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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
3
The Indiana Republican platform defends the Nicholson and Moore amendments, preserving existing saloon laws and adding a county local option mechanism. It explains that counties voting against saloons would eliminate traffic, while wet counties retain remonstrance laws for townships and wards. The piece also advertises dental services.
Sunday School 9 30 Junior meeting 2 00 Christian Endeavor Union 6 30 Preaching 7 30 Prayer meeting Wednesday Choir Thursday All are invited W J Snyder Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday school 9 30 Preaching 10 9 a m Junior League 1 30 p m Preaching 7 30 p m Young people urged to attend Sunday night services as topics target them Prayer meeting Thursday League Friday night C C Lowther Pastor
Secret political cabal in Dekalb county Auburn used blue chalk triangles with changing figures to recruit members and control Democratic nominations. The Honest Voters League admitted only oath bound members including saloon keepers and agents, and expelled Joe Link when he wandered into a meeting.
State statistics label brewers as promoters of 991 of Indiana’s 3 002 saloons amid a political clash over temperance laws. The piece cites brewer influence on licensing and elections, urging anti saloon advocates to mobilize against brewery backed candidates and county local option opposition.
In Arcola Isis a weekly town cleanup occurs not by hired workers but by local merchants and businessmen. On Friday 60 to 100 men sweep the streets, load the dirt into wagons, and by Saturday morning the town looks neat and inviting to residents and shoppers alike.
The timetable lists northbound and southbound daily trains between Seymour Bedford Odon Eloora Beehunter Linton Jasonville Terre Haute and Seymour with arrival and departure times. Form information from A P Radley G P and T A Grand Central Station Chicago.
J W Anderson of Odon Indiana offers special attention to diseases of the stomach in his medical practice and serves the local community with surgical expertise.
The Honest Voters' League backed E. M. McKenan to defeat C. E. Galletin, a temperance Democrat, in Dekalb county's primary. Rumors say brewers and saloon interests coordinated the shift, provoking indignant Democrats who fear a GOP win as independent and temperance sentiment rise.
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