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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1904
Page
3
Frank Jaroab has typhoid fever. Alexander's auction sale is set for Saturday. George Thompson of Bedford visited friends here Sunday. Several residents travel or move, including Ed Ward family to Dewey Illinois and Noah Basher returning from Indianapolis. The Ragilesville post office closed. Prohibitionists in Daviess County plan a March 8 1904 convention. Weather and travel notices note California trips via the Mountain route in spring.
Verna Katherine Senes six months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Senes died Tuesday night. Funeral services were conducted at the residence Wednesday afternoon with burial at Walnut Hill.
Grant Seneff and family moved into the PLM Waupler house this week. H R Myers Riley Flinn and W G Pate were at Odor Saturday. A flinch social honored uncles Chas and Will visiting Walter Stuckey. Several townships plan to attend State Normal this spring. Frank Sprague moved to Leonard Wickiephos farm north of tiaWat.
Williams announces a large assortment and reasonable prices for spectacle live items with a specialty in clock and watch repairs.
Stockholders of the Odon Oil Co. are requested to meet Monday night February 20 at the office of Crooke & Forssdhe. J. W. Hlays Seey.
The piece argues fatigue stems from sustained contraction. It notes the back neck and legs tire after effort, while an oarsman tires in the arms and chest. It concludes that continued effort requires habit change and a shift of work to rest or new activity.
The firm of Ward Broe and Co has sold their farm and requests permission for asid firm to call and settle. Creditors with claims against the firm should present them for payment. D. W. Hayes.
Mr and Mrs G E Seneff express gratitude to friends for kind help during the illness and death of their infant child.
A graphic account describes the burdens on a family arriving at Ellis Island. A mother and grandmother carry the load while an immigrant man faces separation from his kin. The piece notes the relentless hardship endured by new arrivals and the heavy duties placed on the youngest and oldest children.
Bloomington city faces unease as the grand jury returns about 130 indictments, mainly charging minors for cigarette smoking and pool use. The Good Citizens League funded a deputy prosecutor and offered a 325 reward for convictions, aiming to press minors to testify. Also under scrutiny were liquor sales to minors. several indictments reportedly issued. The league has 25,000 in subscriptions, 10 percent annually, and pledges continued support. The court term ended with more evidence in hand to be pursued when court resumes, aided by a detective who helped assemble much of the evidence. Minor-focused cases dominated over adult liquor procurements.
Mike Neff from Newberry visited Monday. A. J. Bechtel visited son James at Verre UWaute this week. Will Letherwood attended Indian Springs Tuesday. Wheat prospects improve but peaches reportedly killed. Several candidates named. others waiting on friends. Thomas Wadsworth Jr. from Eaglesville came Monday. Asner Soumners and family returned from Washington township Tuesday. Akbar Painns, weeks in Illinois, visiting home. Henry Wastor of Pinos spent days this week. Rome Dobson, clerk and assistant undertaker for E. Ferguson of Bedford, visited at R. Do Stott's Sunday.
A quirky note mentions Miss M-Waonbdit and Mr Wella planning a wedding dinner with ham and eggs as the meal. The fragment hints at confusion over names and playful humor about recognition.
The Malison township trove of Olas lacks a marshal for over a month since John Kip peman resigned. The town board delays appointment, with Odon being strongly Republican and able to run without a marshal. A Republican player says there are not enough Democrats to cause trouble.
The notice outlines post office mail handling hours and pouch procedures including receiving and dispatching general mail and locked pouches. It lists times for dispatch and reception, with names and duties referenced, indicating a routine city mail operation.
Joseph Glover a B&O S West machinist and Miss Mable Johnson eloped and married in Tanare nceville after a return trip from a country visit. The bride, daughter of W S Johnson, runs a photo gallery in Main and Meridian. the groom is a machinist and musician with thecitizens band.
Last Friday Thomas Shmp, a rural mail carrier for Einora, narrowly escaped death when a SIL engine speeding toward the crossing forced his cart onto the tracks. He leaped clear, but the mail cart was wrecked and a horse was so badly injured it had to be killed.
The Philodeibia Record discusses radium and musk, noting musk’s lingering scent in rooms of various sizes. It states a single grain can scent a 35 foot square room for years, and a 12 foot square room would require substantial musk to perfume the air.
A naturalist discusses hawks and other birds as aggressive hunters. Peregrine falcons feast on the head neck and eyes of prey, with bodies left intact. Eagles, owls, and other raptors prey on mammals and waterfowl, while flamingoes and other birds are noted to chase and devour small rodents.
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