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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
3
A scan of a local newspaper page shows travel timetables for the B. & O. W. RY between Washington Indiana and nearby towns, with daily schedules and connections. It also reports on residents, church notices, meetings, weddings, travel plans, and community items from the area including visits, illnesses, and local events.
Chestnut visited from Begard township yesterday. Vernon Malone is home from Indianapolis. J. M. Winklepleck went to Jasonville Wednesday. Fred Teele was seen at Saturday market. Walter Garten was in Bures City on business. Elmer Ramsey’s new residence is ready for roofing and siding. John Straw and family returned to Jeffersonville after visiting here. Quarterly meeting at U Bechurch Saturday and Sunday with Presiding Elder Walls. S A Gantz an electrician of Brazil returned home after visiting his brother Dan. Walter Stevenson will leave next Tuesday for Webbity Missouri for a printing office position.
The text disputes rumors of selling watches below cost while noting past actions and stress on customers. It appears to reflect a chaotic note about pricing claims and a response to circulating statements.
Frank E Bell reports the new telephone system will start operation tomorrow with about twenty phones ready. Weather slowed progress but by next week the town will be connected and Elnora will follow. About one hundred subscribers have contracted for three years and service will be day and night.
The Republican convention met Tuesday night to nominate a ticket for the town election after 20 years without one. Z W Garten presided, MTL Ruten named permanent chair, secretaries Wilson Myers and John K McCarter. Ward committeemen were named and a council ticket, treasurer, and marshal nominated. Swartney's advertised porcelain ware sale and W T Alexander's 26th auction were noted.
The Journal urges readers in arrears to call or mail payments without delay. It notes funds spent to improve the paper and asks for prompt settlement, stressing small individual amounts but significant total impact. Miscellaneous items mention schooling, store sale, and various notices from local figures.
Ben F. Sears named Road Supervisor for district No 3. The Advisory Board will choose a township physician on Saturday May 2. Oscar Wallick appointed to the advisory board to replace resigning member John Ketchem.
George Brown Jr. of Montgomery received a Sunday letter promising to dynamite and burn the town unless 22,500 is raised within three months. The ransom must be gold and placed in a glass jar at the West end bridge. The letter linked past arsons to the unnamed culprits and warned the community to find them.
Stoughain during bar practice tried a method of magnetizing an adverse witness by staring silently. He seated himself directly before the witness and fixed him with his eye causing the man to blush tremble and finally collapse in nervous confusion, seemingly leaving the crucial evidence unspoken.
Our note asks readers to mention noticing advertisements in this paper when making purchases from merchants who advertise. The plea frames it as a small favor that will benefit the publication and its supporters.
Albert E. Crooke, prominent Odon photographer and Spanish American War veteran, wed Aliss Evelyn Waller of Washington at their North Grove Street home. Rev. Charles W. Crooke officiated. only near relatives attended. The bride, a former Washington High School graduate, led the Elnora primary department. The couple will begin housekeeping in their new home.
Unrelenting rain halted events this week in Ragesville. Alfred Lualien drives a peddling wagon for W A Pershing's new store. Shakespear Success Club L O S C Branch 1008 postponed its play. Branch 1008 elected officers at Grover Pate’s home. Pershing advertises general merchandise with low prices. Art Critchlow returns from three years in the Philippines with Uncle Sam and a government post paused. he toured the globe before resuming home life.
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