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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
2
The page blends subscription rates and advertising terms with a tax apportionment table for townships and corporations. It also recounts incidents and legal notes, including a damage suit and commentary on advertising laws, plus scattered local notices and postal warning on rural mail boxes.
Local business men of Odon Daviess County Indiana agree to close stores at seven p m on all days except Monday and Saturday for three months starting July 5 or 6 188? The list of signers includes Hayes Mickett Henderson Ware Toelle Diefendorf Ginarines Hui Wester Halk Jollisk Lassley Fisher Wood Me Wee Carter Corart and others.
A Jasonville couple tied the knot during a downpour as Oscar Saucergan, a local schoolteacher, and Maud Foodwrell, a high school student, conducted a rain drenched ceremony in the yard under Deeney’s guidance amid heavy showers.
The Republicans nominated Edgar T. Laughtlin for Prosecutor at Loogootes last Thursday. He is the son of former Prosecutor J. O. Laughie and is described as BN years old with a background in public service.
A contemporary questions the morality of licensing churches to save men while licensing shops to destroy them. The piece challenges licenses for profits from vice, alcohol sales, and revenue from traffic, asking if such policies align with sober conduct and public virtue. It references questions of taxation, morality, and social harm in a rhetorical critique.
The Hep Herald will host a tea at Miss Orpha Culmer's home on Wednesday evening June 20 from 6 to 8. The program includes songs scripture reading and prayer. Participants include Hazel Crooke, Waldon Anderson, Orin Doet, Ethel Vickers, Ciara Carr, Mabel Chinon, Rena Dearnins, Madge Gawer, Russell Dearnia, and the Wiegs Herald dismissal.
Burn McCoy six dies after a weeklong diphtheria illness. Service led by Couchman at Center street home. Burial at Walout Hall. Mrs Jacob Flinn dies at four miles west of town from heart trouble. Husband and seven children survive. Buchanan conducts services at home with burial at Walout.
A streetcar fuse blows due to excessive current, heating the windings and risking motor damage. The event often melts the fuse wire, opens the circuit, and causes a brief metallic explosion and smoke. Passengers note the safety device functions but seek protective improvements.
Public sale listing from the county circuit court records naming defendants and property details. The document lists parcel descriptions, legal boundaries, and sale terms to satisfy a debt, with dates and bid conditions referenced.
The trial of S A Taylor and Co has dissolved partnership. All persons owing debts to the firm are asked to call and settle at once. Signed S A Taylor and Edwin Winkepleck.
Three town youths chased William Callahan's hogs last Friday, causing them to overheat and die. Callahan, who lives west of town, notes boys frequent the ditch by his property and urges discipline. He warns the culprits will be watched and suggests a firm lesson at home.
Railway expert George P. Panil presents statistics showing higher average running speeds for American trains than European routes. Data covers routes like New York to Philadelphia, New York to Boston, Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and Buffalo to St. Louis, with speeds ranging from about 34 to 68 miles per hour. European routes such as Leipsic to Hamburg, Bremen to Nuremberg, and Munich to Frankfurt show lower averages, while notable express services like the Reading and Pennsylvania lines reach near 68 mph.
A school scene elicits a humorous misanswer about money gifts from a father to a mother. The text mentions Odox and a mine incident at Sunflower with a boy’s remark and a local youth’s near accident, reflecting quirky brief items in a historic page.
At the home of the Oriole's parents near Burns City Sunday afternoon at four o'clock forward F doward FE Keck and Mies Boma M Holt were united in marriage by the Rev C H Buchanan. The ceremony was attended by a few relatives. The groom is the son of Mrs Wittig Keck and the bride is the daughter of Mr Emmerson Holt.
A farmer offers a home remedy to deter rats and mice amid widespread grain damage from rain. He claims sprinkling sulphur around a barn and crate areas, plus stacking oats, will keep pests away and protect stored corn. He suggests using a pound of sulphur for effectiveness.
Eben P. Dorr notes the Fort Schlosser stone chimney at Niagara Falls city edge, a limestone relic from French occupation days. Once near Joncaire’s hearth area, the chimney endures amid brick factories and industrial growth, with 1760 English fortifications and the Port Schosser name reflecting frontier settlement.
Fragmentary item reports a 19th century court session in England with a petty fine for smoking in the street. It also mentions a map of Oregon from 1859 placed in the Oregon Historical Society and prepared from U S surveys and earlier explorations.
Sample mailed free claims relief from piles hemorrhoids external internal blind or bleeding with itching burning fissures and fistulas. Immediate relief and certain cure offered by Humphreys Medicine Co New York prepaid on receipt of price 2s 6d 50c or 1 00 by mail Ca rs William and John Streets.
A 20th century notice claims U.S. consumer spending on adulterated foods totals $18,600 yearly and warns that some ingredients are labeled poisonous. Officials are urged to tighten controls to protect public health.
An old advertisement touts Humphreys Homeopathic Specific No 28 as a long used remedy for nervous debility vital weakness and prostration from overwork and other causes. It lists price one dollar per vial or five dollars for a special package and notes delivery by druggists or prepaid on receipt of price.
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