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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
1
The speakers urge young men to assume government stewardship, stressing capital and labor issues, national unity, and education as the key to future progress. They praise Indiana figures like Lew Wallace and emphasize patriotism, national strength, and a unified republic.
A tribute recalls Cora O'Dell Flinn a fair young mother who battled disease. Friends kept vigil as she neared death then found calm in prayer and song. She spoke of visions of the better land and asked why she woke before finally passing to heaven with Christ and angels.
Arrangements underway for an elaborate Plainville picnic on August 3 under the auspices of the Odd Fellows Modern Woodmen and Keighta of Pythisag. All orders in Daviess County invited to participate with efforts to secure Gov. Haaly and W. J. Bryan as speakers.
Old Settlers push this year set for August 17 18 and 19 with the date decided.
A reunion for Civil War and Spanish American War veterans is planned at West Baden on August 9 10 and 11. Free rations will be provided including beef potatoes beans hard tack sow belly and black coffee.
Seven prominent locals helped broker an out of court settlement in the Baird Churchman damage case. The suit was dismissed on motion of Bairds attorney BE Laughlin. Fifty two summoned witnesses no longer required to testify. Amount paid to Baird is not known but not more than a specified limit. The community hails a resolution to a case that threatened local notoriety.
A state board circular urges appointing superintendents to select teachers and approve their appointment. It opposes home talent only and favors bringing in teachers with broader training from other schools. Emphasizing personal integrity and professional training, it argues for a missionary spirit in teachers.
A Van Buren Township dispute over unpaid extra school days ended Friday when Trustee Sims agreed to pay the full contract amount plus costs to Fhrencore KE Grable, a longtime teacher. The case stemmed from a 1903 contract for Grable to teach in Eaglesville, with 15 days carried over and later disputed by trustees. A separate action by Bernard Pate was likewise settled. A local sales line follows.
The text argues that teachers are the key factor in schooling and urges formal standards. It calls for minimum training: grades teachers require high school plus one year professional training, high school teachers need college plus one year, and principals should be college graduates with extended training and classroom experience. It suggests adopting these standards after September 1, 1910.
In the probate filing for David Keck, one fourth of the estate goes to grandson Cecil Lay of Burns City. If Lay dies, the remainder to the son Andrew M. Keck, executor, with three eighths to the son and three eighths to the wife Nancy F. Keck, then to the son upon her death. The Keck farm near Bramble is valued around 3,500 to 4,000 dollars, with about eighty-five acres.
The schoolteacher known for a notorious ducking by pupils last year married Charles R. McGill in Sullivan County last Saturday. She had sued the pupils' parents, securing damages, and has since recovered her health.
We thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and assistance during the burial of our daughter Cora.
Tuesday evening a male chorus of ten voices was organized with A B Fisher director and H Ward secretary. The town shows strong musical talent with an excellent band three orchestras and a male chorus forming for practical results.
Just AAWord. N few months we have gled our business a creat ive attake to sickness, disom boding many of our customers. But again we are at our ost ready to give our careful attention to the wants of our customers. We have made our business what it is by always being on the look out for the best interests of our patrons, ever remembering that a pleased customer is our best ad vertisement, and ever holding to our motto. "We'll do it right or not at all." And we expect to hold and even build our business still higher by the same liberal policy. We invite you to give us an idea of your wants in our line, we will see that you do not loose anything by it. Keen, the Jeweler and Optician.
A farmer near Eaglesville recalls a shift in travel routes as locals trade in town. He notes people used to pass his house daily on the way to Swoogootee, but now detour to Odon because merchants offer goods the public wants.
In the warmest and most evenly contested Burns City game, the Odon Royal Sluggers fell 2 to 1 to the Burns City Blues. Sears and D Garten impressed for the Sluggers while Keck and M Toon starred for the Blues. Eimer Lyons umpired.
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