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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1902
Page
3
A garbled promotional note from a local shoe store advertises comfortable shoes and updated stock. It promises better suits at lower prices and urges customers to visit the shop to see current offerings despite unclear wording.
Local column lists visits and arrivals from Frank Mitchell in Elnora to Mrs. John Lubbar in Ferre Haute, says underscoring town events. It notes street fair attendance, church announcements, travel to Washington and Indianapolis, and a joke about overdue subscriptions.
Towngossip and notices include visits from Slyers, Teele, and Lane. upcoming sales by Ben Vickers and Margaret Fulkereau. a grand ball planned in Beglesville. Sneak theft complaints. a Youngstown trip for Elwin Winklepleck. auctions by Michael Neft in Newberry. and poultry and grocery market notes amid small-town life.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions fire shirts and a sale, with reference to Star Line, Herndon of Burns city in charge of the Grand Hotel, and wishes for success to the Herndon family. The readable text is garbled and provides limited clear facts beyond these names and a sale event.
Keck's Photograph Studio advertises superior outfits and expert city retouching to ensure top class work. It highlights a large stock of mounts in latest styles, with a confident claim the studio will stay and not sell inferior photography.
A southbound Ss L Ry passenger train arriving at 7 09 p m collided with a stationary car of steel rails on the main track near Linton. Engineer George McGinnis escaped injury. fireman James M Corbin was severely injured. Passengers were shaken but unharmed.
Levi observed that when the children began school they did not eat their dinner. About fifty people attended and enjoyed the day and the big dinner.
Pleas Hubbard of Farlen was injured while shoveling coal from a car at the coal switch on Tuesday. He is old and rheumatic, with serious though not dangerous injuries.
The 61st political speakings featured Union B Hunt, Secretary of State, delivering a strong Republican address to a full house on Tuesday night praising GOP doctrine with wit. Democratic candidate Richard Milburn spoke Friday to a smaller audience, outlining Democratic views, with other county candidates present. Prosecutor Alvin Padzett could not attend due to campaigning in Martin counties.
Dr. Hayes Hattery of Raglesville was arrested on a paternity charge by Miss Lizzie B Critchlow and brought before Squire Guthrie. Hattery, a married man separated from his wife for about a year, allegedly promised to marry Critchlow after a divorce. She posted bond for his court appearance next Thursday.
A quoted excerpt questions a watch owner's reliability. It suggests he is meticulous about time, noting his habit of setting a watch to 11:30 and drawing attention to its accuracy during a 2 o'clock moment. The tone points to skepticism about his overall trustworthiness.
Warren Hackler stabbed neighbor Albert Cochran during a dispute over cattle trespass. They fought at the village store after attending a campaign speech. Hackler, a prominent local farmer, slashed Cochran across the back, a fourteen inch wound, and Cochran was gravely wounded. Both men are local church members.
Several from here attended the speaking Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs J P Taylor spent Sunday in the North cod Henry Taylor and family of Oden spent Sunday here. Miss Carrie Cooper of Qdin was a guest of Miss Elsie Stotts over Sun. Hayes Hattery of Eaglesville visited a lady friend here Sunday evening. Our supervisor has put the roads here in excellent condition. Last Sunday evening some young men in a buggy threw a stone through A D Bechtel's parlor window.
The article notes butterflies found up to 16 000 feet in the Himalayas and Andes and common on Alpine slopes near 0 000 feet. It cites records of up to 16 6265 feet on Chimborazo by M Bounlind and mentions Sir J D Hooler and Sir Martin Conway observing high altitude specimens.
Dr. Christopher Nyrop cites an English trial from 1837 where Thomas Snovel sued Miss Caroline Newton for biting his nose after he attempted to kiss her as a joke. The defendant was acquitted and the judge allegedly quipped that a woman may bite a man’s nose if she desires, a remark echoed by a joking barrister.
A quoted exchange shows Bis Dink asserting dominance over the household while a woman consents to inform the household of upcoming company. The fragmentary Herald-like text suggests a domestic dialogue with power dynamics in a dated tone.
A judge in Manchester receives a letter from an old New Hampshire farmer who explains he cannot serve on the jury due to harvest tasks and apple sorting. The missive humorously depicts the farmer’s inability to attend and suggests another juror be summoned.
A child grew thin after an illness and ate little until doctors feared for her health. One morning a serpent about twenty inches long emerged from the girl's mouth. The creature was killed and sent to the University of Strassburg, after which the child recovered good health. It is believed she swallowed the serpent while drinking impure water.
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