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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
2
A disjointed OCR passage combines names like Stonewall Jackson Henry VIII and Ulysses Grant with scattered dates and reflections on war and history. The text drifts through themes of conscription, international congresses, and historical anecdotes, but lacks coherent narrative or clear reporting.
Fragmentary OCR text references Civil War era events and dates. Mentions Diaz era, May 1886, May 1%, and battles tied to Mexico and early declarations. The passage is garbled but suggests a discussion of historical incidents and training across the nation.
The text compares carpentry methods, noting differences in tool use and motion. It describes how Japanese carpenters and English workers approach joins and cutting, including reversed threading and upward versus downward force. It mentions clocks and counting systems, implying varied mechanical practices.
Miss Cisie Wadsworth visited Terre Facte last Thursday and Friday. Stoy of Elnora spent Wednesday night with his mother Mrs Serch Stoy. Freeda Myers has improved after illness. Lawrence Clark returned from Bloomington for weekend visit with A M Clark family. Mother's Day observed at A B Church with special services. Amos Dungan of Sullivan visited over Sunday. Gladys Dyal and Anna Humphreys of Terre Haute visited Palmer Dyals from Friday to Sunday. Genevieve Flinn returned from Mooney where she taught, and Joen Clark and family of Indianapolis visited his parents.
Ruth Skemp attended the Sun day school convention Sunday afternoon with Ruth Dobbs while Dewey Henderson visited relatives in Jason ville Wednesday. Various locals including Fannie Asdell andMargarett Asdell visited families. a Sunday School convention at the M. E. church was well attended and a quarterly meeting is set for Friday at the U. B. church.
MARSH Win Weathers and family visited Wi Stafford and family Sunday. Mrs Henry Poindexter spent Sunday with Jao Stepp and family. Mort Bright and family visited egehn Stepp and family Sunday. Miss Dollie Lay spent Sunday with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Jao Boyd. Miss Nora Russell of Washington is spending this week with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Jno Russell. Of Hinkle and family passed thru here Sunday. A crowd of our young people were picnicing at the rolliff rocks Sunday. Mr and Mrs Aaron Bechtel of Mt Olive passed thru here Sunday Geo and Marion Hoover spent Sunday with Sven Pettit. Mason Webber and family spent Sunday with Albert Bright. Mrs John Boyd spent Monday afternoon with Mrs Mary Lay.
A humorous collection of letters from brides to relatives on honeymoon and a science summary on Earth’s atmosphere. The wedding missives praise husbands, describe travel scenes, and share small domestic details. A separate paragraph discusses two atmospheric layers with rising temperatures at high altitude.
The piece describes a mythical shift in social ideas where motherhood loses favor and a get-rich-quick mindset arises. Gods decide to make each sucker more so to extend the supply of suckers, ensuring business does not suffer.
The Rhine Maidens complain about eating potatoes to preserve the unities. They predict audiences and critics will demand stout songstress es to do justice to trilogies and works about them.
A fragment from a bygone column recalls a witty exchange about gout in Sir Percy's family. The joke notes gout was once present due to Sir Roland Highliver, but the line implies the family has been impoverished for centuries, unable to sustain such a tradition.
An experiment ties two garden snails to a toy gun carriage weighing almost one pound with a load of small shot and a cannon. The snails pull the heavy apparatus with ease, prompting the observer to deem the feat a strong load for two snails.
Emma Calve recalls life in her native province in France where she owns an estate. On her birthday country folk visited and joined in a bourree dance. An old woman asked if her singing harmed her and a peasant claimed a local amusements garden proprietor would pay five francs daily to hear her sing.
The Santa Fe offers a thorough two year apprenticeship with nine large shops providing mandatory two hour classroom sessions twice weekly. Classes are paid as part of the working day and cover drawing geometry shop arithmetic and simple mechanics. No formal exams, but final quizzes and periodic assessments assess progress and result in company signed certificates. Wage after completion is variable, tied to ability and knowledge, to reward diligence.
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