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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1906
Page
7
About 150 pairs of TAPPAN Drummer sample shoes offered at 88 1 3 percent of regular price. New latest lasts, fully warranted, savings from 25 to 75 cents per pair. Styles include spring shoes Oxfords for ladies and children in black tan and white. Limited time before price advance.
Grandma Poindexter is very sick at this writing. Inman went to Odon Tuesday. Snow and ice caused telephone wires to fail. repairs underway. J A Hill closed a $2400 deal on an imported horse. Mr and Mrs A A Keck from Woodson Co Kansas arrived for a two month stay. Delox Bowman’s house burned early Sunday. contents saved. no insurance. Bechtel and wife visited Andrew Armstrong Sunday. M E church stewards raised funds for Center quarterly conference. S R Inman postponed trip to Bedford due to bad weather. Mrs Gusta Bowman returned from Odon. M P Kutch visited Grandma Poindexter. D S Poindexter from St Louis arrived to see his mother. Schools to close. teachers report strong progress.
Seventeen Bogard township pupils sat the graduation exam at Epsom Saturday. Wade family members attended the event, and the Wade school term closed with a festive program and gifts for teacher Hugh Morgan. Roads were reported in poor condition and local residents visited relatives in Epsom. Fred Wade serves in the Philippines with the regiment army.
An illustrated map and booklet advertised to show the location of gold mines that produced over 200 million dollars and other valuable information about the San Juan Colorado mining country. Write to JACKSON ORR Barclay Block Denver Col.
The notice details colonist rail fares to multiple destinations from Odon with prices: to Salt Lake City Ogden Butte Helena and Avaconda at 31.45 dollars. to Spokane Ellensburg Wenatchee and Antilla at 32.95. to Scotland Tacoma Seattle Victoria and Vancouver at 35.45. to San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego California at 85.15.
Jonce Monahan, Third District Republican candidate for Indiana State Treasurer, has canvassed 76 of 92 counties with strong receptions. He is a 49 year old farmer, banker and businessman from Orleans, known for party loyalty and reform goals, promising a clean race and wide support before the April state convention.
The piece describes different cramps linked to repetitive work, noting writing cramps with steel pens and widespread effects across musicians, telegraphers, tailors, smiths, forgers, drivers, cigarmakers, watchmakers, and others. It highlights that the condition is stubborn, often forcing career changes.
The article discusses thievish bees as described by Buchner, noting that colonies form brigand bees through repeated raids, plunder hives, and that mixing honey and brandy can create lawless behavior. It mentions a bee variety, sphecodes, living on plunder.
The text argues rest matters more than work, requiring a change of scenes and activities. Loafing or idle sitting isn’t restful. true rest activates different faculties. The hardworking seek relief in play, the worried in active freedom, and one should treat the stomach with kindness.
A Kansas City Times item describes eight year olds after school discussing cosmology and a child instructing peers on what to do in a hypothetical end of the world. They practice a jump to imagine surviving the crisis.
The text traces algebra from its alleged invention by Mohammed of Buziana around 850 AD to its spread by the Moors to Spain. It notes Luca Pacioli’s 1494 treatise as the first European work and Robert Recorde’s English algebra around 1557, including his introduction of the equals sign.
A quoted exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes native chiefs preparing elaborate banquets. The eminent Arctic explorer responds with guarded caution that they often offer substantial dog meat.
A brief San Francisco Call snippet shows a woman saying she has not been married long and jokes that her husband eats eloves because he likes them, highlighting domestic humor in a dialogue fragment.
A fragment quotes Eliot noting that endurance comes from work, expressing resilience in the face of limits and effort.
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