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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
4
Fragmented readable text mentions Emmora Cloopee and events in Chier on a Wednesday. Names like Miss Koln Betho and Ruth Jotason appear among visiting relatives. Other lines reference a pastor, a church, and local landmarks such as a drug store and a Pike church, with scattered social notes.
Numerous notices report visits and travels of residents to Indianapolis and nearby towns, church events, school activities, and local business updates. The piece notes illnesses, funerals, and community gatherings, with advertisements for wallpaper, drugs, jewelry, paint, and auto gifts.
Frank P. Pes of Indianapolis, owner of the city taxi line and a wealthy resident, enters the 500 mile International Sweepstakes Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 39 in a 1911 Pope-Hartford. He is the only race driver in the business with an artificial limb.
Indianapolis announces the 500 Mile Race at the Speedway as the opening event for a new national auto racing circuit formed by the American Automobile Association. Plans were discussed at the Chicago Auto Show with AA committees appointed to organize, aiming to stage a nationwide circuit with varied speedways and tracks.
An electric timing system is used to record race cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The device measures true time to the hundredths of a second and will be employed for the Memorial Day International Sweepstakes 500 mile race on the brick track.
The second graduation examination will be held in each township by the trustee tomorrow.
Indianapolis May 30 with Lewis Strang captaining a three car Case Threshing Machine Co. team from Racine Wisconsin. Drivers Louis Larsonneur Joseph Jag ersburger and three reserves to cover seven hour race for a $25 000 prize at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with cars averaging 85 miles per hour.
Mr Harvey of Indianapolis announces a new fire insurance company with one million dollar capital and one million dollar reserve. John C Billheimer, ex state auditor and former Daviess county resident, named president. About $800,000 of stock sold with several locals purchasing shares at the Odon Drug Co Store.
Indianapolis spectators note that most top drivers began as city traffic or demonstration drivers. Legends like Louis Chevrolet Ralph DePalma and Wild Bob Burman moved from traffic work to racing the Memorial Day Indianapolis 500 field includes Strang Larsonneur Jagersburger Baldwin Aitken Fox Disbrow Knight and a Simplex entry with potentialDePalma may pilot the Simplex car in the endurance grind.
The statement asserts trust in Keck the Jeweler and Optician as a dependable source, suggesting confidence in their products or services. It presents a public reassurance about the business's credibility.
Indianapolis entry for the $25,000 semi mile International Sweepstakes to be held at the Indiana Motor Speedway on Memorial Day features a Westcott car with Harry Knight as pilot. The Richmond Indiana built machine mirrors the stock motors in design but is larger and more powerful. Knight, a young speedway racer, has notable results including second in a 100 mile race at Atlanta and a Coca Cola Trophy runner-up finish.
Indianapolis notes John O D Aitken once famed speed pilot leaves the wheel for automobile sales. He joins Bruce M Wyse in charge of the National branch in Indianapolis. Though entered in the 500 mile Sweepstakes at Indianapolis on Decoration Day, Aitken nears retirement from racing and did not accompany the National squad to the Pacific Coast.
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