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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
2
A garbled, humorous era column notes on aviation, vaccines, misread phrases, and odd facts. It mentions an aeroplane race, irrigation bonds, skunks as food, and a wry Detroit News line about patience in fishing, with scattered references to Wood and Baro.
A historic note remarks the airship landed exactly on schedule at every stop perhaps due to not needing to wait for connecting airships to proceed.
The fragment suggests a man in New York with jawbone of gold may also own a silver tenger an iron nerve and a grip of steel. The line questions whether such vivid traits warrant the label man of mettle describing him in exaggerated terms.
At Im peril university in Peking foreign professors demand a chair of housecleaning as a condition for continuing in their posts. They argue the task is essential, even when personal relationships are strained by the duties.
A judge urged a speed maniac to seek medical help, but the warning lacked impact because a reliable prison doctor would provide the most effective treatment.
A brief note observes boys reading children’s magazines that describe how to craft airships and use wireless telegraphs, offering a glimpse of new playthings that even their fathers cannot demonstrate.
A Cincinnati man advocates carrying a personal street railway strap to model ultra precaution against germs. He notes straps may spread germs, but a balanced approach to sanitation would reduce the risk without overdoing daily precautions.
The article discusses a large scale experiment in India showing the automobile plow as a labor saving device. It questions future uses such as planting, sowing, and harvesting by airship, highlighting the potential reach of mechanical farming.
Norfolk Virginia Fort Monroe remains in somber mood after an accidental explosion killed eleven in Battery Debussy. Col Townsiex told relatives the bodies will be shipped home or buried at a nearby military cemetery. Officers praised rescuers who rushed to aid the injured and prevent a powder ignition. An investigation will review the firing mechanism safety device across coast artillery fortifications.
In Belton Texas Henry Gentry a 20 year old Black man who tried to enter a white woman s room and who fatally shot Constable James Mitchell was seized by a mob. He was dragged through the town to a public square and burned at the stake as witnesses shouted.
New York City teller Walter Hall admitted taking 36000 from the Herald branch vault. Vice President Fe Of Greenwich bank notes 35000. Hall disappeared July 3. Private detective agency handling the case. Sympathy for Hall's wife in Brooklyn where she and two children reside.
Announcement from Little Rock says Enterprise Coal company will reopen its mines at Spadra with non-union labor after a strike caused several weeks of closure in the locality.
Chicago Illinois reports a 2.16 million population per the annual school census. The figures show a gain of 177,664 people in two years.
John Hammond died in the Red Dog mine in Webb City Missouri while attempting to warn fellow miners of danger from electric wires. The fatal accident occurred during an effort to prevent injuries and underscores hazardous conditions at the site.
Washington reports appointments from Columbia Missouri. A Briggs named laboratory assistant in the bureau of standards with a $1200 salary and Ralph J Carr appointed animal husbandman in the agricultural department with a $1380 salary.
Three women started Tuesday morning to climb Rundel mountain in Banff Alberta and have not been heard from since. Miss Unwin is named among them and concern is high for their safety.
Miss Bessie Cox twenty seven years old was struck by a speeding automobile driven by a negro at Eighth and The Paseo and died two hours later from injuries sustained in the crash.
In St. Petersburg conservative and semi-Semitics demand General Nesswich be dismissed for a speech showing friendship to Jews. He allowed Jewish troops to celebrate a holiday in barracks and dined with them, prompting backlash.
Manuel Bonilla, former Honduras president and critic of President Ca vila, has left Belize aboard two schooners with armed men in an effort to overthrow the current administration, signaling a looming upheaval in Honduras.
Capt. W. Edwards of San Diego ends a 4000 mile trek after driving two teams of angora goats across the West under a wager. The ranch owner arrived in Washington from San Diego, Cal. with the unusual caravan.
New York officials report bonds valued at 70000 missing from the Russo-Chinese bank vaults. No employees are missing and the method of theft is unknown.
President Taft arrives at Bar Harbor and meets Prof. H. C. Emery of the tariff commission to discuss cost comparisons of production here and abroad. Senator Hale talks Bangor visit while Maine Republicans plan arrivals to escort Taft but the president avoids public political discussion.
Leavenworth Washington will host the first parole board under the new federal law in September. About 1,200 prisoners across Leavenworth, Atlanta, and McNeil's Island are eligible for parole. Notables include Frank Bigelow, a Milwaukee bank wrecker, as an early candidate. John R R Walsh of Chicago will have to wait TS months. One fourth of the JS bankers may comment for parole promptly.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that rates on yellow pine lumber and products from Louisiana Texas Arkansas Missouri and other southern states to destinations served by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific and other lines in western Nebraska are unreasonable. It set reasonable future rates.
Lawrence Mounts, 14, son of Mr and Mrs W M Mounts southeast of Assumption, was killed while hunting in a field adjoining his home. He crawled through a hedge dragging the gun. it discharged, the load entering his left side and piercing his heart.
The United States cruiser South Dakota returned to San Francisco from Buenos Ayres where it participated in the Argentine centennial. In the past three years the vessel logged more than 75 000 miles of travel.
The Republic and National League formed by prominent Republicans aims to perpetuate Roosevelt policies and principles at a Kansas City meeting.
President Taft accepted the honorary presidency of the Congress of American Students by acclamation at Buenos Aires through the state department, marking a ceremonial role amid his Washington D.C. duties.
In Texas Third District Democrats nominate Judge R. M. Lively of Van Zandt County to succeed Gordon Russell after a special primary. Lively’s nomination elevates the race as party leaders weigh the seat and its rural and urban balance.
The young scholar, eight year old, declares that Pat O Rourke, president of the Hodcarriers union, climbed the ladder of success carrying his burden and looked down on others from the top.
A nurse from Augusta Maine reports a six month leg ulcer fully healed after four weeks of Resinol Ointment use. A Chicago mother credits Resinol Ointment and Soap with curing her baby’s severe eczema. The letters urge trying Resinol products and mention a care booklet and sample availability from Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore MD.
A guest, Lord Stanleigh, is treated with deference by a mistress and servants. He admires a house servant who replies with a quip about blessings before they are about to receive. The tale reflects social humor from Lippincott's.
A friend recounts a factory tour where a white powder is claimed to be added to cans before preserves. The proprietor admits the powder is a preservative but argues a government rule forbids using a preservative, forcing this dubious method.
The article notes one other major cod bank near Cape Agulhas in Africa. It says the Agulhas plateau rivals the North Atlantic banks in size and richness but lies too far away to satisfy global demand for cod.
A short dramatic exchange shows Bob returning from college and urging his father to begin working for himself. The father confirms and endorses the plan with a brisk, retrospective nod as the conversation ends.
A National Association study of thirty sanatoria shows daily food cost per patient at 0.544 dollars and salaries at 0.481. Total per patient per day averages 1.669 dollars, with fuel 0.206. Costs range 0.946 to 2.555, higher in the west. Total receipts 1 548 525 74 against expenditures 1 363 953 2. Public funds and private benefactions supply 70 percent of receipts, patients 28.8 percent.
A short anecdote compares Mr and Mrs Gluppins as they exchange criticism over phrasing. He condemns overused phrases like well known fact and self evidently, arguing if a thing is well known or self evident there is no need to call attention to it. The couple each critique the others writing in a light literary vignette.
OCR fragment shows a cartoonish exchange noting a man with head in the air sniffing the air. It suggests he is believed to be looking for something, possibly a motor garage, in a humorous sense.
A fragmented line notes patent or style reference with unclear meaning about wireless politics and patient anticipation of an advent, capturing a period tone. The readable fragment hints at a product or phrase but provides no concrete actions or named entities.
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