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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
6
Ragl esville News reports a jumble of travelers and greetings as residents from Pleasant Hill travel to Padia Nap to meet relatives in Terre Haute. Local names appear garbled but indicate visitors, family care, church events, and casual gatherings at Wor Winklepleck’s.
Mrs Rildva Te wit visits her parents. Wison and Keith visit relatives in Indianapolis. Walter Stuckey attends State Leader's Association in Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs George Fyfe mark thirtieth wedding anniversary. Sidey Fields moves to Washington. Terre Haute trip for Charlie Psife. Erma Vardy from Chicago visits her parents. Numerous locals host and visit over weekend.
Numerous residents from Burns City and nearby areas are noted visiting relatives during Christmas week. The column lists visits by Mrs. Dan McCarter, Miss Dora Stuckey, Harvey Sipes, and others, with church events, school closures, and a large Christmas tree program at the public hall.
The Oden Amateur Company presented A Family Affair at Danner's opera house on Wednesday to benefit the Oden Library Association. Beech delivered a masterful performance while Daniel Gillepsie's misadventures drove the comedy, resolved by Sally the cook and the forgiving deacon.
The article describes an ancient legal ordeal test with live stakes and submerged heads as a case example. It also reports on British engineer claims describing India's largest artificial freshwater reservoir Jalsamand Dhebar Lake near Udaipur in Rajputana. The dam reportedly built two years earlier by Maharana Jai Singh sits about thirty miles from Udaipur and covers a vast area with substantial capacity.
Oden Leadee No 272 Heights of Piching elected four officers including C R J McCalham and W C George Webstre along with M of WLFL and others. Moose Lodge board installed on Thursday night with W M C Flynn and S W Joseph Kicanean among officers. Air is to the body what coal is to the furnace with deeper breathing turning on drafts.
Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Kate Spaulding with children visit kin in the area while Frack Brewer of Indianapolis and Smoo Healvyut of Washington travel to see relatives. Meo Wm. Al Tomey buys land at Platoville with plans for future plates. George Walker visits kin in Montgomery, Louisville and Washington towns. Christmas festivities bring shared vacations as the Cox family welcomes a daughter.
Daviess county sent six students from Washington to Indiana University this fall. Sophomores Charles A. Johnson H Monzer and Arthur Rogers pursue law. Walter G. Murphy and John Ogden are seniors. Edmond S. Richardson enters law School. Others include Mary H. Wright in Literary studies and Austin W. Inman in History. Summer attendees listed: W L Stuckey W P Dennigan Edna Wilson W W Carter Mary T Harman Charlotte D Trueblood.
FARLEN ITEMS frr and Mrs. Ed Stotts of Odon were here Sunday. Dick Stoffle and Talmage Huett of Raglesville were here Monday. Charles Plummer went to Raglesville Tuesday on business. Mrs. William Bowman and Allegra of near Epsom spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. John Storts. Orville Hubbard of Loogoater was here this week. James Fisher and family of Elnora visited relatives there this week. R. B. Laughlin from Scotland was here Monday. Alpha Laughblin of Elgin Illinois came to spend holidays. George Critchlow of Adon was here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. P. William Laughlin visited relatives here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Aden Conard visited 3 G Taylor’s Wednesday.
The following officers were elected for the Christian Sunday school last Sunday. Ernest Forsythe superintendent Grant Callahan assistant superintendent Lille Neememer secretary Crete Willians assistant secretary A A Lane treasurer Effie Shively organist Neltie Lane assistant organist Gladys Werth and Marie Williams librarians Miosie Lane caorister
The Indiana University Law School draws students from across the state with a three year program and a growing enrollment near 250. Eight faculty members teach full time with about twenty visiting lecturers from bench and bar. The school offers Liberal Arts courses, national law standards, and no tuition fees as part of Indiana University.
A terse dialogue questions motive for Patience marrying him. Patrice notes money as the reason, while Patience challenges the rationale, ending with an implied critique of mercenary union.
The passage describes front and side doors to a person’s inner life and how access is controlled by keys like a wedding ring. It warns to guard these keys, as trusted loved ones may hold duplicates, but careless transfer can breach privacy and security.
A observer describes hares using sand hills as daytime shelter and marshes for morning and evening feeding. Hares retreat before nine, some stay out all day forming grass forms, and return to sunny slopes to nap before a lengthy grooming and toileting routine followed by renewed feeding.
The process weighs a dish then milk to find solids by evaporation and subtraction. Solids average about 13 percent, with fat around 3 percent. Lower fat or solids indicate watering or skimming, helping chemists judge milk quality.
In early California the Lugos daughters drew top marriages with offers even at birth. Colonel Ignacio Vanejoa asked for the cradle bride, and the contract endured. The girl grew to marry her guardian suitor and bore many children, including Mariano Guacalune Vallejo.
The text notes Ruth with a shoe symbolizing transfer of possession and recalls 1092 when bishops received gloves to assume sees. It suggests abbots adopted gloves, prompting a council to forbid their use, highlighting ritual gestures in episcopal authority.
A Chicago News humor item notes a buyer questioning a neighborhood’s health as a man next door lies bedridden. The real estate agent responds with a grim punchline about the neighbor being a doctor dying of starvation, highlighting urban stereotypes and dark humor.
Quote compilation notes treachery as punishment for the traitor, with Junius asserting inevitable fate for traitors regardless of rank. It contrasts with a Success Magazine remark about destiny thwarting hopes while awaiting opportunity.
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