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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1901
Page
2
Odon Journal announces weekly publication from Odon Indiana with standard postal classification and subscription terms. Subscription rates listed include one year, six months, and three months prices in effect.
On February 9 1901 a description of Odon Indiana portrays a growing town of about 1500 residents along the southern Indiana Railroad. It notes electric lights, good businesses and residences, churches, a brick two story school and factory activity in the surrounding agricultural county.
Chas. B. Rogers of Shoals is appointed consul to Zanzibar succeeding KR Mansfield who resigned from the post once held by John C. Billheimer of Washington.
Nat A. Hill of Bloomington announces his candidacy for State Treasurer as part of a growing Republican field. The statewide election is two years away, with several candidates already in the race.
The article notes that rail transportation began in 1884, envelope use started in 1839, and stamps were authorized in 1847. It reviews postage reductions in 1851 and 1883, mentions the Army Reorganization Act becoming law, and reports ongoing implementation and anticipated Senate nominations for high grade officers. Gen Miles is viewed as likely to be promoted to Lieutenant General.
The Indianapolis Journal notes New Mexico’s long path to statehood since 1850. It cites 1894 as the failed House bill and argues that Spanish, dominant among settlers, persists in courts and public procedure, hindering rapid Americanization and English becoming the legal language.
In Tampico Illinois an 82 year old man bet Miss Mary Heins 20 on the 1896 election. If McKinley won she would wed Sinister as his eighth wife. if Bryan won she would receive 2000 dollars. She paid the bet after two months, sparking community chatter about the upcoming nuptials and a hoped for widow’s dowry. In Indianapolis a parrot’s cry of Fire frightened a family during a zoo friend’s gathering, halting festivities as they rushed to the kitchen.
Advertisements praise local merchants for cheap goods, quality, and service, asserting merchants and public share interests and urging patronage as civic duty. The note mentions Blue River Gazette and Loogootee Enterprise suspending publication.
The account describes a woman suffering from a stomach wound inflicted by a tack. Doctors fear death but strive to pass the metal fragment through the body. Bedford Mail notes the incident and mentions a pension bureau paper in the February Review of Reviews. It also touts Mr Tessla’s wireless electric lamp and compares it to his Mars radio efforts.
Several small pox cases reported in south Washington El Hatfield of Washington travels to El Paso Texas seeking health improvement Mrs Benjamin Wade of Bogard township dies at 78 Funeral set for St Michaels Veale township resident Wm Scudder sells 88 cattle for export averaging 1700 pounds and about 90 per head totaling nearly 8000 Central Union Telephone buys Hatfield and Palmers line from Washington to Plainville plans extension to Enora and Odon
A. Diefenderf offers to sell on terms for 60 days starting February 1 with steady reductions to collect debts. He states the offer applies to those who owe him, stressing it is not directed at others and urges debtors to call and settle promptly.
F L Hewett of Winfield Kansas describes a severe La Grippe attack in 1898 1899 cured by two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He states the medicine broke up the cold and coughing and he has not been troubled since. The notice praises its effectiveness and sale by Webster.
Twenty new Roosevelt stories and anecdotes told anonymously by his intimates and closest friends will appear in the next Ladies Home Journal issue. The collection portrays the Vic President-elect through personal memories and humorous incidents.
Ladies urged to request Free offer for Solid Cuevee Silver tableware claiming it rivals sterling in durability and appearance. Advertises twenty five year wear warranty and one sixth price from Quaker Valley Mfg Co Chicago urging immediate response before withdrawal.
Webster the druggist guarantees refunds if not satisfied after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They claim to cure stomach disorders biliousness constipation and headache. Price 25 cents samples free.
William H Moore of the National Good Roads association cites a Harper's Weekly excerpt stating rail freight last year totaled 747 million dollars while cartage costs to farmers reached 967 million, due to poor roads. The plan calls for 150 thousand dollars to build sample roads in each state and establish information bureaus to educate farmers within 3,700 counties and 63,000 townships.
The Burlington Hawk Eye argues free rural mail delivery depends on road quality. Iowa's bad highways waste millions and harm literacy and commerce while free labor would be insufficient to fund road building. Convict labor is seen as a community repayment rather than displacing free workers. Roads, once completed, benefit travel and reduce wear and tear, notes New York Evening Post.
The article warns that bad road construction creates worse evils than using improper materials. It argues that Macadam should not mix stones with mud and stresses preparing a proper foundation before laying broken stone. Without reform the surface will ooze and stones sink, degrading the road.
A Times-Democrat anecdote features an old captain warning that boiler blasts wipe out ships and crews, with notes on strict boiler inspections, past recklessness, and a decade of declining losses, followed by an unrelated loan offer for farm land at 5 to 8 percent.
Complaint No. 10606 in Daviess County Indiana warns defendants Lucinda Groves John A Everett Nancy Everett and unknown heirs and legatees of hearing in the Daviess Circuit Court at Washington on March 19 1901 during the January Term 1901 of the Indiana court.
Notice given that Albert M. Clark has been appointed Executor of the estate of Mary A Hobbs, deceased, late of Daviess County Indiana. The estate is believed solvent. Wadsworth and Williams, Attorneys.
Executor of Mary A Hobbs estate will sell at public auction at the late residence in Eaglesville Daviess county Indiana on Saturday February 9 1501 the personal property including household items furniture bedding sewing machine books and other articles. Six under five dollars cash nine months credit for larger sums with note and security. Sale starts 10 o clock AM.
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