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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1915
Page
8
The article explains two natural hazards for horses: balls formed from hairs in ripe crimson clover and ingested sand compacting in the digestive tract. Both conditions are nearly always fatal, though early feeding of clover before maturity can reduce risk. No remedy is known for either condition.
A clever young woman exposes a dealer’s doctored horse in front of a crowd. She inspects the animal for lameness and tampering, detects turpentine, and identifies injections and eye trickery. She then tests the horse with a drink and a spin, revealing serious heaves as the crowd laughs at the trader.
King Albert of Belgium favored democratic language calling Belgians his compatriots. During a 1910 Paris visit he spoke that way at the Elysee. Before accession the king and queen toured Belgium incognito, living among common people in inns and rough ports, learning provincial life. Their repeated rambles yielded unmatched familiarity with their compatriots.
In England the war has brought poverty to many once well off families. The tragedy stems from an unforeseen calamity. Parents cannot assure their children will avoid poverty. The best insurance is to teach them to work. The finest asset for youth is the ability to cultivate the soil, the most permanent and universal trade.
A hostess denounces the worst conversational bore the interrupter who cannot stop talking and constantly offers insincere interjections. She notes interruptions dry up dialogue and that some people, mainly women, cannot stop once they start, never adding anything worthwhile.
Local residents Otto Maissa and Vernon Skemp spent Sunday together in Bedford. Sheriff Harman arrived from Washington. Readers offered late magazines at M B Ulrich Co on the corner. Dow and Robert Hayes visited Elnora for Saturday papers. Jas Dyall visited Bedford on business. Seed oats advertised at Keck's Jewelry and Odon Milling Co. Many townsfolk travel to Edwardsport, Washington and Indianapolis for visits. Spring tonics offered at Rexall Store and Miss Cora Laughlin heads to Massillon Ohio for work.
A J Williams reports from Wooster City Iowa dated February 28 noting inquiries from young men about work in Odon and urging readers to consult the QOd on Journal for answers. He remarks many eastern and southern laborers have arrived, making local work scarce despite lower wages. He mentions a long winter and remaining snow and asks about the Pleasant Hill correspondent, while describing Webster City as Hamilton County seat on Boose river with corn and oats as main crops.
A dramatist sets a trap as a jailer hands a blank page to a prisoner who reads aloud. The prisoner admits he cannot read and asks the jailer to explain the letter. The jailer returns with spectacles and the real letter, revealing the prank and the prisoner’s calm wit.
The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, guest at Holkham with Thomas Coke, boasted no man would shoot at him. Next day a volley peppered his legs as William Coke, Gun leveled, declared he had another muzzle ready and asked if he would shoot.
Poulteney Bigelow once described how a German officer forced him to reveal notes by using cigars to burn memoranda hidden in his hand. In Worcester, two blind crews with coxswains took part in a boat race on the River Severn featuring past and present students of the College for the Higher Education for the Blind.
Geo. Bough was arrested here yesterday afternoon and taken to Washington by Sheriff Harman on a charge of wife desertion. Bough was married to Miss Madge Aishe of this city last Christmas Eve.
An authority urges careful eye use and to seek professional help for strained eyes. Keck the Jeweler and Optometrist invites you to visit for eye care services at convenient times.
The text argues that quality fleece and strong lambs depend on well fed ewes. If ewes become weak in winter, their lambs will be undernourished and perish from cold, whereas lambs from well cared for ewes endure cold better if born in cold weather.
The article warns that improper trimming during growth deforms feet and pastern joints. It stresses trimming the colt’s feet correctly after growth to ensure a sound, useful horse later.
Linen garments aged to yellow can regain white by boiling in a milk lather. After boiling, rinse twice in clear water with a touch of bluing in the final wash.
The results list Doyle and Patterson earning top places in high jump events. Calvin Trueblood of Center and John Parsons of Hopkins feature in podium positions with Graber and Doyle also earning noteworthy finishes.
The posadas commemorate Mary and Joseph's nine day journey to Bethlehem during the census. Each evening the couple sought shelter and were refused at first, a nightly episode echoed in Mexican homes as begging shelter. Families host nine posadas with guests expected to attend all.
An elusive Philadelphia white gibbon, captured since July 1906 after arrival from Malay lands, has resisted all amateur and professional photos. The agile ape vanishes before any lens can focus, making a single perfect shot a coveted record. The mystery parallels earlier naval timber reserve notes tied to U. S. forest policy.
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