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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
2
The issue highlights how durable road improvements raise nearby property values. It notes Henry Backes’s Washington logrolling coverage and previews an upcoming Washington Journal piece by William Jennings Bryan on Individualism Versus Socialism, praising Bryan’s juristlike analysis.
The text argues for instilling a love of good reading in children from the start. By shaping early environments with beautiful stories and hymns, children will seek worthy books, face life’s toil bravely, and find joy in leisure through noble thoughts and recited verses.
The piece extols the weekly country paper as a business guide and pulpit of morals serving as a supervisor of streets, a promoter of goodwill, and a harmonizer of church factions. It highlights the importance of public praise for students and community achievements, and lists numerous local social visits, events, and notices across towns including Odon, Washington, Bedford, and Linton.
The Indiana Conference of the United I thren church begins its annual session in Octon on September 5 with Bishop G. M. Matthews of Chicago presiding. Mission Marshall Shonts of Chicago will lecture Friday afternoon. Notable visitors include Rev. J. E. Shannon of Marion Dr. S. St. Hough Dr W R Funk Dr C. Whitney of Dayton and Dr J. T. Roberts of Indiana polis. Local preparations aim to host 125 to 150 attendees.
The text explains how Easter is determined as the first Sunday after the full moon following March 21, resulting in Easter ranging from March 22 to April 25. It notes Easter fell on April 25 in 1856 and will recur in 1943, and that the earliest date occurred in 1818 with no repeat until later in the century.
Leslie's Weekly describes Seoul streets filled with sewage odors and open faced houses. The writer notes limited shop displays, women controlling cloth trades, and doors kept open for passing buyers with small doorways and hidden houses behind stone walls.
The recorder, second only to the mayor, traces to 1686 charter. Originating with James Graham, the office aided aldermen and civil and criminal cases. Over time it shifted to focus on serious criminal matters while civil cases moved to newer courts.
Excursion rates for trips to Winona Lake Eldorado Springs and other destinations listed with dates and return limits. Local notes include visits, a typhoid death, a lightning strike, and road repairs with construction at Dr McKittrick's concrete building and the Modern Woodmen.
Sunday School 9 30 Junior meeting 2 00 P C U 6 30 Preaching 7 30 Prayer meeting each Wednesday evening W Ed Snyder Pastor
W B Neeriemer of Odon Indiana states that after August 1 1906 he will make and boil cider on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week.
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