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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
6
Readers urged to clip and scrapbook weekly recipes from the women of Northern Daviess County. A six month subscription to the best recipe received each week is offered. Submissions invited in this space.
A fragmented note mentions a spread on cake with light text referring to ER Mes M and EB Marvydeid. The lines are incomplete, lacking clear action, dates, or identifiable subjects.
A garbled OCR passage lists scattered food terms and stray names, yielding little coherent context. The fragment mentions sugar batter milk and assorted odd words that do not form a readable event or report for a full summary.
Fragmentary railroad telegraph log reads terse times and station names with unclear abbreviations. Mentions Okla tel and Nea references, with entries like 244 pm and scattered station codes. Reading incomplete, it records passenger or freight pacing and routine telegraph operations.
In Poughkeepsie a house was torn apart with carpet ripped up and a bed smashed, a gas meter damaged. The Pittsburg Gazette notes this strange phenomenon is often called house cleaning and suggests it has been observed before.
A former inspector in the Hudson customs force, Hodson, commanded a schooner caught in a fierce gale. A huge wave swept the vessel, washing Hodson overboard. A rope end struck the captain, who grabbed it and rode the line as the ship lurched. He was washed back aboard and the schooner reached port safely.
Local residents frequent Rexall Drug Store for purchases and social chats. Notable names include Claude Peat and May Deal visiting relatives and attending community events while neighbors like Mrs. Skeiny and Miss Alling participate in lectures and Sunday activities.
A London firm makes leather enclosed horse spectacles to force a high stepping gait by creating an uphill sensation. Glasses are convex and large, worn while young to alter movement. Proponents claim fixing short sight in horses can restore usefulness and prevent shying, per Harper's Weekly.
Willow Lick residents share visits and family events with many names and places. Mr and Mrs Sam Overton host relatives, Miss Flora Barley visits Washington, Jay Hightand attends a wedding, and multiple families from Olney Terre Haute Indianapolis and Oden are mentioned in gatherings and travels.
The Curt's Bay coal plier of the Baltimore and Ohio Rayt read at Baltimore claims a record coaling feat loading the collier Newton with 7 029 tons of coal plus 545 tons for consumption in 4 hours 325 minutes. The Newton was loaded at an 800 foot pier that allowed four vessels to load simultaneously with twenty five pockets on each side to dump coal into vessel holds.
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