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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1890
Page
3
Readers recount La Grippe symptoms from sneezing to fever as the illness spreads through the town. Updates mention a new worker at Rezie Overton’s, a sick child, and calls to plan work for next summer alongside weather and market notes.
Mrs. John Shaffer near town is seriously ill. James Redman’s house on the south side of the railroad is raised. A question of rainwetting among young men. Laura Abram visits Mrs. H. W. Wilson. Odon booming with the railroad. Scott Alexander returns from Johnson county. Mrs. Fisher recovering from serious illness. Lenard Winklepleck visits from Eaglesville. Advertisers claim best bargains. Mrs. Harry Martin returns from Loogootee. Sidewalks urged on South Spring street. Coal deliveries and pricing updates. E. & R. track work advancing and trains expected. Methodist church reopened after repairs. Ray Breden presiding elder arrives. W I Kepler moves from Washington. Danner & Co store nearing decorator work. Boots and shoes at cost. Reg trains desired on the E. & R line. Caution about life with saloon neighbors. J H Redman trades property with Dr John Dearmin. Lampoon about borrowing the journal. Sidewalk request resurfaces. Daily Gazette notes railroad obsession in Adon. W L Stoy promotes Chamberlain cough remedy. Vincennes Sun reports a fatal accident near Oak Town. Endorsements for Chamberlain’s Pain Balm by Price of Richland Nebraska. Literature valued for youth minds. A humorous note on milk and honey. J T Scott retires from Elnora Enterprise editorship.
Miura Co advertises buying wheat with top market rates and invites suppliers to contact for selling.
A local ad for Cromwec. & Tory selling picture frames in all sizes and mouldings including gilt varieties. They offer framed pictures already ready for purchase and promise surprising prices with satisfaction guaranteed.
A homemaker's must have item described as a receptacle for flour a sieve a pan and a beauty. Marketed by Odon Millix Company sole agents for Daviess County offering the ahead of its time kitchen aid for households.
Large property 40 acres of black loam soil and 10 acres of sand with remainder clay. Includes a new barn and house, plenty of out buildings, 200 fruit trees, grape cur rants and strawberries. Well drained field 22 miles west of Odon. 3 down, balance on long time. Bargain sale.
G. D. Apran of Odon Indiana advertises for 100000 white oak burr oak or locust railroad ties 6 by 8 inches eight feet long with delivery at Odon. He also buys wheat and promises highest market price. Bring ties and wheat.
Real estate list from Washington Indiana describes 86 acres near Odon with rich loam and 20 cleared acres, 120 acres unimproved near Elnora with black soil, 80 acres near Elnora with timber, four 40 acre parcels in Elmore and Bogard townships, 44 acres in Bogard township at 590 dollars, 40 acre farms near Corinthsville with cleared land and house, plus numerous parcels in Van Buren and other areas. Seller offers loans on safe real estate security and invites lenders to inquire.
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