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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1907
Page
1
The 1907 game acts permit residents to hunt rabbits in their own township without a hunting license. Provisions require minors under fourteen to have written parental consent, and farm landowners, tenants, and their families may hunt on their lands during legal seasons without licensing.
The Quarterly Tea of the C W E M will be at Mrs Grant Callahan home on Wednesday December 11 at 2:00 pm. The program covers The Past Year Its Progress and Its Lessons with songs Bible lesson Romans 10 1 15 and prayers. Speakers include Minnie Lane Olive De Motte Hattie Keck Ethel Williams Ella Pickett and Lillie Noerener. Leader Bose Callahan.
Madison Township Board of Finance in Daviess County Indiana invites written proposals from banks and trust companies for receipt and deposit of public funds under the 1907 depository act. Proposals due December 21 between 1 and 2 PM at the First National Bank Odon with bonds and forms, advisory boards named, effective date January 1 with thirty day state-wide planning period.
Treasury Secretary Leslie M. Shaw, president of Carnegie Trust, returned from Chicago amid banking tensions. He warned the West has lost confidence in the East and predicted costly efforts to restore prestige, citing Western bankers refusing New York deposits and a scramble to secure funds to save the country.
Assistant Postmaster General Di reminds readers to follow postal rules for mailed photographs books and other items. He notes many people overlook the holiday mailing deadlines and urges senders to prepare early to ensure timely delivery.
A warning notes that misuse of the United States mails is a violation of postal rules. It explains that any written word in a fourth or third class package may trigger first class or letter-rate postage, and the inspector can detect such evasion.
The first step of the new depository law is completed as boards of finance are formed to handle public funds. Odon town and school boards established finance boards and fixed dates to receive proposals from banks and trust companies seeking public deposits.
United States Courts indicted Sears Roebuck & Co the large mail order house for using the mails in fraud cases. They must answer in court like any criminal. Uncle Sam protects the public from deception through advertising. Three counts filed with more evidence held by government officials.
The Railroad Commission of Indiana has filed a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging discrimination in car allotments to coal mines along Southern Indiana Railway lines and asserting the defendant has an adequate car supply for coal.
Out of the Ordinary. We are booking many orders for presents in lines not stocked enough to justify holding. Sterling silverware diamonds solid gold items high grade watches sold at very low margins with guaranteed satisfaction and right prices. Talk it over soon. Journal want ads bring results.
The Sixtieth Congress opens in Washington as President Roosevelt sends a message urging extension of federal activity. He calls for national incorporation or licensing of interstate railways, stronger anti trust enforcement, full public disclosure, emergency currency, and reform of tax laws including income and inheritance taxes.
John Chinon the young son of Mr and Mrs Alf Chion fractured his arm Sunday when he leaned over a counter at Fisher's meat market and fell onto the cement floor. The injury involved a fracture and elbow dislocation.
The U S Grant post G A R circulates a subscription to raise funds for a soldiers monument to be placed in the court house yard. Veterans expect to secure the full amount with civic support and may ask the county commissioners for a donation, aiming for a Decoration Day installation.
A gift for mothers and fathers and other relatives can be a pair of spectacles or eye glasses. When needed you cannot find a more suitable or acceptable gift. Even if old glasses are good a new gold frame fills the bill. We supply a pair and fit them with guaranteed satisfaction.
The writer argues editors in the state have long opposed city mail order houses to aid home merchants, often without pay. He notes department store operators now seek advertising space and urge editors to accept it, questioning which professionals would refuse business to help friends who rarely reciprocate.
Statistics by State superintendent Tasset A Cotton show large losses from eighth grade to first year of high school in 1906 07 with 48792 in eighth grade and 18032 in first year high school. Only about 5 percent of entrants reach fourth year high school and roughly 1 percent enter college.
Eye care advice offered to determine exact eye condition and corrective glasses. The ad promises accurate, affordable service and invites readers to have their case looked after promptly.
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