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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
7
Parents Day Planned in Elnora Schools
Friday, April 9, is Parents Day in the Elnora schools. A special invitation is extended to every parent to spend a part or all of the day in the school. The grades will close Friday of next week. The high school will continue two weeks longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elnora
Phillipines
Cuba
Mexico
Local items note outstanding visits and travel around town
A string of visits and trips fills local notes as residents travel to Vincennes Indianapolis Burns City Odon Terre Haute and other nearby towns. Several residents like Mrs. Waldron Mr. Ragle and Miss Smiley are mentioned alongside meetings at Lyons Linton and Odon. A derailment near the canning factory disrupted a Southeastern freight briefly.
Jimtown Notes Highlight Pupil Attendance and Local Baseball
Community column records seventh month attendance across rooms 1 to 5 and High School. Other items note visits by Mr and Mrs Nicholson and local families, a surprise school dinner, and Jimtown’s first baseball win 12 to 9 over the Pickups with Beasley and McGee key players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward
Eva Wilson
Addie Todd
Dorothy Shufflebarger
Rex Pershing
Ola Mundell
Bernard Milton
Frank Melsheimer
Kathryn Melsheimer
Helen Holstein
Hester Hill
Guy Hasler
Harry Hardwick
Marty Hannah
Charles Hannah
Will Carpenter
Madge Dougherty
Zada Cox
Oval Burd‘sell
Jennie Baker
Charles Hovey
William Mathewson
Mary Nail
Violet Richardson
Paul Stalcup
Leonard Smeltzer
Lawrence Burdsell
Rose Viehe
Jessie Inman
Minnie Johnson
Mary Slimp
Charles Shuffle
Burger
Irene Vickery
Walter Good
Win
Pearl Vieher-Von Bowman
Eula Barks
Charles Burroughs
Vera Goss
Paul Cherry
Donald Cherry
Lizzie Dougherty
Harriet Findley
Geneva’ Goss
John Hovey
Catherine Milton
Lucy Whisman
Chas McCracken
Catherine Perkins
Mildred Waldron
Ralph Shufflebarger
Cleona Haynes
Leona Haynes
Alva Burke
Bernetta Bobbitt
Laverne Taylor
Roy Ketchem
Beatrice Hovey
Faye Hess
Jasper Hasler
Nona Dittemore
Paul Cox
Lois Cherry
Clarence Cunningham
Dee Brock
Roy Edmondson
Frank Crecelius
Neva Johnson
Freedia Ketchem
Ralph Strauser
Ross Waldron
Ruie Cox
von Edmondson
Inez Johnson
James Moore
Ione Porter
Ruth Swartz
Fern Johnson
Dale Tomey
Gail Tomey
Claire Jones
Claude Dyer
Hazel Bowers
Clarice
Parsley
Nora Martin
Fern Brock
Faye Johnson
Leroy Wilson
Verus Beasley
Arthur Courtney
Harold Dillon
Hollis Edmondson
Lawrence Hoover
Pearl Dyer
Adeline Lemasters
Jimtown
Rough Necks
Fielder
Resler
Jimtown McGee
Beasley
Mr. Pewee
Local 1915 Baseball Team Forms For Home Season
A new baseball club prepares for the 1915 season as an all home squad with one unsigned first baseman. Bun Horning, who pitched for the Greys last year, will again take the mound. Ernest English is likely to don the catcher’s mask.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bun Horning
The
Greys
Ernest English
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN Fashion trimming notes for spring wear
The article discusses practical ironing board padding with blankets or towels for softening work and describes trimming techniques. It highlights deep bottom tucks, embroidery insertion with black velvet ribbon, and long sash ends. Spring trims include tassels fringes frogs and braided cords for hats, suits, and dresses.
Commercial Club Meeting Readies Plant Shipment Delay
The Commercial club met Thursday at seven in the township trustee's office. A letter from Mr. Mix of Darlington said he could not ship his plant to Elnora until about May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mix
Darlington
Elnora
Town Marshal Cox Surrenders After Elnora Shooting
Town marshal Cox surrendered to authorities in Washington after being charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Dillon and Hasler hardware partner Mr. Dillon was wounded in the left shoulder and hand but expectations are for a full recovery. Cox had served as town marshal about two years before resigning from the police force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Washington
Elnora
Dillon
Peter Hasler
Dillon and
Elnora M. E. church announces services and events
The Elnora M. E. Church invites the public to worship. Sunday School at 9 15 with J E Pershing as superintendent. Preaching at 10 30 on Johns Vision of Heaven and at 7 30 by Rev B Brooks Shake. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30. Epworth League Friday 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J. Shake
J. E Pershing
Sub. John’s
Vision of Heaven
Rev
B. Brooks Shake
Epworth League
Christian Church Services and Bible School Schedule
Minister C. Howard Buchanan leads preaching on the 2nd and 4th Lord's Days. Bible School Sunday morning at 9 30. Christian Endeavor meets 1st and 3rd Lord's Day at 7 15 p m. All are invited to each service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Howard Buchanan
Christian Endeavor
Elnora notes urge housing and census as local pride grows
The column notes housing shortage in Elnora with full homes and a call to census. It mentions Laverne Earle of Indianapolis buying a racing auto for Indianapolis Speedway races on May 29 and recalls town lore about canal water and its legendary pull on locals and soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne Earle
Elnora
Indianapolis
Kitchen Kinks and Cottage Cheese Tips
Remove grease stains with alcohol to avoid rings. Wash with cold water. For cottage cheese, warm sour milk until thickened, strain through cheese cloth, add butter and salt, then serve with cream poured over the top.
Ruth Improves Elsie’s Shoes With V shaped Lace Tip
Ruth shows Ruth knelt at Elsie’s feet and clipped a shoelace into a V to prevent fraying. She explains the tip learned from a shoekerk a year ago and shares it with her aunt as they compare shoe ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie
Ruth
Rlerk
Wise and Otherwise
A collection of quips noting money talks with two words Goodbye. A rejected suitor gains success but faces scorn from the woman who refused him. A pun on ability becoming stability with added letters. A forecast of fortune for an early rising breakfast invention.
Remarkable New Zealand Pine Shows Wide Building Use
In New Zealand the wood is used for most building needs and excels as lumber for boxes and packing cases. It is not durable in ground contact or when exposed unpainted to weather. The forest service calls for further investigation of its value locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Forest Service
Ending the Quarrel Ending the Quarrel
A couple in a cultivated social scene spar over jealousy and accusations. Kate twice kicks Johnnie, turning tension into a quirky peace offering as he toys with dramatic lines and mock threats. He sees her as worth chasing despite her provocations.
Parlor Tragedy Waiting for Her Return
Workmen tear down an old house and find a gaunt man in a dust strewn lounge awaiting a missing woman. The scene shows his emaciated frame, moth eaten clothes, and a moth on his shoulder as he fixes his gaze on a door opposite while workers whisper about the strange sight. William Stanford is named as the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate
Johnnie
Weill
William Stanford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Elnora
Harry Laughlin
Jersey
Sove Stalcup
W. T. Waldron
Bicknell
Charles Ragle
Burns City
W. L. Whiteman
Vincennes
Arnold Holstine
H. C. Green
Andy Irwin
Guy Nicholson
Ivy Eubanks
Odon
Andrew Wilson
Terre Haute
T. J. Alford
Steve Stalcup
Lyons
J. A. Maryfield
Odton
P. T. Clements
Mrs
Thomas Miles
William Farris
Harrisburg
Mr. Farris
New Orleans
Henry Ketchem
Elbert Quassey
Edwardsport
Lela Cline of
Newberry
Myrtle Crecelius
Morton Cole
Bedford
Frank Mitchell
Martinsville
M. W. Mitchell
James Dobbs
Jasonville
Helen Paul of
Jonathan Sipes
Linton
Clifford Farris
Wm. Cox
Indian Springs
Edward Cox
Floyd Fisher
Anell
A. J. McCrecken
Harrisburg, Ill
R. J. Danner
M. E. Maryfield
Mildred and
Elberta
Marie Maryfield
Canning Factory
James Collins Frm
Carl Fisher
James Collins
R.G. Pershing
Mildred
Flossy Smiley
John Skemp
Illene
John Simpson
J. E. Courtney
Otto Bean
Clyde Ragle
Spencer Fricay
Mr. Nicholson
State Normal
Geo. Hackler
Wm. Tomey
Plainville
Ernest Birch
Fairville
Geo. Woodsmall
Bellview
Leo Standiford
West Clinton, Ind
Thomas Wilkins
Geo. Collins
Near Elnora
Wm. Palmer
Herman Ketchem
Teddy Palmer
Ohio
W. A. Lucas
Ritte School
Nicholson
Castoria
Rez
Commercialsub
Elnora M. E. Church
Odon Brug Co., Inc
Fairview Garden
Ind
T. A. Long
Elnora, Ind
Rexall Ordertier
Vantree
Odon Drug Co., Inc
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