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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
6
Raglsville notes mention Thos Mr Riggins and John Young recovering from illness at home and sickness in area. Miss Agnes Pate visited Elmore. Revival at M E church led by Kev Coppage. Mud depth forecast and lower cost of living noted with sacks of flour and coal oil prices. Overton Coal Co president J A Overton seen in village. Traveling residents from Odon Robinson and nearby communities also noted.
The article notes a mumps outbreak in the locality with Reverend Perry Kerr leading a prolonged Bethany meeting. It records multiple local social visits, travel from Indianapolis, and various names such as Nell Hanasu Vera Shields and John Lazenby, plus farm and household notes and a veterinary concern about contagious disease affecting livestock.
The grand jury convened Monday morning under Judge J W Ogden. One member Joseph Ledgerwood failed to appear and Albert Malone was excused as a school teacher. James A Sparks and Nelson Gregory were added, Sparks named foreman, with orders to inspect the county jail and county poor farm and report their findings.
Tredde records ongoing dispute over the iron bridge with concrete floor over White River linking Daviess and Dubois counties. A near-drowning incident occurred when high waters pushed a skiff under the bridge and a man was bumped from the craft. Dubois county remonstrance asks whether the bridge meets plans. civil engineer to report at March meeting.
Public sale is time of year for real estate and personal property. We are ready to print sale bills on short notice and horse and jack bills at fair prices. Our equipment includes horse and jack cuts and a line type not common in country offices. Give us a trial for this work.
Samuel Courtney a machinist at the railway shops in Washington married Miss Alta Keller daughter of Felix Keller of Bogard township on Saturday afternoon at the home of Rev. R. W. Alexander in Washington. They will reside in the county seat town.
Theodore T. Jones, county treasurer, led a Monday sale of delinquent tax properties in Daviess County. Forty three parcels sold while three failed to bring bids, with unresolved liens sent to foreclosure. L. L. Walter and Union Savings & Loan Association secured two thirds of the auctioned parcels. Two thirds of owners toured the treasurer after the delinquent list appeared and settled their taxes.
Alluup Von Behren, a teenage employee and assistant foreman, killed three Black workers John Gordon Henry Gordon and Walter Washington at his father’s Evansville factory. He claims rivals plotted against him after a quarrel. He was jailed without bail on first degree murder charges.
A local shop advertises a wide assortment of pillows and pennants in high school colors to decorate rooms. They offer custom orders on short notice and suggest these items as suitable gifts for students.
Township trustees receive notice from the secretary of state that this is the sexennial enumeration year for voters. Enumeration occurs in each township between January 1 and July of the sixth year, with reports due to the secretary of state under the applicable statute.
Legals warn that hauling on thawing or wet roads in Daviess County Indiana is illegal under Section 419. Restrictions apply to tire width and load weight with fines from five to fifty dollars per road, plus a two dollar arrest fee. Road supervisors may arrest on sight for violations.
Daviess County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company can insure farm property in Daviess and Martin counties. Policies available for five years at two dollars, covering expenses. Pro rata assessments to cover losses, historically 14c per year per hundred dollars. Officials listed John A. Arvin vice president R1 Loogootee Ransom Yope secretary Elnora Wm. C. Raney secretary? R1 Loogootee.
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