a quoted 1893 letter to George Meredith, R L Stevenson recalls fourteen years of poor health while producing work amid hemorrhages and sickness. He says he has won the wager and glove, though the battle continues in a dingy bed and with medicine, preferring open air and trumpetings over his head.
A compact quip from Stray Stories contrasts youth and age in love. The saying reflects on a man under thirty loving every pretty girl he sees, then after thirty loving every pretty girl who notices him. The item frames a humorous, observational vignette.
A humorous quip from Brooklyn Life contrasts a college boy and a girl cultivating her voice. The speaker wonders which has the better yell, highlighting playful rivalry and youth culture.
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