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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1904
Page
2
The Odon Journal reports subscription renewal requirements and rates, noting must be paid within the year and outside county subscriptions via advance payment. It also catalogs street notices, rail police actions, and a local accident involving a ring injury, plus brief items on officials, socialists, prohibitionists, and local political moves.
An OCR sample reveals garbled passages mentioning schools and communities. Readers see scattered references to Hinsdale, Portet, and a debate on harmful influences and safety in local yards and teaches, with callouts to acts affecting property and children.
A large hotel in LaSalle Springs burned down Wednesday evening, with losses near 21000. Proprieter Frank Brussine faced heavy financial impact from the blaze. In nearby Terre Haute, McCampbell and Fiskie plan a 190 electric light plant at Jasonville.
A chaotic Saturday event at the village depicts shooting and cutting incidents. A crowd taunted a feeble minded man, a rail strike injured a man named Jerry, and another fight at the depot involved a drinking teen and an older stranger. Several minor scuffles among visitors occurred with no lasting injuries.
Rain did not dampen attendance at the nineteenth Old Settlers gathering. The crowd was large on Friday and Saturday afternoons as farmers enjoyed the rain and shared speeches from local figures including Judge 7, DC, and others. The event featured social moments, food, and reflections on community life despite inclement weather.
Mrs Barbera Hubbard aged 76 years 4 months 72 days died at the home of her daughter Mrs James Herron on Kunkum Street from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was born in Ohio. Funeral services were held Monday at Wesley Chapel by Rev Edmund Taylor with burial in the nearbr cemetery.
The Madison Courier notes a Louisville event inviting the Smith family and variants to join a summer gathering funded by $25,000 for entertainment. It promises wide attendance from diverse Smiths including the lame, halt, and blind, with the money expected to vanish by dinner time.
The Indiana World’s Fair Commission plans elaborate preparations to make Indiana Day one of the exposition’s greatest events and asks all Indiana citizens to cooperate. Cheap tourist car service to the Californian Visorn Mountain Route runs March and April. For information write A. A. Deane Jr Sentinel Bldg Indianapolis Ind.
Stuckey and Osborn Bros announce a new coal mine one mile southeast of Eaglesville offering high grade coal. The message emphasizes easy access by good roads and invites the public to visit the site.
Visitors to the World's Fair are invited to inspect the Frisco-Rock Island System pavilion at the Main Entrance. It offers a place of rest, courteous attention, free souvenirs, and descriptive literature about the Great Southwest, highlighted as a must-see attraction.
A garbled OCR passage presents scattered fragments mentioning a title and assorted letters. Readable items include scattered names and incomplete phrases without a clear event or location. The readable content is too fragmentary to identify a coherent news item or summary.
The notice touts Humpreys Medicine Co Witch Hazel Oil as a permanent cure for external and internal hemorrhoids with immediate relief. It lists three sizes 250 50c and 1.00 and offers purchase by Crassists or prepaid by mail from New York Avenue William and John Streets.
Nervous debility and prostration from overwork and other causes. Hahnemann Homeopathic Specific No 28 in use over 40 years, the only successful remedy. $1 per vial or $3 for a special package. Sold by Druggists or sent prepaid on receipt of price. Hustenstry Med Co William & Joba Sita N.Y.
The document lists capitalization and asset figures for several insurers including Connecticut Fire Insurance Co Dartford Conn St Paul Fire and Marine Hartford Fire and Hartford Phenix of Hartford and Home Insurance of New York. It references assets and force of insurance with scattered figures and notes about industry standards.
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