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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
2
The Charleston News and Courier notes that while grand displays attract attention, steady workers achieve more over time. It urges recognition of quiet, unobtrusive effort in constructive, charitable, and educational fields, warning that lack of encouragement can erode resolve and hope.
The New York Herald reports a dignified but not excessive welcome for the king's uncle in America. English papers had spread false accounts, claiming overblown shows of loyalty not reflected in the duke's reception.
Officials push New York laws against discarding cigars and cigarettes and other weighty trash. From a small careless habit sprang vast fires and the loss of a brave fire chief. The measure aims to treat such negligence as crime and curb future casualties.
A plan with a million dollars would place wireless stations in the Canal Zone San Francisco Hawaii Samoa the Philippines and Guam so messages reach any point within the American zone. No naval battle would occur without Washington knowing details instantly. It highlights a vast advance since the Spanish war.
A New York butcher was jailed for cheating customers by weighing poultry with a concealed lead sinker attached to a string. A sharp customer discovered the ruse when the string was pulled out with the bird, revealing the shaker and more loaded poultry in the shop.
At a meeting rates, the fire protection association stated fires across the United States cost $500 per minute and that annual life losses reached about 1,500 people, with a related figure of $2.5 million in damages.
A 90 year old Fulton market building in New York bounded by Fulton South Beekman and Front Streets is slated for demolition this spring or summer under city orders. The structure once served as a wholesale and public market but has been condemned as insanitary and costly to maintain.
S N Spotts president of the Southwest District of Associated Advertising clubs listened to the banquet speeches from Leavenworth. The Kansas City Moh telephone connected at his bedside carried the presentation speech as the group planned to award him a silver loving cup for his district leadership.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania the will of William P Morgan a wealthy real estate dealer requires his daughters Ruth and Tacie to remain unmarried for life to participate in the estate.
Mrs Barbara Holt aged 58 and Martin Schultz 66 married in Spokane after meeting again after 50 years in Russia. Schultz is a Walla Walla farmer with a large family. Holt lived with her son Ferdinand Holt at 2008 Thirteenth Avenue. Both had previous marriages. Holt's husband died about a year ago.
A Chelmsford laborer is sent to a workhouse due to lack of a cottage, highlighting a widespread rural housing shortage. Marriages are delayed for years, with districts near Dunmow and Hastings shire seeing long engagements and migrations to towns or emigration. Standardized concrete cottages are proposed, with £1200 homes via slabs and £80 options in intensive gardens. English workmen resist wood and corrugated iron homes.
In Minneapolis, a municipal court heard testimony from George Smith a hotel waiter regarding an automobile owner and a vagrancy case. Smith described the defendant as a former mechanic who had operated the car and noted ownership of a three thousand eight hundred dollar vehicle.
The message centers on Jesus dining with publicans and sinners, declaring I came not to call the righteous but sinners. Levi Matthew’s conversion leads to a feast, illustrating the early gospel call and the contrasting concerns of fasting and celebration.
An advertisement offers a free $3.50 kidney remedy recipe from Dr A E Robinson of Detroit. It claims to cure frequent urination pain and weakness within about two weeks and invites readers to write for a plain envelope delivery.
A terse exchange explores approaches to poetry teaching. Scribbler posits praise as goal while Ruyter discounts praise, urging invention of opaque lines to test craft. The dialogue frames tension between clarity and ambiguity in aspiring poets.
Ollie James of Kentucky describes Colonel Prescott’s later years as beautiful. He notes a fine farm, a line of trotters, a barrel of whisky sixteen years old, and a wife of the same age in a humorous Washington conversation.
In Higginsville a druggist died and his widow continued the business. A month later she arranged a striking display. The town paper noted Mr Arthur Edwards a prominent local druggist visited the city yesterday and showed interest in the widow’s appealing display.
An old advertisement promotes Murine Eye Remedy for red weak and watery eyes with granulated lids. It notes an illuminated book in each package and claims the product is compounded by an oculist not a patent medicine, sold by druggists at various prices in Chicago.
Mrs Knicker insists on simple keynecte gowns while discussing fashion with The Keynote. Knicker notes simplicity remains the central theme and confirms a preference for minimal design.
The Paxton Toilet Co of Boston will send a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic free to any woman upon request. The ad notes men have a future but their past can act as a handicap.
A claim extols a herbal combination called eld Tea as a remedy that regenerates the victim of constipation. The text also notes an oculist cannot help a man blind to his own interests.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winston’s soothing syrup for children teething. It claims gum softening reduced inflammation eased teething pain and cured wind colic priced at 25 cents per bottle. It also contains a proverb about men dodging duty.
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