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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
3
A new stock of pure drugs and proprietary remedies is received weekly at Dearman’s pharmacy. Medicines are kept fresh, warm, and dust-proof to ensure full strength and value. Physicians’ prescriptions are compounded accurately and conscientiously.
Community updates show residents traveling to Washington Franklin and Monroe for business and family visits. Local weddings birthdays and illnesses are noted along with church events and upcoming sales auctions.
A family was awakened by a noise and Mr Danner investigated upstairs as the roof collapsed. Immediate efforts saved much of the household goods though the damage is estimated between £400 and £500 with no insurance.
Nancy York died March 5 at her home five miles northeast of town after a long life. Born May 8 1824 in Virginia she was 78 years 10 months and 2 days old at death. She moved to Indiana as a child and married Solomon York who survives with three living children John Curtis York and Mrs Ned Plummer. A Baptist for over 31 years she helped found the township and lived on the same farm with her husband for more than sixty years. Funeral services were held at Mt Olive by Rev J W Gitley and burial followed in Mt Olive cemetery.
A humorous dialogue shows Bingo bringing three friends to dinner and pressuring his wife into hosting with meager provisions. Mrs. Bingo resists yet consents to a frugal meal in a domestic tiff classic to London Tit-Bits. In Stockholm a salon party ends with a pane of glass broken to vent air as snow falls indoors described by Nature.
Three men blew the bank safe using five explosions to gain access to $3,500 in government bonds. A fourth watched the street while the others prepared shots and entered the building again. The gang escaped on a hand car toward the railroad. detectives hunt for the culprits.
Residents report moves and arrivals in the area. Dsn Myers and family occupy the Williard Lacy property. J.M. Briggs and family return home. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Fisher visit relatives from Greenaburg. J. W. Stotts visits from Memphis. Rutherford Laughlin buys into a Scotland general store. A new iron bridge is built across the creek near Zeigler farm.
The Madison township 44 percent bonds were sold at par plus a $5 premium and a $150 premium for additional services, totaling about $250. Commissioner McCarter initially refused to approve, predicting a higher value at a fair sale. Wilde & Co. secured the purchase after raising bids and promising to lithograph the bonds and furnish the transcript.
Teamsters and labor members met Thursday night to form a union but the organizer did not attend. The gathering postponed until his arrival, with plans to proceed likely next Thursday night.
The graduating class of thirteen in the Odon common branches will hold commencement Friday evening March 28. Dr. I I Gorby, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Washington, will deliver the address.
Sam Garnett sells his livery barn to Henry Woodruff of Burns City. Woodruff sells a one third interest to Francia Sims. Francis Sims and Henry Woodruff become proprietors. J G Courtney trades Washington property to Woodruff for Burns City general store. Woodruff then trades Washington property to Barnett. Woodruff will move here. Barnett leaves for Washington with best wishes from local citizens.
A famous lawyer recalls a case where two sisters with indistinguishable twins faced a mix up at birth. The physician asserts the babies were swapped but the lawyer challenges the premise, suggesting the possibility they were never changed, a dispute that hinges on proving true parentage.
A Chicago Tribune quip about Kansas farming notes an Englishman asking how to plow straight furrows. The Kansan replies it is simple by following latitude parallels and longitude meridians.
The calculation shows hauling 12.32 miles of rock roads with 1% yards per load would travel 24 949 miles in total. At 24 miles daily over 312 working days yearly, one team would take 3 years 8 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour 40 minutes to complete the trip.
A brief editorial note challenges readers who complain about chatter indicating self restraint matters as much as others words. The column cites common courtesy and personal discipline in public discourse.
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