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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1911
Page
5
The advertisement praise Root Juice as a proven remedy made from common ingredients. It cites thousands who were cured or helped, urges readers to consult local druggists at The Odon Drug Co and Yellow Front Drug Store, and invites critical investigation within the area.
Local notes list various Sunday visits among residents. Rachel Sears, mother of J R Sears, suffered a forehead wound from a fall last Friday. Numerous families including the Smiths Ferguson Aishe and McClellans are mentioned visiting relatives in Willow Lick Franklin? and nearby towns. Community ties show daily life and church attendance at Concord and Elnora.
Hazel Borders and Clesta Malone hosted a Halloween gathering Tuesday evening for friends. The event featured games contests and refreshments including sandwiches pumpkin pie popcorn fruit and coffee.
A young bookkeeper in a major railroad passenger department is fired for answering the boss with the wrong time. Nine years later he climbs to assistant general manager and eventually becomes a full general manager, illustrating a steep rise from a single moment.
The Loudon Chronicle reports Alexandre Dumas accepted a wager to write the first volume of Chevalier de la Maison Rouge in seventy two hours. He completed seventy five foolscap pages in sixty six hours, with forty five lines per page and fifty letters per line, winning the bet with six hours to spare.
In a Nantes civil court an unstable contract dispute ended with the judge clearing space on the courtroom floor. The young dancer demonstrated her skills with steps and pirouettes, and the judge certified her as an expert dancer, ruling in her favor and prompting promotion of her legal credential.
A St James Gazette piece notes poets and writers from Landor to Byron Lamb and Browning cherished dogs. It recalls dogs Giallo Boatswain Flush and Dash and mentions Shaftesbury Rogers Scott in anecdotes about companionship and loss.
The cassowary is described as a natural boxer and the only bird besides the ostrich to use a forward kick in defense and attack. It performs a war dance over objects that attract its attention, such as a rag, stick, or stone.
A Louisville Courier-Journal quotation explores marriage as a lottery to the bachelor, an urgent necessity for the widower, a tempting delight for the widow, and a habit for many.
A Yonkers Statesman joke panel features Crimsonbeak noting his wife tests the acoustic properties of their house, while Yeast asks if such testing occurred. The exchange highlights domestic humor from a local column.
No man sympathizes with the sorrows of vanity as expressed in a Johnson quotation highlighting human vanity and lack of fellow feeling. The line reflects a classical caution about self-centered pursuits and the emptiness of outward show.
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