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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1906
Page
8
Residents from Loogootee Burns City and nearby towns visit relatives around Bramble and Odon. The piece lists numerous callers at Pate and O’Maley families, churchgoers in Odon, and workers in Overton and O’Maley mines. It notes travel to Madison township, St Marys, Decatur Illinois, and Haute to resume schooling.
Alfred Sims of Bogart township spent Thursday night with his father Starlin Sims. Hiram and John Sima attended the judicial convention at Loogootee last Saturday. Winter mutton markets draw cautious optimism as George A. Ross notes ongoing enthusiasm in stock and breeding sheep markets despite past disappointments.
Washington reports a Senate acceptance of the conference report on the statehood bill. Senator Beveridge of Indiana is hailed for leading the effort to admit Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state, with New Mexico and Arizona contingent on fall 1906 votes and constitutional conventions. The long campaign ends in a historic, decisive triumph attributed to Beveridge’s persistence and leadership.
The text urges frequent wagon maintenance, stressing constant greasing to prevent worn axles and tired horses. It argues that ongoing care will pay off in healthier horses and in financial gain from better efficiency.
An advertisement extols nerve force as the body’s power source and links weariness irritability and insomnia to weak nerves. It promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a tonic to strengthen nerves and restore vitality, naming a localized seller and urging trust in the remedy.
The native patchouli plant, originating in Latin and China, spread to Ceylon Paraguay and Reunion. It entered Europe around 1850 as shawls boosted demand and dealers used scent to identify genuine articles. French producers then began importing patchouli to perfume imitations of Indian shawls.
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