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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
6
Dairy expert Hugh G. Van Pelt argues profitable dairying hinges on experience and selective breeding. He urges careful record keeping, gradual herd improvement, and proper barn design with ventilation, sanitation, and cement floors to boost milk and butter fat while keeping cattle healthy and manageable.
A Hostess Novel Observation Party details a 40 item catalog style guessing game with paired answers. Entries include humorous pairings like Bermuda onions and Reigning Favorite umbrella and a mixed menu of salmon cutlets with potato puffs and pink frosted cakes for a social lawn event.
A 19th or early 20th century note describes themed luncheons with green and pink menus and festive table settings. It recounts a Ladies' Aid quilting meeting at a country home, with a log cabin centerpiece and a playful game where men draw childhood photos to identify partners, yielding humorous results.
Advice warns against overbuying wardrobe as fashion fades. A large stock of apparel creates anxiety and disappointment, recalling a era of notable housewives who pride themselves on stores of clothing now considered wasteful.
The article notes how women fix loose hair with delicate headwear inspired by historical Parisian fashion. It highlights crocheted caps in mesh or filet stitch, possible beaded ribbons, and the French breakfast cap in flowered lawn as a bridal accessory trend for those planning a wedding trousseau.
Indianapolis reports Attorney General Bingham filed an intervening petition with the Interstate Commerce Commission to lower upper berth rates on Pullman cars from Indiana points. The Indiana case targets a wide slate of routes as 21 railroads and the Pullman Company defend actions against higher upper berth charges deemed less sanitary and comfortable than lower berths. A one dollar upper berth rate is proposed for major city pair trips, with a 7 cent rate recommended for numerous other itineraries including Cincinnati Lawrenceburg Vincennes Louisville Indianapolis Chicago and Fort Wayne.
New Albany Mrs Josephine Ort 34 wife of William Ort died at home in Janesville after swallowing strychnine Despondency over ill health cited as cause Franklin farmers struggle to hire labor offering up to 30 cents an hour Jeffersonville state forestry board to visit Henryville reservation July 28 Mishawaka strict speed ordinances enforceable. through traffic detours Tow to East Chicago South Bend new theater under construction to be an anti trust venue with Shu berts bookings Jeffersonville Knights of Pythias form armory entertainments to aid orphans Wabash police arrest Frank Rettig speeding autoists with no numbers held until issued Laporte attorneys to sue Grand Trunk Railway for 20000 damages over crossing deaths of Mr Mrs David Northman
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