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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1891
Page
2
The Oden Exchange Bank offers drafts on European cities, certificates of deposits, and discounts on commercial paper. It provides short time loans, long term real estate loans, and pensioner privileges with advice on investments and securities information.
Maileord's Loan Agency advertises a general loans investment service with negotiable papers and drafts on all debts. It promises low interest rates, short terms from six months to one year, and involvement by manager T. Mulford.
Notices indicate Madison trustees will meet Ver Thren township residents each week for town business except the second Saturday. Meetings occur Saturday afternoons to conduct town affairs and related formalities within the township limits.
Frank Lamb has been added to the board of commissioners. The board, now solidly Republican, sits in session at the county seat this week.
President Tarrisons message is praised as a masterly state paper with a clear concise tone and truthful recommendations. The Pompe Democrat press appears to claim the document for its own.
A fragment describes J. L. Irwin proposing another saloon venture at Odon. It notes the plan is uncertain and linked to the editor’s death, with threats of violence. The text implies Irwin’s aim to gain business in a warmer climate where residents would drink.
The report notes Annie Ingalls has returned to her father’s house and Burt Lowry followed. The pair, now separated in public, continue to act as a couple only in dreams. Locals deem the elopement a foolish town dream with no lasting change.
Caleb Odell of ae Qdonm Journal and Mo Sears of the Behiora Enterprise appear before the Board of County Commissioners. The Democrat notes the Journal is dissatisfied, claiming ingratitude and blaming the party and its beneficiaries for lack of support to more than one paper.
The long fight over establishing retail liquor traffic here has waned after years of effort and money to defeat it. Two years ago J. L. Lewis and Samuel Holstein sparked the contention as rail development spurred whiskey interests, but the issue now lies practically settled.
Postmaster Pichard reports a circular from a Chicago con artist promoting the old green goods scheme offering counterfeit money for a small payment and promising telegram instructions. The letter urges daytime telegrams only and warns to avoid letters, promising big profits with sawdust as a ruse.
The community recounts over two years of anti liquor efforts led by local figures including Pullin Story Joe Orwin Samuel Pohlstein Frank Cox Jobin S Fleaper Sam Makai and James Hasler. Despite attempts to obtain licenses and build establishments the opposition held firm with two grocery and drug store changes and rising anti sale sentiment. The Journal claims victory over saloon advocates and pledges to protect the town’s youth and reputation.
An anonymous correspondent urges the reader to join a high‑stakes money scheme claiming vast profits with no initial investment. The letter promises confidential collaboration, stock viewing only after payment, and strict secrecy, while denouncing letters and outlining step by step instructions to proceed.
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