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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
2
In Judge Quench's court workmen building an iron door at Planters hotel defied a sheriff message to desist provoking contempt proceedings. The contractor was summoned and his crew released after paying arrest costs. The piece laments court authority and civic noise amid rapid urban progress.
The text recalls D K Pearsons quitting tobacco before death and notes Abraham Izenes dying at 106 with last words die smoking. It also quotes Chicago health officials critiquing ambulance gangs as nuisances and argues for measured ambulance speed toward patient welfare.
Discussion on conservation stress highlights the need to reduce fire risk in cities. Franklin Wentworth and fire protection delegates favor non combustible window frames wired glass and automatic sprinklers in all commercial factory and office buildings. They urge covering roofs with incombustible material to replace wooden shingles.
The article notes no crossing attempt this year across the Atlantic despite fatalities in air conquest. It praises prudence as a running mate to courage and argues they are not incompatible in pursuing hard sensible plans.
The English sparrows in Massachusetts are accused of carrying matches to nests. Attic birds might counter that humans are careless with matches and dedicate time and energy, while sparrows simply tweet and pick up discarded matches.
William R. Miller of Glacier Creek Alaska writes to Spokane county probate judge protesting his wife Jane Miller’s divorce filing on desertion. He details years of hard labor in the Yukon to support his family, illness and loss, and a stalled claim sale. He urges the court to deny the decree and keep their home intact.
A Delaware fox hunting party led by Joseph Becker Edward Neher John M Hance and John B Traitt found a fine fox near Newcastle The pack ran well before the fox turned and fled as other hunters joined the chase The fox escaped after several miles of chasing
James H. Magee known as Old Mack, born 1820 in Ireland, once revived after being thought dead in Burlington, Iowa. A plasterer by trade, he wandered widely, built Harvey eating houses along the Santa Fe line, and spent his last years in Hopkins Missouri before his death.
In Cleveland a man named John Grownest, 46, arrested for being a common beggar, claims deaf and dumbness to avoid speaking. Police and probation officers test him, offering $50 to speak, but he remains silent. judge orders him sent to Warrenville farm.
Montclair pastor Dr. Thomas Travis of the Watchung Avenue Congregational church completed a about 1000 foot long stone fence two feet thick around his new $15,000 home on Watchung Avenue. He did all the labor himself and the work reflects credit on his ability.
Altoona Pennsylvania street sweeper S B Tipton found a wrinkled sheet in a shovel that turned out to be a judgment exemption note for 1800 dollars recently executed.
A reform proposal favors outdoor work as a method for penology. It argues that work outdoors can aid rehabilitation, enhance discipline, and furnish constructive activity for inmates. The plan emphasizes practical supervision and gradual integration back into society.
Judge Keedy defended temperance jurors while discharging the November grand jury in Hagerstown Massachusetts. He said no juror is disqualified for being a temperance man but frequenting saloons during court sessions undermines justice and shatters the juror’s wits.
A fragment mentions Alta Scott with ties to Gillette Wisconsin and a coyotes reference. No clear event or context available in readable text.
The San Francisco Argonaut argues against a federal health board that would favor one medical school and force orthodoxy. It warns such a board would curb personal rights, likening it to establishing a sect of religion and urging preservation of medical liberty and choice in treatment.
A light exchange questions naming a baby. One parent jokes about his wife preferring the name Percival and whether the child will develop a lisp. The humor centers on anticipation and playful baby talk.
A sermon discusses Luke's birth narrative John the Baptist, Zechariah, and Elizabeth, stressing faith over perfection. It urges high ideals for children, Nazarite vows, and the Holy Spirit's full influence to turn hearts back to God and prepare the way for the Lord.
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