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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1904
Page
2
Fragmentary text includes editor Wilton C. Myers and scattered names and phrases. It reads as a damaged page with stray lines about people, roles, and events but no clear cohesive story or events to summarize.
An assortment of brief items discusses legal cases, printer disputes, strange anecdotes, and public notices. Notable mentions include Indiana law on wrongful death actions, a rail accident damages claim in Bedford, and a painter of war scenes referenced in a Review of Reviews feature.
Mareon T. Wilson a mine engineer sues the United Mine Workers' Union in the Brazilia circuit court seeking damages claiming the union forced him to join and abandons his own Hoisting Engineers and Locomotive Engineers affiliations. He alleges he was discharged when he refused to join the Mine Workers Union and that operators back his action to test the union's responsibility.
Sufferers from a recent flood in Elnora likely to receive damages from the S. N. railroad. A three citizen committee, urged by President John Walah and Supt. J. W. Thompson, will estimate losses and the railroad will pay per the estimate.
Miss Lena Booth died at her home in the east end on Friday morning of consumption. Born in Ocon on August 13 1834 she was 19 years 8 months and 16 days old. She lived with Mrs Lizzie Mize after her mother died and joined the Christian church in 1867. She was a member of the Order of Rebecca. Funeral at the Christian church Sunday conducted by Revie A K Clark. Burial at Walaut Hill cemetery.
Trustee Jutin Mumaw completed Madison township's school child enumeration. The count shows a 2 percent drop from last year with 259 males and 205 females, totaling 464 children.
Frisco Railroad adds tourist sleeping cars to train NoS from St Louis on December 8 1903 with round trips on the first and third Tuesdays plus return connections to Houston and other lines. Reservations via local or district Frisco representatives KLM Wishart J Stuart Taylor T J Evansville Bennett Laughlin.
An illustrated tale recounts a visitor on Hog Island who greedily eats thirty oranges from a grove and confesses after realizing the owner must be paid. The owner smiles, saying the visitor owes nothing more because he is on Hog Island. The piece blends humor and colonial setting with a moral echo.
Glenn Harrison aged 13 teaches a rural Gainesville school in Ozark County near Gaine ville Missouri. He completed Gainesville public schools in 1902 and earned a second grade teaching certificate with top marks. Despite his age he began teaching when covering for an absent adult with local directors’ approval and now guides 29 pupils in a strict classroom.
A critique of nominal worshipers who avoid duty in the church, urging real commitment and work for Christ. The piece warns that hollow religion hinders progress more than any other evil and challenges readers to prove their faith through service rather than excuses. It ends with a local note about fresh candy at Gwartney's.
An article extols life insurance careers for women highlighting potential incomes up to 5000 dollars yearly. It stresses independence, personal earnings, and broad experience meeting all classes of people, urging young women to pursue these opportunities. Nearby London dig uncovers ancient Siberian mammal remains in Sibury Square with a woolly rhinoceros jaw among bones.
A historical piece describes a Paris cab scene with fifteen thousand cabs in daily service. It highlights a so called coaches college, its director Pernette, and a famed whip figure among professors and hosts at the institution.
An early report notes Japan's merchant fleet expanding from a small coastwise trade to larger volumes. It highlights growth in shipping capacity, with many vessels crewed by Europeans for educated labor, and suggests this shift could alter naval and commercial dominance in the region.
Aged Queen Victoria figures into 19th century exile history with a note on Hanover and the German confederation. Separately in Paris an arrest exposes a beggar ring run by educated leaders, with daily plans and distributed spoils ranging five to six dollars per member.
The article notes young birds use protective coloration to blend with ground surroundings when danger approaches. It highlights the stone curlew chick flattening to resemble sand stones, delaying detection by predators until the threat passes.
In Peking the streets are under four mandarins and soldiers who issue orders but hire coolies to do wasteful tasks. Little progress is made in spring with this municipal handling.
Scientists acknowledge extreme gaps in knowledge about life bearing planets beyond our solar system. Prof. Manuncer and Prof. Newcomb question the existence of inhabited worlds elsewhere, noting current evidence is inconclusive. Meanwhile volcanic dust from St Vincent has fallen on Barbadoes with no fertilizer value.
Plans for a ship canal across Scotland from the German sea to the Atlantic near Glasgow call for one major cut at Loch Lomond about 1.75 miles long at an average depth of 200 feet. Elsewhere the canal would average 50 feet deep. Wax Ballets for Declists used as dueling practice in Paris.
The Kansas City Star lauds Lady Curzon and admires Paige of Chicago for American adaptability. It portrays Paige as dignified and polished in royal settings, likening her to a model of American refinement versus British tradition.
Three Pittsburg women established a unique Oakland venture offering ready to serve dinners with a heat retaining buffet to stay hot three hours. The service catered to busy housewives by delivering fresh appetizing meals, reducing the need for cooks and becoming a popular citywide option.
Dr. Wilhelm Oercid, a chemistry professor at the University of 1'-sie, reports a photography method using a silver solution that negates the need for light in printing photographs. The process preserves sensitized paper indefinitely, allows silver reuse, and yields quick copies without drawing or design limits, claiming cost and noise advantages over current methods.
A courtly Second Kentucky regiment colonel boasts of Kentucky virtues while a Florida caterer recalls a breakfast joke about steak and whisky. Also noted are Baron Rothschild fined in Paris for speeding, and a remark that Shamrock III may be prettier but not necessarily better than Reliance.
The Vine and He Fred wine merchants of Zuric plan a museum to showcase wine culture. It will feature books and prints and display ancient and modern utensils used in wine making, aiming to be historical artistic and scientific.
A busy mother explains she cannot visit a friend because she spends every day helping children with lessons. She outlines algebra Latin botany and French tasks plus interrupting chores. This morning she will fetch a large green frog for Robert to take to his biology class.
A Philadelphia Record interview notes a 55-year-old man who insists on printing a 40-year-old photo of himself. He laments aging while admitting he looks better now, while the reporter observes men often cling to youth in portraits. He mentions older men and younger selves, then admits hating aging.
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