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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
7
Pershing superintendent announces prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 45 p m Epworth League Friday at 7 45 p m sermons at 1 30 a m on The Spiritual World demonstrated through natural laws and at 7 45 p m on The Way Truth Life Cordial invitation to public worship welcomes all at every service
Carl Fisher went to Washington Monday and Arthur Drake visited from near Midland. The Elnora Greys reportedly secured a September 12 game with the Washington Greys. Many residents visit relatives, attend institutes, or travel to Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Odon, Jasonville, and Valpariso.
MARSH residents and neighbors spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends. Names include Nellie Pruett Mort Bright Jno Boyd Mary Lay Jno Russell and families. Outings included services at Fairview and gatherings with Coplin Borden Hanson Becker and others from Montgomery Columbus and adjacent areas.
FIRST CREEK Chester Stout, son of Hewitt and Mrs Stout, suffers a broken arm from a fall Tuesday. Several local residents visit relatives and friends across town, including the Dow, Richardson, Dalton, Phipps, and Wright families, with weekend and weekday visits noted around Willow Lick and Bunkum.
Elnora M. E. church announces Sunday School at 9 15 a m led by Pastor S J Shake. Service details incomplete in text.
Minister C Howard Buchanan preaches the second and fourth Lord's Days. Bible School Sunday morning at 9 30. Christian Endeavor on the first and third Lord's Day at 7 15 p m. All are invited to every service.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wilson and family visited Calvin Perkins Sunday. Frank Raney was at Washington. Several from the neighborhood attended Old Settlers in Odon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lester and grand-daughter Nina Carroll visited Alfred Daugherty and family Sunday. Mrs. Geo. Eagle visited relatives at Cornettsville. Ira Patterson drove to Washington Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eaton were at Washington last week visiting relatives.
Miss Clara Kinnaman of Indianapolis visited J. L. Cunningham family Tuesday through Thursday. Several local residents, including James Stuffel Minard Smiley and Miss Cunningham, attended a teachers institute in Washington. Other visits and errands circulated among residents with multiple social calls to Odon Plainville Cornetsville Washington and stay sales noted.
Curtis Myers traveled to Odon for a business trip on Saturday, engaging in planned meetings and local commerce activities. The visit underscores Myers' ongoing business interests in the region and ties to local firms.
BUNKUM Mrs Cleve Holt and son Roy of Brocton Illinois visit relatives here. Miss Cleo Blough and Ruby Lavander also visit. Mrs Thos Phipps Glen Laveda Clinton and Mr J B Phipps Farlen visit H M Connell family. Earl Carpenter visiting from near Brocton NL. Eva Miller here Tuesday. Milton Herron visited Aldo York. James Hayes of Linton spent time here. H M Connell and children Ray and Leland with O S Connell in Odon. Union Chapel services Sunday morning and 7 30 p.m. Rev M P Herron of Odon to preach.
Charley Blough and family of Irene spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in town.
The Hagenbeck Wallace circus comes to Washington on Saturday August 28 for two performances at 2 and 8 p.m. The event features over 300 performers plus Carl Hagenbeck’s wild animal exhibit and a three mile street parade at 10 a.m. The circus travels on three special trains and promises a new, enlarged spectacle with exotic acts and many animals.
The article cites Canon MacColl linking continual brain growth to Mr. Gladstone’s apparent perpetual youthfulness. It claims the brain often grows into later life and notes Gladstone was fitted for larger hats during the Midlothian campaign near age seventy. Spectator remarks on the idea as not unwarranted.
France leads in snail production with Austria Bavaria and Switzerland hosting thousands of farms that raise escargots on vine leaves. High demand in France outstrips supply, making snail farming a significant industry across these regions.
The Lancet discusses how Italian dietary habits weaken resistance to disease and affect heart response in pneumonia. It cites lean-muscle impact from farinaceous foods. The piece also notes two women undertakers in California and a Canada printing trade employing nearly 10,000. A Penn student trained a monkey to fetch a valet, proving higher education can yield practical oddities.
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