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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1902
Page
3
A promotional note advises purchasing Quality at 23.00 and Redclifig at 2, promising reliability. It mentions other items and urges checking the line before proceeding.
Walter Breden returns from Indianapolis while Carl Woodard Trnuebleal stops in Smiler and Ben Bean comes home from Elnora. Many others are listed visiting relatives in Fiora Champaten Champaten and Linton. An ad promotes home paper delivery for 21.23 with various names and locales mentioned.
Fragmented gossipy notices list guests in Evansville and nearby towns including Miss Lens Rimbel and Mrs Annie Schul ey. local travel and visits from Dan Sargent Fre Tosile Arthur Ward and others. seek subscriptions at the Journal office and discuss sales of a sewing machine and peanuts. informal meteorology and business notes appear alongside ball game plans with the Nebraska Indians and Odon team.
Farmers are busy making hay while TL Reinhart builds an addition to the store. Residents report rock roads near Farlen and note Belden and Riley Richardson visited Wednesday. M Briggs and family stay in Oakland City. A few attended the Democratic banquet at Union Thursday night. Rome Dobson and Mrs from Indian Springs visited Sunday. A festival at Mt Olive was dry. Rural Free Delivery left out per last week’s journal. Master Burke Ketchem returned Friday from Franklin Indiana. Charlie Lee and families from Barr Township and Al Sealand family visited Sunday.
The District conference of the ME church will be held here this week with opening session Monday evening at 7 30. A full program includes morning afternoon and night sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday. Bishop Waldron will speak Tuesday afternoon and likely attend Wednesday. About 150 preachers and lay delegates are expected.
The postmaster of the town where the route starts will receive applications for new rural route mail carriers. Eligible candidates are those on the route or residents of the start town. Routes to be established include Washington Plainville Elnora Odeon Loozootee and Montgomery. Applicants will be notified of exam dates likely the week after next.
Funeral services for John Smiley were conducted last Saturday morning at Nice Ecleek residence by Elder Buchanan. Remarks by Mr. Buchanan were appropriate. Music provided by a choir from the Christian church. Burial at Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Capt. M. Smith, a well known Washington citizen and Civil War captain, died Sunday at his home from kidney trouble at age 65. He later ran a hardware business and with his son opened a Smith & Son grocery. He was father of Capt. E Rosa Smith. Burial was on Wednesday.
Heavy rainfall flooded sewers and streets, causing water to spill onto roadways. A man named Atehley attempted to wade through the flood but slipped from the sidewalk into a ditch, with water reaching his cuin.
Cerrell and Burrell work on a large Rough Rider monument for Hennessey Oklahoma. The base measures twelve feet with a total height of twenty three feet and features an eight foot soldier statue. The memorial honors Roy V. Cashion who died July 1 1898 at San Juan Hill Cuba.
The Washington Democrat notes a large Democratic crowd this afternoon arriving by wagon and train with cheers from locals. Only one foreign Democrat, R. W. Miers, was seen at the station, and few decorations appear in town, leaving Odon residents puzzled by the sparse display.
A liberal price will be paid for Indian relics such as stone axes flint arrow or spear beads. Leave at Journal office.
A Yorkshire report describes peat fuel fires that burn for generations in domes and on moors. Castlegate fire at Castleton near Whitby has burned over 200 years with Os mothegby farm records noting a 600 year uninterrupted burn and a century of continual glow.
A southern woman praises her enslaved house keeper Aunt Ca line for wise counsel and faithful service. She tests a young Black man James regarding reliability for summer mountain travel, and Aunt Ca line concludes his lifting ability signals weak character.
A Democratic banquet at the opera house drew about 200 attendees from Elcora, Washington, and nearby townships. Speakers included Congressman Myers, Alva Fulkerson, and Alvin Padgett. W. T. Alexander was toastmaster. Decorations featured flags and Bryan pictures. music by the Odeon Band complemented remarks from local candidates and guests.
A close associate of Mrs Lowell clung to the widower story until new authority emerged. She asked Mr Lowell to confirm whether he remained a devoted widower or could be "any other man." His reply was brief and pointed: Dear Madam Yours, he any other man.
The Indianapolis Journal proclaims itself a comprehensive morning paper with full Associated Press market reports and up to date stock quotes from major exchanges. It emphasizes accuracy, clarity, and reliability for daily business readers and homefolks.
James Borders aged 71 married Sarah E. Matthews known as Mrs. Pega in a Tuesday night ceremony at the Borders home on east Race street. Matthews testified in a recent trial that she had obtained a divorce from Pegy while using the name Matthews.
Edwin Leediy and a party from Wisconsin Central and UC Board plan a six to eight week trip to North Dakota to harvest wheat. Listed travelers include John RK Alc Carter Allen Ketchem Charlie Harman Jos Gingerich Ray Laughtin Milo Aishe with others talking or joining. Fare is one rail one way. estimated cost 21 765. John KK McCarter coordinates the party and people can call for details. departure likely August 9.
Dialogue from a Detroit Free Press snippet shows Mr Giantlagher confessing love to Miss Frisbie Ellen who replies she cannot help him because she has not found his heart yet.
Dialogue captures strains of marriage as a wife protests her husband’s long absences while he responds with mutual surprise. The exchange hints at unresolved tensions and the trial of daily life.
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