Fragmented OCR dialogue on land sales and trouble
The article fragment records a quirky exchange about land ownership and sales. It mentions an agent character and a farmer asking about land types, with a claim of selling acres and facing trouble.
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1923
Page
7
Beav er Dam Legion Turns Fish Into Community Build
John E Miller post of the American Legion in Beaver Dam Wisconsin organized a fish selling project to fund a new community building. They obtained a fishing concession from the state conservation commission, sold buffalo carp and other fish through networks in New York Chicago and local markets, and directed profits to construction costs and member salaries with strong local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Doughboy
John E. Miller
American Legion
Beaver Dam
Wis
Legion
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Legion Post
Charles E. Yuuman
Post Comander
William Lawrence
Wisconsin Department
Legionnaires
Conservation Commission
Vautian
Lawrence Maide
New York
Chicago
Post
Focal Box
United Support of
the Conservation Commission
Asl
Reeegu
Cen
Campbell wins state prize in Legion essay contest
Donald Lewis Campbell of Clinton Ta won first prize in his state in the American Legion essay on How Can the American Legion Best Serve the Nation The winning essay advances to Legion national headquarters for judging against other state winners by a panel including John J Tigert E E Moore and S S McClure He receives a Legion medal and if he wins the national contest a 73 scholarship For youths Campbell previously won a national essay prize in 1920 on What Are the Benefits of an Enlistment in the United States Army
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lewis Campbell
Clinton
American Legion
Young Suwan
Legion
John J. Tigert
United States Commissioner of Education
E. E. Moore
S. S. McClure
The
Campbell
Young Campbell
United States Army
Five O Clock Pause Ends Work Early
A dialogue about leaving work at five prompts the question of stopping mid sentence. The reply confirms ending work at quitting time, illustrating workplace routine and the habit of not starting new words as the clock nears five.
Winning Parson's Fee Maybe
A girl sobs as she reveals to a friend that after accepting Jack's proposal, they retired to the library to consult her father. Since then he visits the girl's father every night, a scene prompting gossip over the impending nuptials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Papa
Public address delays reveal need for voter input
A dialogue notes a speech taking several weeks to prepare while a public figure explains that although usually quick to craft, there are moments in a political career when views must be tested with influential voters before being shared with the public.
Tribute to a Sportsman
In a quip about fishing the exchange notes a steady stream of fish and a country boy jokes that the river may hide the fish due to fashionable gear, implying playful skepticism of flashy equipment versus simple angling.
One Life Warning Stresses Careful Living
A terse admonition urges care with life, warning that a single lifetime requires caution and attention to safety as a brief reminder to pause and listen in ten seconds.
Vet seeks Red Cross aid in Pittsburgh miscommunication
A world war veteran applied for assistance at the Pittsburgh Red Cross chapter, saying he was ill. When asked what the doctor said, he replied he did not know and that the doctor called it formation of the diagnosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Red Cross
That's what I call a finished sermon from church
A couple leaves church, a wife jokes about her husband finishing a sermon. The husband agrees saying he doubted it would be finished. The brief, light tone reflects a humorous domestic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everstindy
3 Magazine
Cuticura Talcum Powder Ad Promotes All-Purpose Use
An advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum Powder as an antiseptic and fragrant economical powder for face skin baby and dusting. It claims the powder renders other perfumes superfluous and positions it as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum.
Bananas At Ten Cents In 1921 Imports Reach 43 Million Bunches
The report notes that in 1921 the United States imported 43,565,763 banana bunches while the fruit, once a rare tropical curiosity, sold for 10 cents each. It credits advances in cold storage for this change. An ad promises gleaming linens using Red Cross Ball Blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alr
American Plan in Mexico and piano plan comparisons
The text argues Germany makes planos in Mexico due to price, while the U.S. dominates player-pianos sales, claiming only America has perfected the instrument. It adds a general philosophy urging daily effort, self-refreshment, and living with thoughtful action and charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United States
Dawn milkman and human kindness on tap
Dawn brings the milkman yet the milk of human kindness should flow all day. Europe wanders, unsure of its direction, while a pocket full of German marks shifts from asset to liability as progress stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawn
Tampa Tribune
Business men like others, a shared realness of success
The piece argues business men vary widely in character and fortune. It counters the stereotype that all business people are dishonest or uniformly wealthy, noting many are poor, unreliable, or idle, while others are capable and prosperous. It cites workers, both skilled and unskilled, and contrasts American mobility with aristocratic wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
United States
E. W. Howe
The Effect of Environment Telegraph Booth Quip
A fragment notes a telephone booth as a strange environment where a usually truthful man becomes a facile har, suggesting irony about speaking freely in confined spaces. The line implies skepticism about honesty in enclosed public spaces.
Resourceful Woman in a Country Scene Observation
A terse note describes an artistly mishap where a careless girl flicks dust onto fresh paint of a new picture. The speaker dismisses the clumsy act as minor, calling the scene a view from a speeding intermebile and insisting on continuing the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Carlis
Betty Declines Leftover Turkey at Aunt’s Dinner
Betty visits her aunt and declines fragments from Sunday dinner. The aunt asks about turkey, and Betty replies she only likes it when it’s new.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Duck and Turkey Joke Reader Letter
A playful exchange asks about a brother duck and replies with a pun about roasting. The item frames a lighthearted, holiday style pun in a newspaper tone.
Woman In The Paint Makes Sharp Play
A brief humor item notes that it does not take a woman long to reach the paint unless she is sharpening a pencil.
THATS FAIR He Come on dear to kiss and make up
Dialogue excerpt shows a couple in reconciliation, with one urging reconciliation and the other agreeing to make up while the partner departs. The tone is confrontational yet intimate, reflecting a domestic scene of unresolved tension and eventual tentative reconciliation.
Observation and a Comical Maid Anecdote
A speaker recalls a tag above his desk saying In all things I Observe the law. He then notes a maid's honesty by admitting she broke a dish but did not claim it shattered in her hands, prompting a wry exchange about virtue and luck.
Bright Boy Explains Teeth Pain From Hot Then Cold
A classroom exchange shows a student attributing toothache to fillings expanding when hot and then cold. The joke centers on a simple cause and effect described by the pupil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright Boy
Teacher
Self-frustrated quip on a cacophonous word
A playful exchange explores the word cacophonous and its fit for description. The speaker notes personal difficulty with the term while another character names it as an example of a noisy, discordant sound.
Poetry and art in transit from madness and magic
A Chicago Journal column contrasts a Forrest Reid passage on poetry with notes on an Heidelberg insane asylum art exhibit. It highlights how poetry can feel ancient and magical yet learned, while inmates produce canvases and sculptures as surprisingly promising, sane in subject and craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Reid
Trefusis
Chicago Journal
Heidelburg
Germany
Heidelberg
Perpetual Grouch Cites Value of Independence
A quotation from Old Buck remarks that being a grouch is acceptable if one prefers solitude, and notes a home, even a plain one, has its own value despite appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck
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