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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1904
Page
2
The Odon Journal published Fridays in Indiana notes postal registration, subscription terms of one year and six months, advance payment for out of county subscribers, and advertising rates on request. It mentions deadlines for ad copy on Tuesdays and discounts for church events and entertainments aimed at fundraising.
Editor warns that train hopping by local youths is dangerous and urges parents to prevent mangled forays beneath car wheels. June 14 1905 marks the 107th anniversary of the flag adoption. American Flag Association calls mayors papers officers schools to observe.
The Knights of Fidelity News commends the Phalanx for attacking the Nicholson law, praising a stance proving the law stands against both saloons and the Prohibition party. The Indianapolis Journal notes the law’s endurance before the Supreme Court and predicts repeal remains unlikely.
A opinion urging universal literacy based voting reform argues that intelligent voters should prevail over illiterate crowds. It cites 6 000 000 over ten and 3 000 000 native whites 3 000 000 colored and 1 250 000 foreign whites and calls for reading writing tests for all first ballots after 1910 to exclude those fourteen and older.
A fragment argues that intelligent women should vote, claiming it would bless the nation’s ballot and influence the fate of one and a half million ultimate men with their ballots. The note is signed R. B. and reflects a historic suffrage stance.
A jumble of notices and anecdotes from Bedford and nearby towns. Egg production report from two miles west of the city. slot machine raid in Philadelphia with revealing internal instructions. squirrel hunting law from 1903. anonymous placards targeting citizens and businesses. News from Glenwood Hot Springs civil suit over mineral water and a local editor selling the paper. Miscellaneous notes on doctors’ desires to operate and a Cleveland man’s inconveniences.
A reader recounts a case where a patient underwent two appendicitis operations. The person writes with astonishment and notes the patient, once unconscious, recovered to be ailright.
Mr and Mrs Abner Smiley celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with family gathering in Van Buren township and Odon. Born in Ohio, they moved in 1883 and raised seven children. Relatives, neighbors, and friends sent gifts including chairs clocks and jewelry.
Rain slowed afternoon exercises but could not dampen patriotism as graves at Walnut Hill and the old cemetery were decorated by the G A R Post. Dr J T Hobson gave a Memorial address at the M E church with Rev A C Scott offering prayer and Rev A M Couchman delivering the memorial sermon. Music by a church quartet accompanied by the orchestra and choir highlighted the day.
The successful religious revival at the LC B church concluded Friday night under Pastor Dr. J. T. Hobson assisted by Evangelist George K. Little of Chicago. There were seventy one conversions and twenty four accessions, with lasting positive influence anticipated. Mr. Little then moved to Richmond and soon to Lyam for another revival.
Chicago banker John R. Walsh leads a growing Southern Indiana belt road system. He built a line from Elinora to Terre Haute with heavy local investments and plans an Evansville extension. His routes avoid small towns, create new towns like Jasonville, and consolidate railroad traffic with a Chicago division.
A study by A Soriculture notes Mexico cities use minimal wood in construction. Walls are brick or stone with adobe for affordable homes. Floors are brick stone or tile, roofs brick mortar tiles or semicylindrical clay. Doorways are heavy with large locks. roofs rest on 6x6 pine joists. Church roofs use brick arches. no widespread fire traps unlike other nations.
An Indiana newspaper account recounts a Bedford quarryman noticing ancient rattlesnake tracery embedded in stone on a new federal building plinth. He recalls legends of petrified snakes forming delicate patterns revealed by weather and light, with speculation on the sun's effect on the carvings' visibility.
The New York Times notes Edison argues telegraph operators are highly mechanical. A Cincinnati cub operator recalls a crowd learning Lincoln was shot, with operators denying prior knowledge as a mistimed news spread. Hot Springs reports a Cimarron salt field springstorm that altered the landscape and routes after a lightning bolt struck.
City panel fixed annual salaries for many posts including Mayor 2600, Clerk 8700, Treasurer 700 plus 5 percent of delinquent taxes, Marshal 720, Councilmen 150, Deputy Marshal 50 monthly, Fire Chief 69 monthly, Driver 855, Stationmen 50, Fire Runners 75, Police Sergeant 350 per month, Patrolmen 1, Street Commissioner 850, Teamster 360 with tent wagon and harness, City Attorney 250, Secretary Board of Health 3200, FA and c members 25, City Commissioners 2 per day, School Trustees 875 for treasurer and coach duties.
The president signed a proclamation opening the Rosebud Indian reservation to settlement. Lands will be chosen by lot with a crowing established at Chamberlain, Bu nesteel, Yankton, and Fairfax. Registration runs July 5 to July 23. Land price set at $4 an acre for the first three days.
In Highland township Adams county Squire Samuel W Husmers picks a Western girl as his bride after selling letters from thousands of hopefuls. Since advertising for a wife with 5 000 in several years he has received daily replies and displayed photos of widows and maidens in his Richland store room. Hayes Pickett advertises timber and tourist car service to California via the Tron Mountain Route in March and April. A A Deane Jr TLPL SA 400 Sentinel Rise Indianapolis Ind.
Mail order sample offered free and a single application claimed to relieve piles. The ad touts Hazel Oil as a permanent cure for external and internal hemorrhoids with immediate relief and certain cure. Prices 50c and 1.00, bought from druggists or prepaid from Humphreys Medicine Co. New York.
Nostalgic advertisement touts Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 for nervous debility vital weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes. Claims 40 years use as the only successful remedy. Priced at 1 per vial or 5 for serious cases with bold by druggists or prepaid mailing from Humphreys Medicine Co. William & Co. Hy.
Frisco adds new roundtrip and colonist reduced rate dates to promote travel to the southwest. A tourist sleeper trains from St Louis at 8 35 p m on the first and third Tuesdays beginning December 15 1903, with return to arrive in St Louis on Mondays at 1 20 a m. Sleeper departures from Houston occur on the same schedule Saturdays at 9 10 p m. Reservations through local Frisco agents or district reps listed: Wishart in St Louis Evansville Bennett Laughlin in Odon Indiana.
An early 20th century praise of The Journal as a reliable, comprehensive Indiana newspaper. It highlights market reports from Associated Press, local and state court news, farm pages, sports, fashion, society notes, and conservative Republican editorial stance, with affordable 10 cents weekly pricing.
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