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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment references payments in advance and mentions live chickens in parcels. It also cites a lecture about Earth ownership and a predicted substitution of a national flower, with mentions of Mrs Woasdroen Woison and a Tope Wywel.
Sal Marsh J. A. Steward was at Washington. Noble Callahan and Henry Poindexter were at Elnora Saturday.
Frans Jackson and Ben Chestnut visited Elnora on Saturday on business. Local residents Mrs M Thomas and son Hal of Fort or Fort visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. William Cox hosted Dorothy Bowman at Elnora. Various residents made trips to Washington and Dolitic. News of illnesses and recoveries include Mrs Trueblood, Harvey Plummer, and the Sargent family. New business openings announced with Daulton leasing McCarter coal bank and stocking a general store in Odd Fellow building.
A scrambled OCR fragment hints at a newspaper headline about charges. The text is garbled with missing letters and misplaced words, making details unclear.
An article describes a homemade curfew device using siding and a barrel to discipline a child, claiming it will curb loafing and warnings. It touts three applications and compares its sound to a hymn, asserting wide effectiveness for boys up to a certain age.
A retro article notes Benjamin Franklin born in Boston 207 years ago, detailing his path from preacher’s apprentice to printer, his rise in Pennsylvania Gazette, and his role drafting the Declaration of Independence. It also mentions local notices of visits and small town events in Epso m.
Cletus Herron and Leonard Howard spent Sunday with Luther Baile. Wm. McKinnie and family moved to a farm near Scotland. Earl Carpenter and Herbert Fields spent Sunday with Ivan and Ray Connell. Wor Conard family and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Phipps and Lando Connell visited H. M. Conwell’s Tuesday. Wm. Pruett visited Walter Herron and family Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jord Fields visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lige Fields of Odon Sunday. Cisco Kinnaman and family of Odon are at Wm. Kinnaman’s this week.
A birthday dinner was held Wednesday at Rev. Dyer's home for Mrs. Dyer as she turned seventy two. She remained in good health and stood by the organ with her children to sing. Thomas Wilkin returned from Indianapolis after attending a religious meeting. Arthur Ritter spent Wednesday night with his father-in-law, Joseph Noblett.
Joseph Brownitg and wife traveled via Ep som to Oylon Monday. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Marion Chandler on Tuesday January 7. Mrs Wm Chambers visited Mrs Frank Tark on Wednesday. Ada Evans of Eaglesville stayed with Inez Rosenberry Tuesday night. Agnes Hackler visited Sadie and Lena Mallette Sunday afternoon. Mrs Henry Byrer visited Emery Wade and family Sunday. John Arney Jr and family visited the Bolding family of Baile Sunday. Agnes Hackler visited Mr and Mrs Aaron Hattery Sr Wednesday afternoon. Orville Byarm west of Epsom passed Sunday afternoon. Frank Colgiazier called on John Arney Jr. Chambers went to Odon Monday. Roy Rosenberry, Wm Hamerick, and Hervey Faith passed Thursday en route to Montgomery. Jennie Arney and children were guests of Mrs Brank Turk Wednesday. Ada Evans of Eaglesville stayed with Thomas Faith and family Wednesday night. Fred Nobblet and family moved into Joseph Nobblet’s house near Shiloh Monday.
Bailey Raleigh Callahan and family visited Orvil Wikle on Sunday. John Arney Jr and family visited Concord Boldings. Grace Callahan and Laura Ice were guests of Myrtle Mowery. Mrs Alfred Long and daughters with Lela and Ethel Cunningham visited Virgil Long. Roy Callahan and family visited Harve Aishe. Roscoe Flinn from Arkansas visited friends here. Vern Beasley Homer Boarman and Raymond Long visited James Aishe. About fifty masked people surprised George Ellis of Missouri at Harve Wrights' home with music and games. Rev T J Adford preached Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night. everyone invited to attend.
Fragmentary notes mention Herman Heshelman near Union, Ot Meek and Asil Boyd visiting Odon on Sunday evening. Attendees from the vicinity attended Ogden's sale near Scotland and Dr Ira Bowman was in the area. The text is incomplete and unclear in places.
James Herman Trainor is reported ill with blood poisoning. Prairie creek activity noted on banks over the weekend. Lewis Graber returns from Illinois after visiting his brother Harry. Alf Grove to move this week to a farm near Plainville owned by William Kilhoz. Ralph Wade, son of Samuel Wade, injured knee playing at school. Frank Brewer and family, Frank Turk and family, Lucy Snider and Pat Morgan hosted by James Mealy. Mary Campbell and Lacy Sniders guests of Mrs. J. A. Groves.
Local column lists residents and visitors with travels to Odon Terre Haute Newberry Indianapolis Bedford Bedford Burns City Jasonville Washington Paragon Burns City and Aurora. Names include Mr and Mrs Elmer Courtney Jonas Winklepleck Oma Callahan Lessie Payne Maggie Waters Dora Myers and others as they made trips or hosted relatives this week.
John Potter and wife visited Jack Snyder on Sunday. Roy McMillion went to Newberry. Mrs. John Eads spent Monday with Mrs. Edward Copland. Mauie Killion spent Sunday with May and Esie Wilkin. Riley Wilson and wife spent Sunday with his sister Mrs. Henry Russell. Rev. Dyer and wife and granddaughter Pearlea Sasa Dyer were noted.
A man nicknamed Gunner-Cranker has been reading aged volumes and now travels, sharing new insights with people as he develops a keen sense of touch and observation.
An offer from The Rexall Store at The Odon Drug Co Inc and The Yellow Front promotes Rexall Orderlies for constipation. The ad claims the company pays for medicine used if the remedy fails to relieve symptoms and guarantees no obligation on acceptance. Two sizes priced 10c and 2c.
The Detroit Free Press notes New Jersey revised its suffrage clause at Burlington in 1778 removing male freeholder wording and allowing all inhabitants with property to vote. By 1807 voting narrowed to $250 property, then party shifts led to disfranchisement of women and free Black people, and the 1849 constitution again restricted to white male citizens.
A New York hotel manager measured indoor walking with a pedometer and found eight to eleven miles daily, trekking through every hotel area during daily rounds. The piece invites a hotel housekeeper to try the test to compare daily indoor mileage.
The Independent notes a Secretary of Agriculture report that rivers unload one billion tons of sediment yearly, draining soil wealth and polluting waters. It also reports Hallshamberry, a new fruit from Halisham by blending raspberry and loganberry, shown at a Royal Horticultural Society exhibit.
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