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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1903
Page
3
Merchants are invoicing as the community shares news from Oren Pous returning from Memphis to home. Many locals visit relatives, attend protracted meetings, and plan subscriptions while plans and changes ripple through Elnora, Washington, Bedford, and nearby towns.
Mrs PuA Winklepleck of this place and Rev and Mrs J A Murray of Corydon Illinois along with Tros Hitchcock and wife of Lincoln Nebraska visited relatives at Indian Springs early this week.
Judge Houghton has not yet decided whether to call a grand jury to investigate charges or vote telling at the recent county election. He indicated the matter is not fully determined but suggested such a move might be beneficial.
Revival services are held in Paglesville with I W Riggina visiting Monday and Tuesday. Miss Louie Singleton is ill. Essie Jarret and Kate Schrumm visit Beefred to see relatives. Flossie Winklepleck (Odin) hosts relatives this week. Bloomer Wadaworth returns from Greencastle for a brief visit. Prof A O Fulkerson and wife from Washington spend holidays with relatives. A skating party on John Wadneworth s pond Tuesday night. Coal rates rise 25c per ton at the slopes and 27c at the shaft. Ed Bruner returns from Knox county where a dog bit him. the same dog has bitten eight others in two weeks. He says the dog will not bite again.
In Washington postmaster Sefrit gained a pledge from the Post Office Department for major mail route changes in Daviess county to start in spring. Plans call for reorganizing and shortening routes, adding about ten routes, extending two rural stations, and possibly increasing total routes from twenty one to thirty five at a cost over 21000 dollars yearly in salaries.
A Washington woman visiting New Orleans witnesses a river steamboat loading and unloading. The mate yells and strikes a Black roustabout, drawing her concern until the worker explains he is paid for the brutality and endures it.
At the Ritter home near Elnora an attempted kidnapping occurred Monday involving John Ritter and his stepfamily. Charles Dunn and wife Mrs. Dunn allegedly abducted a child from its grandmother. Dunn drew a revolver but bystanders intervened and he was bound over to court. Ritter, a Bloomfield store owner and former county politician, pursued the child.
Advice from Outing on keeping pups strong and healthy through six months. Feed fresh buttermilk and corn bread with soup twice weekly, avoid sweet milk, provide ample exercise, and prevent crowding. Use separate feeding vessels and chained distance, limit medicines, and ensure daily hour of running in fields and woods.
In a lecture Dr S Weir Mitchell, renowned nerve specialist, said he has seen few cases where long term suffering morally improved a person. He noted acute illness near death may soften disposition, but chronic invalids are usually selfish and peevish, making nursing a hard task.
A reader puzzle notes one English word can appear six times in a sentence and still be correct. An example shows a boy writes The man that Hes does wrong and a teacher substitutes who, yet the original that remains right in sense and grammar.
A Washington Star reader quote notes medieval armor as uncomfortable yet satisfying because its wearer could always remove it and keep the moths out of the fabric. The exchange frames armor as impractical but defensively intact through ease of removal.
The will of Dr. Harvey Taylor was probated Wednesday. He bequeaths 80 acres to his wife and 100 in money plus stock, 80 acres to son James S. Taylor, 50 acres to daughter Jessie, and 80 acres to granddaughter Lavella Taylor. Will dated August 1899. executor named as E Evans. Witnesses were J D Laughlin and Joseph Jillahava.
The Odon post office reports arrivals of general mail at 7 34 am and 12 54 pm and locked pouches at 9 22 am and 1 31 pm. Departures include locked pouches for E I at 9 22 am and 4 05 pm and general mail at 1 51 pm. Sundays list mail at 7 84 am and 7 03 pm with locked pouches sent to Seymour.
In Agra a street arab slept under a rug beside country produce when a wealthy resident arrived with a pet leopard. A troop of monkeys gathered across the platform forming a semicircle to confront the intruder, seeming ready to thwart the leopard’s intent and protect the sleeper.
Reports describe Ballybunnion on Ireland’s west coast where waves uncovered iron pyrites and alum in a cliff deposit. Rapid oxidation ignited heat that burned the whale cliff for weeks, emitting smoke and leaving lava-like brick and clay masses after the blaze subsided. Another Arctic example cites a cliff that remained on fire for twenty miles.
The excerpt discusses sugar as a high energy food but notes it lacks iron and lime. M. G. Bunge, a physiologist, says pure cane sugar provides little iron or lime. It suggests consuming legumes and fruits rich in hydrocarbons and questions honey's value while warning against overreliance on scientific dietary guidance.
The text notes how Dumas and Bulzec admired their own creations, especially the childlike Porthos Lest. One afternoon Duis appears careworn and overwhelmed. Dumas asks what is wrong and learns he is miserable from Dumas pere.
A narrator recalls the moment of decision to undertake a burdensome task for Porthos. The scene features hesitation as a line sinks, the weight seeming too heavy, and a tear wiped away in the act of resolve. The tone is reflective and intimate.
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls a father and daughter banter about Benny’s marriage proposal. The father notes Benny’s gaze fixed on the daughter’s feet rather than her eyes, preferring a suitor who looks someone in the eye.
A wry London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls Mr Wy. S. Gilbert placing his purse at a country inn with a sign reading Entertainment Yor Man and Beast. He questions the lack of entertainment for the mall as food arrives, in a humorous moral about expectations.
Auntie reassures Jackie who cries over a missed jelly while suspecting a slip up. Boston Courier notes a humorous dialogue about a wealthy suitor Reginald and a cautious proposal to marry, highlighting social wit of the era.
A mother asks Tommy about medicine he traded with Willie Jones for a sour apple. The second item notes long sentence prisoners in Hobart Tasmania are put to work in the local botanical gardens.
A joking exchange between Meeks and Weeks on changing a woman's views is shared by Chica go News. Henry Drummond adds a closing note on learning to love better, offering a light moral.
A satirical gospel on marriage urges marrying the opposite sex and above one station while warning against long engagements. It extols courtship as a pleasant industry and notes the mismatch of supply and demand in choosing a spouse.
A father administers a stern scolding to his four year old Florence after misdeeds, yet she responds by beaming at him and asking if he is interesting. An unrelated anecdote follows about a gentleman helping a fallen woman and his wife reacting with jealousy.
The term Christian name arose after the Reformation as Biblical names were used in reaction to saints names. It notes that not all Biblical names are Christian and that the movement treated everything in the Bible as Christian while deeming non Biblical items pagan or non Christian.
A selection recalls Lord Houghton’s quip on Browning’s Sordello and a Munich street encounter where the journalist Moritz Saphir outwits an offended passerby. The piece notes the misheard lines about Sordello and the clever exchange of courtesies between a wry observer and a hotheaded critic.
A nostalgic newspaper promotion extols a leading Indiana Journal as accurate and comprehensive. It highlights market reports from Union and Inter-State Stockyards, AP wire service, court coverage, Washington dispatches, farm news, fashion and society pages, sporting coverage, and affordable ten cent weekly pricing, praising reliability and breadth.
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