14 Dec 1906
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
1
A moral essay extols parental guidance and marriage virtue urging parents to provide books and counsel to children. It links youth habits to adulthood, praises a devoted wife, and honors motherhood as essential to social order, urging kindness, thrift, and support for aging mothers.
A stirring meditation argues that if heaven warned of earth’s destruction in seven days, only love would endure. People would seek to repair broken bonds, mothers cling to children, husbands and wives reconcile, friends and lovers act with renewed care and devotion. The piece urges readers to daily brighten home life with steadfast affection despite life’s roughness.
Sarah Ann Prentice of Daviess County born October 19 1854 died December 5 1906 aged 32 years 1 month 17 days She joined the Christian church at 21 and led a faithful life Survived by three brothers and five sisters with many relatives Funeral services by Elder C H Buchanan Thursday afternoon at Mt Olive church burial in the nearby cemetery
We extend sincere thanks to friends and relatives for their kind assistance during the sickness and death of our beloved sister.
A somber poem portrays an aged couple at a deathbed as the father asks if all their children have come in. The wife recalls children lost in war Gettysburg and sea disasters, while the speaker wonders whether all souls have entered heaven or faced the gate too late for some.
The Indiana Railroad Commission investigates claims that the Southern Indiana Railroad Company shortchanged H. W. Litsinger of Indiana Fairmount Coal Co by providing fewer coal cars to his Bloomfield mine. Car distribution is examined to see if allocation matched output, amid Southern’s cogl holdings and potential bias toward its own mines.
Southern Indiana Railway Company announces tickets to Indianapolis at one and one third fare for round trips. Tickets on sale December 26 27 28 with return limit December 31 1906.
A surprise birthday dinner was held at Jas A Callahan’s home on Monday to mark his 43rd birthday. Sixty one relatives and friends attended and presented him with a large rocker. Old papers for sale at this office.
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