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Odon Weekly Journal

Location

Odon, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1889

Page

4

Indiana Legislature Debates Geology Department Bill

The Indiana Legislature spent the day debating a bill to create a department of geology and natural resources, shifting appointments from the governor to elected or appointed officials, with budget limits and related measures. Other actions include House votes on feeble minded children’s home funding, public spending, and various Senate and House bills covering elections, education, and state affairs.

Indianapolis Senate General Assembly Hovse House Covert Nugent Evansville Suna Andrews Lison Koes Supreme Court Commission Nve Superine Hovsr Langiof Clark Floyd Supreme Court Porter Harrison John L. Griffiths Pleasant Scholext Adin Sinate Grimes-Bichowski Senate Committee On Elections Hull Board of Commissioners Deaf and Dumb Institute Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners New Albany Atd Board of Benevolent Institutions

Name America origin debated by geographic society

The Paris Geographic Society bulletin reports AL Jules Marcon’s argument that the name America derives from Amerrique, a Maya term for the windy country, not from Amerigo Vespucci. He cites historical forms of Alberico and Albericus as Vespucci’s name, and notes pre-1507 absence of Amerigo variants in key documents.

Paris Geographical Society AL Jules Marcon America New World Amerigo Vespucci Amerique Juigapa Libertad Chentales Lake Nicaragua Mosquito Coast Vespucci Alberico Albericus Americus Amerrigo Amerigio Amerigo Italy Spain France Alberica Albert Jean Basin of Saint-Die M. Marcon Spanish America United States Germany Turin M. Guido Cora Columbus Mosquito Sierra Amerique Schoner Europe Americo Amerrique Gordon London Times

Strange Minnesota frosted ears tale at sleigh ride sale

A Minnesota couple on a sleigh ride jokes about glove sizes during a cheap sale. The tale shifts to a high school physiology class pondering why the man’s right ear and the woman’s left ear were frostbitten while the other two ears remained warm, a curious puzzle reported by the Helena Herald.

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Quack Remedies and Miscellany From an 19th Century Page

A collage of medical advertisements and brief notes touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a long‑standing remedy, Carter’s Liver Pills, and Brown’s Bronchial Troches. It also mentions Theosophist leader Blavatsky, cod liver oil, Indian literacy, a funeral attended by James G Blaine’s cousin, and various product pitches for coughs, eye care, and baby care.

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