09 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1912
Page
1
Mrs. Opher Sanders of east of town suffered severe facial burns and singed hair after a gas explosion within a coal stove at her home Sunday morning. The stove, not drawing properly, released gas that ignited. Dr. T. A. Hayes treated her and bandaged the burns. Some items near the stove caught fire but were extinguished.
A petition by James Wilson and others asks the Elnora commissioners to dredge the old canal as a drainage ditch into the White River. Locally funded project would affect town property, and some citizens oppose while others favor extending drainage above the town for broader benefit. The final outcome remains to be decided.
Officers of the White River Poultry and Pet Stock Association met in Washington Saturday to plan their fourth annual exhibit. The next show is set for December 16 to 23 in Washington with the aim of making it the biggest and best in southern Indiana. The score-card judging system will be used, following the last show’s issues. B A McCracken of Martinsville, a licensed American Poultry Association judge, was selected as judge after confirmation by telephone.
In Bedford Daviess county poultry men led the awards at the Lawrence County Poultry association first annual show. Names include D L Weimer Montgomery White Plymouth Rocks and Oliver Stout Oideo White Wyandottes with multiple firsts and placings. W H Swinda El Nova S G Rhyle Island Reds. R Correll Odon 5 0 Black Leghorns. J A Barrell Odon with Butt Jepingtons totals across cockerels hens and pullets.
A Saturday birthday dinner for Mrs. Rachel Sears was hosted at her son John R. Sears home. About thirty relatives and friends attended. Mrs. Sears, 86, declared she plans to live to 100.
An advertisement promotes improving eyesight through proper glasses from Keck the Jeweler and Optician. It asserts clear vision makes life brighter and even turns a pessimist into an optimist, urging readers to choose their eyewear for better sight.
Farlen items mention J. H. Winklepleck of Washington selling gum polish in the area. Lawrence Fesler of Coaline visited Friday. Robert Boyd near Odon shipped peas for Edward Hubbard last Thursday. Jane Crossland stayed with Mellie Hubbard Thursday night. Inez York and family of Odon visited J. P. Taylor on Monday. S. B. Myers went to Newberry Tuesday after delivering a corn load for his father.
The January health report lists six diphtheria cases in the county with one in Washington and two in one family. Scarlet fever totaled four cases including one in Washington. There were 46 births, 18 deaths, and 25 marriages. Nine quarantines were set, no schools closed, and overall the county remained unusually healthy for a cold month.
A movement advocates abolition of the expensive school enumeration. The drive promotes ending pro rata appointments tied to congressional failures and interest. The text references Terre as a starting point for the reform effort.
Two former Daviess county girls figure in a Chicago theft last Thursday afternoon. Miss Letta Wadsworth of Eaglesville and Mrs Daisy Roberts of Maysville faced a pistol wielding robber who took $8 from a purse and $25 from a cash drawer while a diamond ring was hidden by Mrs Roberts. The thief missed over $100 in a cash safe left open. Wadsworth is known in Gdon and Van Buren townships.
The February session of the Daviess circuit court opened Monday morning after 9 o clock for a six week term with Judge J W Ogden presiding. The docket includes probate and criminal cases with the heavy civil docket ahead. The most anticipated matters are the forgery charge against Theodore Keller and a $7000 suit and accounting by Oliver M Vance alleging funds used to buy time at shops. The grand jury is expected to review these questions. Riding bailiffs Frank Ward and Elwood Bell, with Walter Harmon as house bailiff, support the court.
Orin Crooke and Earl Dyal return to class after illness. Harold Sharples joins Freshman class. Supt. A. O. Fulkerson visited. Don Hayes back this week. Juniors finish Tlals of the King. W. E. Trueblood of Bloomfield, ex high school principal, visited. Odon claims county’s first manual training program with pupils volunteering to stay after hours.
A four room house on the Jonu Hawkins farm near Consolidate school house was burned to the ground between 4 o clock Tuesday morning. Tenants Mr and Mrs Spencer Day lost part of their household goods in the blaze.
Protracted meeting ends with forty conversions and twenty seven additions. Several families and guests visited Sunday including Seamon Chestnut sister Miss Lucy Orville Overton and others. Nearby residents attended events and gatherings with multiple visits to Loogootee Eaglesville Plainville and Eaglesville noted.
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