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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
3
A survey of topics including Caribbean politics, acting roles, a famed voice projecting through a trumpet, Haiti’s recent president, removal of Maine from Havana harbor, Japan’s trade building, a Brooklyn marriage to a China man, the 300th telescope anniversary, British army fever, and London aristocratic hotels offering pedigreed oysters to guests.
A man was arrested amid an attempted clearance at Canadian customs. The incident prompted local authorities to emphasize compliance with duties, echoing a noted public figure's stance on paying duties.
Congress authorized eight hundred thousand dollars for Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition participation. Of this sum three hundred fifty thousand dollars are set to fund building construction.
The article notes that straw headwear was used by ancient Greeks but straw hats like modern ones only became common in Europe about fifty years ago.
Lake Winnipeg yields large scale caviar from sturgeon roe shipped to Hamburg in kegs and returned as Russian caviar in tins and jars to this country.
Baltimore residents contributed a substantial amount to relief for earthquake victims reflecting the city's generous and charitable spirit.
A notice notes Castro to be tried in Venezuela over an assassination conspiracy. The text mentions Castro abroad in Europe and recalls an old adage about preparation with the phrase first catch your Hae.
The passage notes the unreliable nature of memory by citing conflicting eyewitness accounts of Lincoln's inauguration from people who were present. It highlights how even firsthand observers offered contradictory descriptions.
A speaker notes that while local whisky may be better, the quantity of quality Scotch whisky worldwide remains small, suggesting limited supply despite claimed superiority.
The state superintendent of instruction says Wisconsin college girls eat too much candy. The Daily Cardinal at the University of Wisconsin confirms the finding after an investigation. The girls deny the claim.
A Indiana physician died after undergoing an operation he volunteered for to prove a theory. The method is described as more or less conclusive when positive, but equally decisive against the theory if the result is negative, affecting both the theorist and the theory.
The secretary argues a trained nurse is not a laborer though patients needing care show labor’s nature. Beneficiaries may concede the point that the work is about the proper stream for nursing tasks.
A man who stole three chickens received one year in prison. In another state a man who choked his baby to death due to crying earned two years. The passage critiques justice as uneven and biased.
Secretary Loeb notes the president and his nine cabinet colleagues will take the chairs they occupy at cabinet meetings when the president leaves office on March 4. They will replace them at their own expense as has been the custom of former presidents and cabinet members.
A Cleveland Leader quote mocks a plan to tax bachelors arguing most should be exempt as they refrain from making homes unhappy. The speaker labeled Philosopher of Folly ridicules the scheme.
A reflective piece speaks of a life enriched by resources and daily growth. It envisions awakening dormant lives, lifting lagging ones, and guiding peers toward a fuller life.
Indiana Senate kills the Tomlinson measure to repeal county local option law by a 26 to 23 vote. No liquor legislation will pass this session and the county option law stays. The House also halts the Bassett liability bill and defeats other measures. Governor Marshall vetoes a mutual insurance requirement bill. A four color Indiana National Guard companies bill is engrossed.
The senate approved three major bills including Senator Ranke’s health officer qualification measure, the Hawkins employment agency bill, and the Crumpacker bill requiring notification of railroad wrecks. Linton, Clay, and Gary court bills were enacted despite the governor's veto.
Fear grows that the legislature cannot finish the appropriations bill before adjournment. No work has begun on the bill as the Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees hear requests from state institutions. Hearings won't end this week, leaving only a week to craft the bill and pass it in both houses amid other pending matters.
The house held its first night session and approved nine bills including the Cox bulk sales bill. Meriment and retaliation surfaced as opponents blocked adjournment motions to end the session early. Only 70 members attended the night session.
Gov. Marshall vetoes a bill allowing convicts to post bond and stay free pending appeal. The house passes a senate bill to repeal the metropolitan police law and sends it to the governor for signature.
The house approved a bill allowing South Bend and Fort Wayne to issue about 150000 in school bonds each to fund new buildings. The measure awaits the governor's signature. A tenement house bill, amended to cover Indianapolis and Evansville, passed the house and goes to the governor.
A list of bills passed by Indiana's General Assembly and signed by Gov. Marshall includes H B 2 authorizing Hancock county road bonds, H B 173 expanding replevin to award value, and S B 62 adding a naval militia branch. Other items reform hospital incorporation, highway fines, and court timing across several counties.
The second Brolley Sunday baseball bill passed the house 56 to 39 and goes to the Senate. Senator Cox of Indianapolis chairs the committee and favors passage. The bill replaces a vetoed measure and limits activity to baseball on Sundays only.
Gov Marshall vetoes two house bills. One requires mutual insurance companies to hold 1 million dollars insurance to incorporate. The other Wagner measure allows boards of trustees to levy two cents to fund school repairs or construction.
W. W. Ross of Evansville, a trustee at the state school for the deaf, urged higher funding before the finance and ways and means committees. The school requested 267000 dollars, the visitation committee proposed 137000.
Representative Bassett of Marion county introduces a bill backed by organized labor to form a five member Indiana industrial commission appointed by the governor. The panel would study state industrial conditions including women and children workers wages hours combinations of capital and monopolies and factory and tenement house conditions.
A portrait of Taft’s nine cabinet members led by Philander Knox as secretary of state. Franklin MacVeagh oversees the treasury with a background in law and business, while Dickinson takes the war portfolio and Wilson remains agriculture chief.
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