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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1910
Page
2
A garbled OCR from The Odon Journal presents scattered phrases about cemeteries currency pests and politics. The text includes stray references to markets laws dirigibles and cannibalism with many unreadable gaps and nonsensical sentences.
A Massachusetts blind singer set a ballooning record by landing without noting the earth receding beneath him. A New York dispatch claims wedding rings are passe as many smart young matrons skip rings due to space for their collections.
A new Treasury Department order bars bringing European starlings into the United States, placing them with mongooses, English sparrows, and fruit-eating hats in prohibition. The note reframes the issue as an entry restriction rather than a flight escape, signaling broad control of invasive birds.
The text describes how fear of a deadly microbe affects lovers, who feel browbeaten and terrified. It cites investigators and a Swift quip to illustrate cynicism about kissing amid health anxieties.
A man collapsed and died in a department store while out shopping with his wife, a dramatic event that may not deter couples from bringing husbands along on shopping trips.
Several firms were fined $10 by the government for selling fine Modia and Java coffee that did not contain berry of either. The penalty was intended as a warning rather than a strong deterrent.
A long running counterfeiting setup was discovered at the Jefferson City penitentiary after a raid by Inspector Edward J. McHugh. Two prisoners were arrested and confessed to making spurious half dollars quarters and cents for 20 years. The raid followed a prison carnival tradition when counterfeit coins were reportedly used at concession stands.
Federal court here appointed receivers for the Jones Dry Goods Company of Kansas City Missouri one of the largest retail general merchandise concerns in the region.
New York City reports 160 business failures for the week ending June 2, down from 200 the prior week. The figure compares with 191 in the corresponding week of 1909, 225 in 1908, 155 in 1907, and 162 in 1906, reflecting varied early 20th century trends.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Eleanor Butler Alexander obtained a license to marry. The couple plans to wed on June 20.
The New York Central Railway halts projected improvements totaling five million dollars and seeks cancellation of a three million dollar order for steel cars. The government injunction suit is blamed for the decision.
The miners strike cripples Illinois coal mines as engineers firemen and pumpers quit leaving mines unprotected from flooding. Governor Dunne refers the dispute to the Illinois board of arbitration while operators plan pumps to run and consider federal injunctions and possible presidential intervention.
Half of the houses in Hayden were burned in a large fire suspected incendiary. The loss is estimated at 75 000 dollars. Birden Academy, burned about a month earlier, was also thought to be set deliberately.
Tremors near Santiago de Cuba caused major structural collapse and widespread fear. Officials report only a few deaths while many residents fled their homes carrying belongings as tremors rattled streets and foundations.
Fresno California William V King a prize fighter was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary for a quarrel at Coalingo last Christmas in which A B Russell was knocked down and died some time later.
Twenty five men were killed in an explosion at a Union Portland Cement works quarry in Devil's Slide Utah about thirty miles east of Ogden. Victims identified as Japs and Greeks.
Representative Moon of Pennsylvania says there will be no effort this session to pass the administration anti injunction bill. The statement was issued as the bill’s prospects dim.
A national battle over rail freight-rate increases intensifies as commuters and shippers align with the attorney general to block higher charges. Western railroads face federal injunctions while eastern lines may be held back, sparking a nationwide public interest.
R L Page of Russellville Alabama sues C W Weir and others for 10000 damages, claiming he was unjustly accused in a Quitman Mississippi dance account. He says citizens snatched his article, forced him to swallow it and compelled him to leave town.
Major Benjamin Morse of the Twenty-seventh Infantry U S A has been detailed as professor of military science and tactics at the University of Illinois Urbana He will succeed Lieut Col E G Fecht retired who is relieved at his own request Morse to report to the university president September 1 next
The steam er Wast, a pleasure craft, was swamped in the Gulf of Finland near St Petersburg Russia. Six persons were drowned in the incident.
Mrs M C Gardner, a cousin of Speaker Cannon, died in Reno Nevada from pneumonia after fractures from an automobile accident. She leaves five children as survivors.
General William Taylor of Altus, commander of the United Confederate Veterans of Oklahoma, issues the official order for the division reunion to be held in Oklahoma City on July 12, 13 and 14.
The Springfield report reveals a corrupt system where leaders and insiders control power. A legal observer notes the inside line dictates committee chairmanships and decisions, while reformers are isolated and eventually defeated. The so called jackpot poisons politics, seen as a legitimate institution.
Mrs. Margaret Taye of Boston testifies in the case against W J Kellibee accused of promoting George W Coleman to thefts that led to his embezzlement. Coleman, a youth earning $10 weekly, allegedly participated in a fare game and gambling and absconded with about 300000 from the Cambridge National Bank. Police cited Kellifer as a witness and charged him with aiding the thefts after Coleman's exposure.
The Santa Fe railroad announced a 10 percent wage raise for all employees earning under $80 a month across its entire system. The decision focuses on low wage workers in Chicago and nationwide operations.
Wheat harvest began in Granite Oklahoma this week and yields range from eight to twelve bushels per acre. Recent rains have improved corn and cotton prospects in the area.
A serious mistress recounted a coal mine lesson in Suffolk Elinghad. A boy asked if the teacher’s black hair came from the mine, prompting a moral remark about life and experience.
A father tests his sons progress in study. Karl Jiggs answers geography as what you put inside trousers when you think you are going to get a whipping. Sunday study from Los Angeles times.
A clipped fragment mentions a young woman asking Have you ever saved and lost as she contemplates repeated divorce. The text references a man who has endured multiple marriages and separations, implying a personal or social dilemma.
A mother reports her children improved after changing to grape nut and postum based meals. She describes reducing potatoes and meat, adding fruit, grapes nut with cream, soft boiled eggs, and milk. A teething baby recovered when Grape-Nuts were used with rich milk.
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