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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
2
An earnest meditation on goodness and character urging daily acts of kindness. It argues wealth cannot buy virtue, praises aiding the poor and supporting neighbors, and suggests small, consistent deeds can light many lives across years.
A reflective piece on enduring filial love from childhood to old age. It traces how memory elevates a mother’s virtues after death, shaping affection beyond loss and inspiring gentle self reassessment in the observer.
J H McCoy plans a fine new home in the 1200 block of South Sixth Street. Architect Floyd Jet has contract for the $10 000 residence and construction will start soon with completion aimed for fall occupancy. The design features modern ideas and promises to be one of the citys finest. J A McCoy of the Qdon Realty Company is his brother.
A little boy narrator follows a mispronounced fable tale. The tale centers on a misheard path home as snow falls and dangers rise. The wary journey ends with the boy returning home safely, author unknown.
Chicago dispatches report orders to rush completion of the Chicago Southern railroad to enable traffic by early fall. The line, with 39 miles remaining, will run trains between Terre Haute and Chicago once finished, using modern rolling stock and a special three to five foot long trail.
Boertown, a remote country village about three miles southeast of Jasonville, numbers forty residents. Built of rough logs with mud chinks and stick clay chimneys, the community settled from the Orange Free State during the Boer War. They grow small market fruit and boast fine gardens, with a notable locally produced cheese.
A child reports a church service reading two parables and a hymn title. An angel seizes a coal from the altar while a speaker chants about the cross and labor. The boss urges work in the barnyard as a remedy, with remembered lines about a cross eyed bear and a colt irony.
A fragment describes a tribe called the Lion worshipping a Deity without churches. They gather nightly to sing and drum, rely on goose oil for remedies, and perform a troubling spring ritual of sitting geese eggs to obtain oil. Physicians are shunned and clothing differs from other groups. The tale then veers to a ballad-like anecdote about a man telling a long tale that grows and eventually escapes notice.
Southern Indiana Ry Co announces summer tourist tickets from Odon to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle Tacoma Everett and many other Pacific destinations. Return limit October 33 1907.
A cautionary verse warns that haste corrupts judgment in all facets of life. It criticizes hurried decisions in eating, speaking, business, reading, voting, worrying, parenting, religion, and even making a will, concluding with doom and social decline.
Notice to all business people that Siram Sima Trustee will be in the post office at Eaglesville every Saturday to conduct township matters. Citizens are advised to bring any required records or claims for processing during these weekly office hours.
To all persons having business with the trustee of Madison township I will be at my office or about town on Friday of each week to attend township business and transact official matters.
A brief item appears titled Don’t You Like This Town Don’t You Like This Town detailing a local sentiment or event in a midcentury newspaper voice. Specific people places and dates are not provided in the readable text.
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