26 May 1894
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1894
Page
1
Hoosier Odd Fellows held a large parade and meeting to mark the seventy fifth anniversary. Leaders and members from Indiana attended events in Indianapolis with ceremonies, reports, and grand lodge proceedings.
Cloudburst in Lesannox Indiana results in widespread flooding up to ten feet deep across the Dover vicinity. Wolf and Sugar creeks surge with torrents up to three miles wide. An iron bridge over Wolf Creek near Cowsmeston reports callspeed at daylight. District of Columbia excise board denies liquor licenses to all establishments within four hundred yards of schools or churches.
United States correspondent in Francisco notes delays and confusion in the constitutional convention. Delegates from several states discuss oversight and plans as the assembly contends with possible royalist actions and internal disagreement. The report hints at political tensions and procedural debates shaping the convention’s early days.
President McBride reports full control over Ohio miners amid a coal strike. He cites telegrams from labor leaders praising unity and vows to stand with miners against operators while urging a peaceful outcome.
The readable text appears garbled with scattered fragments, names, and symbols making it hard to identify a coherent event or subject. No clear persons, places, or actions emerge from the legible portions.
A May 12 report from San DxAn Anetsca notes the wheat harvest in California faces a bad outlook. Experts doubt a favorable yield and warn that conditions may hinder production this season.
Fragmentary text describes miners in Bay counts facing a Monday start to assist in pursuing containers of the state to deny a general strike. It mentions provisions and primes but is garbled and difficult to interpret.
The item mentions North Dakota wheat acreage at 4,090,000 for harvest next fall and notes the climate being 56,000,481. It also references a traveler, likely JRAND Forss, and travels through Chicago, Antwerp, and Pelmian theaters, plus an International exposition visit.
In North Dakota 1100 residents promise five dollars yearly to fund prosecution of prohibition offenders. A permanent organization will be formed immediately to oversee the effort and sustain the pledge.
Wasuixnetos May 22 Senator West from the commerce committee reported favorably a bill authorizing construction of a bridge spanning the Mississippi River at 8.1.
In Washington police court Judge Miller jailed Joxey Jones Browne for 30 days for displaying partisan banners on capitol grounds and fined Coxey Browne 35 pounds for grass trespass. Jones acquitted on an additional charge. Also reported are a farmer victimized by a three card monte scam near Reisters Town, a Pennsylvania rail line stoppage near Greensburg, a new telescope for Denver’s Chamberlin observatory, Yale professor James Dana’s retirement, and Breckinridge’s congressional race developments.
Ten days ago William L Wilson of Clifford died after a sudden illness. Reports recount him reviving briefly before passing, as several towns report windstorms, thefts, and religious and civic shifts. Bloomington endures a major wind event. Indianapolis sees a postmaster appointed and a public safety push.
Dr. Talmage preaches in Little Rock on recovered families from 1 Samuel 30 4 19 detailing David and his men recapturing their captives. He links Ziklag tragedy to modern bereavement and urges repentance faith and struggle to join loved ones in heaven, urging battle against life’s trials as path to eternal reunion.
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