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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1910
Page
1
The article advises higher winter feed and balanced grain mixes to keep hens healthy. It emphasizes bright roosts, small flocks, dry, covered coops, and plenty of grit, green fodder, and sprouted oats to sustain egg production through cold months.
Ray Laughlin of Elnore township is appointed to receive the Swan Pond school in Washington township, succeeding Austin Enonerling who had been elected to a vacancy in the Washington city schools.
For sale a fifty acre farm with good improvements located three quarters of a mile west of Odon on rock road. Price eighty five dollars per acre if soil. Write Marlow Oklahoma F D No. 2. Abyssinian Wife the Boss the Abyssinian wife the head of house.
In a Bloomfield court case, Linton Taed and Maree Smith faced claims of infidelity and elopement with a Rev. Pilbuapa. Smith denied the accusations, while Taed confessed to the charges as details emerged of a troubled marriage and arrests.
In a disrupted week the editor faces delays publishing notices as internal disagreements stall content. The paper signals future action, noting readers with legal or personal notices should await the next issue for formal announcements and deadlines.
An explosion or collapse near Mt Pleasant caused a cave in at the mine or nearby site. Rescue teams cleared debris for over an hour. no major injuries reported beyond scare and dust exposure.
Coroner Holder posts the verdict that Rev. Van Ritter died of heart failure and Mrs. Ritter died from exposure. The couple were found dead at their home December 27 amid fears of poisoning. no poison was found in Rev. Ritter’s stomach after analysis.
A compact collection of quips on weather Christmas cheer and everyday oddities. The piece riffs on misfortune and mischief with playful wordplay about a man settling up, schoolboys preferring food to speech, potato bugs, and a joke about Johny who is like a side-cracked freight due to being switched.
The Forest Experimental Station near Henryville Indiana conducts trials on tree species to gauge growth pruning spacing and cultivation. It highlights White Ash Yellow Poplar Black Walnut and other trees as best suited for various soils and aims to guide future forestry in the state. Visitors are welcome to the grounds and information is available from the Forester. From December Farm Journal.
Announcement from Uavine announcing the purchase of the W R Pershing grocery inviting customers to visit. The owner notes years in grocery trade and promises fresh wholesome groceries daily with bread every day and no credit. A Steele township farmer considers selling a hog and moving to town due to an ordinance.
Farmers urged to switch to Pioneer fencing from Kokomo Indiana made with 20 point carbon steel line wires and double galvanized stay wires. Agents A Jolliff & Co of Odon advertise its superior galvanizing 25 percent lead 75 percent zinc and spring weather resilience to attract buyers for 1910.
A Loogootee wife reputedly cured her husband’s late hours by waking him at one in the morning. He whispered through the door asking for Willie, then entered. Now he returns home early, goes to bed with one eye open and a pistol under his pillow awaiting Willie.
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