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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
6
An Atchison couple, once happy, divorced after a wife who spent all day cooking. She served a feast for a cold supper, and her husband quipped about the easy time. The wife filed for divorce, seeking relief amid community shock.
A wedding tale recounts a baby’s endless shriek during the ceremony provoking a guest to complain. The bridesmaid replies with weary humor that she would print in her invitations a notice reading No babies expected, eliciting a light courtroom-joke tone from the judge.
The London Chronicle recalls a 1719 quarrel between Dr Mead and Dr Woodward at Bishopsgate street. They fought with swords near the college, Woodward wounded in several places and forced to surrender, asking to spare his life while protesting against medicine.
A remark from Madame de Puvysieux notes indolence drains talent while genius appears as a decorative ornament atop a high spire, suggesting sloth dulls true achievement.
A Zen like note from E Trooks invites sharing happiness with a neighbor. The line suggests social warmth and community connection through simple introductions.
Farmers are urged to acquaint themselves with soybeans and cow peas as versatile leguminous crops. These annuals fix nitrogen, improve soil structure, and serve as green manure, hay, or grain, with sowing after corn planting and specific drill spacings. Cow peas excel as hay and cover crops while soybeans boost digestible protein for hog rations and can yield 20 bushels per acre.
Florence Melrose Ayrshire cow No. 18975 from Pur due Experiment Station completes a yearly test from 1910 to 1911 with 12 369.4 pounds of milk and 483.18 pounds butter fat, average 3 906 per cent, praised for capacity and conformation, fed on silage hay and grains, due to freshen this month.
Farmers note corn and cob meal can feed horses as the cob adds bulk but husks may overbulk those in hard work. Crushed snapped corn could be efficient for wintering horses with little work. Saving labor from husking and shelling is a factor when help is scarce.
Isaac W. Coombs of West Bath Maine released 75 ducks to his farm to combat a grasshopper infestation, and the birds reportedly destroyed the hoppers entirely.
Nearly five hundred acres near Paris are used to raise young trees with unusual shapes intended for making tin umbrella handles.
A 1911 Sunday school lesson on Isaiah 6 urges readers to answer God's call like the prophet. It links Isaiah's vision and purification to modern home missions, cites immigration, missionary work at Ellis Island, Bible society efforts, Sunday schools, and strong church giving to support missions nationally.
A collage of promotional lines notes that Lewis' Single Binder Se cigars are superior to many le cigars. Also quoted is Colonel Hunter urging pleasant home life and work. An old remedy Hamlins Wizard Oil is recommended to stave off a cold, with advice to have it ready at first signs.
A mother tells Mr. Owens she can trust her daughter to him, and Owens responds that everyone trusts him.
An advertisement touts a daily fly killer claiming it kills thousands and lasts all season. It urges readers to ask their dealer or send 20 cents to Tr, SOM ERS at 150 DeKalb Ave Brooklyn NY for purchase.
The exchange mocks dialect and class in a humorous quip about digestion and manners. The brief remark contrasts proper speech with colloquial self description, reflecting early 20th century humor and social tone.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recalls two fish sellers in a Colonial lobby, one claiming a fish weighed so much it lowered a lake four inches, while the other quips about hunting ducks and gathering four quarts of toes, capturing a whimsical wartime mood.
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