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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
4
A short piece by Alice Louise Lee recounts a Thanksgiving moment seen through a child’s eye. The narrative reflects family, gratitude, and rural or small-town settings typical of holiday season reminiscence.
On a Thanksgiving morning a Denver Union Station scene unfolds aboard the Royal Gorge bound train as Harriet and Ray Merrill reconnect after years apart. Ray reveals he seeks independence and a home, prompting Harriet to confront her feelings and a vow to find happiness with him. The couple across the aisle adds warmth, as the bride and groom's moment becomes a catalyst for Harriet and Ray to reconsider their future together.
Trustee T. G Wadsworth transacts at Epsom. W A Jacobs of Ohio visits on business. Teachers attend Association in Washington. Elmer Flinn and wife visit parents near town. Misses Agnes and Alice Pate return from Loogootee. John Doyle Sr recovers from typhoid fever. Infants of Jas A Burress and John W Burress ill with pneumonia fever. Dance at public hall poorly attended. Miss Clodie Wadsworth visits Washington. Rev J F Stanton retires to Bramble after week in Richmond. J A Sims and J0 Cunningham attend Washington visits. Grandma Flino cited as poor. Absalom Myers injured in accident, crippled. Flo and Charley Sims injure hay wagon in crash. M M Walker and Walter Sims transact business in Odon.
Roscoe Kutch was in Scotland Wednesday and Adake Summerville of Martin county stopped in the middle of the week. Several attended the farmer's Institute at Elnora Tuesday. Mrs John Williams and Palmer of Odon were here Monday. Mr. and Mrs J B Phipps visited op rane a Bunkum last week while SW 1H and A D Bechtel plaster the bank at Elnora this week. Mrs James Bechtel and son Harold of Terre Haute visited A D Bechtel this week. The oyster supper at Mt Olive last Saturday by the Ladies Aid was a success despite bad weather with a neat sum cleared. Miss Allie Carr of the North End visited her grandfather James Ledgerwood last week.
Thanksgiving visits and social calls populate this Cornettville area roundup. Residents including Misses Killion and Keck, the Williams and Eaton families, and Sherman Carroll with relatives in nearby towns share holiday visiting and brief travels to Washington and Epsom.
Trustee announces weekly presence at his office or about town each Friday to attend township business and handle matters for all persons who have dealings with the township trustee.
Readable fragments show North Bound departures with times 7:08 a.m. 10:13 a.m. and 7:23 p.m. from Odon and unclear connections. The clipping highlights numbered trains No 5 No 2eave No 4 with partial schedules.
Miss Ila Boardman stayed with Miss Mary McMullen while Alva Sims and wives Harve Sims and wives John Spurgeon and wives Nancy Sims and family attended services nearby. Harve Swartz and the Ketchem sisters Julia and Jeannie from near the Marsh store joined the gathering. Grace Shake visited Laura McMullen. Ray Howard and family from Odon visited Herbert Ketchem and family. Jonah attended the service.
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