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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1913
Page
3
Loogootee city council approves an electric light plant franchise with F. J. Berger Co of Petersburg after discussion. New rates set at ten cents for first ten kilowatts, eight cents for next twenty, six cents for next seventy, and four cents up to two hundred kilowatts.
The Mennonites arose from four sects of Dutch Flemish and German Baptists. They take their name from Menno Simons, a Catholic priest who joined the Anabaptists around 1537. Simons was born in 1496 and died in 1561. His True Christian Belief appeared three years before his death. After the leading spirit’s death the sect split and altered creed.
The Great Tule tree in the Santa Marta church courtyard measures fourteen feet in circumference. A century ago Humboldt cut a bark section and affixed a tablet honoring the tree, now worn but still visible despite bark erosion.
A description presents a local insurance firm in Daviess and Martin counties noting no dividends or high salaries, offering best protection at about one fourth the cost of old line companies. Officials listed include President John A Arvin, Vice President Ransom Fope, and Secretary Win. C. Raney.
A caller advertises assistance to place students in top colleges with fully paid courses at low cost. They invite readers to visit the Journal office to discuss options.
An advertisement for Today’s Magazine claims it is the largest edited magazine, offered at five cents per copy. It invites readers, especially women, to request a free sample and premium catalog from Adstress, Today’s Magazine, Canton, Ohio.
Paulding banker C H Allen asserts the sugar beet industry will lift Ohio farm land values by 20 million dollars this year. He cites 5 million increase in Paulding County alone and over 5 million invested in local beet factories, plus broader gains through higher yields and rural employment as the sector expands.
The sugar beet deep rooter improves soil when soil is stirred to ten to fourteen inches and fields weeded and thinned for a single beet. Autumn plowing stores moisture for next crop while removal of fibrous roots leaves humus and boosts overall oil output.
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