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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
2
The Knocker's Prayer Lord of Odon
An anonymous speaker from Odon laments thirty years of opposing growth and public improvements. He claims to have blocked business, spread lies, damaged playgrounds, and deterred youth, seeking to keep the town from expanding to protect his own profits and influence. He fears pavement and street upkeep may erode his power.
Big Four acquires Evansville and Indiana Polis railroads
Announcement confirms transfer of property to the Big Four railroad with Evansville last Monday. Officials expect major improvements on the new lines as the sale completes. A 1920 personal property tax schedule tightens assessments and requires listing each household item with its value starting March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Four Railroad Company
Evansville and
Indianapolis Railroad
Evansville
For Sale How to advertise farm and house items in the Journal
A poem describing farm and household details to include in sale notices. It lists livestock, equipment, acreage, cultivation, storage, and nearby locations. It notes that the Journal will publish these details and urges owners to provide information, while joking about handling social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seine
Farm sale ads improve with newspaper campaigns
The piece notes that farm sales shifted from printed bills to newspaper ads for better reach. It argues readers in their homes engage more with paper notices, unlike roadside bills. It mentions a Ster Theater month pass prize for the best Salome story awarded to Mrs. H. V. Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ster Theater
Salome
H.V Merrill
Catarrhal Deafness Treatment Claims Cure
An old advertisement states catarrhal deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and cannot be cured by local applications. It touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine acting through the blood, offering a one hundred dollar reward for any cure it cannot achieve and provides directions to obtain free cicada pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
All
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Bank Boosts Better Sires Campaign Amid Coastal Push
A Bend Oregon bank writes to the U S Department of Agriculture pledging support for the Better Sires campaign. The bank says it has added 15 registered beef bulls since March 1 and plans a stockmen caravan to Portland for the Pacific International stock show. It offers financing to county stockmen purchasing purebred cattle and seeks to partner with the campaign. The Agriculture Department invites livestock owners to enroll by certified forms and counties to enroll in dominant breed listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
United States Department of Agriculture
Bend
Ore
Pacific International
Portland
Department of Agriculture
Stand By Present Tuberculosis Free Herd Plan
After two years of operation a joint committee of the pure bred cattle associations and the United States Live Stock Sanitary Association voted to maintain the high standards of the tuberculosis free accredited herd plan. No herd will be accredited if it contains a tubercular animal and a supplementary list will show owners with pure bred herds free of tuberculosis on annual tests but with a reactor bull. The reactor bull may be used under conditions. The plan is administered by the Bureau of Animal Industry in cooperation with the states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Live Stock Sanitary Association
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Steers Fed Silage Breaks Cost Per Pound Gain
At the Missouri experiment station one group of steers received 15 pounds of shelled corn daily plus 2.5 pounds oil cake, 29 pounds clover hay, and 25 pounds corn silage. A second group had no corn but more oil cake and clover with 40 pounds silage per head. The shelled corn group priced gain at 15.95 per 100 pounds, while the silage-only group was 10.69. Feed cost per steer was 50.23 with shelled corn and 21.17 without additional corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Experiment Station
Burns City Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Dan Hayes of Odon was in the city on business. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Alpha Walls was buried here. Paris Laughlin of Arcola Illinois visited relatives. Mr and Mrs Albert Singleton of Eaglesville were guests of John Maryfield. Virgil Girdly of Bedford visited relatives. Mr Crooke of Newberry visited his daughter Laura Garrett. Mrs Sallie Ketcham moved this week. Mrs Pearl Osborn spent Monday with Mrs Ethel Osborn. Taylor Bough and wife are very ill with the Flu. Mrs Frank Garrer visited Mrs Clarke Lamb near Odon. Miss Vonda Marshall spent the week with relatives at Burns City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Walls
Crooke
Newberry
Laura Garrett
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Adam
Percy L. Crosby
The
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Odon Journal
Indiana
Beatarad
Odon, Indiana
B. Storris
Telegram
Mal
Susie
Odon
Sioux City
Omaha
Altho
BANK
Missouri Station
Burns City
Dan Hayes
Paris Laughlin
Arcola
Illinois
Albert Singleton
Eaglesville
John Maryfield
Virgil Girdly
Bedford
Sallie Ketcham
Pearl Osborn
Ethel Osborn
Taylor Bough
Wife
Frank Garrer
Clarke Lamb
Vonda Marshall
North Spring
Uneeda
Homer Cunningham
Branann
Odon Realty Co
Kennedys
Stearns
White Pine
Foley’s
Rexall
Belladona
Pepsia
Ramons
Ve Dutch Master Cigars
E. Z
Ite
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