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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
5
For sale listing two items including a fine black Percheron mire mareage and a coats sale at Abraham's with Misses and children's coats advertised. call at the post office in Burns City for details.
Taxpayers in Washington city face an 8.52 per hundred valuation levy, up 32 cents, with other townships showing rises due to road improvements. Odon and Madison townships also face higher rates while Elnora is omitted from the next levy. Poll taxes vary by jurisdiction, with several townships listed alongside last year’s amounts for comparison.
Jas Critchlow has typhoid fever. Burns Hackler and Julia visited Westport. Corrections on J B Flinns home work. Jake Myers not helping Mr. Smith. Croquet daily. but profanity discouraged. Wadsworths hosted by Kecks near Loogootee. Dyal and family at Loogootee picnic. Grace Jackson visited relatives at Loogootee. Bloomer Wadsworth and mother back from Plainville. Starlin Woodruff went to Loogootee. Local MWA picnic attendance at Loogootee. Crooke auto passed toward Loogootee. Local telephone board met Saturday afternoon.
An advertisement promotes printing services including letter heads short and long statements price lists pamphlets programs posters circulars for Dodgers.
Washington readies for the seventy eighth annual session of the Indiana conference of the Methodist Episcopal church to convene next Tuesday evening for one week. The conference lists 361 members and 100000 laymembers, the largest in the denomination. Territory covers southern Indiana including Indianapolis with churches valued at 2913067 and parsonages at 377700. Eight districts include Indianapolis Bloomington Moore's Hill Seymour Evansville Vincennes New Albany Connersville. Bishop William Frazer McDowell of Chicago will preside.
The Indiana Eldership of the church of God will meet at the Shiloh church five miles south of Oden from Sept 25 to Sept 30 1909. Opening sermon by Rev G E Kemp Columbia City Saturday night. Sunday morning Rev H H Spiher Fort Wayne. Sunday night Rev I W Markley Columbia City. Meals served on grounds daily except Sunday. All welcome with baskets.
Local shop urges patrons not to miss the opening days September 23 24 and 25 for fine millinery. The notice highlights special selections and shop hours for the event.
A writer argues that baldness in women is rarely acknowledged with a gentle euphemism. The piece contrasts evasive terms like stout portly comfortable and embowpoint with the blunt word bald which remains plain and direct.
A New York Herald item notes a butcher asking a customer if a cut of beef suffices for his family. The reply hints the doctor hopes for three meals.
The Kansas City Journal quotes a line about a meeting with a maiden, noting a tall and flirty fellow and his confession of love around page 30. The item reflects a literary aside rather than a major event.
A quip ponders why a man who cannot sing is drawn to a glee club, suggesting humor in musical ambition and social labels.
Buenos Aires is described as a cosmopolitan capital with substantial Latin American influence. It is noted for diverse contemporary architecture, a city council program awarding a gold medal for attractive facades, and tax relief for favored buildings. The city resembles a European capital in finish and skyline, distinct from many North American cities.
The article explains Swiss policy toward unemployed men, noting strict penalties for idleness. Workers receive tiny wages in a penal workhouse under military discipline, with release only on authority. Officials distinguish beggars from jobseekers via papers. relief stations exist for those with recent work history, ensuring mobility only for the diligently employed.
A Detroit News tale recounts General Andrew Jackson earning the nickname Old Hickory during the Creek War. Captain William Allen and his brother protected him from cold that battered troops, fashioning a barkless hickory shelter, then a drunken spectator mocked Jackson as he emerged.
A famed scholar storing furniture discovers a Berlin warehouse letter about a moth in a mattress. He replies that the mattress may have had moth but also an "e," a playful pride in spelling and word origin.
Yonkers Statesman quotes a domestic exchange about listening and speaking roles between a mistress and her maid. The maid asserts she listens always, even when unseen, highlighting class and gender dynamics in daily households.
Mr Comrox remarks on fine scores by Herr Batonrap per during a break in art talk. His wife retorts they were discussing music not baseball in a Washington Star style exchange.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip ponders optimism. It notes a father explaining that an optimist believes rain won’t come tomorrow because the speaker lacks an umbrella.
A narrator relates a European sojourn at Bellagio on Lake Como where a mix of French Italian and English spurs a romantic courtship with a signorina Alicia Jaconti. A boatman becomes an unlikely interpreter as languages converge in verse and gesture ending in marriage in America.
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