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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1911
Page
2
Indiana reports a shift as theaters begin a new season with a critique of the star system. Managers, cautious after a harsh previous year, favor fewer stars and tighter control, arguing the rise of celebrities can become a coercive force over performers and productions.
Grinde Naithews, a young English engineer, is believed to be near releasing a wireless phone device small enough to carry. It could allow conversations across oceans, potentially restricted by government control for war use. Tests show walls do not block the signal and the apparatus may key to specific receivers.
A letter condemns dropping H and R sounds in speech, arguing the habit breeds an ugly hybrid argot. The writer criticizes public schools for not addressing language changes and calls on school commissioners to act.
A quotation contrasts street robbery with nations waging war and argues for an international police force to curb aggression and protect humanity. It underscores the need for global enforcement beyond borders.
A man sues a girl for money spent courting her. The girl responds with a counter suit seeking reimbursement for gas burned during parlor sessions. The case centers on disputed expenses and implied romance era norms.
An Chip man fainted after playing a piano continuously for twenty seven hours. Reported listeners' fate remains unclear as no further details were provided about the audience.
A Chicago man vaulted from the third story of a blazing hotel in a dramatic escape. He leapt to safety on the first floor amid smoke and flames, while hotelkeepers reported no further injuries.
A quoted missionary predicts China will someday dominate the world. The narrator warns that this could force people to dine exclusively at Chinese restaurants, urging readers to contemplate the implications.
A telephone operator in Portugal warned of a royalist attack and helped quell a revolt, earning praise as a first class information operator for her decisive actions and quick communication.
A compact note describes freshmen and sophomores in medical training showing rough rushes now but expected to mature into more precise and controlled practice after graduation.
A fragmented line hints at a playful scene about a monoplane and automobile in a whimsical, fairy tale style, suggesting a lighthearted or humorous piece from a historical page. The readable bits imply a casual note rather than a full report.
A Poston preacher argues that the school should begin with teaching love making, asserting it as the starting point in moral and social education. He contends early instruction shapes behavior and character.
Julia F Williams longtime government lighthouse service worker dies at Santa Barbara aged eighty After fifty years at Point Santa Barbara Hittle lighthouse she served as assistant keeper to her husband and maintained nightly operations from 1865 until her death The couple helped establish the first station and kept the lamp burning every night preserving a steady warning beam to the sea
Mary Diaz a mill worker recalls in the Austin hospital how an axe severed her leg when a grinding stone ripped through a wall. Rescuers freed her after a struggle. a friend refused to cut, another man finally used an axe to end her agony. Surgeons report the stump was dressed well and she is expected to recover.
A tribute to John Marshall Harlan, renowned for independence of judgment on the Supreme Court. Born 1838 in Kentucky, he led a Civil War regiment, served as Kentucky attorney general, ran for governor, and joined the high court in 1877. He later taught constitutional law at George Washington University and chaired the Behring Sea Tribunal in 1898.
Petersburg Indiana deputy Pansy Ak ridge and Morris Mount eloped to Henderson Kentucky and were wed recently. The bride is the tenth deputy in the Petersburg post office to marry in the past year.
In Casey county Somerset Kentucky a box containing the bones of at least three babies was unearthed on the farm of the late Alexander Hicks. The box was discovered in a gully after heavy rains exposed it.
A small four mile hill route near Daet in the Philippines operates with bulls pulling streetcar class cars. The bull team is driven by a native on the roof who uses a wooden goad and a mix of English and Filipino profanity to urge the animals along.
Harold High aged 26 a guide was shot and killed by Dr Brooks a New York physician who mistook him for a deer in Bingham Maine. The incident occurred as High guided a party near the woods leading to a fatal mis identification by the medical professional.
Article explains rear ing heifer calves to build dairy herds on Indiana farms. It argues calves can be raised without whole milk, using skim milk and corn meal fat, emphasizes early removal from the dam based on udder condition, and outlines a progressive feeding plan from birth to older stages with daily quarts guidance.
Purdue University teaches forage crops as a major component of field crop instruction. The program covers clover alfalfa timothy sorghum silage corn and other fodder crops through lectures readings field trips lab work and experimental plots to show growing harvesting seed quality and plant appearance in the green stage.
A nearly blind Scotch girl manages a thriving poultry yard with increasing profits and healthy outdoor activity. She keeps precise accounts using a Braille slate for notes and uses a typewriter for correspondence, as described by Feathered Life.
A witty exchange questions a man’s paternity with the remark that he likely is the father of six or seven children. The reply refines the joke by noting that with fewer than three children he would be bragging.
The piece reflects on how many men who stumble into wealth quickly lose it, illustrating the precarious nature of fortune and the ease of squander when opportunity meets imprudent choices.
A Kentucky hotel owner, famed for thrift, watches his six year old son plead for a nickel. The boy hides shoe strings in his pocket to buy soda and the father opens the safe to trade a new pair of strings for a nickel, prompting the son to say he was stung again by granny.
In a playful exchange Mrs. Crawford jokes that the heir fad is a passing craze while Mrs. Crabshaw vows to endure the craze too. Both women admit they hide many secrets as the chorus hints at a woman unsure to accuse her husband over a stray hair.
A railroad town wife writes how her husband, a lifelong tea drinker, improved after switching to Postum. He slept better, felt steadier, and would not return to tea. his nervousness eased and his energy improved. His brother also recovered after stopping coffee.
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