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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1894
Page
3
A jumble of names places dates and small ads. Community events sales births and funerals mix with business notices and campaign talk, reflecting a busy small town page with multiple readers and interests. The piece lists sales, trades, teaches, church happenings, and personal notices across Plainville Od en Indiana and nearby areas.
The Odon high school aided by Prof Williams plans a Friday night fundraiser play titled The School Ma am to buy books for the school library. Mrs T B Couchman, wife of Rev T B Couchman, former ME pastor, died in Grayville Indiana March 23, an estimable Christian lady respected by many.
Fragmentary notes reveal concern over a school’s makeup with terms like TaLPS and Bextiet from Sinneol Ma’am. A passenger train incident near Washington is described with a fall from a moving train and a recovery.
Fragmentary notice advertising sternes or atilener deads with a claim of finest selection. Mentions location near a bank and a door north of bank. Text is garbled but promotes buyers to call before busying elsewhere.
Elder SS Beaver of Ste Alister ville Juliatta Co Pa says his wife suffers stomach cramps. Last summer she used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and received speedy relief. She has since used it as needed and found it never fails. Report by W L Stoy.
Eight to ten boys over twelve years may be accommodated to earn tuition by working for the institute. Work is moderate and wages are good. Jobs won’t interfere with students. Apply at once to J. A. Alexander.
Edwards Hedden Mr Dora Edwards and Miss Eva Hedden wed Wednesday April 11 at 7 pm at the bride’s home in Bozard Town Slip with about seventy five guests. Rev S L Todd officiated and gifts were exchanged followed by merriment and well wishes for a long peaceful life. The Journal notes farm ties to Bucart town and mentions a Teachers Normal Institute class in Typos writing beginning next week with enrollment details.
The notice asks all who owe for WW K Penrod subscriptions up to January 1 1894 to pay promptly. the list has been turned over to the speaker and immediate payment is requested.
John Hinyes died April 6 at 12 04 PM aged 60 years seven months two days. Born August 12 1833 in Buchenborn Kingdom of Würtemberg Germany he settled in Ohio and Indiana before moving to Daviess county in 1805 and later Van Buren township. Ten children were born. nine survive four sons and five daughters. A Lutheran in youth he joined United Brethren and remained a church member. He was widely known and deeply mourned by family friends and the community.
A fragment from a school scene shows Kate and Mrs Grump arguing about a meal or grama mar Johnie. Johnie complains of lack of taste and mentions staying after school to learn, while feiler faces punishment for not paying.
Taathes data and bonnets. Also the very lates novelties in hats and trimmings. Specialty of Childreng' its. April 27th and 25th 1804, Dine Front building, opposite P. C. Adtare cordially invited. Cavoner & Hepparp.
A three year old boy was struck by a moving engine on the railroad in Massachusetts. He was thrown into the air and landed on a cowcatcher before being dragged 1,200 feet to Cottage Street. He was carried home and declared lifeless, later revived with only a minor skin loss on his face.
The notice urges the April opening of CDON NORMAL and cites growing attendance interest. It pledges to make School 2 a success in every aspect and emphasizes optimism for a large crowd at the launch.
Mrs. Johnson of Kensington Kansas reports lasting relief after two months bedridden from aisure attack using Chamberlains Pain Balm. First application brought improvement and continued use enabled her to rise and care for her home. Sold by W L Stoy Druggist in 50 cent bottles.
Report says teachers en route to Rockport stopped at Lincoln City in Spencer County to view President Lincoln’s grave site and the childhood home area once linked to his father. The Nancy Hanks Lincoln tomb stands behind an iron fence with a Studebaker erected stone and inscription noting her role as Lincoln’s mother.
Mrs. Jacob Weigenborn of Cleveland Ohio believed herself a widow since October after a man matching her husband’s description was killed on the New York Central Railroad. Exhumation confirmed the body. insurance paid. Buffalo later reports her husband is alive and well in the city, prompting a prompt investigation.
Tris notes fruit not all killed and workers heading to the Sucker state for summer toil. Reports mention graduates, visits, and moves in Barns City and Shoals with several locals returning from trips, political come backs, and a new baby at Albert Hubbard’s home.
An advertisement argues that many ailments like headache dizziness and indigestion arise from deranged nerve centers. It extols Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a universal remedy for nervous disorders including hysteria epilepsy and sexual disorders, offered with a money back guarantee and price 1 per bottle or six for 3.
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