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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
7
Miss Elva Barrett and Flossie Starling visited Miss Nellie Fisher. Families plus neighbors spent Sunday with Walter Herron and at various homes including Kinnaman and Herron households. Jord Fields returned from Scotland after attending a revival. Edith Barrett hosted a music and games gathering. Eli Razor remains ill.
Corydon Democrat argues the Old Capitol built in 1811 1812 on Corydon Public Square should be purchased by the state. It notes its historic role as Indiana's early capitol and urges legislature and Governor Ralston to authorize buying the building and surrounding square for preservation.
Jury commissioners George Godwin and E E Forsythe with County Clerk William H Kiefer selected petit and grand jurors for the upcoming Daviess circuit court term. The docket is heavier than last term with sixty one civil cases forty six probate and thirty criminal cases to be settled over six weeks. The prosecuting attorney plans to have the grand jury consider seventy five residents for unpaid dog taxes and other matters.
Farlen Lovel Cooper and Alfixeck of Odon were in the vicinity Saturday. Ben Bough of near Culpepper passed through Friday. A D Bechtel and son Fay returned from Ohio Thursday after visiting. Chas Miller of Eaglesville attended Mt. Olive church Sunday evening. Kinley Killion of Odon was in the city Sunday evening. Tracy Zeigler and wife of Odon attended Mt. Olive Sunday. Lola Rameey of Dear Willow Lick attended Mt. Olive Sunday evening.
A brief rural exchange notes a quarrel with the milkman, denying it, and mentions his hired girl is sick and the maid’s secret. The dialogue captures a rustic, humorous miscommunication and social curiosity in a Kansas City Journal excerpt.
In a dialogue from a new book a woman declares she hates men and loathes their habits. She insists she cannot tolerate them as lovers or husbands yet remains agreeable in other respects. The passage includes the line I cannot tolerate them in guise of either lover, husband, or Jen.
An advertisement touts Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets as a reliable remedy for indigestion and chronic dyspepsia. It claims soothing effects on stomach membranes, contains pepsin and bismuth, and promises prompt relief with a customer satisfaction guarantee. Sold in three sizes at the local store.
The Rexall Store network markets a variety of remedy products with distinctive tags for different uses. The ad emphasizes Rexall as America’s greatest drug store chain with widespread reach in the United States Canada and beyond.
The article notes a projected shift to aerial maneuver warfare with 1909 counts from Youth's Companion showing 32 dirigibles and 86 aircraft across European powers. Germany leads in dirigibles with 14, France favors planes with seven dirigibles and seven planes, Austria and England hold smaller shares, Spain owns one dirigible. France first officially tested dirigibles.
An unusual, ad laden proposal describes a specialized buzz protection system. The vague text references Portleres and a claimed design intent but lacks clear details or outcomes.
A recounting of Elihu Peasley accompanying a congressman to a Washington theater. The narrator describes crowds, a chaotic stage escape, a comic household drama with a farm hand and an aunt, and a mistimed kiss that ends with the party exiting as gunfire rumors arise. The tale ends with the congressman declaring no shooting occurred and the narrator hoping the farm hand proves a suitable husband.
A fragmentary old text discusses racial stereotypes on skull thickness, claiming southern African descent has a durable skull and Moorish tribes near Morocco may rival them. The piece notes heavy skulls are emphasized from infancy in Moorish culture, with claims of inherited privilege linked to skull strength.
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