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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1911
Page
4
A severe thunderstorm struck southwest of town last Sunday afternoon, setting Wain J. Wadsworths barn on fire and killing one person while another escaped with injuries. Leroy Wadsworths nearby house was damaged as the storm followed a telephone line. Dozens of relatives and neighbors visited, with baptisms and farm discussions noted amid continuing weather concerns.
Numerous notes from Washington and nearby towns list visits by J P Payvlor Ezra Mattingly and others plus ads for Stock Sprayers Cow Kase and ten cent counters at Barkley Overton's. Readers are urged to watch for new patterns at Keck's and seek wall paper at Callahan's Drug Store with community notices about sales birthdays and social visits.
June 1911 program notes for Epworth League include teacher Conra Shaffer and a lesson on Spiritual Power from Acts 1 7 and 1 Corinthians 1 26 28 with duets by Martha and Hulda Sommers. Local names include Lela Crooke Goldie Callahan and Wallace Smiley with references to Callahan's Drug Store.
Bargain shop ad lists ladies white vests from 5c to 25c each, embroideries and lawns from 4c to 12%c per yard, fine waists at 98c, men and women backshoes and parasols from 98c to 1.50, glassware 10c, laces 5c to 8 1 3c, lawns and batistes 12 1 2 to 11 2 3c per yard, and a promise of best shoes and wide selection at fair prices.
A W M A meeting agenda for July 2 1911 at 10 30 a m featuring scripture and prayer led by Mrs Newgeut songs readings by Mrs Harve Correll annual report 1910 by Mrs W J Danner aims for 1911 by Mrs G W Henderson and short prayers for members business outlined.
July 7 at 7 30 PM with organ voluntary by Ola Matthews scripture reading Prov 31 10 31 and prayer by Mrs D P McCoy solo by Pearl Seneff paper by First Duty of W A S Mrs W J Danner reading by Zella Ackerman recitation The Tour of a Smile by Ruth McCoy business meeting dismissal leader Mrs Cora Hayes
Members of the United Brethren church in Bogard and Van Buren townships plan a modest frame church in Gideon Kauffman grove near Osborn cemetery in Bogard. They are raising $1,000 to $1,200 to cover construction costs and hope to begin work this fall.
Harper's Weekly notes signature experts examine incoming checks, daily pass thousands, and maintain a mental catalog of up to 5600 signatures. They detect alterations, prevent postdating, and reject bogus drafts to keep banking runs smooth and customers satisfied.
The article argues baseball success depends on thinking ball players who act and decide in an instant. It notes few players possess this instinct, saying teams need at least two to contend and more improve championship chances in major leagues.
A government official who studied whales reports the average length of a full grown sulphur bottom whale is just under eighty feet. Some accounts claim eighty five to ninety five feet, though none observed by the expert. Calves measure thirty to thirty five feet. Photographs offer a method to measure spout height, which appears to be about fourteen feet on average, occasionally reaching twenty feet.
The article describes Chinese and other hunters employing hollow calabashes as headgear to disguise themselves while wading. They subsist under water to grab wild ducks by the leg, then swiftly pull them under and secure multiple birds around the waist as they retreat.
A New York News piece notes spider silk strength, reporting a single web thread measured forty four to fifty four centimeters and supporting weight up to seventy four times the spider. Interwoven threads reinforce the web allowing it to hold bees and wasps and bend under dew or rain.
A Washington Herald summary explains coconuts drop mostly at night due to dew loosening the nut seal. Importers note nuts ripen fourteen months and are planted in holes three feet deep and twenty feet apart with soil mounding as sprouts grow. Salt is added near inland plantings. near-shore sites require seawater proximity for coconut welfare.
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