Local notes from Odon and Trinity Springs area
Local residents attend visits, social gatherings, and shopping events in Odon, Trinity Springs, and nearby towns. Names include G D Abraham, Barkley Overton, Miss Ruth Stine, Miss Magdaline Deutsch, and many families visiting relatives, with multiple trips to Trinity Springs and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gantz
Elenor Burdsell
Cincinnati
Ruth Stine
J Lyons
Magdaline Deutsch
Oakland City
The Home Circle Plea for Character Over Wealth
A reflective column urges tired mothers and young men to value virtue over money. It extols character as the true wealth, notes how hardship tests men, and warns that pride and corruption can lead to disgrace and prison. The piece champions purity as priceless inheritance for future generations.
Attempted shooting following marriage turmoil in Burns County
The report outlines a family crisis as Mrs. Steurt, formerly Miss Dottie Wils, attempted to shoot her husband after a two year marriage. Neighbors restrained her as she fled near the Stout home. a physician tended her and she recovered though she seemed unsettled, declaring intent to harm someone.
Wheat crop destroyed by fire in Barr Township
Sparks from a Hamilton Whittner threshing engine destroyed about 500 bushels of wheat on Michael Matthews farm three miles northeast of Montgomery Saturday morning. Efforts by the threshing crew saved most gear but water was unavailable. John J. Graber narrowly saved his own crop nearby. Loss estimated in the hundreds of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
John J. Graber
Borr Township
Justus
Graber
Mr. Graber
A Plea for Bachelors From London Graphic
A London Graphic quips that the bachelor class are generous and self denying while arguing against taxing them. It says if a tax is needed, it should fall on the pampered married man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Graphic
Local visitors enjoy two week stay with Mitchell area families
Miss Avis Mathers from near Mitchell spent two weeks with aunts Mrs. A. M. Keck and Mrs. A. Diefendorf after arriving last Friday. Ida Dorsett of Georgia Indiana visited Erna Keck on Wednesday and Thursday. Families including Mrs. E. T. Laughlin and children along with Mrs. Clarence Pownall and others, who camped at Trinity Springs, returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avis Mathers
Near
Mitchell
A. M. Keck
A. Diefendorf
Ida Dorsett
Georgia
Ind
Erna Keck
E. T. Laughlin
Cleta
Naoma
Clarence Pownall
Trula
Hazel Crooke
Lela Crooke Bess Garten
Ina Dowden
Josephine Watsop
Pearl Myers
Trinity Springs
Imagination as Power in a Teacher's Tale
The anecdote recalls Louis Agassiz describing fossils and reptiles to illustrate imagination’s reach. Conway recounts how the lecturer, exhausted yet animated, urged forgiveness for ending the lecture early as the creatures seemed to come alive before the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moncure Daniel Conway
Louis Agassiz
Agassiz
Ife
A Student Delves Deep into a Subject
A young student explains that when interest is sparked, he pursues it until fully embraced. The reply questions whether he himself is an interesting subject and acknowledges the student’s claim with hesitation.
Great Expression Testament In Local Theater
Grimley notes his daughter sings with great expression in the local scene. The town recalls her striking stage presence and compares the performance to her mother who cannot recognize her face while singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimley
Home Herald
Insects' Wings Note on Memory and Judgment
A brief note quotes a science fact about insect wing frequencies and a La Rochefoucauld aphorism on memory and judgment. The piece contrasts fly and bee wing rates with a reflection on human recall and judgment.
Ivory a Government Monopoly
In Central Africa there are still spots for making money trading ivory but few. In British East Africa ivory is now a government monopoly and you may not trade an ounce of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivory
Central Africa
British East Africa
Reunion of Hayes Family at James Evans Grove
An all day picnic and family reunion gathered near Raglesville on Tuesday to honor Mrs. Fred Hayes of Nevada Iowa. About twenty relatives from the Dyal Evans Hayes and Ward families attended a pleasant day in the grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hayes
Nevada
Towa
D. W. Hayes
Hayes
James Evans’ Grove
Raglesville
Iowa
Palmer Dyal
James Evans
Dan Hayes
Homer Ward
Time Table Effective April 11 1999 and Route Details
Timetable shows multiple routes including Terre Hat Jasonville Linton Beehunter Elnora Odon Bedford and Seymour with service hours listed. It includes various train numbers, bound directions, and times such as 12:15 a m 6:00 a m 7:50 a m and 9:05 p m. Officials noted as RADLEY G. P. & T. A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M . Radley
G. P
T. A
Coal Marketing Pitch From Odon Light & Power Co
An advertisement touts good clean coal of any size from Odon Light and Power Co promising high efficiency and strong heat with no clinker residue. It invites customers to order whether in large or small quantities.
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THE
Odon Journal
Odon
Indiana
Oden, Indiana
Postoffice
Cooperative Elephone
Othae
Inter State Telephone
Office
Inter State Telephoone
W. OH. Harding
Elnora
Win
Bair
Blankenship Sun
Divy
Hermans
Elsworth Critchlow
Oxford
G. TD
Abrabiai
Claude Rader
Tyons
Rasoth Sommers
Elmora
EK. T. Laughlin
P. A. Winklepleck
North
Vernon
G. D. Abraham's
Odus Marshall and
Artor
Lester Shapson
Champaign, Il
Walter Edwards
Shelburn
Axie Howard
Flossie Winkelpleck
Eviston
Ralph Tolliver
Indianapolis
Madge Preston
Sidney Catron
Terre Haute
Chas, Toon
Eaglesville
Roy Bach
Bloomfield
Ruth Stine of
Lyons
Rena Dearmin
Miss Laveda Cropp of
Montgomery
Dr. Seal
Timothy
G. D. Abraham
Grace Arford
Mrs
Scott .Alford
Barkley & Overton
B. E. Sears
Wissoui
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
W. C. Myers
Ottawa, Illi
R. C. Skemp
Cinda Dunlap
Lilian Harris
Minnie Medealt
Keck
Mamie Fellers
Elliston
Matt Poorman
Southeast
of Odeon
Chas. Browning
Chattaooga
Tennessee
Jas. Watson
Misses Hildred and
Edna Persh
Ing
Tinity Spring
John Maryfield
Kutch
Kirby
Near Burns City
Harvey Walls
Alf Morrison
Ola
Frank
Nelie
Michigan
Walter Danner
Sumner Alexander
Vernon Skemp
Chas. Lane
Holian Alderson
Harold McCallian
Ronald Boyd
Washington Herald
Hattie Hamersly
Alvna Woods
Helen Melshheimer
Elinora
Jacob Sommers
Bluffs Finay
Arford
Oolon
Walter and
Bessie Berry
Bicknell
Mrs. Mollie Smiley
Hew
Brella’s
Pakley & Overton
Mable. Chinn
Cecil Gilkinson
Loogootee
Leona Tama
Gilkinson
Dale Cooper
R. J. McCallian
Mrs. McCallian
Washington
Cooper
Teachers’ Institute
Lowry Cooper
St. Francesville
Tlinovis
Shrader
Ethel Jolliff
Elenor Purdsell
Ruth Stein
Neva Smiley
Canton Ohio
Lada Morrison
George L. Tory
B .Iford
Tory
Bessie Smiley
Spring Valley Farm
Finn Cooper
Interstate Telephone System
W. H. Harding
Mgr
Home
Ren
Husbard
Ayetbaett Stevr
Fer Din
Hame
Revolver
Ant
Seoonard
CIA
Coos
Hunter
Mr. and
Planter
Hinora
Alexander Watts
Burns City
Mgr. Hunter
Mit Teak Ver
Fasame
Sooli
Hone
Barr Township
Hamilton & Whittners Threshing Outfit
Michael
Mattheses
Parm
Keck’s
Givar
Norte
Nickelo
Danner’s Big Store
By W. Kethe
Hayes’ Family
Ojon Light and Power Co
Odon Light & Power Co
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