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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1922
Page
2
An editorial urges motorists and readers to heed warning signs along life’s road slow down at risky turns and rely on will power and judgment. It argues excessive speed and indulgence cause crashes, while balance and prudence keep one moving toward goals. It emphasizes observing signs, timing, and avoiding overindulgence and late hours.
John Blake warns that speeders who ignore warnings end up in hospital or hospital wards, facing grave doctors and final goodbyes. He urges motorists to keep brakes in order before tragedy lands.
The text describes how features on the palm such as thick nails, a small square with a Saint Andrew cross, blue dents, and breaks in the lines relate to illness like typhoid fever and wounds. It cautions that palm signs cannot replace medical diagnosis and that reading is not an exact science.
A nostalgic poem by Will Maupin paints Nod-a-Ville as a quaint town scene. A mother and her three babies Dick-e-Dum Margyree and Charlotte Miay accompany her as evening hush settles over Slumber Hill. The verses describe gliding to a quiet house on Quiet Street and the kids hoping for safe sleep as angels guard them through the night.
A quote from Coolidge frames mothers as guardians of the future. Housewives preserve carrots for winter meals and offer carrot soup and carrot shreds. The recipes call for cooked carrots pressed through a sieve with butter onion juice and parsley, or carrots shredded and cooked in little water with butter lemon juice nutmeg salt and cayenne, served hot.
F A Dalker urges readers to tend their inner garden of effort and discipline. The essay uses a parable of a neglected garden contrasted with a neighbor’s thriving plot to warn against idleness, indulgence, and neglect, emphasizing personal responsibility and steady work.
A recipe fragment from a 1822 Western Newer era column describes making a carrot onion pepper mustard sugar vinegar and salt preserve, plus a grated carrot apple mix with lemon rind and juice, seal in jars, and a walnut dressing served on lettuce.
David J. O’Leary and W. W. Colton of Pasadena Post No. 13 rushed through toxic fumes to rescue caretakers Mrs. Maude Fishburn and Mrs. A. Hare and help four Boy Scouts evacuate a crippled boy during an ammonia tank explosion above an ice plant. Both Legionnaires and caretakers were revived.
Under Mrs Rose Cravens leadership the Kansas Missouri American Legion auxiliary launches a fundraising drive for the new 300000 speedway dedication. The women organize ticket sales across Kansas and Missouri to aid disabled veterans and dependents, with officials praising their industrious campaign.
The Byron Pennington Croker post of the American Legion in Wildwood NJ has opened Blessed Haven, a convalescent retreat for ex service men. It is the only facility of its kind in the state and its success prompts other posts to plan similar homes near home communities for relief and comfort.
Humphrey McBride former lieutenant colonel and chairman of the District No nine rehabilitation committee reports to A A Sprague that Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska lack adequate hospital facilities for disabled veterans The district needs two 500 bed hospitals to serve 6 000 tubercular ex servicemen and 1 000 insane or medically needy veterans with closer access within the district.
Jack L. Hamill of the Twenty third Infantry marked a year and a day as a surgical patient at Sacred Heart hospital Spokane Washington. Mrs Lowell F Hobart national president of the American Legion Auxiliary arranged a tea party to celebrate with photo souvenir. Hobart toured nine western and Pacific coast states visiting over a dozen hospitals reporting warm welcomes by veterans and hospital staffs.
A promotional notice urges retailers to join the W. L. Douglas New Sales Method with exclusive rights, prepaid freight, and steady profits. It claims six million dollars in advertising and decades of brand trust, then veers into miscellaneous aphorisms about trust and politics.
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