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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1901
Page
3
Frei Toella from HKinora and others visit local towns while residents like Mary Sipes and Lu Hatfield travel for visits. Social events include a Sunday day exercise at Pleasant Hill, a commencement, and church activities. Local commerce prompts shopping at Rock's and Keck's, with a new line of street hats and solid gold rings advertised.
Say always come to our drug store for fresh drugs. We order new drugs each week. Don't need to look for cheaper prices anywhere. Z Webster's Drug Store.
Miss Clara Myera of MRaglesville and Claud Ragle with wife visit for Decoration Day. Alfred Gootee from Van Buren township stops by. Mrs. Anna Ingalls of Terre Haute joins relatives here. Tolliver and Cooper sell New Orleans molasses. Ed Garten visits Hutchinson, Kansas, soon returning home. Early Rose seed potatoes offered at 65c per bushel by Col Wood from Indianapolis. John Ketchem's lightning damage valued at 77 dollars. Jumbo oats sold at ten cents for an 8 pound package.
Lan Freeman from Adton and Henry Connells with family from Bunkum visited the town. Ed Richardson of Scotland and Riley Richardson from the north end were seen on Sunday. Bechtels at Washington Friday. Peddlers increase here prompting talk of a timetable. John Ketcham’s loss from a recent fire paid at $72.56.
John Kretsinger tends sheep in Knox County this week. Miss Effie Casey stayed with Plainville friends Sunday. Anderson Overton recovers from illness and goes out again. Sam Herndon of Cornettsville and Mrs Will Herndon of Washington visit relatives. Fred E Casey from Indianapolis visits. Wall Stuckey of Monroe City visits Albert Stuckey and family. Jamen White receives pension increase to twelve dollars monthly.
A large crowd is expected for the Epworth League festival this evening, weather permitting. Good music is planned and the event will be held locally.
The G A R recently decorated graves of Civil War soldiers in Walnut Hill and the old cemetery. Rev John Breden delivered the Decoration Day oration, followed by a memorial sermon at the U B church by Rev Al N King. All services drew strong community attendance.
Cash paid for beef hides horse hides furs bones rubber tin foil copper brass and more. A letter from W C Garten cashier of First Natural Bank of Winterset mentions a carpenter troubled by diarrhea who used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and recovered. Also notes One Minute Cough Cure and a safety tip about speaking with the mouth.
Wednesday evening at the M. E. church Odon Schools held commencement for fourteen graduates eleven women and three men with speeches by Madge Hueston Carrie Burrell Claud Danner and Inez Dillion followed by a keynote by Elder C H Buchanan and diplomas from County Superintendent W A Wallace Madison township held a second ceremony at Good Hope with nine graduates all present and receiving diplomas. speakers included Oliver Mumma n Annie Callahan Sarah Hardy Andrew Myers Grover Malone Stella Campbell Daisy Callahan Billie Aishe Elmer York and Arlie Callahan.
Odon outpaced Washington 12 to 4 in the first game of the year. Freeman pitched while Corcoran allowed most of the runs as Washington trailed throughout with scores in the third and fifth innings.
An array of admonitions and testimonials tout Foley's Kidney Cure and DeWitt's products for kidney health and digestion. The text mixes self promotion by W. L. Stay with vague anecdotes and unrelated street dialogue, noting cures and warnings against neglecting bowels and hair chemicals.
Miss Maude Dickens Parsons of Kansas writes that she suffered repeated asthma attacks over a year and was near death before using Foleys Honey and Tar which she says provides immediate relief.
The Odon Journal reports Washington and Odon baseball teams will meet in two games in the city on Thursday. The Washington squad is described as large and strong, averaging about twenty pounds heavier per man than the Odon lineup, with jolly good players and big men.
A brief extract notes an injury and a chaotic incident at a store with crowd activity. It mentions a sprained ankle and a disruptive confrontation during a shopping event at a local retailer. The readable text emphasizes disorder and immediate responses by bystanders.
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