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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1902
Page
3
Miss Lethe O Dellie returns from Elwood as neighbors note many relatives and friends traveling to and from various Indiana towns. The piece lists numerous residents visiting kin in Linton Burns City and Indianapolis, plus local shop notes, school staff visits, and a rural mail carrier uniform update.
Fragmented notes show a busy holiday period with a fire sale phrase, Bible mentions, and several locals like Ray Laughlin and William Pon visiting from Martin County. Families including Ledgeregod, Laughta, Pritchitt, and Ketcham gathered from Her home areas to spend Christmas and winter breaks.
Farmers butcher hogs this week. Squire Hackler trips to Odon. Mrs Trueblood and daughter visit. revival meeting postponed due to weather. coal mines idle from cold. Dorsey family to spend winter in Ohio. Dr Taylor dies. funeral at Kilgore cemetery. Taylor was lifelong Democrat and former representative.
A fragmentary report from Summerville references Burns City visitors and local shopping for Christmas. It notes a fine young heifer slain for Starlin Sims, mentions Diefendorf’s Xmas goods, and lists individuals visiting Haute, Kansas Ill, and Mt Carmel Schools.
Fragmentary text notes services were conducted and burial planned in Kilgrove cemetery on Wednesday. The sparse details mention a burial at Kilgrove cemetery with services held midweek.
Mrs Opha Crooke of McCordaville was injured when a collision occurred on the Indianapolis and Anderson electric railway on a curve near Elwood. The motorman was killed and several others were seriously hurt. Mrs Crooke suffered crushed back and shoulders while en route to visit her son and daughter Welter and Maud. Her husband later received a message confirming she was in the wreck but not seriously injured.
Olsud Kinneman of Raglesville and Miss Tabiths Kinneman wed at the parsonage by Rev J W Gilley. Jay B Anderson of Raglesville married Miss Mary E Jackson of Bramble at the Christian church in Washington Wednesday.
Fragmentary OCR describes a serious illness of a child, a payment of a shilling given on that plea, and a man seen at a later time. The tone is terse with references to death’s door and a kind lady mentioned in passing.
A masked robbery at Jude Restaurant sparked a posse of about twenty armed farmers and Bankers Protective Association detectives. A revolver shot struck the robber in the head while another was wounded with a knife. the gang reportedly eluded capture before the posse arrived.
The text recounts Aboriginal Australian beliefs about a world without water until a laughing frog released waters. Animals danced to make the frog laugh. the eel twisted and prompted laughter, causing a great flood. The pelican saved the black people with a large canoe as islands rose and many drowned.
A New York public school teacher touts time tables as superior to geographies for teaching maps. He notes dozen boys using time tables to locate cities lakes and rivers and producing accurate results, finding the method engaging and effective both in and out of school.
Readable fragments describe a local event with names and places obscured. The fragment hints at a community response or notice but missing key details prevents full reconstruction of the incident or outcome.
Local store announces a true fire sale to close shop. It lists remaining shoes hats clothing undergarments umbrellas hosiery sweaters gloves neckwear stationery school supplies dolls books games Bibles candy and more at bargain fire sale prices. Numerous unlikely items priced to move as the business winds down.
A disjointed exchange features Beth urging medical consultation for a critically ill wife, with a husband defending his stance and a doctor criticizing the tone. Other lines touch on marriage refusals, leisure commentary, and stray musings on food value and manners.
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