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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1889
Page
1
Harriet Breck Stowe's son is writing a biography of his mother to publish after completion. The late Mary Louis Booth, editor of Harper's Bazar, earned a world leading salary of $3.0M per year.
Plans to connect New York and Philadelphia at a mile a minute pace cover a distance of eighty eight miles. Current time is two hours.
Mrs Pork, now eighty five, wears black kid gloves daily and uses a gold-heeled cane. She never leaves Nashville and remains bound to town, seldom venturing out except to attend church on Sundays.
The New York Mail and Express editor Shepardon carries a tortoise-shell handled cane. A gold band on the cane bears the engraved message A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Genenime, once a prisoner of the Government, has become a clever gardener in Florida. He is nearly as proficient at growing cabbages as he was at raising rips in the past.
The article projects the United States population at 64,000,002 with a monthly natural increase of 100,000, excluding immigration. It notes last year's immigration gain of 18,000 and predicts the 1890 census in July will record about 67,018,000.
The article credits Sana BeRNHARE with unmatched influence on global fashion, noting her impact on dress trends such as Infinity bee-button gloves Empire dysslex Directoire sashes and revival of the long boa with Theodora hairpins Tosca hats.
A Virginia prison inmate named Charlotte Mason, sixty years a resident, spoke only of John Quincy Adams from her capture to her death, despite never meeting Adams. The tale links her long memory to the Adams era during his presidency.
Two million silver dollars were received at the Washington Treasury vault, requiring six cars to move from the Philadelphia mint. The consignment filled the vault, bringing total holdings to 56 million dollars, with an expected capacity of 100 million. An overestimation left the vault short by 14 million despite the large storage box size.
Tow Epison has taken out several hundred patents for inventions with no end in sight. About a quarter relate to telegraphy including multiple duplex and multiplex devices, electric lighting improvements, an electric pen, power transmitter, fire alarm, and telephone enhancements.
The piece cites European military totals and warns taxpayers about the price of rulers. It lists Russia four million, Germany four million, France three and a half million, Austria about 1.7 million, Italy 2.5 million, and others 590 thousand, totaling 15.6 million trained soldiers under arms. It notes the burden of dynastic pride.
A fragment notes a group described as five hundred Catholics involved in a movement or plan termed the pilgrim idea, aiming toward an exit or departure. The text is partial and lacks clear dates or places.
United States Senate reports on coast defense recess, employee clerks, and Privileges and Elections resolution. Nominations announced for Postmaster General appointments and U S attorney posts, with broad lists of marshal, customs, and diplomatic posts. Adjournments set for Mondays as executive sessions continue and select committees formed.
A sweep of local and national crime and incident items include a Philadelphia estate valued at 9 million, a New Orleans manslaughter retrial, a Ravenswood bank robbery sentence, and a corkscrew of other violent events across multiple states.
Washington March The chiefs of the bureaus of Ordnance Equipment Recruiting Construction and Repair and Steam Engineering ordered to prepare plans for one armored steel cruising monitor of at least 3009 tons costing up to 15100 two steel cruisers or gunboats of 260 to 1260 tons costing up to 700000 and one harbor defense ram approved by the Naval Advisory Board November 1951 with high speed. Each bureau to draft its plans and meet to settle vessel central characteristics.
Jacob W Carroll a descendant of Charles Carroll and longtime traveling peddler died at his home in Mhi brook hia county from a skin abrasion on his instep caused by a loose brass eyelet. Poisoning developed and proved fatal after a recent trip.
Wastiscross March 20 Captain EL Th Morse of Rutland VI appointed private secretary to Secretary Prector. He is a Cornell graduate of 1579 and has managed marble interests controlled by Mr Prector. He is a member of the bar and holds a commission in the Vermont National Guard.
Geneva news reports Prof. Brooks of Smith Observatory observed a new White region on Saturn’s ring. He notes the light is variable with irregular pulsations detected, indicating a potential change in Saturn’s system and marking high scientific interest.
Major Clifton Cemly of the Ordnance Department is relieved from command of the Indianapolis Arsenal and ordered to Columbia Tennessee to establish the arsenal by act of Congress. Captain John W Sammera ves, Assistant Quartermaster General, is granted a two month extension of leave.
In a March 24 charge Judge Nye of the District Court told the grand jury to indict anyone found making cider or violating the Iowa prohibitory law and to report any county officer or justice of the peace who violated it.
Last July a daughter of John Wiseman, an iron worker, found a young turtle the size of a quarter in the yard and it soon disappeared. Yesterday Mrs. Wiseman killed a chicken and found the turtle alive in its craw, having grown considerably.
Lieutenant Colonel Amyot states the Pope is not a foreigner in Canada, citing his role as head of the Roman Catholic Church and the 1763 Treaty of Paris granting jurisdiction in church matters.
Jefferson Davis writes Rev. J Will am Jones at Atlanta March 20 denying reports that the late Confederacy sought a church state reunion. He notes the Cabinet was always composed of diverse religious elements.
In Perry Georgia on March 20 Jake Black reportedly attacked his wife at home after she did not have dinner ready. He used a blunt object to strike her multiple times, crushing her skull. He is jailed on charges of a serious assault resulting in death.
March 20 report describes Mol Ne Sandow, six years old, standing on a chair holding a lead pencil. She toppled backward with her hand behind her. The pencil penetrated the skin an inch from the spine, causing injury.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a brief item likely about elections or votes. Names and specifics are unreadable, but it mentions elections and yeas.
Reports from Rhode Island say the torpedo boat under construction at Herreshoff Works is of high quality and nearing completion by June 1. If it meets speed targets it will become the fleetest U.S. vessel, rivaling European navies, with penalties for under 22 knots and bonuses for over 23 knots.
Stramokin Pa March 18 Peter Marchielskie the last miner entombed in the Black Diamond colliery was rescued at four oclock Saturday afternoon after enduring a suffocating airless chamber collapse. He drank a lampful of oil to endure the ordeal and was lifted from the wreckage barely conscious.
Wichita Kansas March 18 The boomers are in a frightful state of demoralization after word that troops from Fort Reno will drive them from the country. Soldiers under Lt Carson search woods and huts around the Cherokee strip then drive boomers toward the Kansas line burning huts tents and dugouts. Captain Hayes with Troop K advances to corral boomers southward. Reports of severe treatment circulate but nothing definite is confirmed. Serious trouble is feared amid raids.
The Inter State Commerce Commission continued hearings on through export rates as O G Murray of the Chesapeake and Ohio lines admitted rates were set at Chicago and other western points to meet competition. Judge Cooley lashed at rate manipulation and urged proper redress, noting ten days notice could demoralize export trade. He warned that one crime in railroading is no excuse for another and called for lawful conduct.
Tri bune reports great excitement over gold mines in the Sweet Grass hills fifty five miles northwest of Big Sandy. Miners in Eclipse Gulch earn fifty to eighty dollars daily from placer diggings with blue areas struck. Prospectors flock from Montana and Dakota amid scarce supplies and looming famine while coal marble and other minerals are noted nearby.
N H Pournout reports that Hon Fris Jones confirms an absolute sale of his brewery rather than a syndicate deal. Purchase price set at 6.2 million with Jones Cook and Sinclair retaining large blocks and remaining active managers. Debentures first mortgage bonds and preferred shares arranged, large European subscriptions indicate majority stock now U.S. held.
Reports from Oklahoma describe many boomersevading orders to leave the country. Indian scouts sweep the forests along the Canadian River north fork as camps shelter those deemed entitled to stay, leaving Oklahoma Station populated mainly by government and railroad employees.
In England gambling has degraded noblewomen, with tales from plays and Walpole to real life. Notable figures like Lady Buckinghamshire ran large stakes at Faro tables, slept with pistols for protection, and faced police fines and bankruptcy. A peeress petitioned Lords for protection for a Covent Garden gaming house, which was denied.
A local citizen questions physicians claiming wide license in diagnosing and treating diseases. The speaker cites a case where kidney disease was misdiagnosed as pneumonia and other conditions before death, then promotes Warner’s Safe Care as a preventive remedy. The remark ends with skepticism about medical certainty.
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