01 Apr 1921
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
1
Local items report visits from Burns City residents and area travelers to the city. Residents note Easter gatherings, family visits from Terre Haute Vincennes Franklin and Belford, and trips to Jasonville Farmersburg and Pittsburg. An ad for Rexall Store paint and jewelry repair services appears along with farm for sale and realty offers from Odon Realty Co.
Mrs Grover Jackson of Raglesville is ill with appendicitis. Local families attended a high school entertainment in Linton Friday night. Fire destroyed Joe Lamb’s southeast residence late Friday afternoon and neighbors saved most contents. The Allen Woodruff homestead loss was partly insured. Heavy rains delay oat sowing in the area. Roy Rosenberry sale drew a large crowd Thursday. Lloyd Stuckey and family visit Terrence O Malley. Sherman Stuckey moved from Connersville to work for H EF Sims. W S Zigler and wife on business trip Friday. Herman Beasley and family visited from east Van Buren to Madison township. Nine girls celebrated Madeline Odell’s ninth birthday with games and dessert.
Local residents and visitors share a week of calls and visits across Evansville Odon Washington and nearby towns. Folks like Miss Flora Clinton Miss Maude Clinton Walter Clinton and many families are mentioned with relatives and church attendance noted.
Dr and Mrs J W Anderson announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Lorain to Della McWilliams in Akron Ohio March 24 at high noon The ceremony took place at Grace Methodist Episcopal church parsonage Rev John Taylor Alton officiated The bride a nurse formerly of this city and the groom son of Mr and Mrs Charles McWilliams of Plainville They reside at 694 Hazel St Akron Ohio
Cash sales at Rexall Store rose thirty percent in March compared with March of last year. The outlook for Spring business remains favorable.
Persons owing its accounts in 1929 or before are requested to call and settle at once by cash or note. This is imperative.
Kendrick Buchanan won the local contest and the county contest in the High School Discussion League. The Sullivan venue hosts Friday night district competition determining state representatives. The Housing Problem is the adopted discussion topic across contests.
The Boy Scouts of Odon urge bird protection through bird house building and responsible conduct. They warn against harming birds or nests, reserving penalties for serious offenses and stressing enforcement of state law. Also noted is Ellen Ann Athey's rising illness at Lima State Hospital after a historic 1884 murder case in Tuscarawas County.
Flower growers report losses of rare blooms as thefts by youths rise. Rewards totalling 25 dollars for arrest and conviction and 10 dollars for information are posted with Marshal H. T. Herndon. The rest of the item notes a Senator Bland denial of a federal judgeship talk and Easter weather disruptions, including rain and a hard freeze affecting orchards and fruit trees.
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