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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1904
Page
2
Local items from Odon and surrounding areas cover subscription rates, editor details, and public notices. The column includes marriage and divorce statistics for Indiana, rail terminology data, juvenile safety cautions, and varied community news from nearby towns and counties, highlighting local life and concerns.
Royal notice discusses prohibitions on marrying close relatives including cousins and aunts. It notes exceptions for distant relations if the king approves, while stressing royal prerogatives and the burden of negotiating alliances within a rigid kin network.
In Daviess county past prohibition votes show 18 in 1890 69 in 1888 10 in 1900 and 202 in 1902. Indiana State Normal graduate John Stahl aged 53 earned his diploma after a long irregular course. County official Nugent and Fruelova collected 72 taxes from transient merchant Burger at Elora. officer demand led to payment of 57.20. Junior Hastings entertained friends at East Walnut Street in honor of an occasion.
The Bedford Mail reports a new train will depart Qdon in the morning, travel to Terre Haute then Linton, return to Terre Haute and finish back in Odex. Conductor James Torphy, currently on a Bedford Westport freight, will command the new passenger train.
Grant Roberts seeks a saloon license for Elnora and faces a remonstrance of 337 signatures filed with the county commissioners. The case mirrors actions against others denying license requests amid local booze distribution disputes.
The Reds defeated the Rough Riders in a Saturday afternoon ball game with a final score around 17 to 13. The Rough Riders, a youth team from the Siuss settlement, played a hard game in a rustic setting.
The passage presents garbled dialogue about driving and mistaken words. It reads like a jumble of overheard phrases with unclear subjects and scattered names, offering little coherent narrative or identifiable events.
A court in the northern district ruled in a civil case ordering the defendant to pay 3009 dollars in support. The verdict was delivered last Wednesday after a jury trial involving the plaintiff and defendant.
Narrative fragment describes a British West Indian possession in Central America, distant from a major seat of power. It notes isolation from Great Britain, limited telegraph or cable links, and rare external contact. The piece hints at celebrations for a monarch and hints at regional political tensions.
A stage heroine skilled at piano discovers a piano placed at the foot of rocks as she enters a desert set. She notes that savages burned their cottage and killed her father but saved the piano, and she vows to perform a brief piece if allowed.
Crooke Forsythe trima in Odon is succeeded July 1 by EB E Forsythe Junior who buys Crooke's share. The agency may boast the largest business in town for its size and has aided local upbuilding with tire insurance extending 12 to 14 miles.
The town of Oden sees Forsythe assume the local agency for fire insurance and real estate, replacing Crooke who plans retirement for health reasons. Grantz remains with the firm, and the new arrangement highlights the agency’s large financial commitments and strong loss settlements for insured clients.
The document records a 1908 certificate by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency authorizing The First National Bank of Oden to commence banking, with signatures, witnesses, and legal references. It also contains medical and veterinary ad copy for Humphreys Medicine Co, listing conditions and products.
The notice details reduced rate travel on the Frisco system with sleeper cars from St Louis to Houston and return, operating the first and third Tuesdays and Saturdays, through December 1903. Reservations available via local representatives in St Louis Odon and Houston regions.
Superintendent Thompson of Southern Indiana says grading on the Chicago extension has begun south of Dana. He expects after completion a year from fall trains to Chicago, with work split into sections for faster progress. He also notes the bridge will be built by the company.
The first demonstration of the scientific practicality of electric propulsion for street cars occurred in Richmond, Virginia, about 16 years ago. Since then about 1,000 systems have been built and over 25,000 miles of track have been laid, demonstrating growth in electric traction.
The State vs Arch Yatel, scheduled for Thursday at 1 in Kellams Court, was indefinitely postponed by Prosecutor Padgett. Arch, charged with selling liquor without a license, remains under indictment in this county court proceeding.
A fragmentary report outlines Westrumite, an invented substance by Herr van Westrum. It is described as an oil mixture that can be diluted and spread on roads, with a storming cart and evocation of testing in a place named Lesion es 2ours creas where gusts affect vehicles.
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