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Newspaper

Odon Journal

Location

Odon, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1903

Page

3

Old Settlers event and local notes span week

Local items report typhoid cases in Linton and Tyrell county. Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Hartley. Visits by residents from Bedford Terre Haute and Indianapolis. Advertisements urge trading with Journal advertisers and notes on church and social events. Several hometown figures travel to Bedford Chicago and Niagara Falls.

C. EB. O'Dell Raymond Niagara Falls Misa Letha O'Dell Indianapolis Buffalo

Sunday Services and Local Visits Fill Mr E Church

Mrs Freeman returns home after Sunday service at 10 30. Daisy Hawkins from Newberry visits relatives this week. John O Dell visits Linton to see his ill son in law Frank Boston. Lucille Keller returns from Buros City. Pearl Myers returns from Washington with Gladys McWilliams. Sadie Smiley hosts a party for Evan Lanse of Loogootee. Manuell Clinton tours from New York City and heads to Evansville for a new Equitable job. Local dinners honor Mrs Ellis of Wash. Tom Smith and A J Cox visit Kelby county and plan to move here this fall.

John O'Dell Linton Frank Boston Messrs Tom Smith A. J. Cox Kelby County Ind Crogke& Forsythe Shelby County

Seven year old boy injured by mule collision

Thursday morning Clarence McCoy seven year old son of J A McCoy went to the pasture and struck a lying mule with a stick. The mule kicked him on the chin knocking him several flips. Dr DeMotte dressed the wound and the boy will soon be out.

Clarence ‘McCoy J. A. McCoy Clarence DeMotte

Community Notices and Local Socials Across Town

Residents report visits from Raglesville to Bedford and nearby towns. The first load of watermelons arrives as auctions and gatherings draw a large crowd at Bramble and Odon. A coal mine stake changes hands and a baptizing event is planned near Prairie Creek.

Local Train Planned From Odon to Terre Haute

Jas Walsh vice president of the Southern Indiana Railway writes from Chicago dated August 8 that a local train will be added from Odon to Terre Haute in about two weeks. He notes residents there are the most enterprising on the line.

Jas. Walsh Southern Indiana Railway Odon Terre Haute

Daviess County Sees Surging Land Interest and New Buyers

Report from the county notes increased influx of land buyers and rising rates as Crooke and Forfar lines attract northern Indiana interest. Fire damage to barns cited. firms report many inquiries and a growing market for large houses, with buyers arriving in the past few months amid higher prices.

Forsythe party to Niagara Falls listed attendees

At 3 today the real estate firm Crooke and Forsythe prepared to depart for Niagara Falls with a large group including E E Forsythe and wife E T Laughlin Roy Myers Parmenter Mitchell Chester Sommers W L Stoy Wm Potts Ovid Swiley KH M Fisher and wife Mrs W T Alexander Seward Pershing Bloomer Wadsworth Andrew Keck and wife Mrs J C Mitchell Mamie Mitchell R J McCallian Pierce McNeely Bi Pownall Ethel Pownall Miss Marryfield Mable Abraham Mrs Leo Montgomery and possibly Dr Anderson and Ira Correll.

Ps. m E. Bom Forsythe Crooke Forsy Niagara Falls E. E. Forsythe E. T. Laughlin Roy. Myers Parmenter Mitchell Chester Sommers Stoy Wm. Potts Ovid Swiley KH. M Fisher W.t.alexander Seward Pershing Bloomer. Wadsworth Andrew Keck J.C. Mitchell Mamie Mitchell R. J. McCallian Pierce McNeely Bi Pownall Ethel Pownall Miss Marryfield Mable Abraham Leo Montgomery Dr. Anderson Ira Correll

Local Residents Visit as Farmers Plow and Trade Notes

Farmers are busy plowing for wheat and threshing is declining. Visitors include Frank and George Harman of Odon, Charlie Boyd & Co. handling S I R road tax, Mrs. Nancy Simpkins and Andrew Keck from Odon, Allan Stanley of Bogard, Rezi Overton, Benjamin Fisher of Ohio, Pat O'Donnell, Lowry Storms from Martin county, and others. Also mention a rainout of a telephone meeting and a band concert in Odon. An unusual note reports D W Osborn and family aided by Frank Norman killed ninety five rats in one day. Arthur Phipps returns from Illinois.

Word seg coined for University of Chicago women slang

A Chicago find sheds light on slang origins with the term seg used for University of Chicago women. The piece contrasts coeds and new slang, noting the word arose in a pre designed, visible moment and is described as euphonious and descriptive.

New York Evening Post the Inquirer Chicago University of Chicago

Never Victims of Cupid Census Shows More Bachelors

A San Francisco Argonaut report notes the United States has about 2.56 million more single men than single women, driven by immigration and birth rates. Widows outnumber widowers, and divorced women who have not remarried are more common than divorced men, affecting marriageable age dynamics across states such as New York.

Tt Ig United States San Francisco New York

Old Settlers Event Announces Broad Winners and Prizes

The Old Settlers gathering at Odon Indiana lists prizes across categories from oldest residents to tallest and heaviest participants. It names oldest man and woman, long-time residents, best recitations for girls in Madison and Van Buren townships, and age based races for children.

Daviess County Madison Township van Buren Township

Post Office Daily Mail Schedule and Hours Noted

The Post Office at this place lists mail arrival and dispatch times including general mail and locked pouches. Office hours run from early morning to evening with the money order window closing at 6 p.m. G. D. Abraham, P. M.

U.S G.D. Abraham P. M

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