Unclear Quote Sheds Light on Family Warning
Fragmentary OCR passage shows Uncle Eben speaking in a strained tone about affection and danger with odd phrasing and metaphor. No clear event, date, or full names.
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR passage shows Uncle Eben speaking in a strained tone about affection and danger with odd phrasing and metaphor. No clear event, date, or full names.
A fragment quotes George Macdonald on giving a gift not a gem or gold but a friend’s heart. The line imagines heavenly rewards for kindness and steadfast friendship.
Local column lists old papers for sale at the Journal office and a long string of brief notices. Names include Mrs RK B Williams, Harold McCullian, H V Menn, Jess McClelan, Ed Pershing, FE Clay Sims, Wm Hunt, Hazel Crooke, Mollie Neeriemer, Percey Gadden, J A Stewart, and many others visiting or traveling to Washington, Linton, Terre Haute, and Indianapolis. Ads promote drug store items and cider making, with community events, school notes, farm remedies, and social visits scattered through the week.
The American Bible Society reports new translations including the Ibanag New Testament in the Philippines and ongoing work on the Old Testament in Panayan and other languages. In 1911 the society issued nearly 3.7 million volumes, over 400 thousand full Bibles, totaling ninety four million in ninety six years.
The young housekeeper praises a new maid who repurposed a kitchen thermometer. After buying a 35 dollar thermometer with a solid iron bulb, the previous buyer planned strict cooking methods but the maid now uses it for cracking nuts, transforming its expected use.
The Panama Canal operations in the last five years used about 40.08 million pounds of dynamite for blasting. Averaging per year this equates to roughly 8.02 million pounds and about 8.94 million pounds monthly zero.
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