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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
5
Daily ad lists cheap items including cane sugar 10 lb for 75 cents, Swifts Pride Soap 7 bars and Crystal White Soap 6 bars at 25 cents, Calumet Baking Powder, 5 lb lard at 90 cents, Blaire soap at 10 cents, fresh oranges 252 dozen, Colorado potatoes 2.35 per bushel, Roman Beauty apples 50 cents per bag, celery lettuce cabbage onions cranberries coconuts, fresh meats at low prices. Local market promotes quick sales and bargains.
Odon prayer meeting Wednesday night and Sunday school at 9:30. Christian Endeavor Sunday evening at 6:00 led by Pastor Reverend Ernest Roberts.
The notice lists Rev J W Trowbridge as pastor with Sunday school at 9 30 and preaching services at Odon Sunday at 10 30 and 7 10. Prayer meeting is Thursday at 7 p m and choir practice Friday at 7 p m.
Pastor Rev. Charles Coleman leads Christian Endeavor and weekly church activities. Choir practice Thursday 7 15 Bible School Sunday 9 30 preaching 10 30 and 7 15 Junior Meeting 2 00.
The article outlines licensing classes for teachers detailing required education and experience for Classes A to D. It also specifies minimum daily wage scales: three cents for Class B, 3 and a half cents for Class C, and four cents for Class D, with Class A set at three cents.
A selection of curiosities and claims about technology, geography, science, and industry. Notable points include Holland's large number of machinery factories, New York's laundries, arid U.S. land area, St. Louis factory output values, Milwaukee construction spending, halibut parts, Felton speed limit, railcar production rate, lead smelting states, phony or fictitious claims about violet rays and swabbing pools, cloth meanings of tween, Manchuria egg sizes, moving picture screens, poisonous snakes, government order precedence, sewing machine guards, shark leather aims, ancient dental tools, and a wartime note about European fronts.
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