Rain Check and a Baseball Wedding Promise
Eleanor and Robert reconcile through a rain check plan for a ballgame that afternoon. He reveals he will be her partner in both baseball and life, as they attend the game and consider their future together.
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
4
Eleanor and Robert reconcile through a rain check plan for a ballgame that afternoon. He reveals he will be her partner in both baseball and life, as they attend the game and consider their future together.
The article discusses Dr Wolfe being out on parole in Michigan City and ongoing efforts by friends to secure a parole or pardon. It notes public interest sparked by related arson trial proceedings and predicts renewed attention if Dr White’s case concludes.
A sequence of holiday visit reports shows numerous families hosting relatives over Christmas and the New Year. Names include Richardson, Stout, Dalton, Barrett, Myers, Phipps, Kirn, Hunt, Barrett, Warrent, and Carpenter, with travels between Linton Bloomington Sandborn and nearby towns.
EPSOM E. H and A. C. Myers made a business trip to Washington. Miss Vernie Myers arrived home from the county seat and visited her grandmother for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Harvey Scott drove to Odon. Ruby Groves of Trainor visited Mrs Sarah Groves. LN Keller drove to Montgomery. David Staulding of Oolitic visited his daughter Mrs Clarence Mead. Mr and Mrs John Bennington and Mr and Mrs Thomas Bennington Jr visited Plainville. A McCall and George Scull drove to Plainville. Verna McCall of Cleveland Ohio visits friends here. Various local residents hosted and visited between Indianapolis, Vele townships, and nearby towns.
Miss Cecile Hindman and Mrs Hindman visited from Saturday to Monday. Lucile Hubbard of Newman and Deva Miller visited. Zeigler family, Ramsey family, Wilson family, Sears family, McClung family, Lindman family, Alishouse family, Myers families and Sims family were seen visiting relatives across Willow Lick and nearby towns this week. J T Sears and wife visited Indianapolis.
MARSH J T Pruett and C P Trotter were at Terre Haute Saturday. Will Cox and family and Tommy Smiley of Eaglesville and Harry Bowman and family spent Sunday with James Stewart and family. Mrs Nellie Trotter and children spent over Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Courtney of Elnora. Cleo Meurer and Edna Becker spent Sunday with Nellie Pruett. Freed Trosper and family visited over Sunday with Andy Stoner and Miss Inez Chestnut spent Sunday night with Bessie and Mildred Stringer, Joan Rusher and family of Bellview, Mr and Mrs Ernest Burkhart and son Willis of Riverside, Mr and Mrs Steward Hoover and Miss Edna Becker spent A ties with Willis Hoover and family. Mrs Rebecca Kail and son Ralph Laughlin spent Xmas with relatives of Burns City.
Local notes show families gathering Sunday including Mr and Mrs John Herron with Cleveland Johnson and Mud Pike neighbors. Christmas cheer mixed with humor on high prices, war talk, and hopes for lettuce season to ease finances.
Old Santa delivered on schedule in Odon with James Healy seeking Santa relics at the event. Mr and Mrs Pat Craney received a 15 pound boy on the holiday. George Miles faced a carriage breakdown on a Christmas church trip, choosing automotive travel afterward as horses and carriages grow less safe.
Miss Olive Hubbard and Arlena Brown of Oak Fang Illinois visit friends and relatives including Russell Taylor and the Stickels family. Lucile Hubbard Homer Mowery spend Sunday with J B Ledgerwood. Dan Ahubotioim’s near Elnora hosts O A Taylor at Christmas. Sherman Stickels from Bloomington vacationing with Ab Stickels family. Flynn family and Mowerys host and visit Ledgerwood Mahan and daughter.
Concord residents Frank Colglazier and wife spent Saturday night and Sunday with Emery Wade and Mrs. Ben Franklin and son Earl of Quon visited Sunday evening with Mrs. Susan Franklin. Roscoe Flinn and wife and Charley Bolding of Jasonville spent Monday with John Arney Jr. and John and Leamon Chestnut. They returned home Saturday night to spend holidays with their parents, Bill Chestnut and family.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and a constitutional remedy. It promises to cure cases or pay $100, with testimonials available and address for F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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