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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1904
Page
3
Local notes report J. El Gurtve visiting Sullivan and Dantingly, with updates on Old Settlers events, Bedford Fair dates, and multiple townspeople visiting relatives. Rev Chasrouke and wife head to Indianapolis. Pacers supporters linger in town for the fair.
James Irwin Ora Edmondson visit from Elnora. Noah Fisher leaves for Washington Linton and Jasonville trip. Chas Shaffer from Bedford. Frank Wadsworth from Eaglesville en route to Linton. J D Hartsock from Greencastle. Bloomer Myers from Bogard township visits. Kina Trore from Burns City hosts Mrs. Elmer Pershing. Hymera and Quaras City teams play Hoares City. Brick masons to begin work on new building. Phee Page of Worthington and Hugh Merrill hosts. William Fisher of Chicago visits Smiley family. Second hand east stage and pipe for sale. James Copeland from Kingman on real estate with Bennett & Laighshun. Ray Falkerson returns from World’s Fair. Miss Stelin Harains goes to Evansville to visit Pred and family. Post office hours weekdays 7 to 11 and Sundays 4 to 9.
Ragivaville plans a September 1 pierce day with a public event near town east of the village. A program featuring baseball activities and amusements is set, with Jears Woodruff answering inquiries and guiding participants aged 18 and over.
Emery Montgoumry, a young Madison township teacher, has passed the examination and received his appointment to teach in the Philippines. He is daily expecting orders to depart for the distant islands.
The nineteenth annual Old Settlers meeting opens with Capt. Z Garten succeeding late president EL Ho Evans. Speakers include RL Wo Miers J Chaney I Q Houghton V Podpett Epheian Heasty and E Mattisgiy. Baseball draws and concerts planned. full three day report next week.
Last Friday nashtine barns belonging to Frank Dixon a substantial farmer near Montgomery burned. The loss was great as the barns held grain and hay. The horses and farming implements were saved despite the fire.
The First National Bank installs new fixtures seen as the latest design and workmanship. The bank presents a model banking room showing quality and reflects credit on the town. Bank officials are among Odon's best and most influential citizens.
Last Thursday Ray Howard and Miss Beuva Plummer were married at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. Cotchmar. The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. L W Howard, works for Edwin Winklepleck. the bride, living with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Herron, is well known in the community. The couple plan to reside in this city.
The program offers prizes to senior attendees: $1 cash by Lowry Cooper president of the National Bank to the oldest man, $2.50 bed-blankets by W. S. Saig to the oldest woman, a pair of gloves by Ziba Webster to the third oldest man, and a money purse by John Straw to the man over 60 who never smoked or closed tobacco.
A garbled list details prizes and donors for a local fair or pageant. Items include a pocket knife to the smoothest whittler, tobacco, perfumes, gloves, and baby items awarded to various age groups, spouses, and families, with multiple donors named.
A fragmented 19th century note reports chickens missing and a man named Dutab linked to the theft. References to Tiwas COR, J.B Pow nals, and prior thefts appear amid unclear wording and partial details.
Unclear OCR text notes no bidders were present for a Barr township travel road sale, with a treasurer noting tentative plans and a Tuesday reference, Washington involvement, and a $20.0 amount unclear.
Friday night August 19 at Dan gers Opera features The Watermelon Vine Southern Indiana Band with diverse performances. Acts include Martha Dietz Temestra duet When Life is Brightest, Edith Hobson Belle Breeden readings, solos and quartets, and a patent medicine lecture by Dr Paff Stuff. Proceeds fund the US Church building.
The ad from Reck the Jeweler and Optician urges teachers to consider timely watch repairs for evenings, promising affordable pricing and proper workmanship. It asks if the watch is in good shape and warns against delaying until the last minute. It offers to do the work correctly at low but fair rates.
A brief classified note lists W. R. Neessemer of Odon Indiana with a Taoter State phone 30 and references a Co Operative. The item reads like a local business or service notice.
The United Brethren conference will convene in Marengo beginning September 7. Odins ambitions to persuade the conference to relocate next year aim to showcase the new U. B. church and entertain visitors without inconveniences.
Raglesville notes report heavy coal purchases as winter tightens, corn crop damaged by cold, and local residents visiting Odon. The Raglesville High Riders beat Burns City Blues by eleven innings in a tense game. Next Sunday features Hard Hitters versus Pynusera at Intrer places with high fan interest.
Residents in a black neighborhood were astonished when a brownstone basement was turned into an unlicensed shop. Signs claimed a new business opened on the block, drawing curious crowds. The basement store quickly drew in buyers and the area buzzed with talk of underhanded deals and rising rents. Local observers worried a secret arrangement favored newcomers at the expense of longtime residents.
James VI of Scotland pursued a ceremonial reconciliation among powerful nobles on May 14 at Holyrood. The gathering ended with a symbolic drink, but within weeks the rival lords again schemed and attacked each other, promoting a cycle of feuding.
A curious note challenges the belief that snakes hiss, describing a growl like sound from serpents and recounting extraordinary swallowing feats. It mentions Loa tribe jaw mechanics and skull separation during large-prey feeding as observed by a traveler.
The notice states removal of stock into the building formerly occupied by Kinneman furniture store opposite the Grand Hotel. All items in hardware, farm implements, buggies and wagons are offered on us for any purchases.
A scrambled OCR passage hints at a New Jersey locale with scattered names and places. It mentions Josephine, Colotor W.Va, Mary line frou and near the ders, with unclear references to a town, county seat, and Nebraskan links.
Fragmentary text discusses Whomas defferson and claim that the modern plow arose from his ideas. Mentions wedges and utteining wedge and references to properties of plows. Text appears garbled with many misspellings and unclear dates or places.
Fragmentary lines set a family scene with unclear speakers, misread names, and a tense warning about a future plan or performance. The dialogue hints at conflict or instruction but lacks concrete events, dates, or locations to identify a publishable incident.
The text provides an unclear request about Nellie and a News section. It appears garbled with missing context, names, and actions, making a precise headline and summary impractical without a readable source.
Fragmentary lines describe a strained marriage discourse with unclear speakers. The text hints at a disrupted family unit and potential disputes over paternity or remarriage within a household setting.
The column voice discusses survival of the fittest and selecting the best man with a remark about approaching danger feet first and a wry reference to a local publication tone.
A brief dialogue notes a promise to keep a secret but adds a condition when one party reveals the stipulation that the other must not know it. The exchange centers on secrecy and mutual constraints.
Excerpt compares modern culture to an age of publicity and spectacle. It critiques how advertising shapes art and society, noting emphasis on applause, court headlines, and visible accolades over quiet virtue. The piece laments pervasive sensationalism and charitable showmanship.
Lothian Road in Edinburgh was built in a single day by order of Sir James Clerk of Penicuik. He gathered workers in winter, paid them with porter whisky and bread and cheese, and directed them to tear down enclosures unroof cottages and move earth to fill a deep hollow. By sunset the road was complete and passable for his carriage.
A ram from Aram confronts Uncle Billy in a West Virginia pasture. The ram lowers a horned charge as Billy bows, then the ram charges again. A catapult is launched at a vending place while a curious calf wanders off to ponder the scene.
A scientific note argues stale bread keeps the same water content as fresh bread. The difference lies in molecular arrangement, not moisture loss. Reheating within boiling-water temperature then cooling can restore stale bread to look and behave like new bread.
Lommel notes that even a tiny fraction of a milligram of sodium salt can color flame and yield bright sodium lines in spectroscope. Common salt dust pervades air, making sodium lines nearly unavoidable in any spectrum.
A New York business near White Street and Broadway reports annual entertainment spending around $100,000. Its overall yearly turnover exceeds $20,000,000. Salesmen are strong, with one commission-based representative earning $25,600 yearly, spending about $15,000 on entertaining customers.
A young woman boasts of Mayflower lineage. Mrs. Packingham of Chicago retorts that travel was cheap on that boat. The exchange appears in the Washington Star.
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