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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1905
Page
2
The piece urges continued reform in Odeon Indiana with focus on law and order. It highlights prosecuting attorney Loughlin’s efforts against gambling and illegal liquor and calls residents to support enforcement and responsible public service.
Jonas Winklepleck visits Elnora Tuestar. T Todd and family move to Sullivan. D F Cooley and family move to Sullivan. Mrs Ley Montgomery returns from Pedford. Mr and Mrs W R O'Dell travel to Verre Haute. Miss Hache Gadberry from Indianapolis visiting parents. Mrs W 2 Dearmin and daughter Repa visit Worthington. Itabel Abraham from Indianapolis visiting her father GD Abrahan. Mrs Wu Pershing from Indianapolis visiting relatives. Coal prices at Bradford Notch's east of Oodos. Goud coal and road notes. Messrs Caulk and family visit. Garten schoolhouse contracts awarded in Madison and Van Buren townships. Cider operations start July 23 weekly. Miss Roose and Mildred Culmer to Spencer and Switz City. Homes of J C Culmer and W W Culmer noted. Mrs Chas A Hurley and Mrs W D Mack return to Bentonville Ark. visits with Mrs W H Hueston. Mrs Hueston and Madge accompany to Terre Haute. Dr Cart Barrell visits from Loo gostee. pocketbook and receipt found and returned.
Names and origins appear among residents and visitors from Indianapolis Jasonville Oakland City Lawrenceburg and nearby towns with multiple social calls and visits. Local businesses advertise low prices on shoes and telegraphy courses while church services and community events are announced.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian church at Elnora and Rev. Turney and family hosted the Ladies Aid from Worthington Christian church at Rev. Turney's home. An elaborate dinner followed by a short song and devotion service. Visitors included Mrs. Leo Montgomery and Mabel Abraham.
A grove gathering near Matt Toon hosted a Methodist meeting in Raglesville and Salem. Morning preaching by Rev OL horses and a baptism of twenty eight souls followed by a sermon from Rev Hogan of Oakland City. Other notes mention travel, visits, and district conference plans in Vincennes with speakers and local figures.
Notice: bids will be received up to a stated date for coming school year supplies and delivery by a fixed schedule. The board reserves the right to move any or all bids. By order of the school board secretary.
A London Telegraph fragment tells of an Irish priest who boasted of care for his flock and claimed failures of love and support. He mocked the congregation for not contributing to his sustenance nor celebrating marriage since his arrival, and claimed no one had died under his watch.
A London Outlook note recalls a man who recovered sight after birth blindness and was most struck by the flight of birds. He wondered why people did not pay more attention to them.
A garbled exchange features Guade Smythe noting squeaky new boots and doubt about payment. Johony retorts with a flustered claim that other clothing items squeal as well, suggesting the conversation questions ownership and truth.
An uncertain fragment recounts a columnist, Miss Tartell, and an editor with a habit of adding vital notes. The piece quotes a line about the meek eyed morn and notes a mistaken headline the next day mentioning a weaker worm. The Washington Post is cited as the source.
A light page reads of a blunt Scottish caricature of a neighbor Bridget and a wry comment on grim weather. It then shifts to a note on hats in ancient times, describing hooded garments and the rare use of hats by London officials in prior eras.
The note traces metal pens from an early Dutch 1717 patent to Pope's era luxuries and then to mass production around 1823 24. It credits the screw press method and designers John Mitchell Joseph Giles and Josiah Mason with democratizing pen manufacture, highlighting Mitchell as the leading introducer of press made pens.
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