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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
7
Curt Sharpless visited in Pron Saterday. Local residents and relatives from Odon, Washington, Bedford, Vincennes, and Terre Haute attended church, school events, and family visits. Numerous trips to nearby towns like Plainville, Bicknell, and Cornettsville marked a week of social calls and community activities.
Elmora and Elmore township schools held commencement at the M. E. church Friday night, June 2. Graduates and teachers entered to a march, Rev J J Bare gave the invocation, Prof Paul Van Riper delivered the address Wanted a Man, Supt A O Fulker son presented the diplomas, Rev S J Shake gave the benediction, and the Elnora orchestra provided music. Graduates included Hugh W Bobbitt Esthel Bray Ruie Cox Mary Mitchell Harold C Perkins Myrtle M Plummer Georgia Stoy Von Edmondson Mabel Conway Nelson Irwin Inez Johnson James Moore Ione Porter Ruth Swartz. Elmore township schools J Ruscell Cun
Mildred Edmondson, Fern Crossland, Frank Eads, Dewey Flinn, Velisa Ketchem, Mary E. Blevens, Thelma D. Skemp, Beulah Bean, Charles A. Bean, Cecil Fielder, Roy Hackler and Lovey Smiley are named in a historic notice or obituary fragment, suggesting a community obituary or social notice.
A Sunday night program at Elnera Christian church featured songs recitations a female quartet solos and dialogues. The audience responded with appreciation as the various parts were well rendered and well received by those present.
Dr. Daniel V. Wolfe, a veterinarian convicted in 1914 for arson to defraud an insurer, asks the Indiana board of pardons for parole or pardon. His case, one of the county’s most sensational, will be reviewed when sessions open June 19 in Indianapolis. co-defendants Van Allen and Perry Drake have been paroled.
Under the Evansville Chamber of Commerce a meeting will be held in Evansville on Monday for farmers of Southern Indiana. Prominent speakers will address vital farming questions.
Wilmer Harman came back to Washington Sunday following a brief stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Geo Harman during a short visit to the area.
Julius Smith, attendance officer, reports for the school year ending. Total pupils brought to school 449 with 448 in public schools. Age 14 to 16 yields 115, under 14 totals 334. There were 598 visits and 199 children assisted to attend school. Prosecutions total 4. 3 truants committed to institution. Costs: boys 245.45, girls 257.94, total 503.39. Officer’s allowance 225 days at $2.00 per day.
The principal streets of Odon were coated with oil to curb dust, and the coating has now solidified making the town nearly dustless. In a companion debate, a tradesman jokes about seven letters in success while an exchange member quips about seven in failure.
In a satirical exchange Senator Sorghum deflects an accusation of graft saying the critic would join him in campaigns if he truly believed it, implying political rhetoric over truth. The dialogue centers on integrity and public perception in campaigns.
A man expresses perpetual dissatisfaction craving change in ailments. If he has a corn he wants a chilblain, and if he has a chilblain he imagines a corn would bring happiness. The piece humorously tracks restless desire.
London authorities seize millions of bad eggs annually and destroy them by tipping from cases and running a steam roller over them. The method aims to render the spoilage harmless and prevent sale of tainted eggs.
A compact note reflecting on prevention over intervention and urging timing in policy. It contrasts the adage from the New York Sun with a sensational line about a man-eating threat in India. The snippet then notes a large output of native grass made into paper in Andia and ends with a remark on insolence and pride.
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