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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
4
Community notes show residents attending church events and social visits, with multiple mentions of travel, holidays, and local business trips. Names include Diefendorf, Bennett, Laughlin, Dicks, Couchman, and Morrison as townsfolk or associates in real estate, family visits, and commerce.
Local ads offer solid gold rings watches and jewelry at low prices with a chance to win a gold filled watch. Other items include real estate transfer of WoW Morrison farm to J C Tee, a charity emblem sale by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, a Riley poems reading at Darrow's Opera House, Thanksgiving visitors, a 7T months old highbred short horn bull, and debt settlements with Dicks and McNeely. Ongoing reminder to support local advertisers and grocery buys.
The fragment references a sale of material involving Chev iots Vieunas described as unfinished. Names and context are incomplete, but indicate inventory or shipment details tied to these entities. No clear event date or full item list is available in the readable text.
Vonie Gallahan, daughter of James Gallahan, was shot in the forehead while visiting near Wo. Kingaman's on Thanksgiving day. A ball tore through a weatherboard and struck her, lodging above the eye after flattening the board. Dr. DeMotte removed the ball and she is recovering well.
Charley Jolliff suffered a deep forehead cut and facial injuries after his head was jerked against a corn shredder while trying to remove trash from a belt. His face and eye were bruised severely in the accident.
The Teachers Association held in Washington elected officers for the next year. President PLM McConnell. vice president Jon Doyle. secretary Croulh. treasurer OW. Myers. Executive Committee includes A. Q. Fulkerson chair, L. W. Clements, W. EL Peters, CL in White, and James Gilley.
Mildred Henderson infant daughter of Mr and Mrs George Henderson died Sunday night at one month nineteen days. Funeral by Dr J T Povson at residence, remains moved to Eaglesville for burial. Kiva May Nelly died Wednesday at ten months five days. Service by Rev C H Buchanan at residence, burial Walnut Hill.
Mr and Mrs G M Critchlow of Odon visited Thursday. Win Bricker and family from Martin County came Sunday. Richard Williams of Burns City visited A G Laughlin's. Mr and Mrs Daniel Kelsey of Van Buren township spent Thanksgiving with J M Stotta. Grandma Gore of Martin County visits J B Phipp's. Mrs Mel Johnson and son Dan of Odon visited Seth L Ketcham's. A pie social will be held at No 6 Wallick school tomorrow for the school’s benefit. Mr and Mrs R B Laughlie of Scotland visited around Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs W G Laughlin. Mrs Sallie Ketcha and son Borke were among attendees.
A local dispute between Inter-State and Farmers' Co operative over street poles on Oak and Race streets led to early morning pole installations and wire clashes. Officials proposed arbitration by Town Trustees but complications arose over rightful assignments. The fight centered on pole placement and right of way as both sides attempted to assert control.
Fireman Osborne was shot while the east bound freight passed the Seneff cut east of town. The ball entered the flesh under his knee as he swept the gangway. The train stopped, he was treated by Dr. DeMotte, and transported to Bedford after the shot could not be located.
The article describes temples in Japan where grieving mothers hang children's clothes and offer shaved wood plaques with names to aid dead children’s journey to heaven. It also reports a Danish farmer who saves mortgage payments to buy land and markets hogs to a cooperative bacon factory and eggs to an exporting house.
Tests initiated at Portsmouth study how submerging coal in salt water affects quality. Twenty three tons from the same heap were split into parts, with some submerged in the sea, others kept on land and tarred, and one ton burned. Results to be compared after twelve months to assess changes.
The New York Maul and Express reports that several Newfoundland dogs on the East Side operate a timber wheel powering bellows at a busy blacksmith shop. Each dog works an hour then rests two, costing about two dollars weekly to feed and saving the smith about twelve dollars weekly by replacing two men or a small engine.
The piece envisions trolley houses as movable dwellings on trolley lines after parlor and sleeping cars. It imagines spurs to scenic spots, long stays, and eventual transfer when worn. It notes water supply and tenant responsibility as details to be addressed by future planners.
The article notes clear stylistic differences in parfleche designs between the Arapaho and Shoshone. Arapaho favor delicate color areas in stripes with central motifs, while Shoshone use large color fields with bold borders and a prominent central field. Sides of bags are decorated by Arapaho and Shoshone only on the flaps, unlike Idaho and Montana tribes that decorate the sides.
In July 1903 the North Sea and Baltic Canal saw 3,307 vessels totaling 454,572 register tons pass, up from 3,217 ships and 402,??? in 1902. Dues collected reached 211,501 marks with total receipts of 792,719 marks.
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