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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
1
A compact religious pamphlet promotes the gospel as the world’s sole need. It emphasizes Christ’s responsibility and central message, reflecting 20th century evangelical tone and language.
A Sunday 1903 discourse extols the glorious Gospel of Christ as the sole complete path to salvation. It argues the gospel’s power to transform lives, rebuke modern reform efforts, and urges Christians to share light with others while warning against spiritual blindness.
Elizabeth Gillespie was shot from her parlour window and died. Grand jury questioned twin James Gillespie about a 10 gauge shotgun and cartridges, with gun and shells taken to the jury room. Additional witnesses and post mortem details follow as the inquiry proceeds.
Chicago report states Anton Niessel was killed and Joer Tempel wounded during a Sunday night hold up at 2233 Princeton Avenue saloon by one of two highwaymen.
Cherokees County Sheriff Charles Rain was held up and robbed in the Baxter Springs depot by Clarence Cunningham an escaped prisoner from Columbia Missouri jail.
A force of dispensary constables raided a blockade distillery in Greenwood County. The still was found on the Piney Woods place, a plantation owned by United States Senator Buk R Tuiman.
Fort Wayne Indiana December 14 Judge James Cheney long noted as the states wealthiest man died Sunday morning Born in Vermont in 1817 he built a fortune through canal and stock ventures in Michigan Ohio Indiana and Illinois He leaves four children and a fortune estimated at twenty five million nine hundred thousand dollars
William Jennings Bryan and his son were received in private audience by the pope in the Vatican. Kennedy, rector of the American college, acted as interpreter. Pope Clement XIII spoke warmly of American Catholics and Bryan praised the pontiff’s kindness after the audience.
Miss Helen Gould, member of the Louisiana Purchase exposition board of lady managers, arrives in St Louis with six young ladies to attend a meeting beginning Tuesday. Friends of Mrs Mary Montgomery press her candidacy for the board presidency, following Mrs Blair. Montgomery is daughter of Missouri's former Gov Phelps.
A public meeting in Washington at Metropolitan Methodist church urging Reed Smoot's removal from the senate was led by Bishop Satterlee with addresses by prominent women and church figures aligned with the anti Smoot movement.
Receivers sold the last property of the old Co-Operation Town Co organized to found a city at Elizabethton Tennessee. The wind up involves figures including Hon John G Carlisle the late Senator Harris Benjamin Butterworth and Robert P Porter among others of national note.
Official dispatch to M Bunau Varilla reports elections for delegates to a constitutional convention will be held January 15 in the new Panamanian republic. It notes municipalities across all provinces warmly applaud the Hay Bunau Varilla treaty ratification by the Panama junta.
New appointee W S Buchanan of New York state was hosted by the president for a Sunday lunch in Washington. He later met Assistant Secretary Francis Loomis to receive his instructions for the post as minister to Panama.
Mexico's commissioner general at the St Louis exposition Sener Nunecio says the Mexican exhibit will be larger. He notes it will occupy 8,000 more square feet than the Chicago show and expresses gratification at prospects for the national display.
Avery Crockett, a grandson of Davy Crockett, was found dead Saturday in Thorp Springs Texas. He hanged himself from a tree in a despondent act, ending a period of deep despair. The tragedy adds to the Crockett family’s storied lineage.
Baton Rouge December 14 The state assembly passed a bill to suppress the boll weevil. It provides for a five member pest commission with twenty five thousand dollars to use in its work and full authority to act.
Senator Clark remains under observation after illness reported in New Orleans. Medical staff provide updates as his condition is monitored and family spokespeople request privacy.
The cold wave blankets Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois with subzero readings. Milwaukee reports 16 below as Unity Wisconsin hits 28 below zero and Chicago marks its coldest day since 1876 with 13 below in the morning and stagnating near zero later. Railroads face delays and a Bodinski and Co fire destroys a department store in Chicago. Additional frosty conditions persist in Detroit and the Upper Peninsula with wind and snow delaying trains and stranding ferries.
Seattle reports the death of Hugh McKinnon a famed athlete who died suddenly in Dawson on a heart related cause. He served two years as Yukon chief officer fighting illicit distilleries and liquor smuggling. From 1874 to 1879 he held the heavyweight all around title in the United States and Canada and earned more than a thousand prizes. He retired undefeated in 1879.
Solomon Loeb a founder of Kuhn Loeb & Co died Saturday night in New York. A German native, he arrived in the United States in 1849 settling in Cincinnati where he joined Kuhn Netter & Co. He moved to New York in 1885 and co founded Kuhn Loeb Co with Abraham Kuhn retiring from the firm in 1960.
The Republican National Committee announced the convention will begin at noon on June 21 in Chicago. Pittsburgh and St Louis both pitched for the event with cash offers, Chicago offering 73 000 and a half dollars, Pittsburgh 100 000, and St Louis 40 000 plus a hall.
In McKeesport Pennsylvania on December 14 widow Mrs Sarah Langley staying with her son Edward was mistaken for a burglar and shot at three times by him. One bullet struck her and she remains in serious condition.
A London dispatch reports from the far east that Russian and Japanese warships now in Chinese waters have been painted black as their war color. The claim notes both fleets adopting the same dark hue amid tensions and naval posturing.
D C Copley, member of the Western Federation of Miners executive committee, was arrested Sunday in Cripple Creek by military authorities. The arrest cites military necessity as the sole stated reason.
In Waterbury Connecticut on December 14 Gen Ballington Booth of the Volunteers America was injured in a fall. The accident may force him to change plans and remain during the holidays.
Miss Erline Sinclair a 19 year old teacher at Parks schoolhouse Cass township faced assault and riot charges after being held in icy water up to her shoulders for two hours by students Floyd and Ina Deckard Pearl Parks Katherine Parks Jessie McClellan and Gertrude McClellan. Suspicion grows she may die as pneumonia symptoms develop two days after the incident.
Oliver S. Clay, sentenced for attempting to kill a policeman, was declared insane after seeing the Purdue special train wreck near the Indianapolis workhouse. The incident triggered raving and a descent into mania, with prisoners in view of the crash.
Lulu Merrick, 16, testified to a judge in Indianapolis police court that she walks three miles to work and back, has only two slices of stale bread with molasses for meals, and receives little breakfast. Her father William Merrick faces charges of cruel and inhuman treatment of his children.
The funeral for Charles H. Kellogg, a longtime hardware businessman and leading city figure born in Cincinnati in 1835, drew hundreds of Evansville’s prominent citizens. He died suddenly of heart failure while seated at his home.
Terre Haute Indiana December 10 President Kimmel of the State Intercollegiate association and physical director of the state normal school says the board of control meeting in Indianapolis Saturday will likely decide to discard all athletic records now existing.
In Martinsville Indiana on December 11 Fain Grady was convicted by a jury of shooting with intent to murder in the second degree. The defense had pleaded insanity arguing jealousy as the motive for the attack on Miss Cora Seaman.
In Lafayette Indiana Henry Stoll his wife and three children traveling from Germany to Colorado were removed from a Wabash train en route to a hospital where the wife gave birth to a daughter during ambulance transport.
Miss Ollie Palmer and her brother W. F. Palmer form a law partnership in Frankfort Indiana. She is the district’s only woman attorney and formerly served as the county’s official court reporter.
The Central Bottle Co factory in Elwood Indiana, once a leading plant, was offered at public sale by Receiver Hi A Masquelette under court order but received no bids.
Abram Baker a 75 year old Osceola Indiana resident was found dead in his room by friend John Henderson. The body hung from the ceiling with a small rope and a note on the floor said that no one was to blame.
Indiana Bay in Panama Panama Dec 12 Capt Hiram Bearss who earned fame in the Philippines for storming a cliff stronghold and guiding his men to victory is now serving in the marine forces at Panama.
Anderson Indiana, Dec 12. Anderson outplayed Muncie throughout the game Friday night scoring often to slow up in the final period. Substitutes Tarrant for Anderson and Dewitt for Muncie were sent in to finish.
John Antchell president of the United Mine Workers returns from Colorado. Lewis will depart Saturday for Washington D C to attend a meeting of the executive board of the AFL off.
Thomas Brown of Borden Indiana aged 55 was found dead Wednesday with a shotgun near a barbed wire fence his head torn away and the right hand clutching an empty gun authorities ruled accidental death the incident may affect a Louisville lawsuit referencing R C Whayne a prominent resident killed recently
Hanover Indiana December 10 The sophomore class apologized to President Fisher and the faculty for violating building rules and the suspension was lifted. Freshmen were reinstated unconditionally. Other classes have suspended members pending settlement expected Thursday.
John Hye a laborer long resident of Anderson after moving from Kentucky two years ago had his left leg broken in two places below the knee while working in a trench. He previously broke his right leg at the new Central Christian church causing the leg to shorten by two inches. Doctors fear the current break may shorten the leg further.
Sullivan Indiana five scholars Katherine Parks Jessie McClellan Gertrude Mc Clean Ida Deckard and Floyd Decker were arrested for participating in the ducking of Miss Sinclair. They will be tried in January. Miss Sinclair is bedbound with pneumonia. Notice posted on the door states school will open December 14.
Frank La Salle of the State Union Oil Co. Indianapolis changed his route to catch the Pennsylvania fast train, which collided in Steubenville, Ohio, instead of taking a train to Pittsburgh after night.
Senator Albert J Beveridge received the degree I E D from DePauw University during the inauguration exercises for Dr Edwin Holt Huskes as university president. The event took place in Greencraftie Indiana on December 11.
Judge Carter modified the restraining order at the Indianapolis Foundry Co to allow two pickets near the plant and kept under advisement a request for a temporary injunction.
Dr. Edwin Hot Hughes was inaugurated president of DePauw University in Green Castle Indiana on December 19. Guests included college and university presidents, alumni from across the country, and Senator Alberts Beveridge.
Mautice F. Griffin captured the Breed gold medal in Notre Dame University's annual oratorical contest held in Notre Dame Ind on Wednesday. He tied with Byron Kanady of Lockport New York but earned the medal for his delivery.
Plymouth Ind December 12 The Indiana State Dairy association held its annual convention with Samuel Schlosser presiding. Mayor D C Knott delivered the welcome address, which W Drischel responded to.
Elkhart Indiana December 12 Receiver Bosworth of the Indiana National Bank will apply for a receivership next Monday for the Consolidated Paper and Bag Co. which owes the bank 50000 on a mortgage.
Terre Haute Indiana defeated Kokomo by 4 to 3 in a close season game Friday night. Both teams displayed strong teamwork and produced one of the season’s best contests.
The state board of education ruled there must be open competition between the publishing houses next month when contracts for revised schoolbooks are let. The decision was announced from Indianapolis Indiana on December 11.
Hanover Ind December 11 The Hanover college revolt mostly ended as all classes resumed except the seniors who filed out earlier. The faculty and juniors reportedly remained at odds as Thursday evening wore on.
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