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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
3
A Poiana gas blast killed Frank Paras and his wife, with their infant dying hours later. Parsons, seriously injured, was nearing recovery before the child’s death. burial likely in the local week.
Obituary recalls Gin Williams a longtime editor in Warsaw who edited Northern Indiana’s paper for around fifty years. He served as a colonel in the Civil War era and commanded troops at key moments, later praised as a resilient press figure. The article shifts to a congressional summary noting bank and currency bills, statehood debates, and investigations into civil service and foreign trade.
A collage of terse items reports corruption charges against city officials, a murder suicide, a life sentence for Sherman’s killer, and major fires with insurance. It also notes railroad and crime updates from Laporte to Elkhart with burglaries, robberies, and a masked-robbery incident in progress.
A terse political brief notes a pro campaign push by anti revisionists led by President Tarl Prescan tincton with events unfolding on January 12. The fragment mentions a strong campaign stance and ongoing organizing activity.
Ambiguous OCR text describes a gathering about tariff changes and revision efforts. It mentions Pennsylvania, possible groups opposing or debating policies, and conflicts among delegates. The fragmentary nature limits precise facts and dates.
The article discusses farmer rights to road use, crop rotation, and road-side materials, plus practical farming tips. It covers ownership limits on road portions, material removal for road repair, and restrictions on others feeding livestock or cutting grass. It also outlines crop rotation benefits and poultry house design, then shifts to livestock devices and profitable farm practices.
Reedings in Mass and Pennsylvania report unions pressing for centralized control during a broad strike wave. The Vatican style ecclesiastical court weighs charges against a central Pennsylvania official while Roosevelt backs rapid tariff revision by Congress.
North Liberty Ind Jan 13 J W Brooke who ran a bank at North Liberty and vanished Jan 3 with cash on deposit was arrested in St Louis and brought back to North Liberty last evening as an alleged fugitive.
A major coal miners strike in Berlin is described as the most formidable such protest Germany has seen. The dispatches mix in short local notes from Middlesboro Huntington Anderson and others detailing violent incidents, accidents, and social anecdotes from January.
A fragmentary tale from a Louden Doon correspondent describes Captain Revoellections and a baillie in court dress. The baillie wears sauce breeches a cocked hat a court sword and a stemler like a case of loss. Montrond teases him asking about legs or swords before the baillie goes home.
Advertisement notes three sizes priced at 256 cents 50 cents and 1.00 sold by druggists or prepaid on receipt of price. It credits Humphreys Medicine Co located at the corner of William and John Streets in New York.
An agrarian note argues that poor feeding worsens wool yield and meat quality. It states that regardless of breed, underfed sheep cannot produce first class mutton or top fleece, urging generous feed to maximize returns.
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