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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
5
A new stock of pure drugs and proprietary remedies arrives weekly at Dearman’s Pharmacy. Nothing deteriorates with age and every item is kept fresh, dust-proof, and fully potent. Physicians' prescriptions are compounded accurately and conscientiously.
A bustle of short items from Burne City and surrounding areas. Residents and visitors include Levi, Marshsal Cooper, Sid Momaw, A A Lane, RK Tolliver, Ziba Webster, H V Merrill, and many others. Meetings, travels to Washington and Elnora, church services, birthdays, sales, and store notices fill the page.
Barr Riudio in Odon Indiana advertises dozen small-portraits and a 50 cent fan across sizes. The offer expires April 1 and highlights D W Hayes as a contact. Keck the Jeweler and Optician asserts it aims to please customers through advertising.
The Danner family discovered a fire during dinner at their home on a windy day. A noise drew attention upstairs where the roof began to fall as Mr Danner investigated. Firefighters saved most possessions but a portion was lost. estimated loss $400 to $500 with no insurance.
Mrs. Nancy York widow of Solomon York died March 5 at her home five miles northeast of Olive after a long illness. Born Virginia May 3 1824 she was 78 years 10 months and 2 days old. She moved to Indiana at seven, married Solomon York in youth and left three living children John Curtis York and Mrs Ned Plummer. A longtime Baptist member for 31 years she helped found the township on the same farm with her husband for over six decades. Funeral held at Olive Friday led by Rev J W Gitley with burial in Olive Cemetery.
A humorous exchange shows Bingo bringing three friends to dinner and pressuring his wife to host with nothing, while she refuses to tolerate the setup. An unrelated Stockholm anecdote follows, describing a blast of cold air causing indoor snowfall, reported by London Tit-Bits and Nature.
A famed lawyer faced a singular case about swapped infants. Two sisters, living together, could not tell their babies apart after nurses mixed them up. The lawyer treated the problem with logic, prompting the doctor to reconsider whether the children had truly been changed and how to prove custody without reassigning who belonged to whom. A second vignette involves a man gifted a laughing jackanapes bird and a brash Irish navvy who misnames it.
A Wednesday morning robbery at the Montgomery bank yielded 3500 in cash and 3500 in government bonds after five explosions opened the iron safe. Four burglars fled by hand car toward the railroad, with detectives on the scene but no trace yet.
The article lists arrivals and visits including Dan Myers and family moving into the Willard Lacy property, J M Briggs and family returning home, Mr and Mrs James A Fisher visiting, J W Stotts from Memphis visiting, and several movements such as Alfshloward and James Neeremer families. It mentions a new iron bridge near Zeiglar farm and local preaching at Mt Olive tonight and tomorrow.
An English traveler asks how to plow straight furrows across a vast Kansas cornfield. A Kansas native replies it is simple by following the parallels of latitude and the meridians of longitude. Chicago Tribune humor.
The Madison township bond sale drew two bidders, Washington National Bank and J. F. Wilde & Co. of Indianapolis. Wilde & Co. won at par and a $50 premium after delays, totaling about $250 with premium and services, amid initial objections from Commissioner McCarter who deemed the official bid insufficient.
The Teamsters and Labor men met Thursday night to organize a union but postponed due to the organizer’s absence. It is believed the organization will proceed likely next Thursday night once the organizer can attend.
The graduating class of thirteen at Odon schools will hold commencement exercises Friday evening March 28. Dr. I I Gorby of the First Presbyterian Church in Washington will deliver the address.
Sam Sarsett sold his livery barn to Henry Woodruff of Burns City who sold an interest to Francis Sims. The new proprietors are Francis Sims and Henry Woodruff in a three cornered deal. J. G. Courtney exchanged Washington property for Woodruff's Burns City store. Woodruff will move here when roads allow and Barnett will move to Washington.
The calculation shows 12.32 miles of rock roads with 14 yards per load would travel 12 470 miles per one way haul, totaling 24 940 miles round trip. At 24 miles per day and 312 working days per year, one team would need about 3 years 3 months 4 weeks 1 day 1 hour 40 minutes.
A remark from the Atchisor Globe cautions that criticizing others for talking too much can reflect the speaker's own burden or bias, urging self awareness before judging. The aphorism highlights verbal restraint and humility in communication.
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