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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1909
Page
2
A collection of satirical, critical, and reflective lines on social norms. Topics range from law and peace to fashion, religion, and behavior in public life. Notable remarks touch cocaine laws, dogs as guardians, travel, hats, and reckless driving.
A group forming a fertilizer crust is drawing attention for its uncertain standing and potential odor concerns. Citizens express mixed views as organizers move forward.
A New York newspaper runs an editorial arguing that most girls leave home because they are invited by young men. The piece suggests social pressures and courtship dynamics drive the trend.
A gentleman leaving a banquet at 2 a m faces a puzzling choice as he fails to request a tetrahedral kite and instead might seek a taxicab. The exchange highlights quirky language and social trivia from the era.
The remark notes that speculation about canals on Mars should wait until astronomers reach consensus on whether the features are real or illusions. It emphasizes the need for agreement among experts before declaring discoveries.
The article notes a potential lemon famine but says the situation is not alarming. It mentions that fruit has been handed out freely recently, suggesting scarce regret rather than panic.
A humorous remark notes a quick route to SaePoE an aeroplane by sending it up without an occupant, while claiming that scientific progress is being made locally every day.
A commentator notes that even simple hats, though resembling peach baskets, now command about 15 dollars each instead of a few cents. The piece muses on inflation and market power among financiers.
In Mexico some citizens oppose Diaz for president but travel north of the Rio Grande before voicing their views. The note implies precautionary steps taken to avoid repercussions within Mexican boundaries.
The veteran statesman Diaz began his bid for the Mexican presidency in 1877 and, aside from one interim term, has held the office for the ensuing years. He has made notable history during this long tenure.
Premier Asquith lauds Edward VII as a great national asset praising his popularity and adherence to the constitutional principle that the king reigns but does not govern.
A passenger who paid a fare after a conductor missed him learned the other side of the issue when the conductor scolded him. The conductor warned that paying late could draw an inspector and a reprimand, cautioning not to repeat the act.
The article argues that funding a real contact with Mars would cost as much as building a dreadnought, making any government move to establish communication with Martian inhabitants improbable.
The czar grants clemency to naval officers who capitulated to Japan, with public blame placed on the government for a rotten navy at the war’s start.
An English traveler witnesses Memorial Day observances in a New Zealand town, noting flowers, flags, and processions honoring fallen soldiers from multiple wars. She praises the shared reverence, modest flaws, and the collective spirit that makes the day more about remembrance of all the beloved dead than any single war.
Veterans of the Union Army grow too aged for Memorial Day parades as the former Decoration Day custom shifts to May 30 in the South. The once unified observance loses its vigor and distinct regional dates blur.
The piece reflects on Memorial Day and the Civil War as a contest over human freedom versus slavery. It notes the South’s secession and the North’s view of an indissoluble Union, then honors Union dead and Lincoln’s Gettysburg metaphor. It urges ongoing battle for liberty as the shared heritage of all Americans.
Across the South Memorial Day is increasingly observed jointly by survivors of both sides. The nation grows to cherish the valor fortitude and sacrifice shown in the Civil War as a common inheritance.
Danville sees the Hendricks circuit court open the case of Robert Jolly of Indianapolis charged with murdering his nine year old daughter Gladys on June 13 1907. His counsel Henry Seyfried seeks an insanity defense arguing the defendant was insane at the time and remains so. A housekeeper testifies to the morning visit and the fatal act.
At Huntington the quadrennial conference re-elected Prof. T. H. Grage as general secretary of education and as president of Central College, defeating opposition led by student candidate Rev. CG A Mumimart. An investigation cleared Crage of charges.
Knox county treasury wins ten thousand dollars after a suit by numerous taxpayers from Bicknell and Sendborn. The case, originally filed in Daviess county and moved by change of venue to Knox, had been on three county dockets for two years.
Three featherless robins hatched under Mrs. Robin Red Treats sheltering wings after she built a nest on the edge of a journal box of a freight car. The box car traveled from New York to Richmond where the nest was discovered.
Three incidents injure city residents on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad. Brakeman Frank Wright loses an arm after falling from a car while locking a brake. Frank Godwin loses four toes after being crushed under a freight train. Harry Strange suffers bruises from a fall from a moving train.
Lafayette hosts visitors for the Indiana Music Teachers association convention on June 29 30 and July 1. Princeton reports a 42 grain pearl sold for 1200 dollars to a Pearl buyer Dr Pepper. Fort Wayne notes triplets born to Dr and Mrs Philip Titus as their third set in two months. Muncie records delegates at the Brotherhood of Interurban Trainmen first annual convention. Valparaiso county to vote on county option Thursday June 3. Tipton church notes the burning of notes completes church funding. Rev George Knox of Lafayette preached both services. Frankfort recounts a car crashed through a bay window into a parlor at Middle Fork near 12 miles northeast.
Four strange figures in heavy butternut suits work in the Keystone mine at Shelburn as a new government rescue corps. They wear metal lungs and helmeted heads to enter burning or exploded mines and operate up to three hours in toxic smoke, from the Pittsburg station. The crew arrives amid a weeklong fire under the old Shelburn, aiming to demonstrate life-saving methods to mine owners and miners.
Crawfordsville hosts the twenty sixth annual Indiana G A R encampment drawing hundreds of Civil War veterans and allied members. Attendance tops thirty to forty thousand visitors with a three day program featuring registration a business session an annual parade and two camp fires led by Department Commander John D. Alexander and Gil R. Siarmont.
Warren S. Wolhaupter of Chicago, 34, single, died when a trestle on the New York Chicago Air Line north of Valparaiso collapsed in a high wind. Four men were injured, three seriously, when wreckage pinned them beneath.
The cornerstone of a $25,000 Sacred Heart parochial school building was laid with ceremonies by Sacred Heart parish members. Rev. Charles P. Che of the Fowler church assisted by pastors from about a dozen neighboring parishes, in the presence of 1,500 people.
State notes report Andrew Carnegie likely to be asked for forty to sixty thousand dollars more for Fort Wayne library needs following Miss Merica Hoagland of Indianapolis suggestion at a Commercial club and Women’s league meeting. Also coverage of Richmond milk ordinance and inspector, Bloomington rail collision near Keithams, Shelburn fire at post office Masonic lodge and jewelry store, Muncie school enrollment gain of 573 children to 63259 total.
Uncle Si Eggmann compares farming in Dakota and the western plains to New England farming. He jokes that western farms are thousands of acres with large cattle herds, while New England keeps small plots, few hens, a rooster, and a bumper patch, highlighting a big regional contrast.
A child asks if God watches over her as she sleeps and questions why she woke to find the blankets off. Her mother reassures that God does watch over her, noting a prior night’s tossing and turning.
The piece reflects on changing phrasing from an older line to a modern sentiment. It contrasts a past longing for small comforts with a contemporary demand for endless possession and perpetual gratification. The judge comments on the evolving moral or social message behind the lyric.
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