14 Sep 1906
Page 9
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
9
Raglesville notes Sunday visits from residents of nearby towns. The coal mines are active and the town reports several marriages, school openings, cream festival earnings, and local sales. Pearl tales from a Wabash pearl hunter, county visitors, and a Kansas returnee add color to a packed community update.
The piece describes pre Easter self flagellation customs in Philippine villages with penitents and overseers, noting back laceration and a chant. It also explains gunpowder chemistry, detailing how charcoal sulphur and saltpeter produce heat gas, pressurize the gun barrel, and gradually accelerate the projectile.
John L. Garten of Odon visited relatives in Plainville Sunday. David Burks filed a final report on his melon crop noting earnings of 555 dollars from 12 acres. W. Q. Littell departed for West Point Mississippi after a two week stay with relatives and friends.
Southern Indiana Ky will sell tickets to Indianapolis at one fare plus 25 cents for Sept 8 to 14 1906 with return limit Sept 17 1906. Tickets available for Indianapolis trip and return.
The article notes Almaden in Spain as a major source of quicksilver once worked by Iberians and Romans. It describes deaths among galley slaves from mercury fumes, a yearly yield of 1,500,000 pounds with 4,000 workers, and Idria in Austria as next in output with about five miners today, lured by high pay and pensions for disabled workers and their families.
The earliest medical prescription, dating to 4600 B C, was found on papyrus in an Egyptian tomb and later studied by an English professor. It describes applying a hair treatment mix with oil to the scalp, but the outcome for the patient is not recorded.
Hasheesh or Indian hemp is a resinous substance from plant tops in India. Some authorities say men in leather clothing harvest resin by running through hemp fields and scraping it from garments. Others say tops are rubbed by hand and resin scraped from the hands. Its narcotic properties are well known.
Norwegians dismantle old wooden ships by beaching them on rocky coastlines and anchoring them to endure the next storm. The vessels are then broken up by the storm, washed ashore as wreckage, and the floating debris is collected and sold for firewood.
A typed snippet notes Beck apologizing after an argument with his wife who has not spoken to him for two days. A companion quips about success and intellect ending in intoxication. The item ends with an ad offering old papers for sale at the office.
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