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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
5
The Christian Church will hold an instructive preaching and inspiring music next Sunday. Members are expected and visitors are welcome. Seats are free. W. B. Morris, Pastor.
Four Indiana men, including Grand Master E. E. Hastings of this city, will attend the IL C O F sessions in Seattle in September. Hastings and his wife are expected to travel, with Mrs. Hastings likely accompanying him. The piece notes Seattle event details and a separate local baseball score.
A marriage license was issued Tuesday to Troy A. Keith of Washington township and Lelia M. Ragle of Bogard township.
Sunday visits mark community life with Alvin Smiley seen in Van Buren township. Funeral attendance for Mr. McCarter at Mt Olive. Uncle John Shaffer shows improvement. Elias Roberts and family with Thos Wirts group. Susie Ledgerwood visiting Chloe Shaffer. Mrs Harry Freeman called on Albert Boyds. Birthday gathering at Walter Shaffers with Mrs Shaffers and Alvin Smiley. few guests but a pleasant evening with ice cream and cake.
The board of health of Odon warns residents of greater typhoid fever risk this season due to surface water. People are advised to boil drinking water, cut weeds around premises, and eliminate flies. By Dr. J. DeMotte.
An old fashioned country gentleman mocks strict etiquette rules about napkins and tableware while recalling Louis XIV. A second anecdote recalls a boy named Arthur who explains that a desired baby cannot be had until it is paid for, in lighthearted fashion.
In Yonkers a humorous exchange unfolds as Mrs. Crimsonbeak notes a shirt was boiled and Mr. Crimsonbeak speculates she fried it. The light exchange plays on accidental cooking terms and domestic wit.
A remark from the New York Times captures a critic’s line about paintings missing warmth. The exchange features a quip about painting in oils and adding oil stoves as a joke.
A dream ending interrupts a domestic dispute over a poorly cooked steak. Mrs Hartford berates Maggie for alleged neglect while the husband seeks a cafe to quell his appetite. The tale unfolds with warnings of dismissal and a sudden wake to a nonsensical conclusion.
A backwoods trainer extols harsh methods for taming wild animals. The piece cites "Toindress and areginiut" and says a strong stick, whip, or iron rod breaks the animal’s spirit. It frames the trainer as commander of nature’s takers and emphasizes discipline over kindness.
A man sleeps as his wife and mother-in-law converse in his dream about indulgence and letting him stay out late. The mother-in-law praises the husband but warns about strictness. The scene ends with the realization that it was only a dream.
A father tests his sons with a natural history riddle asking which animal is satisfied with the least nourishment. The boy answers with humor that the moth eats nothing but holes, drawing on a joke from Youth's Companion.
A brief wag of dialogue from a Cleveland Plain Dealer clipping centers on a man asking about his daughter's friend from her suitor and mentions wine as the preface to a request for introductions to other suitable young men. The tone hints at matchmaking politeness and social maneuvering.
A young doctor earns quick praise after performing his first case by vaccinating a patient. The exchange highlights the physician’s early achievement and skill.
Quotation notes that good hearted men err by thinking with feeling rather than reason. The Philadelphia Record emphasizes the distinction between emotion and judgment.
A rallying voice denounces concentrated wealth and corporate trusts as the nation’s root of inequality. The essay argues small businesses vanish as big corporations grow richer while workers become clerks or laborers for giants devouring the land’s resources.
Mr and Mrs Stever Callahan Chas Kirkana family Andy Williams and family Alva Callahan and Luther Barrett spent Sunday with Homer Pershing and family Dale Sears spent Sunday with Homer Marshall Gladys NeNa and Zella Miller visited Laura and Nellie Pershing Sunday afternoon Will and Schuyler Ketchem passed through this vicinity Saturday Nell Sears of Bedford spent last week with her brother J T Sears and family Hobart Sears and Miss Verna spent Saturday night with Lew Cunningham and family Mr and Mrs Ackerman passed through this vicinity Sunday Miss Zella Miller was the guest of Miss Britta Ketchem Sunday Mrs Rezia Overton and daughter Miss Bertia spent a Sunday with Ander son Overton and family of Odon George Myers of Eaglesville spent last week with his grandparents Rezia Overton and wife Miss Fiona Overton of Odon visited Rezia Overton's last of the week Dan Aishe and wife spent Sunday with their son Harve Aishe and family Grant Overton and wife spent Sunday with her father Luther Sears and family of Bailes Robert Boyd and Aldo York were seen in this vicinity Sunday evening Mr and Mrs Robert Zeigler and sons Alvin and Irvan Len Ramsey and family spent Sunday with Elmer Ramsey and family Miss Gertrude Ramsey visited Miss Amy Seneff Sunday Charley Kirk and family and Mrs Andy Williams and son Ira passed through this vicinity Tuesday Mrs Viola Zeigler and children spent Wednesday with her brother Sam Overton and family
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