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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1909
Page
8
An essay urges tired mothers to join The Home Circle and invest in family life. It extols home as the nursery of virtue, praises loving marriages and hopeful parenting, and calls for girls with independent standards, frugal tastes, and honest conduct to strengthen family bonds and moral citizenship.
Be it resolved that our loss is heaven s gain and in his absence we feel a vacancy that cannot be filled. We express sympathy with the bereaved family and record resolutions in minutes and publications.
The passage speaks of inner gentleness and heavenly inspiration guiding people to comfort those who suffer. It urges touching the hearts of the afflicted with soothing words and deeds, to renew hope and life.
The text urges shaping young girls from infancy to cultivate character and virtue. It argues that a wife’s success supports society, promoting truthfulness, discretion, and restraint from gossip. It extols virtuous recreation for men, urging family-inclusive, pure, elevating activities over gambling or idle chatter.
Attorney E T Laughlin shot a strange unidentifiable bird along Sipes Old Bed Tuesday evening. The 534 pound creature resembled a goose with a long hooked beak and was found unclassifiable in this region by Wednesday at Stoy drug store.
The three month old child of Mr and Mrs Charles Faith of Epsom was killed when a sofa used as a seat toppled during a wagon move to a new home. The mother was seriously injured but later received medical care in Epsom.
A fragmented dialogue shows a bride declaring she will leave for her mother, seeking the latchkey as the wedding drift fuels the quarrel. The exchange hints at marital strain and a sharp break in intentions.
A Boston colonial tale tells of Wit ridge a seaman who marries Patience Hartshorne after she spurns Aminadab Longshanks. After ships bound for foreign lands he returns to find his rival kissing his wife on a Sunday. The captain exacts a prankish revenge but records show no official blue law verdict.
Marion Crawford, known as Frank Crawford in his youth, visited a New Jersey town meeting a well connected family. In the Critic office he earned a chance to write, producing book reviews editorials and poetry before finding lasting fame. He later recalled those early days and mentors who believed in him.
An underground lead pipe in a German village shows severe corrosion from soil saturated with impure water. Investigations reveal dissolved salts including daimedin and vin nitrate attack the lead, forming lead carbonate nitrate nitrite and chloride. Asphalted iron pipes advised for underground conduits. if lead used, embed in asphalt.
A reflective note urges finding joy through laughter and stories. It emphasizes telling tales, keeping personal troubles private, and doing small acts for others to improve wellbeing even when bedridden. The piece frames happiness as a shared, reciprocal effect.
A Billville letter in the Atlanta Constitution laments muddy river wrecking cattle while a jailed uncle escapes and a widow elopes with a book agent. The writer claims morale is otherwise good.
A Louisville Courier Journal note reflects on self control and patience, contrasting a self made man with thrift. It mentions the journal’s view on human effort and divine patience, quoting J G Holland. A report praises Ladybird beetles sent from the United States to Europe and other orange growing regions to eat scale and save crops.
A fragment describes a newspaper scare tactic where an editor warns of a nameless man who pays up after twenty marchers confront the editor. The episode ends with readers remarking they believed nothing until payment was made.
A fragmentary note recounts early panorama exhibitions linked to Hubert Barker and Thayer, and mentions the link to James Fulton the steamboat inventor. It notes Bonaparte ordered eight panorama units to display conquests in Paris but the plans never materialized.
Caive relates in the London Standard that Calve spoke of pride in her country and people and described a birthday procession with dancing the bourree. An old woman asked if it hurt to scream, and a peasant claimed a grotto owner would pay five francs daily to sing there.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum commenting on a man who vows to create real excitement if elected to Congress. The exchange notes he is among those peculiar patriots who want to climb the ship of state merely to rock the pout.
A fragmentary quotation suggests neighbors speculate about an elderly man leading a double life. The joke hinges on the idea that his harsh home demeanor implies a contrasting amiable persona elsewhere.
A fragment quotes a Houston host reacting to a quarrel with his wife and a remark about a woman being beautiful, reflecting overheard conversational snippets from a social setting. The passage captures casual banter and opinion exchange in an informal city milieu.
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