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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1903
Page
3
Ground Hog Day is noted for next Monday while residents report numerous trips and visits this week. Local residents including Noah Fisher, James Callahan, and Bert Dearmin are mentioned with several from Washington and Terre Haute, plus a masquerade at the Opera House to aid the needy.
Ed Garten principal of Elnora High School takes a two week leave while the school is closed due to a smallpox case near the building.
Sunday the 25th marked the centennial birthday of Mrs. Margret Pruett living north of Farlen. About forty friends arrived with baskets of food and surprised her, leaving her too astonished to speak. She and her husband started their family home on the farm, with children including William Pruett and several daughters in local households.
The will of the late Pheobe Arford was compromised by the attorney Thursday and will not go to trial next week. After her death the will left about eight of her children roughly 50 each and about 33000 to son John. Mary Williams and other heirs sought to set the will aside and divide the estate equally, but the compromise now provides an equal division of all property.
Readers compete to form the longest lists of words using exactly the given letters ABCHPEPGHNKLUM and XOPQRSETVVWAYZ with no letter used more than eight times per word. The contest promises humorous prizes for top word builders in a quirky 19th century voice.
The article traces ancient time division from Egypt and Rome noting twelve hours per day and night. It cites Babylonian influence on Jewish and Greek customs and claims a Roman public error method before water clocks. It mentions wax pinches in early England and the first mechanical clock around 1250. It also contrasts day starts by sunrise sunset and midnight among various peoples.
The exchange features Sir Henry Holland and Sydney Smith in a sharp banter about their professions. Smith jokes that the legal field cannot make angels of men, and Holland concedes, prompting a witty back and forth on expertise and outcomes.
A humorous remark by Elizabeth Cady Stanton about marriage sparks disbelief from a young listener in a small village. She advises seeking a partner with a spine and teeth, prompting renewed skepticism about whether such traits always exist in potential spouses.
An article argues that poor spelling among the rising generation stems from the modern Roman method of pronouncing Latin. It notes this approach provides no cue to English derivatives’ pronunciation or spelling, unlike earlier English Latin usage which guided spelling.
A playful exchange between Eve and Adam is recounted from the Philadelphia Record. Eve derides the creature as nasty and old, while Adam taunts her about going home to mamma, before Eve sobs over nature’s hardship.
A sharp exchange shows the wife quipping about an ideal wife and the husband replying that he would merely growl if nothing provokes him. The brief dialogue captures a light marital moment with humor and restraint.
In a brief Ottawa era gossipy note, Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a father’s unusual stance on union between a daughter and her band. The exchange ends with the father permitting both pursuits, citing possible coexistence.
Four brick business houses planned for Elnora and residents Ollie Myers and John Whiteman travel to Mobile Alabama. Smallpox spreads through Bloomfield Lyons Linton and Elnora as a farm home near Elnora burns with loss of furnishings. Prohibition leaders elected at Elnora meeting with Myers and Smiley in key posts. Ice wagon accident injures John Bratton. recovery unlikely. An arrest over a board bill yields a barefoot man jailed after fines. Elnora feuds and local squabbles flare as Dobbs and Yazel dispute sawdust and board. A petition seeks to widen and deepen Prairie Creek from mouth to fork to the south.
A proposed bridge at Kelly Bridge north of Cann erburg would cost about $60,000. A contractors firm is aiding in circulating the petition for support.
Tuesday afternoon at the Spring street restaurant Herchel Smiley and John Adamson fought over a package of tobacco tossed by Walter F'reeman. Adamson grabbed the tobacco and Smiley chased him. Adamson kept the tobacco and earned a beating. Smiley was fined and costs totaling 85.35.
During the year we extend our thanks for the choir and music and for the teachers and pupils who sent sympathy and Creavement notes. B. F. Sears and family acknowledge the support in this sad time.
A brief note explores whether fish hear sounds and how they might detect noise. It cites scientists listing about 160 species that make noises and questions why they would do so if not to be heard. The text hints at internal perception when a fish is left to die and suggests they may hear through their teeth.
Russian farmers enjoy a lucrative sunflower crop worth about 25 dollars per acre. Farmers sell seeds at about 5 cents a pound, merchants salt and retail for three dollars a pound. In provincial cities peddlers offer salted sunflower, widely sold to passersby.
A correspondent sought Mark Twain's view on a matter but received no reply for several days. He wrote again in fevered haste, then sent a third note with a sheet of paper and a two cent stamp. A return postcard arrived reading Vapor and stamp recrtved, Please sound envelope.
Hugh Merrill builds a graphophone in his workshop. He crafts the sounder mechanism and then completes the full machine, promising to provide music on demand as soon as it is ready for use.
A man complains of being shuffled through a department store to view goods in every department. His companion explains the practice acts as a staged advertising tour, directing customers from place to place to showcase merchandise. The exchange ends noting the plan as a rational advertising scheme.
A quirky account describes bagpipes made from diverse sources. It claims the only Scotch element is the sheepskin and tartan, with wood from Africa or Jamaica, ivory from Africa, horn from Australia, and reed cave from Spain.
A dialogue from the Columbia Jester features Aliss Sharp defending her parents against Cholly’s insult about heredity. Pat Saphead remarks on inherited stupidity, prompting a courtroom of social mockery in the mockery-filled column.
A Chicago Tribune remark notes a heated ending as Uncle Allen shouts about a wasp, capturing a tense finish and colorful side remark in a local sports scene.
Granger asked about interest in the Sweatman wine project while Lamb-Io disclosed an investment but reports no accruing interest to date. Boston Tran script records the exchange as a financial inquiry and stance.
Quote from Chicago News notes some men will rise at 1 AM to rap a fire but refuse to get up at 7 AM to start the furnace, highlighting stubborn morning labor habits.
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