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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
4
Local figure Obadiah Brown laments lack of town improvement while critiquing residents who shop by mail order rather than supporting local merchants. He notes the town’s ancient groove and urges development despite minimal personal assistance.
Local notes report strawberries failing to ripen due to cool cloudy conditions. Rev. Thos Wadsworth suffers a severe cold. Mrs Anna Hattery recovers from a slight stroke. Maud Clinton ill last week. Center area families visit Odon. Decoration day events dampened by weather. Mrs M O Pai learns of brother F G Smith’s death May 30 1907 near Mt Calvary. Funeral at Mt Calvary cemetery draws large crowd in bad weather. Several locals still plant corn amid wet conditions. A young colt belonging to D Evans dies. Edward Braner returns from Worthington. Several attend Decoration services at Burrs City. Julia Hackler visits from Terre Haute. Trustee Hiram Sims returns from Washington.
Local notes list Sunday visits and callers including Charley Owens and wife with Lee Wadsworth family, Wesley Myers with Otis Courtney near Ragilesville, Mrs Jacob Resler with Mrs Daniel Rhuebottom, Ora Edmondson with James Collins, John Fasting with Mud Pike parents, Ora Richardson from Scotland, Miss Daisy Williams from Elnora with Miss Lola Fettie, Luther Tomey near Elnora, John Wads with Thomas Nugent of Elnora, Harvey Tomey and Edward Dagley of Elnora, Mrs James Collings with Mrs Courtney at Mrs Bert Holstine, Miss Ola Davis from Elnora with Mrs John Hickey, Oscar Hackler and wife from Elnora, and William Rogers from Terre Haute noted as passing through.
To all persons having business with the trustee of Madison Township I will be at my office or about town on Friday of each week to attend township business and transact official matters.
The Kansas City Journal evokes nostalgia for hometown papers printed where readers once lived. It describes blurred print and damp pages, a single editor, and familiar names that stir memories of past neighbors and friends.
An imperfect clipping shows ABE MARTIN style commentary critiquing a Republican figure and local politics. It mentions a suspect speech, a “fellert” citizen and a quirky note about a shopkeeper mixing ingredients, with a whimsical tone and rural dialect.
Three Wade brothers Benedict J Wade eighty six Davie W Wade ninety John Wade seventy seven are local farmers who never left the area and voted at the same precinct as their father Evan Wade moved to Daviess in 1837 from Lawrence County Kentucky. John served in the Civil War with General Sherman on the march to the sea.
A Topeka Capital excerpt, quoting a Kansas girl graduate with the theme Beyond the Alps Lies Italy. She jokes about education, poetry, and future plans. She says she aims to marry a strong farmer who can run an eighty acre farm, cook well, and avoid meddling female relatives. She notes she will use her education to manage lovers and groceries.
A Minnesota resident touts a home remedy to eradicate roadside weeds. Mix white clover seed timothy seed and blue grass for a fifty cent sowing per mile. Apply on both sides of highways and city sidewalks to suppress weeds in two to three years.
Railway schedule shows trains departing Terre Haute at 7 00 am and reaching towns including Liliamots Jascoville Lipton Beehunter Elnora Odon Bedford and Seymour with listed arrival times. Additional service details and notes reference HOP and Grand Station in Chavay Vas.
The court house elm, planted by William Sawford fifty years ago and saved from removal in 1876 by Judge Gardiner, stands as a living monument. Contractors planned to clear the yard but spared the southeast corner tree after the judge’s plea. The elm now symbolizes community memory in Washington, per the Washington Herald.
A state board of education revokes a license after hearings and depositions in a Perry County case about irregularities in issuing teacher licenses. The superintendent of schools Mosebey is named in the action.
At a high school banquet last Wednesday night, a clever boy tied a garden hose to his waist, climbed a water spout, and siphoned punch from the bowl placed at an open window. Banquet attendees later found no punch left.
Praise for Benjamin J. Burris as Plainville schools leader follows strong four year tenure of predecessor McHenry. Supporters stress continued high standards and steady progress in county public schools, urging faithful fulfillment of anticipated success.
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