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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
2
A clipped notice lists a telephone and office related details for a cooperative entity in Flint with a residence address and reference numbers B1.00 56 993 356. The fragment outlines a cooperative telephone office setup and associated contact point.
A compact list of varied historical items including Gibraltar cession to England in 1713, New York Chamber of Commerce founded in 1768, Peary’s North Pole claim in 1909, and Alfred G. A. B. post formation in 1866. Also notes Webster’s dictionary 1828, Bacon’s rebellion 1676, Linotype patent 1890, Lee surrender 1865, Lord Byron’s death, Utrecht Peace 1713, Brigham Young resignation 1873, Napoleon abdication 1818, Edward Everett born 1724.
Farmers are urged to use local papers to share farm successes and build communities. The piece extols publicity, then discusses a nationwide fly extermination effort led by housewives, urging coordinated home action with swats and fly traps to reduce flies and prove the campaign. Local notes list residents passing through or visiting.
The article urges merchants to advertise in the local paper as a vital, weekly informed message about store offerings. It argues ads should be newsy, varied, and regular, likening advertising to a community builder comparable to church and town prosperity.
The passage argues a small town must improve its quality of life and attract country visitors by supporting its local paper. It claims the newspaper benefits the town at home and abroad, and warns that neglecting the paper would be as ruinous as letting schools decline.
Sunday visits included Steve Parker and wife with Albert Franklin and wife in Concord. Delmer Franklin and wife from zlyatt Station visited Jack Franklin Saturday night. Luther Boyd and family near Odon spent Sunday with Joseph Rosenberry and wife. Abe Chestnut and wife near Eaglesville called on Jack Franklin family. Walter Hugenin and family of Irene visited Wm. Chambers and wife who is ill. Mrs Roscoe Franklin of Odon visited Emery Wade and family. Delimer Franklin and wife of Hyatt Station visited Steve Mallette and family.
All citizens of Odon must cooperate with the health department in a general cleanup. Hogs must be removed from corporate limits and manure cleared from barns and lots. Closets should be cleaned and rubbish gathered for collection by the marshal by April 20. J W Anderson M D Secretary Board of Health.
A series of local visits and family gatherings are recorded as neighbors and relatives spent Sunday afternoon with friends and relatives including the Brights, Webbers, Pruitts, Stuarts, and Poindexters. Several residents like George Russell and Henry Sanders are noted visiting kin and nearby towns.
GOOD HOPE church lists preaching every alternate Sunday at three o'clock in the afternoon. The note clarifies service times and ongoing Sunday worship pattern for parishioners.
The Christian Church lists Rev. Allen C. Trusty as minister. Christian Endeavor Thursday 7 15, choir practice Friday 7 15, Bible School Sunday 9 30, junior meeting 2 00. Morning and evening preaching by the minister. praising Sunday described as splendid.
The text argues that religious state is life’s primary goal and that without it all possessions fail to satisfy. It urges applying Jesus ethics to all affairs and promoting church duties, noting church crowding and focus on Christ’s resurrection during services.
D. P. McCoy, pastor, notes good Eastern services across three churches. Attendance at Mud Pike and Pleasant Hill high for the year as spring arrives. Sunday school 9:30, preaching 10:30 and 7:15, Junior Sunday 2:00, Christian Endeavor 6:00.
The W. C. T. U. will gather April 11 at 3 p.m. in the Christian church. The program features Hymn devotional led by Mrs. Levi Dunlap a talk on social settlement work by Mrs. Harve Ward readings notes on temperance across the sea by Mrs. DeMotte and musical items by Wallace Smiley and the Male Quartet with benediction.
Easter services held in Burns City were praised by officials for their reverent conduct and community participation. The Christian church hosted ceremonies emphasizing renewal and charity with broad attendance.
The third quarterly meeting at Center church on the Burns City M. E. Charge closed Saturday with Dr. W. M. Biddle in attendance. Reports were the best for the quarter. Miss Lois Myers gave a short talk and presented Rev. O. C. Barker with an elegant Bible from the Eaglesville class. Revival services will begin at Center April 11.
A Paris house on Boulevard Raspail holds a private staircase to the catacombs beneath a sealed stone slab. Officials visit periodically to inspect the grim entry known to few, with rumors of bodies moved through the doorway by men in police scarves during the night.
Miss Emily Roebling of Trenton a member of the New Jersey state commission to inquire into the condition of the blind believes the state should have teachers who teach the blind in the towns where they live rather than maintaining institutions for them.
Nearly 4 000 acres were reforested in Montana and northern Idaho during 1918 at an average cost of 7 50 dollars per acre.
The leading forested region in China lies in Manchuria. Principal tree varieties include pine cedar larch fir yew oak ash elm walnut and birch.
Two forest officers in Washington and Oregon prepare popular descriptions of trees in Crater Lake and Mount Rainier national parks for visitor use. The guides aim to help park guests identify species and appreciate the forest landscape during excursions.
Gannett Peak in Wyoming rises near 14 000 feet and sits on the divide between the Brownsville area and the Bridger national forests.
In northern Arizona, Nevada, southern Idaho and western Wyoming, fires in national forests have declined from about a third to roughly one-fifth due to campers. Lightning-caused fires rose from under a quarter to nearly half, partly due to declines in other causes.
Connecticut accounts for about one and a half million acres of timber land, most of it situated in farmers' wood lots. The figure highlights the significance of private forest holdings in the state’s timber resources.
India pursues a developing turpentine industry though it does not yet meet domestic demand. Cigar boxes mainly use one wood, Spanish cedar Cedrela odorata, with cheaper base woods sometimes veneered in tropical cedar paper thin sheets.
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