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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
7
Christian Church announcements list Thursday evening Endeavor at 7 15. Choir practice Friday at 7 15. Bible School Sunday at 9 30 a m. Junior session Sunday at 2 09. Morning topic Mothers Day wear a white flower. Evening sermon titled The Good Samaritan.
Reverend T A Garriott led Mother's Day observances with two morning services. Sunday School at 9 30, Junior C E at 2, preaching at 7 15 pm. Women’s Missionary isolation meeting Wednesday 2 30, choir practice Tuesday 7 15, prayer meeting Wednesday 7 15, Christian Endeavor Friday 7 15.
A Saturday night business meeting at the U B church decided on a possible camp meeting. A quarterly Sunday meeting drew a large crowd. Many local residents are mentioned visiting relatives, traveling to nearby towns, or undergoing personal services like dental work.
A fragmentary note describes the famous seventeenth century antler collection, one of few to survive fires and sieges. It highlights Moritzburg’s hunting castle near Dresden, noting the great banqueting hall with dimensions thirty four by thirty eight feet and blank white walls.
A party travels by train toward Beirut using a rudimentary railway. They find no station master at first and watch a camp follower steal a small red flag. A locomotive driver halts the train when the flag appears and tickets are issued as the line continues. A porter then escorts them, and they receive honey as they wait in an orchard.
An old lady extols perseverance and its fruits but her dumplings vanish after a servant jokes that they were eaten by perseverance. The tale underscores a humorous clash between pious zeal and practical outcomes.
A traveling salesman from New York arrived in Little Rock and bragged about his origin. The pompous manner irritated the local merchant who challenged him with a casual question about the town's hotel, labeling the visitor a New York fool.
The New York Tribune notes that children ask why about the telephone zeroplane submarine gramophone typewriter and electric kettle, while mothers often provide simple answers. It argues for broader maternal information as children observe marvels of the age.
The Grand Canyon rises to 6233 feet above the stream with perpendicular walls for about 3000 feet, then slopes into cliffs and plains. Erosion shaped the canyon over eons, perhaps as long ago as a million years, though the exact date is speculation.
A Universalist Leader excerpt counsels readers to drop imagined weight and face burdens honestly. By recognizing magnified worries as often smaller than feared, tears become laughter and sighs turn to song.
In a London Tit-Bits anecdote, Lord Ritchie as president of the local government board hurries a bill through. In a private Lords room three peers warn him the glasses are empty and without whisky a quorum will not be met. He provides drinks and the bill passes.
A biologist notes a ground wolf spider half an inch long catching a two inch fish. The struggle lasts ten minutes as the spider drags the fish toward land and the fish fights to pull the spider back. After a half hour away, the scene ends with the spider dragging the dead fish away.
The New York American lauds Milton's Paradise Lost as the greatest epic in any language, praising its mind expanding power and sublime impact. It surpasses Homer and Dante in lifting readers to awe and reverence, though it serves no direct practical use.
The London Spectator notes Coleridge before his death hoped his heirs would profit from selling his books. He even directed that in case of speedy death £100 worth of carefully chosen books be bought to attract attention and raise value of the library. In reality the estate produced no surplus to fund coappurtenants.
Fragmentary OCR note appears to express reassurance or acknowledgment about someone having something. No clear names, dates, or events readable.
The article urges regular walking as a health booster and mood enhancer. It describes swinging arms, open nostrils, and full body movement to awaken life, warns against lazy gait, notes slight perspiration aids toxin removal and oxygen supply, and praises early morning walks for clean air and clear mind.
A London Tit-Bits tale centers on Johnny McTurk answering a riddle about how marble gifts would divide if shared with Andrew MacDonald. The boy muses on combinations of presence and absence to determine each share and hints at cunning insight in dispute over small stakes.
Dr. W. J. Lazarus Barlow notes radium’s paradox as nature’s satire. Alchemists chased transmutation to gold while radium endlessly decays into lead, which costs pennies per pound, yet requires 2000 years to half-form a lead ounce.
A New York Players Club anecdote recalls Mark Twain demanding three soft eggs in a cup that held only two. The waiter finally admitted serving three broken eggs, prompting Twain to quip about trifling with the truth while noting his winter struggle to fit three eggs into the cup.
Derelict ships haunt maritime history with long wanderings. The Fanny B Wolstin deserted Oct 15 1801 covered about 4000 miles before last seen in Dec 1893. The William L White abandoned Mar 13 1888 eighty miles from New York spent months at sea and ashore off the Hebrides Jan 23 1889.
Fragmentary account describes four men entering a store and one man carrying a tin bucket. The fel lows claimed a ten year guarantee when it was sold. Details are sparse and uncertain from the readable text.
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