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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1922
Page
4
In a playful exchange cited by the Washington Star, Afr Dustin Stax urges a large subscription to a campaign fund while Senator Sorghum jokes about permitting it. Both express enjoyment, highlighting a lighthearted political moment.
A light quip about fashion humor. The exchange riffs on the idea that a woman's dressmaker is her closest ally in style.
Reading scribbled notes about a fruit tree and crops in uncertain times. The text hints at anxiety over yields and a central concern how the plant will perform this season amid unclear conditions.
A salesman recalls a test drive with a female customer who wanted upholstery to match her hair. The woman reacted badly, leaving in a huff after the salesman asked if she wanted it unchanged.
A humorous exchange quoted from the Florida Times Union features a man noting a changed smile and a woman replying she now has a new one after studying at a school of dramatic art.
A fragmentary schoolroom joke features a teacher and a pupil reciting a garbled exchange about George Washington and a mispronounced father. The dialogue imitates a drawn out playful misstatement reflecting a child’s speech.
A brief note questions whether catcher Dobbs celebrated with the crowd or behaved as a slacker during a giveaway. A second incident sees a player removing his hat toward the grandstand instead of saluting.
A courtroom exchange reveals the defendant facing a nonsupport case while a juror is pressed about the death penalty. The judge redirects, noting the trial concerns nonpayment rather than capital punishment.
The critic notes that Old Spoorer has remarried for the fourth time and jokes about a soft spot in his heart and head. The tone is sardonic and piquant, reflecting a light editorial voice with cheeky wit.
The piece notes a shift from historical women’s gowns like the Mother Hubbard to current styles. It reflects on how fashion evolves from preserved heirloom looks to reads of time and modern wardrobes, contrasting past and present attire.
Briggs-Very much 20. He always took his horn before crossing a railroad track.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Bir Dobbs advising Lucy to marry soon after his death to ensure someone will mourn him. The exchange includes Lucy questioning the idea and a line about departure and mourning.
A damaged OCR fragment shows dialogue between a wife and husband about a purchase and a bet, with a joking husband and a terse line from the wife. The text is garbled and names are partially unreadable.
In Vienna the city remains a musical center despite starvation with a famed opera and Philharmonic concerts. Critics note Strauss and Sthaik guiding top performances while star departures and a strong orchestra define the scene in the grand opera house.
The term naval stores refers to turpentine and rosin with early U S roots in 1610 Virginia trade notes. Pitch and tar dominated until the mid 1700s when naval stores expanded for shipbuilding and maintenance and later evolved into today’s turpentine and resin industry.
At a Washington real estate board function Thomas Bradley voiced regret over Major Carey Ho Grewn relinquishing his post as executive officer of the district meaning commission and welcomed Major Wheeler as his successor. The scene recalled Dr Wellington Roe's remark on American paradoxes about leaving and new appointments.
Six automobile drivers played pushball with an inflated ball, cars stripped of windshields and tops, lined at field ends and charged at signals. Drivers showed skill avoiding mishaps, and none of the cars sustained damage.
Motors are used across departments for agriculture. Field representatives use a rengbourds for nursery inspection and a delivery wagon with four runabouts handles orchard and garden products. Three touring cars assist soil surveys while a heavy track aids extension trips. A runabout serves the hog cholera serum plant superintendent.
A New Yorker's son now living in New England was assigned a sentence with the word copse. He wrote The boy dodged the cops, reflecting his city upbringing.
Uncle Dick Fowler angrily denounces a sheet of paper from a periodical detailing railroad routes he believes will ruin the state. Aunt Mary calmly suggests reading the notice and wonders if roads will ever be built. The exchange ends with Aunt Mary spreading the page on the table as Dick ponders human schemes.
Railway mail clerks initially varied in handling their work and created slips noting carries for ease of error reporting. The facing slip system developed from these practices labeling each package for tracking and correction as packages moved through railroad and post office steps.
A wealthy Constance woman named Mme Grauner suffered neuralgia and blindness before X rays revealed a wandering wisdom tooth behind her right ear near the brain. Surgeons removed the tooth. pains ceased and she fully recovered. She rewarded the dentist and surgeon with large fees and had the tooth mounted in gold.
The depreciating German mark finds new life as chocolate wrappers. A candy maker uses 20 60 or 40 mark notes as wrappers because they are cheaper than foil and may entice buyers to hold marks hoping for a rise in value.
A district visitor meets Mrs Harris a new village arrival and notes her many children all named with haitch initials. The eldest Cuert followed by Iida Arriet Cruce Arold Arry Hector and Honoria, with the baby christened Huolive in London Tit Bits.
A provision dealer is astonished by a young bride who rejects chicken fat as undesirable. She insists she ordered a lean chicken, noting neither her husband Mr Torker nor she eats fat and finds paying for it inappropriate.
Reports from Friday Harbor Washington describe a rare bird cyclone formed by crows in Puget Sound. The flock rose to about 2000 feet, circling in a wide funnel for about an hour before settling in firs near Orcas Island where a loud pan demonium followed as birds competed for roosting spots.
A group of Department of Agriculture researchers in Washington offers insights from travels across the globe. Names include Dr. E. W. Nelson, Dr. Walker Swingle, Dr. H. L. Shantz, Prof. Silas Mason, Dr. B. T. Galloway, Dr. Wilson Poponoe, Dr. David Fairchild, and Dr. J. F. Rock, detailing studies and expeditions in Alaska, China, Africa, Sahara, Java, South America, and Hunnan China.
A Washington Star note describes a Cape Cod turnip under development that thrives on sandy top soil. The crop features a long tap root reaching moist subsoil, allowing cultivation on farms where crops struggle in Barn stable and Truro soils.
Pennsylvania 44 wheat, developed at the state college, shows strong results after years of testing. About 10 600 acres in the state are sown with the variety, forecast to yield 25 to 34 bushels per acre and total around a quarter of a million bushels, averaging five bushels per acre more than other varieties.
Finely divided coal once treated as waste or slack now finds use as a filtration medium for sewage. Trials abroad and in the United States show demand for ultra fine coal, milled to grain sizes near wheat or rice, produced from large piles of mine waste in Pennsylvania.
The Bulgarian government via its British representative is soliciting quotations from aluminum producers for supply of metal under a new law authorizing aluminum coins in denominations of one and two leva totaling 60 million leva. The Times notes exchange rates around 700 leva per pound, with normal rate near 25 leva per pound.
The Cairo to Bagdad air mail line has been extended to Palestine. A regular fortnightly service will operate in each direction, linking Cairo Bagdad and Palestine with scheduled flights and mail delivery.
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