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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
3
Seb Mason and many residents are listed visiting, returning, or traveling between Elnora Owensburg Washington Indianapolis Bedford and Terre Haute. Items mention multiple locals including Bechtel Sargent Malone Lackey Stevenson Kidwell O'Dell Abraham Baker Williams and others with ads for newspapers and local goods.
Editor notes a new protection measure at Cary Sale & Lock Co in Buffalo New York. The shop installs a burglar repeater to safeguard customer watches under repair and prevent theft during service.
The Christian church invites all not attending Sunday School to join a one hour session starting Sunday. The class will split into two groups The Reds and The Blazes with a free supper at quarter’s end. Leaders urge young men and ladies to attend and parents to bring children. Last Sunday’s collection was $8.33.
Joan Stout was at Ucton. Taylor Alien is visiting relatives at Tarre Haute this week. Dr. Hattery was at Washington Friday. J. E. Kretsinger is on the sick list.
A mining crew halted work Tuesday after a shaft cut into a water pond causing fear of flooding. The water was minor and workers returned next morning. Druggist Chas Miller died of apoplexy January 7 at his shop. He leaves a wife Lillian Hattery and five children. Funeral rendered by Rev Joseph Adams at the M E church.
About fifty smallpox cases reported in Harrison town. Laura Wright of Washington returns to Lodi to resume missionary work. Austin Carter of Epsom enlists in the Fourth U S infantry for the Philippines in March. J C Billheimer of Washington becomes deputy to State Auditor Sherrick. Pay is 23.50 per year. starts Jan 27 in Washington. A Laudermilk woman at a Washington dive tries to use an ax. arrests follow. Divorce suit of Fred Malone vs wife dismissed. couple reconciled. Malone cross-complaint seeks 2000 in alimony. Horace Emmick south of Washington loses his right arm in gun accident and dies. Petitions seek BE I train No 34 to run Evansville to Elnora via Washington with No 31 from Elnora to Evansville each morning for northern Daviess County access. News tip welcome. Trade with Oden Journal advertisers. For sale a new high class sewing machine at Journal office.
A young driver confronts General Lee with a question about being put in again. The general kindly asks his name, recognizing the boy as Bob Lee, the general’s son, who is dirty from service. The exchange ends with a blessing and duty to continue.
Alexandre Dumas, visiting Dr. Gistal in Marseilles, agreed to improvise. He penned a quip about the host and the town’s hospital and cemetery, drawing smiles as the party enjoyed coffee after dinner.
Mrs Alexander Hamilton served the first ice cream in Washington City. President Andrew Jackson tasted it with amusement. At the White House reception guests watched others hesitate to try the frozen treat before warming to its flavor as rural visitors peered curiously and then enjoyed it.
At a Scotland village sale the auctioneer hawked domestic goods including a porridge pot. He singled out the beadle and offered the pot as a kirk bell joke, only to be met with the quip that his tongue would fit as the bell.
A Yale class member of the class of T2 staged a harmless mischief by bringing a turtle covered with a newspaper poster to a recitation. The tutor, proud and unsuspecting, watched as the shell hideaway moved when questioned twenty years later by a former student about what made the paper move.
A witty exchange between a young physician and an older doctor appears in the Chicago News, joking that bad cooks supply half the patients and extra large cooks supply the other half.
A humorous exchange where a child asks about twins and the father clarifies that two babies are twins while extending the idea to triplets, quadrupeds, and centipeds, using playful mispronunciations.
The Baltimore American quotes a witty exchange about trimming an article on American forests. The editor replies he shortened the piece to make a long story concise, eliciting irate reaction from the author.
An ancient Irish belief holds that a pronounced curse must strike its target or rebound to the caster like a wedge. In Innismurray Ireland three stone altars sit beneath a caskel where flat stones are turned to curse people. To avert the curse locals dig graves and cover themselves with three shovelfuls of earth while reciting rhymes.
The Cosmiopolitan urges fathers to actively shape their sons by daily, hourly guidance, arguing many fail to invest themselves. The reward is watching a boy become a man ready to face life's inevitable challenges alone, with strength or weakness revealed.
A reader quotes a New York Tribune piece arguing Connecticut's name origin lies in the idea of a land of steady habits yet notes that early colonial customs included giving rum to those at dedications. The first governor John Winthrop objected, claiming rum did not feed steady habits.
An amusing tale from a Welsh railway halt told of a man whose identity was unknown to a ticket collector. As he passed through the station door the collector demanded a ticket and the man replied with a grin that his face was his ticket. The collector quipped that his orders were to punch all tickets.
A tale from Robespierre’s height of power recalls a lady begging to spare her husband. He refused with scorn. As she left she stepped on the paw of his dog and he retorted with a sharp question about humanity.
The article explains that what we see above hot surfaces or fields is air quivering due to heat rising. Small currents of air at different temperatures bend light differently, making the otherwise invisible heat currents visible.
A fable about two bankrupts planning to raise capital by adding a cipher to one dollar to make ten. They realize the scheme fails for lack of initial capital. The moral notes the difficulty of obtaining the first dollar. Moral: the great financial obstacle is securing that initial capital.
The Chicago Post warns against carrying an argument to its logical conclusion. In a picnic scene a woman jokes about fingers and forks while helping herself in democratic fashion. A man agrees that people were made before clothes.
Husband and wife dialogue shows a troubled marriage. The husband vents his anger while the wife reflects that she married him hoping time might bring improvement and that another person named Yora seemed her only chance.
The defendant admits this is the sixth arrest for vagrancy and suggests a possible jubilee as a mitigation argument. The judge probes for mitigating factors in the case.
A small boy persuades a druggist to give him a large bottle of medicine. The boy explains he will seek revenge on his grandma who has fallen ill after being left alone with him. The exchange is presented as a brief joke or vignette from Life.
A Philadelphia Record note says the man with unsold wealth is the one who dodges the tax assessor. The remark hints at tax avoidance and secrecy surrounding wealth.
A brief comic vignette shows a waitress offering a sandwich to a gentleman who chooses both eating now and taking it with him. Harvard Lam poon appears as a playful name inserted in the exchange.
Free copy of A Remarkable Book About Heaven and Hell by Emanuel Swedenborg. Ten cents postage for wrapping and mailing. Send stamps or address to Am. Swedenborg Pty. and Pub. Society, 3 West 29th Street, New York, NY.
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