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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
2
A collage of quips and wry observations on society politics sport and law includes remarks on strike conduct court decorum and public safety. Notable jabs touch Wilhelmina Holland Edward VII and automobile racing while poking fun at judgment and ignorance.
The text argues Admiral Lord Charles Beresford supports a pan English speaking bloc to oppose war and questions extending the alliance to include Germany to avoid the perceived red peril and German militancy.
A New Jersey school board votes to simplify meals, cutting oyster patties deviled chicken baked beans salmon croquettes cherlotte russe ice cream and similar delicacies. The move aims to curb indulgent dining as children have lived high on prior fare.
The piece notes Marconis will construct a new plant as electricity eyes new wonders. It observes public demand rising as wonders move from extraordinary to ordinary in this rapid age.
A European custom of bribing to kiss opera singers is condemned as blackmail in New York after a recent importation and suppression. The piece notes the practice abroad may be common, but locally it is deemed improper and to be treated as extortion.
Two suspected cholera cases aboard a British tank steamer from Rotterdam, detained in quarantine at Falmouth, were due to indigestion from Dutch cheese. The report notes some foreign cheese may mimic illness and epidemics.
Vice Admiral Uru of Japan, touring the United States, lauds American battleships. He calls the Connecticut the best all round fighting machine he has seen and notes impressive big gun scores during recent practice, heightening his admiration for Uncle Sam's ships and sailors.
The piece argues Russia cannot be called civilized while its government permits massacres and outrages that shock the world. It contends the latest outcry should prompt a lesson, but shows skepticism about the government’s willingness or ability to learn due to racial prejudice and perceived intelligence gaps.
Report notes no such phenomenon called equinoctial storms exists scientists challenge the term while recent sufferers continue to experience related weather events.
A Philadelphia man attacked an actor who had singled out his wife in the audience. The incident casts a harsh light on a once popular stage device used by some performers to sing to a member of the opposite sex.
Indiana officials reveal a $1,200 revenue from manuscript department fees for teacher licenses. The plan allocates $1,500 from the governor’s fund to finance a model one room school at the state fairgrounds, showcasing proper sanitary and educational needs while trimming waste.
State brief lists deaths and incidents across Indiana including Mrs. Pass near Winamac from hydrophobia and others bitten by a dog. It covers school superintendent election in Frankfort, arson indictments for Lou and Nat Salinger in Goshen, a fatal tree accident near Bedford, a church parishioner’s paralysis in Columbus, a gas controversy auction postponement in Fort Wayne, a farmhouse fire in Washington, school tickets in Lapel, and drunkenness arrests in Rushville.
Aaron Wilson aged 22 was dragged to death beneath an inbound Evansville and Southern Indiana interurban car on Vine street between Seventh and Eighth. Coroner Edward Laval investigates foul play with a possible motive of murder through robbery or jealousy. Wilson, recently tied to a $50 000 inheritance, had a divorce from Miss Margaret Reitz and was seen in Boonville before burial there. Police seek a strange man who fled the scene as the car approached.
In Muncie the Ross murder trial was continued before Judge Engle. Ed Lindhay and Motorman Clarence Quick testified, corroborating Clarence Dudley’s account of the tragedy. The defense expects Dr. Ross to testify, with the state preparing character evidence. Ross’s police record in Delaware County is under local records review.
Dr J W Newland 2 years old, famed as father of Bedford’s Christian church, collapsed with apoplexy while leading services at First Christian Church. He died after prayer had ended and he seated himself. services were suspended. A local physician attended and he was returned to his home.
Fort Wayne health board orders Emanuel school closed for fumigation and vaccination after nine current smallpox cases. Four area schools have been shut in six to seven months due to outbreaks, with fears of more cases.
Ralph Butler of Charlotte Michigan went to Anderson to claim Daisy Woods as his bride but found she had married his father Daniel Butler. The couple eloped to Evansville after Butler had recently secured a divorce.
Frank Zehring H Zehring and Michael Coach with an unnamed Miami county man arranged to move an unused church from Bennett's Switch to a location one and three quarters miles east of the town. They intend to place the church at the disposal of any organization or denomination desiring its use.
Carl Forkner, motorman on the city street car lines, had a narrow escape when a string of cars being pushed by a switch engine collided with a Congerville car at Walnut crossing, turning the street car around in the street.
A special venire of 100 names was drawn to select jurors for Henry Yarling who surrendered last May after killing Charles B. Smith. The pool includes the murdered man's father and Yarling among potential jurors.
Twelve congressmen from Indiana Illinois and Ohio have pledged to attend the waterways meeting in Fort Wayne on November 10 and 11 to promote the Toledo Fort Wayne and Chicago canal. A New York delegation is expected and over a hundred invitations remain. The event promises to be among the largest and most important ever held here.
The lesson text reflects Acts 27 1 26 with memory verses and a golden text. It traces Paul and companions voyage from Caesarea to Myra and Crete then a winter storm to Rome. It highlights the shipwreck tale the angelic message of safety and the need for a goal oriented life like a pilot steering toward a destination.
Revered minister Henry Clay Trumbull reflects on the apostle's view of Christ as treasure and the gospel carried within frail vessels. He urges humble believers to fill their frail lives with divine riches despite limitations.
A historic claim extols Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional treatment for catarrh. It asserts the medicine acts on blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for any uncured case, and promotes accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Miss Elder-Dick says the rose in my hair makes me look ten years younger and Miss Younger-Gee suggests adding more. The exchange captures a light moment of flirtatious banter at a social event.
A short coinage ad for Lewis Single Binder cigars touts the TinY oil Smoker Package and asserts a stubborn stance on opinion change, with the provocative line about people having their own way and others leaving.
United States operates over 300 sanatoria with about 15 000 beds, leading in the battle against tuberculosis. Germany has 99 public sanatoria for adults with 10539 beds plus 36 private centers, and 18 children sanatoria with 837 beds, totaling under 13 000 beds. France runs 12 adult consumptives sanatoria with 148 beds, mostly private except Agin court.
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