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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1904
Page
3
Sunday in Velentiag Day covers revival at Elgerya led by Ceuchman and multiple local residents traveling to nearby towns this week. Reports note school resignations, candidates for Madison township Trustee and Assessor, and community events at Dancer's Hall and local churches.
William Sims is announced as candidate for Trustee of Madison township and John Hubbard as candidate for Assessor, both subject to the Republican nominating convention.
Local shop offers discounts on watches and clocks with limited numbers left. Free number with each GYcenta spent and new items in the astaticsery line. Bring in sick clocks for guaranteed repair. D O Williams, Watchmaker and Jeweler, invites calls.
At Danner's Hall the Rathbone Sisters Orphans home presents a social with exciting Kinetoscope pictures featuring King of England Queen Alexandria President Roosevelt McKinley and scenes of warfare. Included are shots of steam roller, railroad bandits, the Biddle Boys, Bat and Jean Commedians. Opera House Monday Feb Mtb Loe Oe and 2c.
Will Conrad of Illinois visits relatives. Misa Jessie Yards returns home from a brief visit with Miss Zulu Bechtel in Bimore township. A coal prospecting company on W. AL. Wathick’s farm. Rev. Ed Vavier leads meetings at the hog church. Lightning hit Frank Pew’s barn but caused no damage. Born to Mr and Mrs A M Stickles a son Raymond, convalescing after illness.
The Chicago Tribune reports a fashion where young women blow hair fragments onto foreheads, seen as a sign of changing character. A Philadelphia boarding school scene is cited as evidence, describing students shaping their bangs while watching for a lingering effect on appearance and manners.
A French artist Mime Leroudier displays a 12 panel embroidery series titled The Months in London. Each panel 11 by 3 feet on cream satin uses 1736 silk and chenille tones to depict mythological figures with lavish stitches and Gobelin inspired scenes.
Japanese forces have captured and sunk multiple Russian vessels, including two warships and a cruiser, delivering a heavy blow to Russia as the conflict intensifies.
County board of education last week adopted education requirements for teachers. Licenses of twelve months or longer are required, with terms of acceptable schooling and certification for graduates of commissioned high schools. A county institute fund collects a one dollar annual fee from teaching staff and applicants, with receipts required before employment. Music becomes a regular instruction branch and teachers may take music exams before the next term. The article also covers a Clinton county vote buying case reversal, noting public policy disallows rewards for crime participants and confirms Davis may claim rewards if not involved in vote buying.
James McDonald, a coil wagon driver, was quietly arrested in Bedford for the murder of Miss Sarah Shafer and transported to Jeffersonville. He claimed to be innocent, using the alias William Pareans, and said he acted foolishly for notoriety. Locals doubt his guilt and accuse detectives of stirring public unrest.
Governor Durbin moved by the Bedford murder of Miss Sarah CC.,variably spelled, contemplates making criminal assault a capital offense. He has not decided, but the private secretary says he will likely include the measure in his winter message. Earlier talks at the last session proposing the change did not win strong support.
Ed C. Faith was commissioned postmaster at Washington last Sunday and began duties Monday. He leaves for Salt Lake City Utah to assume a position with the Salt Lake Tribune, Perry Heath's newspaper, as the retiring official moves on.
The York family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and support during the illness death and burial of their wife and mother. James York and children.
Voters favor paving on the Barr and Elmore township gravel road sections. Contracts will be let soon and the roads will be constructed during the summer.
An American traveler without a passport at the czarist border produced his life insurance policy as identification. The Russian official examined the policy, found it insufficient, yet returned it and allowed the traveler to proceed.
Democrats met Saturday in townships to select precinct committeemen for the 1904 campaign. Listings include Washington Wardens Ward, Gordon, Padgett, Sanford, Dennigan, Spencen, Burke, Kohler, and Hoffar. adjacent wards name Hart, Cosgrove, Drew, Carlin, Cunningham. Van Buren Kelsey Madden. Madison Ledgerwood Malone Bord. Edgard Morgan Sparks. Steele Tarr Hawes Irwin Dillon Bynum. Elmore Reeve Pesan Tackwan. Veale Bigham Rooess. Harrison Ward and Rane.
An Isle of Man curiosity describes tailless Manx cats with longer hind legs than fore legs. The animal springs and strikes with both sets of legs when fighting and climbs hills easily. it is valued as a premier mouser. Historic law fixed cat prices by age and set penalties for stealing or killing the royal granary cat.
Complaint No. 11326 in Daviess circuit court Washington Indiana names Beulah Ty Best as plaintiff against William W Sullivan et al. and others including heirs and trustees. Hearing set for April 4 194 in circuit court at Washington. Witness Thomas Harris clerk. Heffernan Mattinwly attorneys. Also unrelated Frisco System travel notice with schedule and reservations information.
A 19th century promotional fragment touts an Indiana paper’s advantages. It highlights timely market reports and court news, strong national AP coverage, farm sections, a robust sporting page, fashion and household content, and conservative Republican editorial voice. It stresses affordability at 10 cents weekly and broad, reliable coverage up to Chicago.
The New Subscriber who cuts out and sends this slip with $1.75 for The Youth's Companion for 1994 will receive the lingering issues of 1692 from the time of subscription free, including the Double Holiday Numbers, plus The Companion Calendar for 1904 Ethographed in 12 colors and gel.
The Youths Companion reports new subscriptions received at the local office. The notice highlights reader interest and ongoing engagement with the publication, noting increased demand among youth audiences.
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