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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1909
Page
2
The article surveys evolving technology and public policy topics from early 20th century concerns. It notes advances in wireless telegraphy air navigation and military aviation, growing industrial output and transportation, and calls for public health safeguards amid debates on governance and social issues.
Total dividend and interest payments on October 1 reach 161 721 0,0,000 more than last year, signaling rising prosperity. Mills restarting, crops entering markets, and busy railroads show growing industrial activity and need for more surplus cars, hinting at stronger times ahead.
The article argues that writers seek both glory and money and deserve tangible rewards. Inventors pursue recognition and profit, while authors give a fair return to society. A classic contribution to literature aids civilization and endures beyond mere words.
The piece argues that U S schooling has been more about accomplishment than training. It contends that boys and girls receive mere manners and surface knowledge, hindering real readiness for life. It calls for reform to strengthen national resilience against Britain and the rising German power.
At Cherry Illinois a blaze in the St Paul mine trapped nearly 400 miners. Rescue attempts failed as a cage process suffocated and burned workers, many homeward families, and local officials rushed aid while mourners gathered.
In Bloomington Illinois Speaker Cannon alleged that Herman Ridder and a delegation from the American Publishers association offered him a bribe to push free print paper through Congress. He claimed the offer aimed to influence him for political gain and denounced metropolitan press pressure while defending his record and the tariff push.
Springfield officials launch an official investigation after a Cher ry Illinois disaster with the secretary of the state labor bureau sending wires for details. The piece recalls prior Illinois mine tragedies including Zeigler gas explosions in January and February killing fifty, a Read mine blast in Franklin county killing twelve, and historic losses in 1879 at Diamond mine. There are about 75,000 workers employed in Illinois mines.
The 1906 murder of Henry Brodenheyer near Madison described as a robbery death. His wife Margaret now at Dunning asylum confessed, aided by their 18 year old daughter Clara who recounted disposing of the body and the crime driving her mother insane.
Charles P. Grandfield, a Missouri man, is named postmaster in Washington City. Postmaster General Hitchcock notes Grandfield has lived in Washington for twenty five years while being active in Missouri affairs during his service with the post office department.
In Montgomery Missouri Mr and Mrs BE A Kemper marked their fifteenth anniversary at the home of John W Jackson editor of the Montgomery Standard Their family share ties to local groups with Mr Kemper as president of the Missouri Drummers association and his wife as president of the Woman's Auxiliary of the same organization.
A night watchman visits the tomb of E. H. Harriman in the small graveyard beside the Protestant Episcopal church at Arden. A time clock is installed at the grave site for the nightly patrols.
New York City captain Johnson of the Ward Line steamship More Castle reports his vessel, arriving from Porto Rico, passed through almost continuous schools of whales during the entire voyage.
A Vienna West Virginia woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of suffering. The ad claims the remedy contains no narcotics, cites cures for female complaints, and invites readers to write for confidential, free advice to Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
At the resort the prominent Mrs Bluffer tells the proprietor her husband sent a $50 check. The proprietor replies he will not only honor it but fan down and worship the payment.
A quotation from Carolyn Wells in Success Magazine discusses the power of an authoritative voice to prompt immediate obedience. The Conversation between the Acute Observer and the Traveler notes that this effect appears pronounced in oriental peoples and cites an example from Khalisandjharo where a ruler “lived forever” after the king heard a sustaining royal phrase.
The highest placed monument in the world sits on Ia Cambra the summit of a pass in the Andes marking the Chilean Argentine frontier. It stands 12 796 feet above sea level and its awe inspiring grandeur is hard to match.
A playful golf exchange follows as two players compliment a drive and share a self deprecating joke about a wasp interrupting a swing. The banter reflects sportsmanship and humor between golfers.
A witty exchange explains a ring as a practical reminder of a marriage promise to Tommy, not merely an ornament. The joke suggests betrothal with humor about memory and appearance.
A patient with severe gastritis recovered by eating Grape-Nuts, after a New York specialist advised small portions then gradual increase. The letter credits improved digestion, color, memory, and strength to the food remedy. readers are invited to read The Road to Wellville and its catchphrase There’s a Reason.
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