09 Dec 1904
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1904
Page
1
The Journal reports its office has moved upstairs over Jolt Hardware on Main Street Castoon. Readers are invited to note the new location and visit the publisher for inquiries.
Washington City reports Congress member Jahn A. Hanes of the Bevan district is working to secure a library order for Mulivan. Chaney eyes his garden quota as Fairbanks office considers the senator’s potential vice presidency and the resulting shift in duties.
Last Friday C L Geeting forged a company check while formerly employed at American Manufacturing Company of Leskwood Ohio. He sought to cash the check with aide from B D Smiley and others, with discuss ion of orders and cashing attempts at locals banks, prompting investigation and questioning.
The text is garbled and largely unreadable, with multiple repetitions and misspellings. No clear events, names, dates, or entities can be reliably identified for a factual summary.
An incoherent document mentions Croke and Porssthe entity with auditors and officers including a president treasurer and board of directors. It references The Jean Reavy Company and various financial activities such as loans and insurance, with distorted names and phrases and mentions vendors and loans over several years.
Scattered Bedford Mail excerpts describe gambling intrigues and odd justice. A man pleads guilty to a mayoral matter, a smooth gambler outwits rivals, and a tiger metaphor echoes risky bets. Reports touch census wages, a drunken track incident, and local justice outcomes.
A miscellany of town chatter covers a stalled water works project in Hioousfierd, local merchants claiming advertising costs and print shop practices, and nearby towns. Reports include state corrections, a historical hollow tree linked to a past ransome plot, and various local shopping and court notes from Odon and Shoals News.
A courteous card from Miz. and Mrs. Dunsenberry expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during their troubles and divorce.
Willie Matthews Snot, a thirteen year old boy, was shot in the face Saturday while husking corn with neighbor McClelland near Bailes. A discharge aimed at the wagon end grazed his cheek. the wound is painful and serious but details are unclear.
The Kiowa News reports a series of anonymous letters left at front doors of prominent families on a Saturday night. The notes criticize past conduct and present character of young members, stirring talk and ill feeling with unclear motives.
Jim McDonald again dominates the scene as Frank M Russell arrives from Jeffersonville. At Indian Springs station McDonald slowly approaches the car window, extends his hand, his head bandaged to below the ears and hunched over after the freight incident.
A fire alarm summoned residents to Joss Potasos residence where the house ignited, with Mr. Tinute first on scene to discover it was his own property burning. On Tuesday morning Isaac Patrick’s Race Street home caught fire from a defective flue but firefighters stopped it with little damage.
The Foreign Missionary Society of the MLE church held a quarterly tea at Mrs G D Abrahan's home with Nabisco wafers grapes and tea as refreshments. Members request secretaries of city judges provide a list of new officers after the election.
On the eve of Thanksgiving, Everett York and Miss Nelle Patterson were married at the home of their parents in Kansas. They have moved to Alva Oklahoma where York oversees a Sacre factory owned by the bride's father. York is an Osdun boy and his friends join them here.
Fire from an engine on the railroad spread to a fence and stackyard near Thomas Pavior farm, burning thirteen hay stacks and corn litter. Sparks from the locomotive caused the blaze, with damage estimated but not fully listed, reported by Eeora News.
A shipment from Emporia includes a bushel sack of soil from Will Woolincusun and Kansas alfalfa seed. The soil aims to test crop growth in Indiana while researchers note a parasite on alfalfa that may benefit the plant. The project plans to scatter field soil on planted seed to study plains conditions.
Epworth League program details listed with opening hymn Scripture reading and prayer led by Rev Dorsey. Orchestra numbers and solos feature Myrtle Winklepleck Lola Sommers Claud Anderson Ollie Deal and Frank Crooke with congregational and devotional pieces culminating in a closing song and dismissal.
Henry Carpenter an engineer from Linton married Ordella Abel of Enora daughter of Wm Laughlin in the county clerk's office today. Squire Kellens officiated.
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