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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1903
Page
3
Sheriff Morgan visited Wednesday while Ed Garten traveled to Indianapolis yesterday. Dr Elrod and family came from Eaglesville Monday. Miss Lillie Sommers returned home from Indianapolis. many locals are briefly mentioned in social and business notices. The piece also notes memorial services, upcoming sermons, and local ads.
Fragmentary advertisement shows Anna Barsh promoting trimmed hats at unlabeled low prices with claims of unmatched selection and subpar workmanship.
The post office is relocated to the Walnut and Spring street corner, second door south of Crooke and Forsythe. Mr. Abraham arranged the move for public convenience and to separate from his other business interests. The new site is stated to be satisfactory.
Williams is named successor to S. A. Taylor in a local business posting. Other notes reference watches jewelry and repairs, though details are fragmented.
Doctor William H. Burke age 52 and Miss Verna Catron age 22 both of Scotland Indiana wed in Paris on Saturday. The bride cried during the ceremony and remained tearful as she left the Edgar county court room. Mattoon Star May 17.
Frank Lawwell the second son of Mrs. Mary Young of this place wed Sunday evening in Columbus Ohio to Miss Helen Paul of Columbus. Lawwell is a machinist and has worked at Columbus for several years.
Farlen reports corn planting to order this week and a favorable forecast for an immense blackberry crop. Local residents visiting or staying with neighbors include A L Hulett of Odon Nellie Kutch from Lingis Mrs George McNabb from Burns City and others from Elmore Barr Martin Van Buren and Barr townships.
The note requests additional teachers, both experienced and inexperienced, due to higher call demand this year. It mentions costs and an address stamp and cites the American Teachers Association.
The article catalogs Indian blades including the katars death givers and the bichhwa the khanjar and the peshkabz. It highlights the Khyber knife or chbura for its businesslike look a broad single edged tapering blade and plain ivory hilt.
Vircelious Birchum and his company failed to produce enough money after a Wednesday show to settle hotel bills at Elnora. The hotel owner attached trunks containing the magic props, forcing Birchum to plan a trip to Indianapolis to recover the gear and cover debts.
Washington experiences a shortage of hired girls as many housewives must take over cooking duties. The article notes that capable girls who can perform household work are scarce, though those who can are in demand and command excellent wages with little trouble finding work.
Captain Williams, a jovial Irishman known as Bob, entertains at the Dulin club with a tale of rescuing a lady and her daughters from danger caused by spirited horses. A pigeon interrupts as a puzzled inquiry about a lost purse ends the anecdote mid sentence.
A young reporter visits Senator Quay and finds him reading. After small talk the senator asks if the reporter plays poker and offers a book to read. Polite, the reporter reads a page and leaves astonished on the sidewalk.
A dialogue between Johnny and an elder explores the idea of a lawgiver. The older man, seasoned by litigation, argues that law is not handed down but sold in small, expensive quantities. The exchange humorously questions the existence and transmission of laws.
A dialogue excerpt shows Hiller chiding Slender for not appearing on the village aid subscribers list. Slender defends his stance, saying pity without pride avoids public recognition and ostentation.
A Philadelphia Press quip recalls a widower who spars with a shrewd observer. The man admits plans to remarry, and the reply hints at gossip’s intuition as the widower is surprised by the detection.
Sunday evening Jesse Woodard Trueblood and Miss Mollie Riggins were married. The contracting parties are prominent young people of Van Buren township. Trueblood has served as township assessor and trustee and once ran for county assessor. He now delivers mail on a Rural Route out of Loogootee. The bride is a highly regarded schoolteacher with many friends in the area.
At the Petersburg court house on Monday night farmers, independent laborers and businessmen formed the Independent American Mechanics with 266 charter members. The group aims to uphold state and federal law, protect honest labor and business from interference, oppose strikes, and vows to secretly oppose unions seen as oppressive.
The passage discusses the shift from multiclient to single client lawyers, noting that while many barristers were once tied to numerous clients, modern lawyers often serve a single, wealthy client. It cites a business figure seeking a young lawyer to manage affairs and prevent trouble, and describes the rise of in-house counsel for large firms and banks.
A photographer explains why roost photographs favor the left side of a face noting it is generally the more attractive and softened, while the right side reveals character and flaws. He adds that handsomest shots hide truth and that strong temperaments show on the right side.
The report describes a chaotic scene as rain disrupts operations. A manager orders quick action to secure a zebra whose color runs, prompting urgency and comic mishap under the weather.
The Beston transcript records cordial remarks between Harry You Tom and Dick. They discuss maintaining friendship and avoiding exposing thoughts of one another. The dialogue emphasizes mutual goodwill and restraint in expression.
A New York Herald inspired routine claims eye exercises restore vision and remove the need for spectacles. Practice involves looking up and down twenty times without pausing, then moving eyes side to side, and diagonal corners, finishing with circular rollings to the extreme outward gaze.
Jordan a once enslaved man from Georgia who lived near the city after the war died Friday afternoon at the county farm from old age and debility. He claimed to be a hundred or more, with neighbors estimating between ninety and one hundred. the crossroad station near his home was named Jordan in his honor.
The article describes squeaking sands found in parts of the United States that emit a loud squeak when moistened. Dry sand is silent, but dampened sand produces a musical sound resembling an armchair’s squeak. The sound occurs when rubbed or struck in a bag, yet its cause remains a mystery.
The text states Finland is larger than England Ireland Scotland and the Netherlands combined and has a constitution from 1772. It notes the 1809 cession to the Russian emperor and a national parliament with four estates represented the nobles clergy burghers and peasants placing the Grand Duke of Finland as head of state the czar.
The article notes gloves as ceremonial tokens in medieval investitures for lands and dignity. In England during Edward II's reign the removal of gloves signified degradation. It adds that England did not permit import of foreign gloves until 1825.
A brief exchange shows a man asking why a woman did not refuse at first and keep him guessing. She explains she tried that once, but then he did not pursue a second request, ending the scene with an implied outcome.
A maid Betsy asks if she should drive away a busy cat in the pantry after being reminded to seek permission first. Readers share humor about acting talents and school headaches, with a quip on heaven and fire escapes.
A dialogue excerpt shows Barber testing a razor asks if he hurts the barber, Baird responds no, not as much as the last man in his chair the dentist, provoking a sharp exchange.
A compact fragment from New York Weekly and Smart Set includes a quip on pessimism versus optimism as the faith of cowards and fools. The passage features a country cousin sparring with a city girl about life, marriage, and money, ending with a note that work was done at the Journal Office.
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