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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1904
Page
3
Advert asks readers to write letters on Kecks stationery claiming it offers the largest and cheapest selection in town. The piece emphasizes quality and affordability to persuade customers to choose Kecks for their writing needs.
Fragments show residents traveling to Linton Martin County and Terre Haute. Sunday visits from Washington and Bedford marked a busy week. Local commerce notes urge merchants to advertise to sustain business and community vitality.
A long list of residents and visitors is recorded with entries from Sarah Sears John Hubbard Nora Amfyers and others. People traveled to Lipton Washington Newberry Wheatland and Terre Haute with social visits and family connections. A funeral attendance and university trips are noted along with a stray report about a wagons incident near a farm southeast of town.
At the Republican convention in Chicago Theodore Roosevelt of New York was nominated for president and Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana for vice president by acclamation. Both nominations were proclaimed by voice vote.
A 41 run game saw the Odan Reds defeating the Marsh Invincibles 30 to 11 on the Hastings Schoolhouse diamond. The Reds are local teens and Ray Garten, father of a ten year old, provides the tale while the Invincibles are older youths poised for growth as players. Gardner offers colorful recollections of the match.
Miss Erline Sinclair received $200 in damages from Floyd and Ina Deckard Pearl and Nate Parks and Jessie and Gertie McClellan for being ducked in an icy pond in Sullivan County on December 8. The suit for 610,000 was vigorously contested with about twenty five witnesses testifying. the evidence was sensational.
Ragilesville gains postmaster as Winffewich receives commission. Burns City beat Indian Serious 14 to 0 in a Sunday game with Bramble players Freening and O Milley noted for twists. Several local residents, visits, and church picnic plans highlight a busy Martin County scene with March work resuming in mines and farm weather concerns.
Event organizers announce the annual Old Settlers gathering with a reception, games, and a social on Saturday August 18. Local leaders urge attendance to celebrate community history and enjoy fried treats, music, and family activities.
The text lists several teachers licensed to teach in the area. Agnes Wad Osa Barher and Deroy Jones are Dosard township teachers each holding a twelve months license. RD McCartery a Madison township teacher for twelve months. Naw ais Renndy of Barr township twelve teachers and Onis H Horrall of Barr township for twelve months. Thirty three persons are named in the ex significantly.
The Pinehurst Gun Club features a tower trap with two side targets protected by a rear partition. Birds are released in five modes including overhead and doubles, challenging gunners with unknown angles and rapid two bird shots. The setup aims to mimic wildfowl and tree-shoot scenarios.
Local notes recount visits and arrivals including George Pownall Dan Osborn from Hwunokum Jobe Hubbard and family at Lowry Storms A Wadsworth from Eaglesville Emery Montgomery home from Indiana University Joseph and Mrs Dane of Linton Desty Phipps and Alice Byera of Bedford Ada Bubbard home from State Normal Henry Connell family from Buckum L P D Vickers from Odon Thomas Boyd Miseres Vella Jacobs Lula Boyd from Odes Mrs May Trueblood of Van Buren and various residents visiting J G Taylor and Jobo Ketcham this week.
The family of Burl McCoy expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for assistance and sympathy during his illness and death. Signed by Mr and Mrs Jas A McCoy.
A battered man enters a Philadelphia saloon and flaunts injuries linked to Princeton 1894 halfback, Wisconsin pole vault, and other universities. He proclaims prestigious pasts, displays a fractured wrist and ankle, while reciting Cicero as bystander orators listen.
Tommaiy Parish aged 12 took a revolver from Wm. Cox of Elnora while no one was home and put it in his pocket. Marshal McNeely found Parish asleep at Neeremer lumber yard. Parish claimed he sold the pistol for 32 cents to a Malone boy. Cox retrieved the weapon. Parish’s troubled home life noted as contributing factor.
Scriptural roll call opens the event with an orchestra and instrumental solos. Mayme Mitchell and Mikel Anderson perform as soloists with pieces by A M Couchman and Wallace Sunley. A mixed quartet and instrumental duets feature Carrig Cooper Myrtle Win lepleck Lola Mattie Sommers Wallace Dmiley Mildred Culver and the Breden Ward and Barr ensembles. Public notices conclude with business and dismissal.
Colorado contractors increasingly supply polo ponies to elite clubs, focusing on well bred Rocky Mountain stock and broncho trained cattle work. Broncos trained to cattle work enhance polo field performance, with western range ponies sent to India and English clubs. Ponies rarely break down and endure many years of hard polo, showcasing American horses' quality and stamina.
Will Webb, cashier at the Missouri Savings Bank, recovered a man’s wooden leg left on the counter. A customer returned the next day to claim the limb, noting previous odd items like a clarinet and a woman's petticoat later called for.
The Kansas City Journal recalls Gen Pleasant Porter a longtime Creek leader and ally of the United States. Born near Clarksville on the Arkansas, he helped rebuild Creek schools after internecine strife and led the Creek national army in 1882. Reelected principal chief in 1899, Porter is described as wise, amiable, and still active at age 63.
A Boston Transcript summary notes Americans abroad are targeted by swindles varying from fake Dutch pottery to fake English goods. It cites an American woman in Holland duped by granite ware passed off as antique cookware, and a London buyer fooled by Providence made rubber overshoes sold as English.
A colonial relic collection includes the mere pomania short jade blade used for executions among Maori chiefs. a Macris killer reportedly claimed 150 victims with it. The piece is contrasted with a new trend in the Russian Caucasus where tradesmen bid for scholar brides, averaging 31.50 to fund studies and government appointments. Also cautions on snow blockage causing gun ruptures for winter hunting.
The output of coal to India has increased six fold since 1880. It now exceeds 6,000,000 tons a year, and the supply is considered practically inexhaustible.
The Chicago Chronicle extols cold storage as essential to modern orcharding. It notes storage absorbs temporary fruit surpluses and allows even year round distribution, reducing price swings and supporting industry growth for a growing population.
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