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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1906
Page
3
Mrs. John B Henderson of Boundary Castle Washington entertains delegates with strict vegetarian dinners featuring meatless patties and croquettes that mimic meat. Her renowned chef disguises vegetables as meat while guests praise the absence of real meat and approve the dining experience.
The Washington Post reports a tall stranger named Constantini gliding along the Champs Elysées on self-supporting legs with eight inch rubber tires on boot soles and a waist belt housing accumulators. The device, dubbed the motor boot, promises speeds from six to thirty miles per hour and raises visions of rapid social advances and comic dangers.
Commissioner Francis E. Leupp urges recognizing the Indian as Indian not white with a dusky skin. He cautions against education for higher professions over practical learning and praises native culture. Leupp notes efforts to preserve native music and values in schools and calls for improvement, not assimilation.
New York reports John P. Holland, famed submarine inventor, is developing a light flying machine. The fifth model weighs about thirty pounds and straps to a wearer. It uses two vertical arms and two wing pairs that vibrate in opposite directions. Holland predicts easy takeoffs for walkers, aims to fly from New York to Washington and back next spring, and argues gas bags are impractical.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt is secretly funding a high powered automobile project expected to reach 152 mph with 250 horsepower. Aims to break the fastest mile record, surpassing 82.8 seconds set by Perea at Ormond Beach. The craft would outpace the fastest railroad runs and even few birds could match its pace.
A widow in Cin- tends to about 1,000 canaries, detailing her daily routine and dedication to caring for the birds, including feeding and housing them.
An article argues against using Hendrik Hudson as the Dutch form. It notes Americans have long used Hendrik despite Hudson sailing under Dutch auspices on four voyages. The piece cites 1859 Hague records found by Henry C. Murphy showing Hudson’s contract with the East India Company remained Henry in archives.
An essay traces how early American schooling raised citizens and notes higher education replacing the Hoosier Schoolmaster. It argues modern farming faces depletion of soil, urban migration, and calls for agricultural education as a needed adjunct to city schools.
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