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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1901
Page
4
A Kansas politician's wife told him to pause politics to dig potatoes. While digging he found a silver quarter and a silver half dollar, stored them, and dozed. The wife later finished the garden, realizing she had been worked.
A board of public improvements office debated abbreviations and a letter addressed to Mr So and So. Officials weighed whether a joke or misaddressed note indicated a wider issue of mislabeling and public nuisance.
A playful exchange from the St. Louis Republic recalls a dinner invitation to meet an eccentric uncle named John. The dialogue contrasts two years’ memory of him being “an old door” with a later note that a fortune was left by his brother, hinting at a family secret.
A dialogue from the Unicaze Daily News features a hopeful couple discussing an elopement planned by car as the “automobile”. The exchange depicts haste and optimism around their private wedding scheme.
Written advertisement offers a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tired aching feet. It invites readers to write to S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York and promises relief from sweating dampness and foot discomfort. The notice targets readers seeking instant foot comfort and mentions availability at druggists and stores.
A fragmented Detroit Free Press excerpt notes preps for winter amid rising costs and strained budgets. The tone hints at tension with providers as households brace for higher bills and earlier hard choices.
Report notes a footman on foot may have been killed during an automobile incident while several other footmen on the road were involved. A judge is mentioned in relation to the case.
A fragmentary report notes men asserting rights as they grieve a death caused by overindulgence in pork. Friends reflect on loss and ritual mourning, with a reference to Atchison Grighe and inherited poetic instincts, in a period-tinged anecdote.
A fragmentary note describes a day with no classes as students and staff react to an unspecified disruption. The text hints at tension and perceived self-satisfaction among individuals but offers no concrete details on the event or people involved.
Mrs I A L Roser of Denver writes her testimony praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from menstrual pain and female troubles after using four bottles. She reports regained health, strength, and ability to resume duties, and notes many friends in Denver support the remedy. She invites others to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Two men die and two are fatally injured in a head on crash between a dispatched freight and a runaway train near Judson Indiana on the Vandalia Michigan division. Fireman Richard Stith of Logansport and brakeman John Dunbarger of Terre Haute die at the scene. Engineer Frank F Gross of Logansport and conductor John Lawler of Terre Haute are seriously hurt as runaway cars derail and pile up.
Laporte Indiana November 4 Miss Lela May Shippee daughter of Silas Shippee died Saturday night in fulfillment of a self described vision predicting her own death within two days. She had been ill when the vision came and believed she was called from life by the vision.
Details of a Moody feud at Crossroads emerge after a late Saturday night clash. Clifford Norman and Thomas Combs were arrested by Deputy Marshal Peonard of Yorkville on fighting charges. Combs says Henry Taylor, a wealthy farmer nearby, shot and mortally wounded Paytor.
Indiana Supreme Court rules the Consumers Gas Trust must connect any applicant on equal terms, refusing service only for legitimate, non discriminatory reasons. The decision follows a suit by Annie Wood and involves mains connections and gas supply obligations. Local industry leaders plan an Andersen meeting to discuss stricter action against wasteful practices in the gas belt.
The jury found George Schuster guilty of wholesale theft of cattle hides from farmers and selling butchered animals to Marion butchers. He faces a $10 fine, disfranchisement for one year, and confinement in county jail. Accomplices Earnest Haggerty and Clyde Brane pleaded guilty and received sentences from Marion to Jeffersonville ranging one to fourteen years.
Indianapolis Friday saw a novel contempt case as grand jury members faced the criminal court for not returning indictments against saloonkeepers despite evidence from the Civic Alliance. The judge ruled the action beyond his jurisdiction and discharged the grand jury. Two men fatally burned in Cloverland mine explosion.
Two hundred cadets from Culver Military Academy arrived in Chicago on a Panhandle special train Friday afternoon. Gov Durbin greeted them at the Auditorium hotel where Col Fleet hosted a dinner, then the group attended the Ben Hur performance at the Illinois theater.
Joseph Straughon, 23, a bookkeeper for Parke County Coal Mining Co. at bosedale hanged himself after a farewell cheer and singing near the shed. He leaves a wife and baby.
In Shoals Indiana on November 4 Hiram Todd ten attacked Harley Franklin during a quarrel. Todd drew a pocket knife and stabbed Franklin in the chest near the heart saying stick a knife in you. Franklin is expected to die.
On the night of November 4 Chas. Bell Everett Garrison and Samuel McCrary returning from a social at Burlington in a buggy were struck by stones six miles east of there. The horse broke a leg and the buggy was damaged. The three men escaped uninjured.
Anderson Indiana, Nov 4. The state wins its first case against oil and gas well workers accused of wasting gas near Alexandria. John Weir, representative of the Consumers' Co. of Indianapolis, is fined 120 for permitting gas waste.
In Terre Haute Indiana on November 4 a valuable silk crepe left at the Lynch sisters milliners shop for Mrs Daniel Lyneh's death was stolen from the door. The incident involves a well known local citizen and occurred at the shop entrance.
Terre Haute report says the Vandalia Railroad Co provided a special train at no charge for employees to attend Fireman Stith’s funeral in Logansport. Lafayette notices Captain Jos Martia, Salvation Army leader, died suddenly from heart disease while leading a hymn at the Adventist chapel.
Har ra Popejoy of Bluffton Indiana, a young lawyer, is serving one year in the county jail on a fraudulent marriage charge while pursuing legal studies behind bars.
Muncie Indiana November 2 William E Ritchcock vice president of the Delaware County National Bank and active in business ventures has been appointed police commissioner replacing Cyrus R Heath who resigned.
Sullivan Ind November 2 Options on a tract of 9000 acres the most valuable coal lands in Sullivan county near this city have been taken by reval and Ohio promoters.
A Porto Rican education official reports that island children are bright and tractable but lack the vitality of American pupils. He notes irregular attendance, insufficient feeding, and scarce playgrounds, with longer-term progress hindered by teaching methods and climate.
Acting Secretary Hackett ruled naval musicians need not supply music for Sunday religious services at navy yards. The Norfolk chaplain had requested Marine Band musicians for services, but the bureau of navigation and the judge advocate general had deemed it a duty. The secretary sided with voluntary participation, believing the decision benefits the musicians’ voluntary stance.
Mrs Margaret Schornfelder a childless widow in a tobacco factory learns she has an only brother William F Huselton she had not heard from in years She also learns an uncle John Curry left her a legacy of 10000 in Beaver county court The chief of police of Beaver Falls Pa facilitated the contact enabling the reunification and the news of the inheritance bringing relief and joy to the elderly widow.
The supreme court ruled that Joseph Keith must be hanged in the state prison at Michigan City for the murder of Nora Kifer, a neighbor’s daughter, in Elberfeld Indiana.
Sehwen ger, a Kokomo restaurant keeper and baker, died from fatal injuries after falling from a stepladder on Thursday night. The accident occurred within the city during the Nov 1 6 period.
Thinkea She's Deserted, Ft Wayne, Ind. Nov 1 Mrs J M Crane of St Louis a bride six weeks says her husband deserted her after they arrived at the Wayne hotel Monday with the husband claiming he had business with the mayor and has not been seen since.
Brazil Indiana November 2 The Brazil Brewing Ice Santa Power Company awarded a light contract in a local bid. The article notes the awarding body and expected work details with emphasis on the municipal procurement process.
At 5 oclock Friday morning Henry Dierkings large dairy barn burned to the ground. Loss set at 5000 dollars. The dairy furnished milk for the Cincinnati hospital.
Miss Olfie Nerrill fainted on stage during an Howell entertainment two miles below Evansville Indiana. Audience members rushed forward fearing death and nearly triggered a panic.
In Marion Indiana an initiative titled the inauguration of two community clubs aims to solve the servant girl problem. The notice highlights Spencer Avenue as a focal point in this city.
A fragment recalls a whispered confession and a nickname used at a boarding school in Philadelphia. The dialogue hints at formal and informal forms of address between two characters, with a focus on Mehitabel and a potential pet name.
A brief exchange notes a plebeian confirming his grandfather once made horseshoes for the aristocrat’s grandfather and that the bill has yet to be receipted. The snippet reflects a local humor page tone from the Somerville Journal.
Advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure colds with a refund if unsuccessful. The ad oddly includes a line about honesty and a policy, attributed to Ram's Harn.
In a passage from Booker T. Washington's Up from Slavery an old man recalls being born in Virginia and sold into Alabama in 1845. He says five were sold together, himself his brother and three mules, illustrating the brutal commerce and dehumanizing practice of slavery.
An advertisement from Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 touts Piso's Cure for Consumption as an infallible remedy for coughs and colds. The ad quotes N W Samuel and contrasts with a quote from the Atchison Globe stating nine out of ten people seek sympathy.
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