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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1904
Page
3
Long list of community movements with residents traveling to Vincennes Linton Bedford and Terre Haute. Events include auctions, church notices, World’s Fair travel, funerals, school staffing changes, visiting relatives, and local sales and advertisements. Names include Fred Toelle ElNora Misses Ethel Dolliff Nellie Callahan Rev AL Me Couchman Charles Currell and J W Karoo.
Albert Fiddler, foreman on the Southern Todiana, returned to Terre Haute from a family visit at Epsom. He stated the company plans to start Evansville extension work next spring after completing the Chicago extension this fall. The line would leave Qdence at the already built switch and follow the survey toward Washington, with a spur from Black Oak paralleling the Bok OSS into the city.
A ten foot wide crack disrupted Bo street and another on ED street left both impassable after a severe Sunday event. D W Norton & Co had paved the streets last fall and the likely remedy may fall on the town to cover costs. Next week the paper promises an exposé on pay schemes and pond orders from cata logrars, with proof.
A note expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for help and sympathy during the loss of their daughter Ela. FLOM. Erwir.
The piece argues the antitrust law was authored and supported by Republicans and calls out Democratic opposition as illegitimate. It credits Theodore Roosevelt and Philander Knox for enforcement efforts and notes Supreme Court support as Republican-driven, while listing Democratic dissenters.
Saturday morning William Anthony who moved the old U B church drove the building into the Cooperative telephone wires at Race and Grove streets tearing them down. He was arrested and brought before Clerk Alec O De who asked him for bail as only a preliminary hearing could be set. He went to hunt blood and there the minister stands noting little had been done. The telephone company had the lines repaired.
The glowworm emits light from a rounded abdomen area where a fatty substance glows due to slow chemical change. This bioluminescence attracts mates and may vary by species. Possible roles include signaling for courtship or rivalry, though the exact purpose remains unclear.
In a Christian gathering the leader urged members to declare which Bible part they would read and why. The last speaker, a man who hesitated, chose Genesis Chapter 1 as his preferred starting point, admitting he often vows to read the Bible through but rarely progresses far.
Obituary notice reports Hugh McCoy a longtime Odon resident and local businessman dies Friday at his home after a year long liver disease. Born August 2 1831 in Wheeling West Virginia he lived in Windfield Tuscarawas County Ohio before moving to Indiana. He worked as a blacksmith then ran a grocery business for twenty years. He married three times to Elizabeth Booth Mary E Kohr and Agnes Rehrman and survived by seven of nine children. Funeral held at M E church with Rev A M Couchman. burial Walnut Edall.
Local notes report social visits, a funeral in Walnut Hill, and a picnic at St Josephs on August 19. Burns City teams prepare to host a Sunday game against Jasonville with roosters traveling. townsfolk discuss harvests, missing miners, and a trench of minor incidents including a horse accident involving nine year old Clarence Stoy.
Frugal advice urges farmers to study the markets and read the local paper closely. He counsels checking advertisers to avoid unnecessary purchases and to seek bargains offered by merchants who rely on newspaper space and ink.
A traveler reports bottles labeled Meat and Malt sold in Martin County dry towns beaming as nerve revivers. Locals allegedly purchase by the case then head to the woods. distillery output is twenty two gallons per day near John ZumFelde’s distillery in the same county.
Opening exercises led by Lia Carrell with music from the orchestra and recitations by Wa Barr and Orpha Culmer. Ethel Vickers and Mildeed Culmer perform instrumental solos with Wallace Bugsley and Raymond O'Dell. A male quartet and Alysié by the orchestra close the event against the backdrop of a slogan urging business to advertise to stay active.
The reunion of soldiers and sailors will be held in Newberry at Nets grove on August 10 11 and 12 with M Carmichael of Elnora in charge. He promises three days of interest for old soldiers and all attendees as he has organized past picnics.
Fassett A Cotton is a young, energetic educator known across the state. He served six years as Deputy State Superintendent and earned degrees from Butler College and the University of Chicago. He aims to raise education standards and provide equal opportunity for all children.
At a Fifth district Republican meeting leaders urged harmony to back a legislative majority that will ensure two Republican senators. They warned against public rifts over nominations and stressed postponing intra party feuds until after the election. The piece attacks Democratic views and highlights arguments over suffrage and party platform support.
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