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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1917
Page
7
An editor's letter reveals a scheme to move grain using Southeastern Linw high steel hoppers with 10 percent dump, tarpaulins, and makeshift wooden doors to prevent leaks while avoiding boxcars. The writer, E F Resler, endorses the method as satisfactory despite risks, praising railroad promptness in handling the grain.
Township Trustee R D McCarter posts weekly hours at his office in the E D Lavehlin building on West Main Street in Odon and notes availability at his residence on other days to attend to Madison township business.
The schedule lists stops from Terre Haute to Seymour on the Southeastern line with times for trains No 5 3 4 6 and 2 3 4 5, noting mid route halts at Odon Bedford Linton Beehunter Elnora Oden Owen Seymour and transfers. The page includes inbound and outbound times with morning and afternoon windows and mentions layovers at Odon.
Glendale principal R A Roberts resigns before Christmas. Frank Brandon, ex Washington high and Illinois graduate, now works in Agriculture, Washington DC. Teachers collect funds to buy books and pictures for Elnora schools. Sugarland School shows high attendance with Room B 99.48 percent. A contest will award fountain pens for best agriculture and domestic science notebooks. National Educational Association launches Thrift Essay Contest for county pupils with April 1 deadlines.
The Daviess county circuit court in Indiana sets a February 28 1917 hearing for the adoption petition of Robert White by GE Richardson and Addie Richardson. The article also reports on the Bluebird program at Star Theater with Undine and upcoming features The Unattainable and Mysteries of Myra, including showtimes and admission prices.
A memo from the Naval Observatory notes seven eclipses in 1917, the most in a year since the early 1900s, with the next seven-eclipse year not until 1935. The full moon eclipse on January 8 will be visible across the United States from 12:50 a.m. to 4:30 a.m. EST, with totality between 2:00 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. EST.
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