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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
2
A rambling collage of flippant notes and oddities from a 1912 page. Mentions include priced radium, telephones in medicine, and wealthy Denver women without hats. Observations on mules, dogs as pets, and a Greek officer’s budget curiosity mix with playful jests about taxes, pensions, and social trends of the era.
Two young Englishmen received four year prison terms after taking photographs of German fortifications. Authorities warned travelers to avoid trouble and leave cameras at home to prevent similar incidents.
An aged professor critiques female students at the college, claiming failures in examination performance. The piece hints at romantic tension as a starry-eyed woman may have failed a conic sections test.
Local Jakota City bachelors advertise matrimonial bargains in public spaces and online posts. Observers question whether the market undervalues suitors or if local norms push down perceived prospects in the town.
In a note on water courses the author contrasts the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, asserting some rivers have no intention of going out of business permanently, hinting at enduring natural presence and significance.
Chicago barbers urge a one dollar haircut policy for men who shave themselves. The plan faces doom as American families earn under 500 dollars with the average man unable to pay forty five dollars yearly for three hundred nine shaves. the effort seems impractical amid rising costs.
Descriptions from El Paso and Casas Grandes indicate women and children among the dead as insurgents battle federal forces. Reports claim Navarro cut off, Casas Grandes held, and rebels surrounding towns along the Northwestern road as Gen. Navarro and allied units fight to recover supplies.
Toronto report says Mrs. Percy Brooks and her three children perished in a western end residence fire. The lone other occupant escaped by jumping from a middle room. The article notes the husband was away in Chicago on business.
Chicago attorney Charles K. E. Erbstein was found not guilty of attempting to bribe a juror to block the Browne bribery conviction. Browne, state legislative minority leader, faced bribery charges tied to William Lorimer's U.S. Senate election. Jury deliberated briefly in a second trial.
In Paris the Briand government faced an attack as a shooter from a pillar fired at the premier during a session. The bullet missed Briand but wounded AL Mirman, director of public relief, in the right forehead. The incident caused uproar and followed another assault on Briand weeks earlier during a statue dedication.
In Danville Illinois Isaac Woodward foreman of the Vermillion county grand jury reports secret late night visits to his house to discuss vote buying and selling. He fears testimony before the jury will lead to disfranchisement of about 3000 citizens and notes evidence of widespread political corruption comparable to that in Adams county Ohio.
A blast at the Casimir coal mine in Scsenawice on the Russo Prussian frontier entombed four hundred workers. Forty bodies were recovered after hours into the fire, with rescue teams noting grim, mutilated remains and government officials arresting three mine owners for alleged negligence.
Hutchinson Kansas tale reports 26 year old Moon Roe confessing to poisoning and shooting Frank Sneer, a wealthy farmer, to steal money. He laced candy with strychnine then shot Sneer when he phoned for a doctor. The victim housed money and Monroe sought it.
C D Norton plans retirement after about six months as secretary to the president in Washington. The move ties to a proposed salary increase from 6000 to 16000, disclosed to a Senate subcommittee. Norton reportedly would return to private business in Chicago and would not benefit from the raise, with a successor long decided but unnamed for now.
Paul Morton president of the Beanitable Life Assurance Society and former secretary of war under Theodore Roosevelt died of cerebral hemorrhage at the Hotel Seymour. He was 53 and collapsed an hour and a half after arriving to meet lawyer Paul Skiernan. His wife and brother Joy Morton of Chicago reached his bedside shortly before his death.
Mrs Nelle Allen aged vb years shot and killed her father Johnie Boyer a wealthy planter at their home near Maysville after exchanges of shots. Earlier a quarrel between Boyer and her husband John Allen preceded the fatal confrontation as the elder man advanced with a knife. Airs Adieu surrendered.
Denver, Colo. Johnny Mathews lies at the county hospital in a brain hemorrhage after a wrestling match with Ray Hardesty at the National Athletic Club. Hardesty is in custody.
Captain William H. Van Shaick of the steamboat General Slocum is to be paroled. He serves ten years for misconduct negligence and inattention to duty as master of the Slocum.
Henry Smith, colored, Bell Telephone employee, was killed by a live wire in Moberly Missouri. Downed lines left cities with widespread outages hindering repair work and increasing danger to crews.
The Interstate Commerce Commission has postponed the effective date of increased freight rates on 60 commodities by railroads between Chicago and the Missouri River to March 15. The planned increases, set to begin February 1, would have raised costs for western shippers by several million dollars annually.
A Lisbon dispatch reports Portugal will acquire three dreadnoughts from England after the navy reorganization commission's decision. The move aims to modernize the fleet and strengthen maritime strength.
A Sosnowice dispatch reports 40 miners killed in a Casimir colliery fire with 360 rescued. The incident occurred in Russian Poland as authorities investigate the blaze and its cause.
The battleship Delaware suffered a boiler explosion about 200 miles southeast of the Norfolk yard. Nine crew members were recovered from the steam-filled boiler room as one man died of severe burns and another possibly faces death. The ship was en route to Hampton Roads from Guantanamo Bay to transport the late Chilean minister's body back to Chile, replacing the Carolina after propeller trouble.
Senator Nelson W Aldrich published a plan for revising national banking laws proposing a reserve association of America. The federation would unite local bank associations under a national framework and would aim to remain free from political or financial group domination, as sent to the National Monetary Commission.
The executive committee of the staff of the commander in chief of the G A R announces the national encampment will be held in Rochester New York from August 21 to 26. Concurrently the national conventions of the Sons of Veterans Women’s Relief Corps Ladies of the G A R and Union Veterans Union will take place.
Signor Arturo Marescalchi, long a renowned baritone on the grand opera stage, died in Chicago after a brief illness. Death was attributed to a lung ailment.
Capt. James O. McKay United States Army retired died at his San Antonio home. A Nova Scotia native he served in numerous Indian campaigns during his military career.
canal commission notes sharp rise in through freight on the Panama railroad between New York and San Francisco. westbound 1571 tons in Nov 1902 vs 26513 tons in Nov 1910. eastbound 12019 tons in 1909 vs 270 tons in 1910. improved steamship service cited as cause.
Chicago magnates discussed a statewide interurban rail plan joining Indiana Michigan Ohio Kentucky and Illinois with possible connections. They foresee a merger to outpace steam roads and predict a government mail contract date.
Tokio reports that D. Koioku his wife and 23 fellow anarchists were sentenced to death for conspiring against the life of the emperor and imperial family. Other men accused were released Notaku edited a Socialist newspaper.
Washington accorded official recognition of Robert E. Peary reaching the north pole. The House Committee on Moral Affairs, submitted by Representative Bate, finalizes the decision for the House.
William P. Alder, former president of the State National Bank of New Orleans, was found guilty in federal court on 80 counts charging misapplication of bank funds.
Louis Breget broke the world speed record for a monoplane with passenger, flying 31 miles in 384 minutes 5 seconds and 62 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes 28 seconds, achieving remarkable early aviation milestones in Dollai, France.
Dialogue features Mrs Stockson Bonds and her stenographer as they spar over a whistle remark. The humorous exchange centers on whether the stenographer whistles only when alone and prompts a back‑and‑forth on propriety and observation.
Fragmentary OCR record shows a classroom scene where a teacher asks students for their “bands” to stay clean. A child responds that bands teach cleanliness and foot hygiene, stressing the need to keep feet clean to avoid an eye dent.
An invited guest, General Stoward, attends a patriotic dinner with a boy who boasts he has eaten well. The general advises loving the country as much as the food, calling the boy a patriot in training while the boy jokes about his earnings and experience.
A reader praises Grape-Nuts after years of gas and stomach issues, noting the cereal restored appetite, reduced eructations, and weight. The letter claims long term satisfaction and suggests continued use as a daily staple. An accompanying pitch hints at other letters and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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