Chautauqua Dates Set For Odon Week of 1920
Odon's Chau tauqua dates announced July 26 to 30 with a week of educational entertainment. Theodore Knox Concert Company opens the program followed by lectures by Mother Leonora M. Lake and others. The lineup includes Dr Lincoln McConnell Jean McDonald William Paxton and Polly of the Circus. The Junior Chautauqua pageant The Toy Shop closes the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odon
Theodore Knox
Leonora M. Lake
Lincoln McConnell
Jean McDonald
Ministry of Fun
Cecelian
Wilson- Day-Lyons Co
Mrs Morton Keller Dies After Illness in Indiana Community
Mrs Morton Keller, a respected Burns City resident, died at home eight miles southeast of the city on Wednesday at 9 am from complications. Born April 9, 1851, she taught thirteen years and married Mortort Keller on July 3, 1879. She leaves seven daughters, two brothers, eleven grandchildren, and was a longtime Methodist. funeral Saturday at 2 pm at the M E Church with Rev Shake officiating.
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Morton Keller
Mary Toon Keller
William and
Polly Toon
Martin County
Mortort Keller
R. M. Williams
Burns City
Chas. Strouse
Indianapolis
Oliver O'dell
Ed Garten
Faylore
Terre Haute
Bernadette
Mark
Bud
Missouri
Keller
Methodist Episcopal Church
M. E Church
Shake
Walnut Hill
Fire destroys farm property near city
Walter Thompson's frame farm house about a mile south of the city burned Monday afternoon. Fire spread under a high wind as the city department arrived. out buildings saved with only part of household goods. Loss partly insured. Also notices Evangeline at Star Theater and Detroit trip by locals to pick up new Dodge cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Thompson
Star Theater lineup offersEvangelin e and Tom Mix features
Tonight Evangeline with Miriam Cooper leads the bill at the Star Theater followed by a sequence of shows including Chasing Rain with Marion Davies and Speed Maniac with Tom Mix. Hazel Dawn appears in The Lone Wolf and The Lone Walk while All Star offers Uncle Tom’s Cabin and The Early Bird with O H S Dramatic Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Davies
Tom Mix
Hazel Dawn
All Star
Aged resident dies at Eaglesville community
Absolum Myers one of the oldest citizens of the community died at his home in Eaglesville last Saturday afternoon from general debility. Born in 1845 in Tuscarawas County Ohio he came to Indiana at twenty and lived on a farm near Eaglesville. Survived by one brother four half brothers and one half sister. Funeral held Monday at two o'clock from U B Church in Eaglesville Rev Ernest Roberts presiding burial in Eaglesville cemetery. A severe high wind caused damage across the region unroofing buildings and damaging lines and the Masonic Temple roof.
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Absolum Myers
Eaglesville
Mr. Myers
Tuscarawas County
Ohio
Indiana
Raglesville
U. B
Ernest Roberts
Memorial Park project advances with trees in honor of Theodore Roosevelt
The South Side park, to be dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, invites citizens to sponsor memorial trees. Donors receive a plot designating their tree and its location, with records filed at the American Forestry Association in Washington. A stone with engraved wording may be installed at the park entrance at dedication.
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South Side Park
Theodore Roosevelt
American Forestry Association
Washington, D. C
Ernest Roberts
Quilliams and Cunningham Wed in Vernon Home Ceremony
Roy Quilliams of Elmore township and Miss Mary Cunningham of this community were married last Sunday at two o clock in the home of Rev C H Buchanan. The bride, daughter of Mrs James Cunningham, is a 1903 Odon High School graduate and has taught in Daviess County schools nine years, now assistant principal at Vernon High. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs John Quilliams, is District Deputy Manager of the Security Benefit Association, based in Vernon, Indiana. They will live in Illinois.
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Roy Quilliams
Elmore Township
Mary Cunningham
C. H. Buchanan
James Cunningham
Odon High School
Daviess County
Vernon High School
John Quilliams
Security Benefit Association
Vernon Ind
Quilliams
Illinois
Residents and visitors converge in Raglesville area events
Riley Flinn moved to Russell Riggins farm last week. Charles Clark family visited A M Clark and W H Gartner over Sunday. Absalom Myers died suddenly at his brother J B Myers home, funeral Monday. Lorin Clark family and Maggie Wray visited Wm H Clark. Herbert Myers joined from Connersville for a parental visit. Mrs Russell Riggins ill at A W Stuckey home. Christopher L Myers and Lois attended Absalom Myers funeral from Evansville. Several locals traveled to Washington on business. Cassel Myers and family joined Ab Myers funeral attendance. A large group attended the Charles Clinth ale in southwest Van Buren Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorin Clark
Herbert
Maggie Wray
Wilma
Griffith
Wm H Clark
Here
Cassel Myers
Herbert Myers
Naorai
Connersville
Cash Myers
Lois
Evansville
QC Stout
Terre Haute
Ab Myers
van Burren
Rug and Carpet Shop Couple Wed in City Ceremony
Carl Seneff and Miss Iva Woodruff were married last Sunday at 12 o'clock. Rev. Ernest Roberts officiated at the A. B. Parsonage. The couple, well known in the city, will reside in Odon for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Seneff
Iva Woodruff
A. B. Parsonage
Ernest Roberts
Odon
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QDON
Mickie
Gacui
Charles Sugrnos
Evangeline
Star Theater
John Sims
Dwight Hayes
Detroit
Michigan
Dodge School For Mechanics
Dodge
Miriam Cooper
Speed Maniac
The
Early Bird
O. H. S. Dramatic Club
Elsie Janis
Rexall
Masonic Temple
John B. Williams
Quilliams Cunningham
Riley Flinn
Russell Riggins
Charles Clark
A. M. Clark
W H Gartner
Apsalom Myers
J B Myers
A W Stuckey
Christopher L Myers
Miss Lois
Absalom
Chase Riggins
Dennis
W B
French
M C Pate
Washington
Jim Evans
Palmer Dyal
Pickett-Pershing and Co
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