Odon Defeats Bedford at South Ide Park 6 to 1
The Gallon White Sox beat Bedford 6 to 1 at South Ide Ballpark before a storm shortened play to six innings. Sears pitched a five hit, four strikeout gem backed by strong defense including Garten’s crowd-saving grab and Browning, D Sears, Haig, and Lake contributing key plays as the locals rolled to the lead.
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Gallon White Sox
Bedford
Southide
Sears
Odon
Bedford Bars
Lake
Garten
White Sox
Browning
D. Sears
Haig
Diamonds
Decoration Day Observed in Odon with Civil War Memorials
Decoration Day activities marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil War in Odon. Business houses closed nine to three, graves at Walnut Hill and Odon cemetery were decorated with flags and wreaths, and a program at the Christian church featured Rev A J Newgent's address amid a large crowd. Last Sunday Rev J M Inma spoke to a well filled Christian church.
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Walnut Hill
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Odon
Christian Church
A. J. Newgent
J. M. Inma
BUNKUM ITEMS Church notices and visits
Union Chapel sermon led by pastor M L Mobley at 10 30 a m Sunday. Mrs D W Osborne visited her mother Mrs George Pownall Sunday evening. Miss Effie Adley visited Miss Mae Baile Sunday. Charles Hupbard of politic visited relatives here Sunday. Thomas O Neal of Marion visited last week. Mrs Nora Connell and child visited Mrs Ira Porter and family of Martin county Sunday. Lilus Holt on the sick list. Mrs J M Ledgerwood ill with rheumatism. Earl Carpenter visited at Odon Saturday and Sunday. Miss Eva Connell spent weekend with Mr and Mrs J B Phipps of Farlen.
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Nora Connell
Leland
Ira Porter
Martin County
Eva Connell
J. B. Phipps
Farlen
Local Notes From Farlen Items And Nearby Areas
Farlen items report Aug Fesler of Burns City and other locals visiting on Wednesday. Decoration Day exercises drew many residents to Odon and Burns City on Tuesday. Will Hesherman of Blankenship and others were seen in town. A crowd visited Woodland near Elnora for a family gathering. Pat Carr of Union City, known for distributing Irish linens, was mentioned.
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Fesler
Burns City
Odon
Pat Carr
Union City
Cottage hotel owner suffers broken arm in yard fall
Mrs. Sarah E. Bline, 68, proprietor of the Cottage hotel at South and East Third streets, fell Sunday in her back yard and broke her right arm. Washington Democrat.
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Sarah E. Bline
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East Third Streets
Resolutions on Death of Amos K Conard by Moore Lodge 303
Regular communication of Moore Lodge No 303 A T and A M on May 7 1911 unanimously adopted preamble and resolutions mourn the death of Amos K Conard praising his aid to the needy and the fraternity. Lodge extends sympathy to his family and orders the resolutions recorded and copies sent to the family.
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Moore Edge No
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Amos K. Conard
Moore Lodge No
Grand Lodge of Indiana
Amo. K. Coward
Callahan's Drug Store Serves Ice Cream on Hot Days
Residents flock to Callahan's Drug Store for cooling ice cream during the heat wave season. The shop notes brisk business as customers seek relief from high temperatures.
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Callahan’s Drug Store
A Just Beast
The late Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Frederick Temple once expelled a boy wrongly accused and unable to prove his innocence without exposing the real offender. The boy wrote to his father claiming Temple was a beast yet a just one, a line the archbishop kept as a record of his principle.
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Canterbury
Frederick Temple
Epch
Temple
Dr. Temple
Marksmen in Virginia Mountaineer Recruits Rally
C K Bolton describes Virginia mountaineers in 1775 facing a demand for 500 recruits. A shooting match tested riflemen at 150 yards with a chalk nose target on a board. Those who landed closest with a single shot were chosen, and the first forty or fifty knocked the nose off the board.
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C. K. Bolton
American Historical Review
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D. W. Osborne
George Pownall
Effie Adley
Mae Baile
Charles Hupbard
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Thomas O’neal of
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Lilus Holt
J. M. Ledgerwood
Earl Carpenter
Will Hesherman
Blankenship
Joe Callahan
Dean Correll
Frank Crane
Sargent
Nelson Adkins
Old Salem
Jim Richardson
A. D. Bechtel
Claud Sipes
Ol Crawlor
Frank Norman
Wm. Swinda
Elnora
Mrs. Bline Falls
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Calahan’s Drug Store
Bob Williams
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Oxford
Price
C. A. Pickett
M. B. Fisher Belden
M. Correll
Thos. Wirt
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