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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1891
Page
2
Worthington Times reports B T Burrell, a former Bloomfield resident, is a candidate for Green County Assessor. The Journal wishes Dick success in the bid.
The Wednesday Gazette reviews a two column history of an organized band of Daviess county barn burners compiled by detective Perkizer. The piece laments April Day arrests and urges towns to elect officers who will enforce ordinances and back bone to see it done.
The article notes about fifty applicants for the county assessor post in Daviess County with nine weeks until selection, possibly reaching one hundred. It forecasts most will be rejected before the 1892 general election, and discusses a local cow ordinance as a major election issue with debate over roaming versus confinement of cows.
The text notes possible U S action against Italy amid tension after an incident in New Orleans. The Italian minister in Washington has been recalled, signaling steps toward war and worsening ties between the two nations.
A fragmentary regional piece notes strong anti Italian rhetoric from the era and criticizes Indiana lawmakers for delay in appointing a county assessor. It then reports the marriage of John Williams to Rosa Ketchum at Euclid near Odon with Brown presiding and notes the couple will reside in the town.
The Indianapolis Journal warns against fraudulent savings and loan associations like The Maturety Loan and Savings Association and The United States Bond, Loan and Investment Company. These schemes issue shares and bonds, take admission fees, and promise $100 for small investments while paying out to only a few. Authorities in New York and Pennsylvania move to close them, with broader risk that operators relocate to other states.
Everett Kecham Melcherd Kutch and Paris Laughlin attend Burns City school Ed Hubbard travels to Lawrence Cr for summer work W E Keck Bill Bechtel and R D Stotts visit county seat A E Stotts on Chicago firm travel Rufus McCarter goes to Mitchell for S I N OC James A Fisher leaves for Covington Ind may visit Chicago before returning Mrs Lucy Walls wife of John Walls dies after long illness She is survived by husband and four children many relatives Remains to Barns City for interment Monday
W H Wilson declares he has been employed by W J Danner to collect debts and demands all accounts be settled. Call and settle your book.
On March 28 at the bride’s parents residence northeast of town, Marion Johnson son of B B Johnson wed Maggie Chambers daughter of Wm Chambers with Rev J Warriner officiating.
Ida ville residents praise Electric Bitters for kidney and liver relief. Wm Timmons, postmaster, John Leslie, farmer, and J W Gardiner, hardware merchant, report renewed strength and vitality after using the medicine. Sold for 50 cents a bottle at W L Stoy's Drug Store.
The notice urges readers to write J T Rechtin in Evansville Indiana for spring building needs. It promises prices on all kinds of building material. The brief ad targets homeowners planning repairs or construction this season.
The Northern Pacific announces two daily passenger trains between St Paul Minneapolis and western cities including Helena Butte Spokane Falls Tacoma Seattle and Portland. Westbound departures from St Paul are at 9:30 and 4:15 with First Class and sleeping car service. Additional connections from St Louis and Chicago are noted with routes via the C M St Ry and Wisconsin Central. The Yellowstone Park Route is promoted as the best option for tourists and settlers across seven states Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Oregon and Washington with agents offering schedules maps and rates.
The undersigned will open a primary school in the primary school building in Odon on Monday April 13 and run for 10 weeks. Tuition is 1st grade 1.50, 2nd grade 1.75, 3rd grade 2.00. Parents urged to send children at the opening.
An advertisement from Loogootee Indiana announces sale of Northern Mixed oats Northern black and white oats Red Rust reef oats Common oats Golden Beauty seed corn and St Charles white seed corn from Nebraska New lower seed Timothy and Blue grass German Millet Orchard gran New York early rose and urbanic potatoes shipped here by car loads Will sell cheap.
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