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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
8
The article lists numerous local families visiting, church activities, and social gatherings on a Sunday and Tuesday, including Rev Lave Tracy Zeigher and the Misses Collins Chestnut Hamrickhouse and Resler family, with prayer meetings weekly and Christmas visits noted. It also describes Rice cultivation in the Orient and rural scenes of forests, vines, and orchids.
The foxglove is seen with awe in parts of England as witches flower with bells used as thimbles. Elsewhere the wee sina folk are said to nestle in the blossoms. In Ireland the plant is known as the fairy cap.
A light exchange in the Chicago record Herald questions why people speak of scarcity as hen’s teeth. The quip compares such scarcity to the rare delight of listening to stories about other people’s babies.
A lightning rod salesman courts a widow and a deaf and dumb widower but the widower’s suit proves a misfire until a misread sign language leads to misunderstanding. After a year the two suited widows marry, leaving the salesman to reflect that his jokes backfired.
A postman guarded letters to Antoine Cavalleri is robbed by a customs official. Marie, a resourceful woman, drugs the thief, retrieves the stolen letter, and informs an accomplice as night falls. The pair plan to evade border authorities and continue their cross border smuggling scheme.
The timetable shows south bound trains No 5 No 3 No 1 from Terre Haute with multiple stops including Jasonville Linton Beehunter Odon Bedford and Seymour and corresponding arrival times. Additional services No 2 No 4 No 6 depart Terre Haute with times to Fagonyville Linton Beehunter Elnora Odon Bedford and Seymour.
Indiana 1930 data shows 92 counties 1017 townships 94 cities 376 incorporated towns 22306685 acres land and 4391636 acres woodland. It lists 11639 miles steam road 2.06 miles electric road 9364 school houses 16895 teachers and 78303 children.
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