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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
2
The Odon Indiana Postoffice issue discusses forming a commercial club to unite community efforts. It argues oil discoveries or other opportunities require local leadership, and notes merchants succeed by persistent advertising unlike mail order rivals that never pause their campaigns.
Voters in Madison township face a January 7 decision on a proposed gravel road plan. Supporters cite public utility and long term benefit while noting prior opposition due to mud. county funds will maintain roads after initial township share.
Mr Omar Sims and Miss Myrtle Plinn, prominent young couple from near Eaglesville, drove to Odon Wednesday morning for a quiet home wedding. Rev. W. E. Snyder officiated. They were accompanied by Mr Friedly of Washington.
Saturday at Danner's store offers bargains on clothing shoes underwear blankets wraps and related items for shoppers looking for savings across apparel and home goods.
A flood of visitors and locals traveling between Elnora Indianapolis Stilesville and Jasonville marks the holiday week with many relatives seen in Odon Washington Terre Haute and Bedford. Notable moves include Hiram Sings buying the Economy Grocery and William Reynolds visiting Gibson and Indianapolis. Dr W W Anderson returns from Louisville. and local family reunions and Christmas gatherings noted at Cooper and Ray households. The Odon Drug Co thanks patrons for holiday trade and the Bereavement notices accompany funeral travel.
Representative John C. Chaney recalls the happiest Christmas of his life in 1877 when he married Mila Landerman of Sullivan. A Presbyterian minister failed to arrive, and the Rev Rolla B. Martin of the Methodist church officiated at 8:30 p m, easing their nerves and sealing the memory.
Afternoon program at 2:00 p m features instrumental music by Beatrice Hayes and Helen Bredeo. Scripture readings include Psalm 72 1 10 Isaiah 11 11 and Psalm 97 1 12 Isaiah 24 13 15 with recitations by Nellie Dyer Nadine Alexander and Cora Mayes. Studies cover Micronesia and the Hawaiian Islands.
An overview of antique forgeries shows clever forgers deceiving experts in furniture, prints, china, armor, ivory, and more. Smithsonian and other authorities have uncovered modern materials in supposed ancient artifacts, including a tainted terracotta Isis and Osiris and a mummy effigy of putty. Forgeries span east to Italy and Syria with gold objects most prone, silver less successful, and a Rome forged silver cup linked to a Sicily excavation hoax.
A prominent Odon citizen ordered and funded a charitable act through the Odon Milling Company delivering many fifty pound sacks of flour to widows around town. He requested his name not be disclosed.
Fragments suggest a domestic quarrel over household finances and deception. The excerpt hints at a wife or partner misrepresenting a husband’s low salary to others as part of an argument or social pretense. The tone implies a small scene of misunderstanding rather than a full narrative.
An ad from Keck the Jeweler and Optician promotes eye tests as painless, quick, and vital for correcting vision. It promises no charge if glasses are not needed and urges readers to visit for a checkup.
Epsom township no longer has a post office as regent and pesos mail service are withdrawn from Begard township.
Report describes Stay Switch drillers tunneling through rock, 700 feet deep, with water struck previously at William Sims place east corporation ring of Odon. Visitors watch as drilling continues toward potential oil sand depths around 1200 to 1390 feet under contract to 2000 feet.
Daily trains schedule for northbound from Seymour to Bedford Odon Elnora Beehunter Linton Jaxonville Terre Haute with arrival times. Southbound timetable from Terre Haute to Seymour lists times via Jasonville Linton Beehunter Binora Odon Bedford and final Seymour arrivals. For more information contact local agent or H. H. Radley at Grand Central Station Chicago.
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