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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1915
Page
6
A jumble of local notices from Elyora to Owensville details visits by residents of Jesonville Terre Haute and Bicknell. Moves and property changes include W T Selfridge to Hemsville Joe Moore into Eagle property and Riley Wilson farm updates. A church meeting boosts church attendance while Edith Bray survives a runaway incident with medical help arriving promptly.
Elnora church Sunday school meets at 9 15 with J E Pershing as superintendent. Sermons at 10 39 a m and 7 p m. Wednesday prayer at 7, Epworth League Friday 7. Ward Courtney presides. Revival ends tonight after six weeks of old time Methodist preaching. 87 penitents professed Christ at the altar. Pastor S J Shake praised the evangelistic effort.
Local notes from Terre Haute to Vincennes include visits by Fern Arford and Nora Ballard, and reports of travel from Burns City, Indianapolis, and English. Ads promote chocolate cherries, fruit tree sprays, wallpaper, gloves, and the Rexall Store brand. Funeral notices mention Mrs Waggoner and David Rudolph with services in Houston Brown county.
A dense set of for sale notices from The Journal includes a Jersey cow, Sicilian Buttercup eggs, four Shorthorn bulls, Black Langshan cockerels, cow peas and hay, baled fodder, Percheron fillies, Poland China boars, Shropshire rams, a yearling filly, and insurance offers. Real estate and Texas prairie land listings appear, with contact names and places in Odon, Elnora, Burns City, Terre Haute, Odell, and nearby areas.
The article notes Sunday School crowds attending services at a local place with preaching each night at seven. It also lists social visits among residents including Mrs. W. M. Chambers with the Chestnut family in Shiloh and Roscoe Flynn with his wife visiting John Arney Jr. and family. Delmar Franklin and Hershel Green moved to the Morrison farm north of Washington.
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