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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1901
Page
3
Sullivan county items list residents traveling to Terre Haute Sadboro Huntingburg and Washington. Local sales bridge plans and land trades noted. Baseball scores 21 to 24 favoring Elnora over Elnora. Public concerts and sermons announced with regional figures from Bedford Indianapolis Green County Jerre Haute and Odon.
W T Alexander and Lew Core were noted in Menday while Reston Bennett traveled to Elnora. Mrs W R Smith hosted in Elnora and Mrs Dr Dierking of Oolitic visited Miss Bertha Garten. Several sentences mention guests, tepid business chatter, and a sale by Barsh Stoner. Alexander sold the Marsh farm to Chas Mount and L W Howard, both Indianapolis and Johnson County figures.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. church announces a social on the evening of July 3rd titled the Hard Times Social. The event aims to provide an engaging evening and attract attendees to the church gathering.
An advertisement for Z Webbster's Drug Store urges customers to visit for fresh drugs with weekly orders and claims of no cheaper prices elsewhere. It emphasizes consistent stock and reliability from the local pharmacy.
The advertiser Gase offers cash for beef hides horse hides furs green and dry bones old rubber tin copper brass and other metals. Highest market prices quoted by W. C. Crarten.
An individual was appointed to the school board to replace a member. Dr J Demetea was named secretary. The Board of Health approved 876 for expenses. The marshal was ordered to alter a ditch on Walnut street to drain into the big ditch behind Garten's poultry house and to fill a crossing at Spring street near the spring well.
Thursday Marshal Harrison Browning received a telegram that his son William Browning died at five o'clock the morning of the operation in Hindsboro Illinois. He was twenty eight, leaves a wife and no children. The son had not visited for about five years. The father left Saturday afternoon to attend the burial.
Will Stucky returns home to Monroe City and others from Newberry Plainsville Epson and Odon visit. A festival by Epworth League raises about fifty one dollars. Graduates from Washington high include Miss Lettie Wadsworth. Cough and kidney remedies advertised alongside household tips and local anecdotes.
The note detail mentions a man killed after being crushed between two engines and a theft case with Harvey Evans, plus a sensational suit involving Mrs. Nathaniel H. Crawford over a land exchange in Steele township. It also references quarantines, brick-throwing in Elnora, and attorneys Padgett, Ogden, Gardner, and Slimp.
J M Stotts visited Washington. Miss Ethel Hardy came from Odon. Alex Killion and family from Martin county spent Sunday here. Mr and Mrs A G Laughlin and others traveled in Martin county. John Stotts and W G Bechtel were at Bloomfield. W A Bechtel plastered a house in Linton. Clsade Dobson of Vonda visited Bradford Kutch. J E Stotts and Mrs Stotts spent Sunday in Odon. A D Bechtel and Henry Taylor with families visited from Odon. James Franklin, formerly of this township, now at Marca Greens county, was buried at Mt Olive Monday. Rev Joel Ellis will preach at Mt Olive tonight.
An advertisement urges calling Z Webster's drug store for a free sample of Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets, claims benefits for appetite, digestion, and bowels, and promotes De Witts Witch Hazel Salve for skin issues and piles. It also features a testimonial on Foley's Honey and Tar for asthma relief by Maude Dickens Parsons Kant.
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