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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
6
A local public sale lists various articles to be sold in a posted partial roster. The notice names items to be auctioned and cites the sale authority, with location and date details remaining unclear in the fragment.
Baglesville reports a son born Wednesday to Dr and Mrs Elrod. Bayrel Pate of Indianapolis and cousin Master Carl visited M O Pate's family. Lelia Karr visited grandparents J M Williams for Old Settlers in Odon. Van Buren residents attended the Old Settlers meeting in Odon with O Maley, Strange, Doyle and others visiting east Van Buren.
Market listing shows hogs cattle and poultry prices with produce and related products like butter hides and beans. Various entries mention market items and some figures though text is garbled and partial.
Local notices list a public sale on Saturday August 25 with various items for sale and prices. Community events include church services, excur sions, weddings and gatherings at Old Settlers in Joliff Co area.
Persng owns m2 may leave the money with Ionian Baos at the Journal office or with Ed Resler Wilson Myers.
Mrs. John Monts ill with typhoid fever. Local residents and travelers named: Joe Wade, George Walker, Charles Kerry of Plainville, and others. Social events include a Monday dance at Alfred Gootee's and a Monday social hosted by Mrs Frack Campbell. Visitation from Loogootee and Indianapolis relatives. UB church conference services scheduled. Rev. Todd to Dale conference. Oron Realty claims adjusted after storm losses. Trips planned to Oakland City Fair and Now Albany. extended visits with Edna Ott.
Regular correspondent reports weather warmth and various hometown happenings. Residents Andrew doves threshed wheat, Keck from Bramble and Roscoe Kutch traveled to Loogootee, while reports mention illness, visits, farming plans, and a Sunday ball game where Terre Haute lost to the Reds, a team with only two losses in eighteen.
A humorous excerpt describes a histologist explaining tea production and the microscopic view of tea leaves. It covers leaf picking by native workers, drying over coal, and insects in the leaves, likening microscopic dust to a tiny insect wreck. The dialogue shifts to a joke about hair restorers and promises.
The piece contrasts adaptability as a skill for rapid response to change with a quip about a general, a statesman, and a financier. It then describes Ireland’s shamrock as a rare native clover with tri-fold leaves and a small white crown blossom, noting its scarcity and ground-hugging growth.
Mrs Lew Core visited Odon Tuesday while Aunt Eliza Meconingbay remains seriously ill. Residents traveled to Mud Pike Loogootee and Martins earlier in the week. The Garret nursery team from Buros City paused by on Tuesday. A Sunday ball game at Loogootee saw the Rough Riders defeat Loogootee 6 to 4, with the Rough Riders boasting a 17-0-1 record after 18 games in dispute.
Snatc regular corres from Jehu Stutts returns to Waster. Mrs Dullig Scott of Amois visits. A D Bechter and family in Plainville. Walker visits Van Buren township. Herman Kuteb at Evansville. Judge Fisher and family from Eissore stop by. Hackett of Bedford ran Tuesday for ties. R W Richardson and family in north end Sunday. Dean Wallick back from Suck state. Old Settlers reunion uneventful. Jessie Hardy of Plainville visits Zulu Bechtel. Louie Strange, noted Martin County teacher, guests of John B Stotts. Laughlin family and friends visit Scotland. Sallie Ketcham returns from Valparaiso Commencement with daughter Mrs Owens.
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