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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1910
Page
6
An apparent article discusses the Black Death and its spread from Russia to Europe, noting superstition and imagery as factors. It recalls 14th century mortality in Oxford and Constantinople, social shifts like wage hikes, and lessons on prevention through clean water, cooking, sanitation, and sane living.
The piece argues that parental and guardian opposition often strengthens a romance by turning Molly toward the suitor her family dislikes. It notes that snubs and criticism from mothers and sisters backfire, making the beloved more appealing and fueling the lovers' devotion. It also observes a broader pattern where rival suitors gain support from such opposition.
Welter Perrin Elsea, 28, was found dead from a pistol shot in the Michaels farm barn rear. Coroner suspects jealousy over a former marriage as a motive, with Michaels Jones named as a rejected sweetheart. note found in coat pocket hints at plans prior to death.
Mayor Zimmerman announced at the mayor's cabinet meeting that excessive liquor use by city employees and failure to pay debts contracted while employed will be grounds for resignation requests. Complaints have cited heavy drinking by some city workers and several bills incurred by city employees and officials.
Richard Griswald alias Frank Collis, captured after a farmer posse raid in Harrison township, was bound over to the grand jury in 3000 dollars after a preliminary hearing. He is a former Logansport man who said he returned to the area in response to a letter from a local woman and claimed he destroyed the letter in the woods before capture.
Motorman B. T. Corkwell linked to the Kings land interurban disaster will be sent to Richmond to enter the hospital for the insane. He has been kept under police surveillance since the wreck and is believed unlikely to regain his faculties.
Ralph Organ of Alexandria pleaded guilty in the circuit court to attacking the five year old daughter of Charles Wagner. His sixteenth birthday two months away saved him from a sentence to the Jeffersonville Reformatory. He was sent to the Plainfield Reformatory until he turns twenty one.
Prof. J. D. Forest of Indianapolis will be honored at a Fortnightly club banquet in Bloomington. He will address members on The City Gas Problem. Banquet served by ladies of the First Methodist church in the church assembly room. Over one hundred men expected to attend.
Barr of Windsor Canada confessed to robbing the O P Nolsom jewelry store in South Bend claiming coercion by need and a sick wife. He was sentenced to the Jeffersonville Reformatory for ten to twenty years. Mrs Barr, also arrested, will not be prosecuted and will be sent to Detroit to her father. The nineteen year old woman is critically ill.
Robert J. T. Aley, retiring state superintendent of public instruction, calls for the creation of a high school inspector for the State Board of Education and for expanded medical inspection and sanitation in schools. He urges new funding, salary provisions, and authority to oversee educational institutions and reform deficiency laws, serving to modernize Indiana’s public schools.
An old health-ads fragment touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It claims extensive testimonials and urges readers to write to Mrs. Pinkham for guidance. The passage also includes a brief joke about a novelist losing sleep over writing.
In Anderson Jerry Grear seventeen died at St Johns hospital after a loaded 12 caliber revolver was mishandled by twelve year old Frank Niblock. In Lafayette William Elston thirty five in critical condition after taking chloroform to attempt suicide following a separation from his wife. In Anderson the Alexandria Dog Thief Detective association forms in the city with sixty charter members to track stolen dogs. In Fort Wayne Moses E Richer to begin life sentence for the murder by biting Charlie Coats. he weeps at the county jail. In Danville Harry Bryant seventeen, son of former Sheriff Bennett Bryant, dies after jumping from a freight train near Hadleys station. another boy, Cecil Eston, jumps later and survives. Helton remains on train then jumps and lands safely.
A chair man of the epamittes from the colored church declines lengthy involvement saying he cannot stay long and cannot join the mission band. An elder replies with skepticism about effort and implies limits on participation citing lack of talent.
A Chicago clerk recalls illness from poor diet and workload but credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health and ability to keep her job and income. The letter highlights brain nourishment and wellbeing and mentions the book The Road to Wellville as related reading.
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