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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1909
Page
2
The Odon Journal presents a kaleidoscope of notes and quips on war time affairs, manners, and science. It lampoons Berlin dispatches about hogs and jokes about airships while musing on women’s fashions and political taste. The piece cites a New York typewriter record, discusses editorial errors, and teases British parliamentary taxation debates.
A New York Aero Club member proposes condemning air routes for public travel to avoid private property trespass disputes. Property owners seek protection from casual air tourists landing on private grounds during strolls.
The storm that wrecked Key West and tied up the east coast of Florida appears to be one of the fiercest in years. Remarkably there were no casualties despite extensive property damage, which can be repaired with time while human losses cannot be replaced for the community.
A New York dispatch recalls a careless remark about a tossed cigar causing a sewer explosion that blew hundreds of manhole covers and shattered windows. It notes a car damaged and ignited by a streak of gasoline. warns to dispose of cigars and matches carefully amid increased gasoline streaking.
Railroads undertake the season's only fall plowing in northwestern Canada as early snow arrives. The frigid weather is not viewed as harmful, since snowfall boosts soil fertility for future crops.
A Chicago minister remarks that the ideal woman is rare and jokes that too often a ten-dollar hat sits on a ten-cent head. He adds the condition is universal and not limited by sex age or class.
In a Chevy and Spring Valley mining disaster, eighteen bodies are buried as twenty miners are rescued alive after a cave in. Rescue workers report hearing voices from the depths while a later collapse and fire hampered efforts. Militia and crowds await word on survivors as funerals and mourning fill the scene.
Two investigators enter a fire swept mine at Cherry coal pit as flames retreat, signaling potential progress in the dangerous rescue operation. The move follows reports of extensive damage and ongoing gas hazards, with teams monitoring air quality and structural stability.
Two United States Geological Survey men Thomas Morris and N Y Williams descended the ventilating shaft of the St Paul mine where over 300 workers perished. After hours of peril they reported progress and signaled for hoist as crowds watched in the cold.
A trench collapsed after rains in Hallinsville Oklo killing laborer Alfred Bowman who was at the trench bottom feeding the ditcher. Rescue crews reported Bowman’s death at the scene as crews cleared debris and sec posed safety checks.
Maud Geck was discharged after a fifteen minute hearing on the charge of being connected with the murder of R. D. Gannon found dead atop a ten story building in Oklahoma City.
A petition asks to raise John R. Walshs bond from 50 000 to 250 000 in the US circuit court of appeals. United States District Attorney Sims filed the motion citing C W Morse whose bond matched Walshs. The aim is to assure Walshs presence in the United States pending final Supreme Court decision. The court took the matter under advisement.
The District Court of Appeals delayed the mandate in the Gompers Mitchel Morrison contempt case until November 29 to allow counsel for the three labor leaders to file a writ of certiorari with the U S Supreme Court. Chief Justice Shepard indicated further time could be granted if needed during the high court proceedings. Without this action the mandate would have issued soon and the leaders faced jail on their return from Toronto.
Decatur Mrs Mae Wimberley housekeeper for Mrs Reuben Walkin son in Taylorville to receive 25000 January 1 as her share of the David Weaver legacy. Weaver was chief of the Eastern Cherokee in SC and TN seventy five years ago. Descendants won the claim after government lands were bought for a million with 19000 acres and 500000 paid. principal and interest total 5 million to be divided among 200 heirs.
The Rev. Samuel Philips, praised for preaching interracial equality, faces expulsion by a Biloxi vigilance committee or a tar and feathering punishment and a ride on a rail. The unrest among the local Black community is noted as a factor in the ultimatum.
An unidentified vessel is ashore on Isle Royale described as a complete wreck. Captain Bell of the steamer Baker reports sighting a second unknown 12 hatch vessel with a black smokestack and light hull ashore near Two Harbors.
The trial of Mrs. J. B. Sayler Doctor W. B. Miller and John Grunden for the murder of a Danville bankers husband is postponed until March.
Sterling 12 Major A F Moore surgeon of the Nex regiment Illinois national guard has orders to keep the regimental hospital corps ready for a call to Cherry at a moment's notice.
New York City reports reveal William Loeb Jr announces 19 more customs staff dismissed bringing total discharged to 738 since he took office. James F Vail deputy in charge of weighing division is removed and office abolished amid under weighing fraud concerns.
The Nourmahal with Col. John Jacob Astor and companions disappeared after leaving Kingston on November 34. New reports indicate three more vessels missing in the same region, suggesting a severe toll from the West Indian hurricane. Astor estate secretary William A. Dobbyn hopes the yacht is safe in Porto Rican waters, noting cable breaks hindered communication.
Col D J N A Jewett veteran of Crimean and Civil wars, famed European duelist and Indian fighter in New Mexico, died Friday morning at Capitan. A native of Boston, he was 77.
Mrs. Mary Mueller received a $50,000 damages verdict from Judge Fisher in St. Louis against her sister-in-law Bertha Mueller for alienating the plaintiff's husband Frederick.
S Newlin chairman of the Montgomery county Democratic committee calls a meeting at 1 p m Saturday to choose seven delegates to the Jackson Day gathering in Kansas City on January 8.
Indianapolis attorney J. H. C. Denman who was disbarred this week for defrauding a client ended his life by suicide just before deputies arrived to seize his office furniture and library to settle the claim.
The first real snowfall of the season swept in Friday as a western storm struck New York City. Buffalo and Pittsburg also reported snow.
Mrs Minnie Turner of E B St Ana darko Oklahoma, a nurse, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring her health from a run down condition, backache, and kidney pains after five boxes. She urges others to try the remedy, sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The piece extols joy from well done labor and steady effort. It urges choosing work you like, avoiding complaint, and putting best effort into duties, predicting greater ease and happiness as skill grows and a genuine liking develops.
A brief item questions whether alimony demands on wives are as high as claimed, noting that obligations may differ once the marriage ends. The discussion implies scrutiny of alimony expectations and legal outcomes.
An advertisement urges readers to treat a cold early with Perry Davis' Painkiller claiming it cheaper than large bottles and superior to quinine. It mocks imitations and promotes Lewis' Single Binder cigar as a personal remedy while a quote from Smiles comments on wisdom and mortality.
A Minneapolis reader, Mrs John G McLean, reports relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, claiming full recovery in three months and urging others to consider the remedy. The notice promotes testimonials and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts, noting 20 years of assistance to sick women.
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