May Ketchum and Harry Bassett Married in Decatur
Miss May Ketchum of Odon Indiana and Harry Bassett of Decatur Illinois were wed Wednesday at nine in the First Presbyterian Church study by Rev W H Penhallegon. They will reside at 436 East Leafland avenue in a cottage furnished by the groom. Bassett is engine foreman in Vandalia yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Ketchum
Odon
Ind
Harry Bassett
Decatur
W. H. Penhallegon
First
East Leafland Avenue
Bassett
Vandalia
Optician Keck Offers Glasses and Service
Keck the Jeweler and Optician invites readers to rely on their optical services. The notice emphasizes ongoing need for eyewear and stresses experience and facilities available to customers seeking better vision.
Notice to settle dog tax before June 26
All parties who know themselves delinquent in paying the current year dog tax are urged to settle with the trustee. R. J. McCullian, Trustee. Old papers at the Journal Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Daviess County Taxables Rise Amid Off Year Notes
Daviess County reports total taxables of 13 496 589 dollars up 56 049 from last year. Assessor Sims notes modest growth in an off year despite farm-supply declines in several townships. Odon Madison lose large portions due to outmigration over high taxes. polls up 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County
Sims
Odon
Madison Township
Town of Odon
Barr Township
Town of
Cannerburg
The Queenly Mother and Her Quiet Ministry
A reflective piece on family life stressing the wife's quiet labor and a mother's enduring love. It compares discord to pride and highlights the mother as queen of the home whose sacrifice and tenderness govern everyday life and memory. The text urges forgiveness, neighborly aid, and singing the mother’s name with devotion. It ends in a tender tribute to maternal sacrifice.
The Value of Small Kindnesses in Daily Life
A reflection on how tiny acts like kind words, handshakes, or letters shape others' moods and courage. The piece warns that forgetfulness and lack of consideration betray selfishness and stresses the impact of everyday attentions on home, church, and work relationships.
Plain Queen of Everyday Companions
A reflective meditation on the idea of a queen not among sovereigns but the plain woman beside the narrator’s father. It honors shared life, companionship, and steady support through grief and frailty, portraying quiet strength in domestic partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine of
Russia
Anna
England
Maairie Theresa
Germany
Local commencement invitations draw mixed notices
Readers from Linton Bloomfield and Orleans critique the printed invitations for this year’s high school commencement. The letters accuse out of town printers of errors and complain that local papers ignore country schools while accepting foreign printings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Indianapolis
Bloomfield News
Foreign Office
Orleans
Poindexter and Rankin Granted Marriage License
A marriage license was issued on Monday to William Samuel Poindexter of Birds Illinois and Blanche Sears Rankin daughter of attorney T. M. Sears of Elnora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Samuel Poindexter
Birds
Illinois
Blanche Sears Rankin
Atty. T. M. Sears
Shiloh Items Local Social Roundup
Mary Humerickhouss visits Worthington for a few days. Numerous residents, including the Bausermin, Overton, Clinton, Riggins, Hamerickhouse, and Lamb families, share visits and Sunday gatherings across Worthington Ruglesville Burns City Terre Haute Eagleville and Plainville locales. Daniel Dinkins listed ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Humerickhouss
Worthington
Township Trustee R J McCallian Conducts Weekday Office
Township Trustee R J McCallian holds weekly weekday sessions in the office at G D Abrahams arisssian. The notice indicates routine township business transacted each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. McCallian
G. D. Abraham’s
Notice to Contractors for Bridge Removal and Fill
Sealed bids will be received by Madison township advisory board until 2:00 PM on June 26 1909 for removing a bridge and building a fill on the township line between Elmore and Madison townships in Daviess County Indiana. Projects details give a 44 foot span with 16 foot top width and 22 foot bottom width and five feet depth. The board reserves the lumber and bidders must supply tools labor and materials and contract to complete work. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advisory Board
Madison Township
Sec. 36
Elmore Township
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Miss May Ketchum
Mrs. Bassett
Cyrus Ketchem
Circle of Friends
Odon High School
State Normal
Terre Haute
Optician
Keck
R. J. McCullian
Veale Township
Washington Township
van Buren Township
City of Washington
Harrison Township
Bogard Township
Elnora
Montgomery
Steele Township
Reeve Township
Christian Sunday School
Old Settlers
Herschel Cooper
Mer
Daugh
Gethsemane
The
Edson
Shiloh
Bert Bausermin
Alva Callahan
Lula Riggins
Maude
Flora Clinton
Alisson Overton
Amy
Ruglesville
G W. Hickler
Wmn. Pettit
Elsworth Overton
Curtis Overton
Bausermin
Jas. Overton
Eli Cunningham
Susie Hamerickhouse
Liberty
Alfred Coyle
Mar 1
Bauserma
Lizzie Doane
John Heshelmin
Burns City
Ed Wilkey
Plainville
Clicie Byrer
Myrtle
Ella Wade
Flossie Hattery
Walter
Lamb
Charles Clark
James Garten
Daniel Dinkins
H. C. Clinton
Amos Flinn
Clark Lamb
Acome Lamb
Edd Wilson
O. O. Hinkle
Walter Lamb
John Kelsey
Harve Riggins
Minnie Figgins
Eaglesville
Creolin
Carbolic
C. P
Copperas
Zenoleum
the Odon Drug CO
VINOL
Odon, Ind
Bert E. Sneed
Odon Realty DO
Arisss Sian
D. B. Ogden
B. F. Sears
O. M. Wallick
Indiana
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