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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1901
Page
3
The paper offers attractive wall patterns with good value in price quality and artistic beauty. Dearmins uses skilled design and manufacturing to enhance rooms with patterns that add appeal and style.
Local notes report Oden Schools begin Monday while visitors travel through Greene County. Mentions include Misa Pesri Senef visiting, M. H. Kutch returning from Chicago, Alfred Byrer visiting from Indianapolis, and numerous community events and family updates across the area.
Henry y Woodrat visits Barns City while Ea Harris plans return to Indianapolis. Next Saturday an auction sale is set in Barns City. Mrs W S Sutton returns to Brazil after a visit. Ethel Brookshire goes home to Ladoga after staying with Mrs Guthrie. Mrs Stelchamier of Elnora visits Mrs Sommers. George Lutes from Wisconsin visits relatives. returns Monday. A metal roof painting offer is advertised at 25 per square. Several residents travel to Linton for a Soldier's reunion and Bedford Street Fair attendance. W F M S at M E church to elect officers on September 1. Collects return to Franklin. Win recovering fromophoid fever. Church families visit Bedford for a street fair. Daniel Gantz signs off.
The Washington Herald critiques Jarvis for public nuisance behavior and condemns illegal sale of beer and whiskey under fake brands. It argues for strict enforcement of narcotic and liquor statutes to curb unlawful traffic and its disruption to society.
A terse notice from Neeremer and Webster invites inquiries about loans on improved farm land at five to eight percent. The ad promises ample money and signs off with “Youra Truly Uarry H Crooke.”
The Odon and Loogootee baseball teams played a close contest, tied at multiple innings before Odon pulled ahead in the tenth. Freeman pitched for Loogootee, Strange for Odon, with Umps Beton and Lougoster, and various local prizes awarded afterward.
A list of prizes awarded at the Odon fair includes a declamation prize for a Madison town girl, various awards for best looks and ages from infants to seniors, cabinet photos for twins, dinnerware sets, and gifts from local merchants and citizens. Winners named include Verna Sears, Sarah Lew Edith Catherine Storms, Richard, Zackris Cook Rocker, Allegra Bowman, Andrew York, Sarah Byrer, Lavina Cunningham, Golden Laughlin, Mra Spraigue, Bett Dunham, Rev Buchanan, Geoge Hamerickhouse, Starlin Sims, Mrs Mere, and others with ages and relations noted. Transportation and photo donations are listed for some winners.
Ilinois visitors Wille and Roscoe Wlubbard return home while Burns City LL D Vickers and Cannerburg legal matters bring several guests. Barry township Leonard Lee and Odon Miss Exkel Yardy visit, plus Goshern family from Washington. George Myers and Willard Robinson host, Nettie Maggie Myers visit Pike county relatives. Staff note Rutherford and Ray Laughlin attend Greene county Teacher's Institute. Youre and Booth deliver and plant strawberries. Bedf ord trip for Abriga Nellie Herman Kuteb I J and Zeta Stetta to see relatives and Street Fair.
An early 20th century vignette describes a modest office in Odon with talks of loans on improved farms, interrupted by domestic chatter. The scene moves through a late night in a parlor as a messenger in the Daily Bugle contemplates an important decision and household routines persist.
The Sproull Brothers contractors report early progress in the oil or gas drill. By nine oclock yesterday the hole reached 218 feet and by press time around 250 feet with hopes for a 300 foot depth. Small coal veins and sandstone found. shale layer ongoing. limestone anticipated.
In the Justice Court a public nuisance case against Handle Jarvis was settled with a guilty plea and a $10 fine plus $17.60 in costs. Red Case was assessed $35 for assault and battery. Harry Carrico faced charges for running over a buggy. a fine and costs were levied after a plea of easier.additional notes refer to other minor assault cases and fines during the week.
Advertisement pitches easy daily earnings selling Sion excitedly with large commissions and shipped outfits. Mrs A L Morse of Tippecanoe County Indiana reportedly took 16 orders a day. Houser Hess Pub Co Indianapolis promotes guaranteed credit and freight paid as a life changing money making chance.
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