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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
2
A patchwork column laments rising costs and oddities from hot air about horseless carriages to a Danish minister claiming no trusts. It notes electric chair statistics, comet chatter, and jokes about shortages, with a playful jab at a soon-expected early spring and shifting fashions in society.
The Theatricas managers describe 1909 as a miserable dramatic year and note that many theatergoers would agree with the assessment.
A jumble of lines notes Denmark egg stamps, beef demand, and political misses. It mentions the weather bureau tracking signs of lingering winter. Also cites Japan and Russia in rail discussions and an inventor in Atlantic City with a land and sea craft idea.
A Cincinnati man known for laughing at a joke so hard he sprained his jaw now questions the gospel of cheerfulness. The piece suggests women may feel happier in second marriages as husbands strive to match prior glowing depictions.
In the drive against rising prices the meat trust prepares to file for an injunction to restrain the public from stopping to eat meat, arguing the move is necessary amid the cost crisis.
Fragmentary notice describes Russian spies tracking agents and police activity while a Chicago cabbie woman shifts from hold up to hold up. The piece hints the cab habit may have spurred wider plundering, reflecting sensational urban crime chatter.
The current issue describes an iron cyclone cellar designed for Kansas and other windy areas. It features seats shelves and other conveniences to provide home like comfort for families during severe storms.
A note suggests residents may need to travel to rural areas to witness the comet, as urban skies could hinder visibility. The implication is that light pollution or weather may affect the viewing, prompting use of darker countryside vantage points.
Indiana state statistics show 6,262 country schools with over 20 pupils, 475 townships attempting consolidation, 471 transported to other districts, 591 to cities, and 18,958 total transfers. Parochial enrollments include Catholic 23,764 Lutheran 7,164 and other denominations 54.
In Brazil a blaze started in a rear shed at Halstead lumber yards and spread to a residence, endangering the entire block. Firemen fought the eight hour blaze as the roof caved in on the dwelling. Mrs. Hattie May and children escaped in night clothes. In Anderson, Donna Leib former Donna Harter, widow Clarence Leib, granted divorce on nonsupport after habitual drunkenness charge dropped. In Hammond Rudolph F Nowak brewery rep, fatally injured after a crash crossing a railroad bridge near Indiana Harbor. severe injuries including broken legs and internal damage.
Paoli reports admissions by Tom Taggart owner of the French Lick hotel that gambling occurred on property he owned and leased to others for “highly moral purposes.” He testified the hotel leased slot machines roulette wheels and gambling paraphernalia and even approved a book advertisement calling French Lick the Monte Carlo of America.
The Elkhart Ministerial Association warned Clark and General hospital boards not to accept proceeds from proposed Sunday theater performances under penalty of losing its support. A separate resolution denounced mock marriages seen in certain social circle entertainments.
Grover Byers twenty five a farmer near Newcastle was fatally injured when a loaded wagon toppled and ran over him after his team frightened at a street car. He died at a local hospital in critical condition. Frank Freeman of Wabash died from injuries after a ton of iron fell at a local factory on February 20.
At the first annual homecoming of the church members an all day meeting drew former members from across the state. Notable speakers attended and part of the day mirrored services from 50 years ago. Bishop C. M. Matthews of Chicago gave the evening address.
In Logansport a six year old daughter of Bert Nelson southwest of Royal Center was left speechless after a tooth was pulled by a dentist seven days ago. She remains able to hear and attempts to speak and appears healthy. Doctors and specialists may be consulted for further treatment.
In a seven and a half hour county spelling contest in Fort Wayne Ruth Sheehan a 13 year old from Monroe township spelled down 63 contestants to win a gold medal. Roy Worden another 13 year old pupil at the Orphans Home school took second prize as spectators numbering in the hundreds watched the event.
Oscar E. Terrill aged 26 son of Mrs. Susan Terrill of Bloomington was killed by an acetylene gas explosion while repairing a household lighting machine on the John Wagner farm near Rossville New Jersey. The blast burned his face and dislocated his neck.
The farmhouse of Rev. C. M. Klipsch and Jacob McAtee’s Union County home were burned with contents. Total loss estimated at $6,090, with $3,000 covered by insurance.
Doorkeepers kept calm as Riverside Theater patrons avoided panic when the fire department was summoned for a false alarm claiming a picture machine explosion. About one hundred people were inside. local authorities note more than a dozen prior false alarms tied to John Byers, a jailed arsonist, suggesting other fire fiends remain at large.
Secretary Roosevelt faced reporters as an engineer testified that Secretary made misstatements about the land purchasing program. The testimony followed a SECV Ballinger exchange and highlighted tensions over policy and administration.
Col Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt return from a fever zone tour with 13 000 specimens for American museums. The expedition heads toward Cairo and Naples with planned stops in Rome Vienna Budapest Paris Berlin London and Oxford. Roosevelt notes his son Theodore’s forthcoming New York wedding.
Le Roy C. Loughborough, assistant keeper of the Norwalk light in Long Island Sound, was found Friday lying prostrate after eleven days on duty with the light burning and fog horn sounding for long stretches. His dog lay beside him, and he pondered killing the animal for food but could not bring himself to do so.
Washington D C three entire days likely will be given by the Supreme Court to hearing arguments in the Standard Oil dissolution suit beginning Monday. Counsel have agreed to ask for that much time and, given the tobacco anti trust case, the court is believed to consent to an equal period for the oil case, though it is under greater pressure for time now than earlier in the term.
Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and Mrs. Fairbanks concluded a world tour after being honored by each country visited. They sailed home on Saturday aboard the Mauretania from London England.
The northern coal miners strike in New South Wales has been declared off, ending the disruption in Sydney and surrounding coal fields after ongoing action since early November.
Extradition papers prepared in Jersey City to bring to Hudson County the officers of major meat concerns indicted by a grand jury. The jury convened again Friday to renew beef trust investigations. William D. Edwards, former state senator, is to enter pleas Friday for four of the six indicted corporations.
The Rockefeller foundation incorporation bill was ordered favorably reported by the Senate District of Columbia committee after Starr J. Murphy of John D. Rockefeller's delegation spoke in executive session in Washington D C.
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