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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
4
Two new cases of smallpox have developed here. The victims are Will Sears and a child of Arthur Callaian. A month ago Robert Watson and Henry Farow were quarantined. Watson has recovered and been released. Farow’s family nearly recovered. No further exposures known, street quarantine in place, precautions taken.
Burns Cily A J Hut t visited relatives near Elnora last week. Noah Scottrom from central Kansas visits relatives here. Nora G Kutch returns to Indianapolis after holidays. Herschel Eduonson goes to Bedford. Henry Sanders from Union on business. Wallick funeral held at Mt Olive on Tuesday. J Robinson from near Cannerburg called on a friend here. J P Kutch goes to Odon on business. John Keck at Worthington visiting relatives. Dr Wm Kecham returns to Indianapolis after holidays. Fay Gore of Terre Haute spends New Years day here. Roscoe Ktch delivers fat hets at Loogootee.
The week’s notes record visits from Mrs. George Correll and Dawson B. Ogden of Scotland. Mrs. J. G. Taylor is ill with pneumonia fever. other locals including Mr. and Mrs. James Bechtel and Ralph of Terry were in town for a funeral. John Stotts and several residents traveled to Washington and Toogootee.
Dr. J. W. Anderson has been appointed health officer and secretary of the Board of Health, replacing Dr. J. DeMotte whose term has expired.
Onas Blough of Oakland City visits here. Miss Kizzie Winklepleck at Burns City Friday. 10c store advertised at Barkley and Overtons. Frank Jacobs left Sunday for Rachelmacher Ohio. P A Winklepleck spent Xmas with family. W B Breden from Terre Haute here weekend. Visit Barkley and Overtons for 10c items. Pearl Seneff visited Elmer Flinn in Linton. Rev Lester Jones Greencastle visited Friday and Saturday. Henry Crooke returned to Indianapolis after visiting family. Stella Weathers of Americus Georgia visiting John Sommers family. Ed Jacobs of Indianapolis visited cousin Stacy Jacobs. Harry Coleman returned from Washington visit with mother. Rev and Mrs Eng T Lewis and children returned from Kentucky. Roland P D Winkerpleck and James Cain left for the south for a few months. Mrs Jack Cooper and daughter Martha left for Indianapolis for a week. Mable Reeves of Washington guest of P A Winklepleck family at New Years. Two floors of winter merchandise to go at Miss Mattie Neeremer with sister May Burress of Raglesville.
Madison township resident Hewitt Wallick a longtime farmer and Civil War veteran died at his home five miles northeast of Odon after heart complications following a Christmas day surgery. He was 64 with a large family, funeral at Mt Olive Church east of Odon conducted by Rev. E Hutchens. He leaves a wife, six children, six grandchildren and two sisters.
Following the program for the farmers institute at Elvora January 17 1910 the schedule lists 9 30 opening exercise topics on corn fertilization and land worth with speakers Quincy Rainbolt D F Marsh and Ray Graham plus poultry money talks. John Neiswanger is chairman with Lew Barber as county president.
Epworth League meeting features How to Concentrate and How to Make Religion a Business with long service scripture lessons from Eccels 9 10 and Phil 3 18 14. Mollie Sargent leads the concentration discussion with solo by Mary Crooke and religion as business discussion by Opha Browning with Rae Pearl Boyd. Temperance talk by John Burrell and business segment follow. Hazel Crooke leads dismissal.
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of husband and father. Mrs. Hewitt Wallick and Children.
Convicted Chicago banker John R. Walsh settles with the Chicago Clearing House Association over a 7 1 2 1 887 note. Banks take all collateral, guarantors pay 600 000 cash, and Walsh and sons are released. Key pledged assets include Southern Indiana and Chicago Southern railroads now under receivers. reorganization planned.
Sherman A. Stucky and Myrtle I. Bruner were married on Sunday in a local ceremony. Herbert Clark remains in serious condition as reports come in. A series of meetings continues at the U B church since Sunday night. Local happenings include mining downtime, a new forge and blower in A M Clark's shop, and a lost milk cow for M O Pate. Tom Beasley and family visited near Elnora, while Henry McCain moved to Mosquito Bend. J D Hackler lost a work horse which had to be shot after breaking a leg.
The Odeon Library Association held its annual meeting at the Odon Journal office Saturday night and elected officers for 1910: President Dean M. Inman. Secretary and Treasurer William Barr. Chairman Library Committee Charles Breden. Librarian Ronald Boyd.
The new town officers led by Bert Gneed Geo Cotrell and Alex O Dell preside as clerk and treasurer with B D Gurney marshal Jos Kiunamgn named to the town board at the opening meeting held Tuesday night.
Mr and Mrs Eli Raser visited Alice Clark on Sunday. Wm Carpenter and daughters Grace and Ruth joined Mr and Mrs James Herron at Walter Herron’s. H M Connell and daughter Eva and Orlando Connell of Odon attended Chloe Baker’s funeral near Koleen. Rev Mobley of Odon visited Tuesday. George Pownall and Daniel Osborn attended Tuesday. Several from here attended W H Wallick’s funeral Tuesday. E Baile visited his mother Jane Baile Friday. Walter Herron visited Odon Saturday night. Sam McKean and family visited John Kirk and family.
Aaron Beasley eighty years old, father of A M and Grant Beasley, was stricken last night by an artery contraction and is thought to be dying this afternoon. He moved here from Martin county years ago and has resided with his son A M Beasley, a well known attorney. Wednesday Linton Call.
A marriage license is issued to William Ray Shields, a young farmer of Newberry, and Edna Elpha Brookshire, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph M Brookshire of Newberry.
A quip from Paris F4 garo notes that the most truthful man tends to lie most when recounting a love romance or a hunting story, implying skewed truthiness in personal narratives.
A brief quote from the Indianapolis News contrasts a woman's awareness with the broader debt or obligations attributed to men. The line frames gendered expectations in a concise editorial tone.
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