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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1922
Page
2
Illinois reports the construction of 41 miles of permanent hard road in 1920 setting a new record. The piece notes the rehabilitation of highways as vital to state and national communication and contrasts the motor car era with earlier rail and road development.
University dairy specialist E A Hanson urges farmers to boost cow efficiency by feeding wisely noting a cow producing 25 pounds of 4 percent milk daily costs about 15 cents in feed and yields 30 cents profit on butter potential. He emphasizes giving cows a chance to improve.
The excerpt presents a dialogic joke about roles in farming and midmen, contrasting a gardener who grows a few things with a farmer who grows many and a middleman who handles everything. The snippet features quirky lines from The Living Present and remarks from an admiring constituent.
Senator Sorghum expresses wish that his services be judged worthy of ongoing recognition at political conventions. He asks that his name be kept in consideration across party gatherings.
A man powerful in the community argues with a traffic officer causing congestion. The dialogue implies the clash will yield lessons for the aggressor, though immediate results are unclear.
Farmer Corntessel decides to train his son Josh in legal self reliance after noting he often faces trouble. He contemplates teaching him to perfect his own case rather than hiring lawyers.
A terse dialogue fragment shows a student asking about a piece of work during a school discussion. The exchange focuses on a noncommittal answer and a brief acknowledgment of a topic in class. The lines reveal classroom dialogue and a student’s insistence on a specific piece of material.
An editorial voice laments stubborn thinking in men, urging self awareness and humility. It critiques pride and calls for restraint and honest reflection to avoid folly and poor judgment.
A humorous composite of old jokes and a cartoon caption style. A diner asks for his bill and the waiter clarifies servings while a pun reveals two mackerel and one smell. The fragmentary notes reference a pilgrim landing gag and a gloomy actor’s line about playing a gangplank.
In a campaign dialogue Senator Sorghum debates gambling with a colleague. He admits a soft spot for supporters who bet on him, acknowledging the tension between principles and personal affection for voters.
A reader reports a spouse who promised happiness but now spends all evenings at the club, labeling him a brute. The letter hints at marital strain and seeks guidance on the situation.
In a playful exchange Mrs Rawler asks if she lets her husband have his way. Mrs Stuart replies that she does allow it occasionally because he tends to make a fool of himself, making him easier to manage in the future.
A fragment shows TJ asking a pretty girl to identify the pup she leads and the girl provides a brief classification of the speaker’s genus and species rather than the pup’s.
A committee chairman seeks a speaker for the season’s lecture course and offers to pay $300 plus expenses. The note suggests exchanging addresses to arrange speaking at Free Speech, with an insistence on the amount.
A sally person urges cheerfulness to a morose friend who replies that he always laughs at comic opera. The brief vignette captures a casual social contraste in dialogue, highlighting differing temperaments through a witty exchange.
The text presents disjointed phrases about seating soup, a midnight bridge meeting, and a train pair described as eastbound and westbound. References to a new hat, Margaret, and a borrowed umbrella appear amid fragmented exchanges.
A controversial proposal argues for a fixed salary for married women, promising relief to households and sparking debate among husbands who rely on their wives’ earnings. The piece probes economic fairness and family dynamics.
Local families report attendance at the Washington commencement with Katherine Kelsey Ethel Green Rosa Gardiner and Ada Noblett among visitors. Residents recall wheat harvest progress and several trips to Terre Haute including students and teachers, with multiple households hosting Sunday gatherings and travel through Cannelburg and Bedford areas. Continuous notes of community attendees in terse, names-filled fashion.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrhal deafness by acting through the blood. Describes deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube and mucous membranes, promising up to one hundred dollars for any case not cured, with free circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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