10 Jan 1908
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
1
A speaker argues that advertising remains essential even in recessions. He notes that retrenchment often comes from tradition rather than profit and insists that marketing effort should intensify when consumer buying declines to attract shoppers and maximize results.
Bloomfield News lauds editors across the country for respecting pledges not to publish President Roosevelt s Congress message before it was officially read. It notes the strong tradition of safeguarding secrets to protect reputations and avoid harm from premature disclosure.
Advertise in The Open Journal to reach buyers for cows calves horses poultry and other livestock. People seek to purchase farm stock and your ads will connect sellers with eager buyers through the classifieds.
A playful riddle fragment asks why a young lady is like a hinge and why a baker is like a beggar. It notes adoration, bread kneading, and dough imagery with spelling errors and a clash of phrases about stabbing a man versus killing a hog. The text ends abruptly with incomplete lines.
Enrollment 345 and average daily attendance 320 with 59 tardiness cases. Mr Glaughilin’s 6th and 7th years had zero tardiness. Miss O Dell’s primary had two. Other grades reported two, four and two and six tardiness cases respectively. High school BT had the most tardiness. parents and others invited to visit. A T Mayfield Supt.
G W Henderson, a well known undertaker, was lured by a prank call claiming a callout at a country residence. He hired a team and went to the address only to learn the call was for Dr Anderson and a patient needed medical aid, not a corpse.
A Herald inquiry questions what is the matter with Washington for a winter resort and whether the weather could be improved, reflecting on conditions and public interest in a better climate for resort use.
The Post Office Department will raise postage for papers sent to readers in arrears past set periods. Newspapers must pay higher rates unless subscribers are current, or publishers will charge delinquent readers an advance rate to cover extra postage, potentially making the paper cost 1.50 annually for those behind. Delinquents will soon receive statements.
The article argues educators must actively use local papers to inform patrons about school events. It suggests teachers supply short, timely items, gossip and exam results, and committee-led reporting to boost readership. County superintendents can coordinate weekly items, with Pratt county cited as a model.
Andrew T. Bennington wed Miss Alice Bales in Plainville on Wednesday. She is the daughter of Francis M. Bales, a Bogard township farmer, and Bennington is the son of John Bennington, a Steele township farmer. Journal want ads bring results.
Archibald Yazel once jailed at Ft Leavenworth for federal liquor violations faces foreclosure action filed May Monday in Daviess circuit court by Padgett Padgett for plaintiffs James T Pope and Olive Stoops Elmore Township. Ella Yazel also a defendant. The complaint seeks 300 dollars plus relief on four notes of 25 dollars each with six percent interest securing a mortgage on Griffiths addition real estate in Elnora.
Ernest Tanksley of Heltonville faced a police court hearing on a threat to peace and a bid to gain custody of his three children aged 13, 11, and 6. The case follows his past elopement with Nellie Rainey and subsequent marriage, with prosecutors seeking to cite him before Judge Wilson for contempt.
In a New Year vignette set in Time’s shop, a dawn cold and clear, a jester seeks to turn over a new leaf and finds Time itself offering perpetual pages. The old Chronologer greets customers, promises daily new entries, and orders the jester to write a good record for 1908.
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