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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
3
Mancil Clinton has graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington. Henry Stalcup visits from Eloora. Rev. A C Scott buys a new survey to aid travel. G L Wilking and family guests of C A Picked. The piece mentions exploding forest growth and increased lightning risk as settlements rise.
Items scarce this week as locals discuss a Mt Olive festival. Wm Keck and family of Martin county visited Sunday. D W Ketchem of Portland Maine visits relatives. Elsie Stotts attended Burns City commencement Saturday night. Nelson Osborn returns from the west. Roscoe Hubbard visits relatives after a year away. Orville Hubbard bitten by his dog Tuesday. injury not serious.
Dr Vance May relocates from Cornersville to Washington. Thieves loot an E A freight car in Washington stealing clothing. Washington City Council warns of canceling Water Company franchise over poor service. A horse and buggy valued at 25 percent stolen from a Washington hitch rack. The horse belonged to Bhijah Gowdy. County Board of Review adjourns after forty days raising valuations slightly, with biggest increases in Washington Elmore and western Barr townships.
George Messick sues Southern Indiana Railroad Co for injuries from last September wreck claiming permanent harm including broken ribs and liver injury. He states he remained on payroll until March but cannot work since.
Chas. Simms, a respected farmer from Mountain Springs, was killed Friday at 2 p.m. when lightning struck his barn where he and two coworkers sheltered from rain. The barn was destroyed by fire and two valuable aules burned. The surviving workers were shocked by the event. Simms’ family is related to C. A. Pickett.
W. C. Latta state superintendent informs W. O. McCord that a Farmers' Supplemental Institute will be held in A Horde Ville next winter with the same plan as county institutes. State speakers will be provided and programs with topics and timing will be issued later.
Trustee Richard Doyle of Van Buren township appoints the teaching staff for the 1993 1994 terms. The list includes Williams No 1 Grover Pate Taylor No 2 Lewis Dages Liberty No 3 A H Trueblood Patterson No 4 Mayme Doyle Barr No 5 John H Doyle Hackler No 7 Josie Ragle Eaglesville No 3 Room A Ely Grable Room B Clarice Critchlow Wilson No 9 W E Trueblood
Ten year old son of Prof. Howard H. Clark formerly of the city now in Bloomington was seriously hurt last Friday while watching fireworks. He climbed a light pole to better view when an electric wire broke and struck him, knocking him senseless. He was taken home and regained consciousness the next day and remains in danger though likely to recover.
Ora McClung and Miss Altona Hindman were married by Rev J W Gilley at the U B parsonage on Wednesday afternoon. The couple from Linton plan to reside there with Elisha Hindman and family nearby.
Indications point to the black balling of about sixty Linton residents deemed too onery for the Elks as the root of Monday’s trouble. Rejected individuals saw color ed waiters as a chance to stir trouble and enlisted agitators to incite the crowd. Colored ball players showmen and waiters had appeared at a Democratic banquet earlier without arrest.
The display featuring Wallrave's troupe toured Switz City on Monday then moved to Ziston and later to Effogham Miinsis where the show exhibited.
Alfonso Miller, the farmer north of town, who had been reported last week as deserting his family, has come back home.
Friends gathered Friday evening to surprise Mrs. Win Peasinzer for her thirty third birthday with tea cream lemon ice and cake. The event occurred while she was out driving, and Saturday marked the anniversary.
Oat harvesting nears completion as farmers focus on hay making. Jos Dewsey visits Linton on Tuesday. Miss Sallie Fisher visits James Wadsworth. Ethel Palmer of Washington visits Miss Euali Casey. Wilbur Myers returns to Indiana Polis after visiting parents. J J Young and wife visit relatives in Lawrence County. Quarterly Meeting at the U B Churches draws a large crowd. Belva Momaw of Odeon visits Miss Ora Pershing. Frank Smith of Newton Ill visits M O Pates and Minnie Smith's family.
A Wheatland woman, Mrs. James Alton, smashed a saloon run by Charles Qualls and W. Weaver after suspecting her husband was there. She rapped men with an umbrella, shattered a plate glass door and large mirror, kicked beer kegs, smashed bottles, and left the scene with the bar in ruin. The incident drew many onlookers as neighbors reflected on her now tense relation with the saloon and husband.
A Chicago Chronicle report notes a fashion trend where women wear miniature portraits of their sweethearts in shoe buckles or slippers. The fad, spreading from neck charms to belts, is seen as a playful sign of affection and social fashion at dances.
Idaho rancher Miss Kitty C Wilkins of Bruneau bases her success on deep knowledge of horses. She travels alone across the northwestern expanse and collects admiration from city crowds when visiting places like New York and London. Her ranch supports thousands of acres under fence and a vast range and she remains a premier figure in horse breeding and management.
The list highlights the oldest man and oldest woman in town, including the oldest couple living on the same farm, the oldest woman who does all her own work, the longest serving soldier, and the longest serving fiddler. It notes ages and longstanding service in a commemorative roll call.
In a felony hearing a young man offered to testify for the accused but was told to leave the court. The inspector claimed he warned all witnesses to depart until called. The bench nearly refused the testimony but laughter from the witness saved the proceeding.
Fragmentary lines describe a London scene with mentions of personal favors and a figure named Ming Edward. The text references a group of ten newspaper men and a monarch, hinting at bias or influence in reporting.
The Detroit News-Tribune reports a witness saying I did, but I am not a witness on both sides. It notes 45 feminine locomotive engineers and firemen and seven female conductors in the United States, along with 31 brakemen or brakewomen in baggage service.
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