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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
1
Indianapolis letters hail new pure food and drug law of 1905 with improved adulteration rates. Two years ago 62.5 percent of drugs and 42.3 percent of foods were adulterated. latest figures show food adulteration at 1.4 percent and drug adulteration at 27.2 percent. Prosecutions rise as health officers enforce the law and retailers comply.
The article explains a new law requiring a child's full name to be recorded at birth. Parents must name the baby on birth day or within twenty days using a provided blank. County officers may intervene if naming is delayed to prevent future legal disputes or misidentification of birth records.
Southern Indiana By. Co. offers summer tourist tickets from Odon Indiana to Traverse City Petoskey Frankfort Benton Harbor and other Michigan points with returns allowed through October 31 1907. Tickets valid from June 30 to September 30 1907.
A successful lawn party was held at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mize on Bunkers Saturday evening. The house was decorated in blue and white with an abundance of Mowers. About 115 guests attended including Mrs. Wives George Harkins and son from Indianapolis and Misses Dot Hedrick and Golda Callahan.
The first Brown County court house on Van Buren street in Nashville has been torn down marking the loss of a southern Indiana landmark. The one and a half story structure, built about a century ago from hewn poplar logs, served as the county court room and offices in early days and later became a stable under owner Rev. Campbell.
A motivational poem by lawyer E. R. Smith contrasts the man who wins through action and effort with the man who loses by procrastination and complaint. It extols hard work, discipline, optimism, and perseverance while depicting dreamers as idle and ineffective.
A serennial township report lists Daviess County voters aged 75 and up across Van Buren Madison Washington Reeve Steele Veale Elmore Bogard Harrison Barr and other townships. Names include George Hackler 82 James Crooke 85 John Shaffer 86 Theodore Mahen 86 and Ulyssus Jackson 89 among many.
The Robinson Gas and Oil Company reports striking oil at 1 700 feet on the McKee farm two miles south of Lyons. The oil is described as fine quality and the find is hopeful news for local oil workers and the community.
Jiarani Gassina aged twenty eight was shot dead Friday night at a boarding house in Linton. Gimes Aimer aged thirty two a fellow Italian immigrant resident of the same boarding house is accused of the killing. Both men had recently moved to Linton from Pennsylvania.
Members of the M. E. church and friends gathered Saturday to surprise Rev. C C Lowther and family for his birthday. The group enjoyed music and recitations, and Rev Lowther, Mrs Lowther, and their daughter Elizabeth received rocking chairs as tokens of goodwill.
Mrs. Jackson Dossett died Saturday at her home ten miles below Petersburg of consumption. Former wife of "Eua" Stone, who murdered the Wratten family in 1898, she moved away after his execution in Jeffersonville. She was widely regarded as a Christian and was buried in her home county.
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