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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1909
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for Co operative Telephone and Inter State Telephony offices and residences. Payable in advance. Rates shown as 66 62 65 in the source text.
Local column lists Christmas visits and guests from nearby towns including Cunningham, Sisigeton, Piesete, and Anderson families. Mentions funeral of J Doyle Sproat, shooting match results, and a humorous note about Homer Riggins as a top rabbit killer in the region.
A long list of social visits and travels across Burns City Elnora Indianapolis Washington and Odon. Residents report relatives visiting from or to Indianapolis Terre Haute Washington Elnora and Okla. Several confirmations of holiday visits and returns from universities and towns in Illinois Indiana and Oklahoma.
Felix Chestnut an aged Van Buren township resident died Tuesday morning from pneumonia after weeks of illness. Born April 20 1836 he was 72 years eight months and nine days old. He lived mainly in Daviess county and married Harriet Wade in 1861, leaving seven children Lafayette William Harvey G Chestnut Mrs Fisher Mrs James Spurgern Mrs Kettery and Susie Chestnut. Funeral held yesterday with Rev C H Buchanan. burial Eaglesville cemetery. Additional local notices mention visits and family events around Elnora Plainville and Terre Haute, with Myers Bros flour mill operating at night and farmers grinding corn and oats in winter weather.
Yazel the Elnora drug store owner who served a fifteen month federal sentence for liquor statute violations has been pardoned and returned to Elnora to spend Christmas with his family. Also notes barbed wire product advertisements and a sale listing by A. Jolliff & Co.
The Odon Journal announces a new Home Course column inviting reader opinions on the articles. Readers are urged to send thoughts and feedback to join the ongoing community discussion.
Miss Hattie Hammersley was the guest of Miss Nora Osman Sunday. Miss Gladys Hannah of Elnora visited Mrs C W Myers during the holidays. Plaster Paul Myers ill with fever. Oscar Hackler assistant editor of the Elnora Star attended services at the M E church at Epsom Sunday. Joseph Browning and E L Groves families attended the birthday dinner given George Afterburn of Plainville Sunday.
Prosecuting Attorney Elmer E. Hastings named Frank F. Gilkinson of Shoals as deputy. Hastings and Gilkinson began duties in their new offices, with officials noting the appointment should satisfy the people of Martin County.
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