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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
8
The fragment references a General Wee Tara impression of King George, describing it as a typical, real Saborman style. Text is garbled with OCR artifacts and names are not fully clear.
A garbled excerpt from a 19th century magazine shows a patient claiming divinity while the doctor begins an examination. The text mocks spiritual authority and patient speech in a comical exchange between the Swett Restorer and a bishop referenced in the piece.
Muddled text describes a device with unclear function and mentions airborne prompts and ground operations. No coherent names, dates, or organizations are identifiable from the fragment.
Vague ledger of town happenings from May day into week with notices of registrations at Rexall Store and Booster Club, social visits, ill health, and local store improvements. Mentions Rexall Store promotion, Miss Rena Piourmi visiting from Bloomington, and Mrs W H Hueston’s serious condition in Dana.
Measles and whooping cough are reported in Burns City area. Various residents including Mr and Mrs Woodard and Mrs Pauline Gore with son Cerdan travel to and from Indianapolis and Peru Haute for visits and errands. Nearby families and visitors from New St Bernice and Washington are noted. several locals attend family and village business, with updates on health and travel.
A traveler in Florida describes eerie happenings as he encounters birds fleeing from trees after tapping them. An elderly man explains the birds react when tapped and the storyteller notes fear and odd behavior, implying a supernatural or mysterious cause.
A newly married couple staying in a city hotel walk into a room misidentification. The bride taps and asks to be let in but a gruff voice from the other side corrects her, clarifying the door leads to a bathroom, not a hive.
Language translation notes recount Khoon Tong of Langoon shot by unknown assailants on return home. Reported untimely death plunges community into mourning as authorities pursue the cowardly perpetrators.
Mrs Henry Poindexter and daughter Flossie visited in Odon Saturday. Jno Pruett and Jno Russell were in Kinora Saturday. Jno Stepp and family visited Pruett and family Sunday. Mr and Mrs Noble Callaian called on Jno Russell and family Sunday. Mike Thomas spent Sunday with relatives near Concord. Jennie Hetchem called on Coal Stewart Monday. Mrs Win Weather and children called on Mrs Joo Russell Monday. Mrs Joo Ketchen and daughter Susie called on Mrs Mary Lay and granddaughter Dollie. Carl and Roy Pruett spent Tuesday with Roscoe Stewart. Mabel Borden called on Nellie and Ethel Pruett Tuesday.
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A reflective meditation on wealth, urging readers to consider the spiritual price of gold. It questions narrow aims of bank balances and stock market ratings compared with human life and eternal soul.
Thamas Dixon, a lawyer, legislator, wrestler, author and dramatist, faced rejection for his first book The Leopard's Spots. A firm refused and sent a curt note, prompting Dixon to wire: if you want the book, keep it. if not, return the manuscript. The telegram led to an immediate acceptance.
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