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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1912
Page
5
Palmer Cox travels to Elnora and locals visit
EPSOM ITEMS note Palmer Cox went to Elnora Saturday. Ed Wilson and family moved to Sunnyside. Miss Bertha Williams and Agnes Itson spent Sunday with Halsie and Fionna Cox. Miller, high school assistant principal, resigns for health reasons and leaves for Rockport. Agnes and Iona Wilson visited Bertha Williams and Edna Williams Saturday. Edward Debolt departed Sunday for Valparaiso to enter college. A Mock moves into A J Stamford property. W W Carter of Bloomfield visits. Bertha Williams hosts farewell party for Agnes and Jona Wilson Tuesday.
A Friend in Need Promotes Free Glasses Classes
Last week we invited trouble cases in our glasses program to return for free adjustments. A message goes to the many daily relief recipients that the method works and to share experiences. A community notice invites neighbors to attend demonstrations of buggies on Saturday March 16 at Reynolds-Brooks Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odon
Mary
Spring Fence Wares From Kokomo Field Fence Co
The ad promotes spring fence needs with Kokomo Field Fence Co offering stay wires of double gas and high carbon line wires. It claims sturdy construction to resist pulling and weather all year and asserts reliable, tight fence performance.
New Opera House to Open in Odon
Asa Haig owner of Crystal Theatre leases upper store room from Pershing and Matthews and buys scenery from W. J. Danner. Opera house space is well arranged and carpenters set a Spring street entrance. opening expected soon for Odon and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Haig
Crystal Theatre
Pershing & Matthews General Store
W. J. Danner
Opera House
Odon and
Spring Street
Miss Tennie Bolding and neighbors visit Concord
Miss Tennie Bolding spent the latter part of last week with her sister Mrs. John Arney of Concord. Everett Sears and family were guests of Allen Marshall and family near Odon Sunday. Several from here attend the protracted meeting at Bellview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennie Bolding
John Arney
Concord
Everett Sears
Allen Marshall
Mrs Frank
Bellview
Bunkum Items Household Visits and Sick List
Chas Taylor and family visited his mother Mrs Sarah Taylor on Sunday. Mrs Jess Atchley is on the sick list. Walter Herron and family visited Wiinnaman s Sunday. Perry Howard and Grover Phillips visited H M Connell s family Sunday. Daisy Baile and Beatrice Herron visited neighbors Monday and Saturday afternoons. Col and Mrs Wm H Kinnamar visited Cisco and family Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Taylor
Sarah Taylor
Jess Atchley
Perry Howard
Grover Phillips
Arthur Phipps
H. M. Connell
Demonstration of Queen Seed Separator Saturday March 16
Special notice promotes a free demonstration at Reynolds-Brooks Hardware Co showing the Queen seed mill that separates and cleans wheat clover and other seeds. Farmers are urged to attend to see how the device improves grain quality and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds—Brooks Hdw. Co
Millinery Line Unveiled by Mollie Sargent Odor Ind
Mollie Sargent invites customers to call and inspect her new spring and summer millinery line in Odor Indiana. The notice advertises a showroom opportunity and encourages patron inspection of hats and accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Sargent
Odor
Ind
Southeastern Line timetable shows south bound trains
The Chicago Terre Haute eastern Ry Co timetable for December 1911 lists south bound trains from Terre Haute to Beehunter Elnora Odon Bedford Seymour and Tiacm with multiple departure times including 6:00 a.m. 12:20 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. along the Southeast Missouri line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Hautasonville
Elnora Odon
Bedford
Ar Seymouur
Farlen Items: travelers and a birth report
Nicholas of Sargent passed through Saturday. Geo Holt and son Luther traveled Saturday evening. Jno Allen of Eaglesville moved a load of household goods toward Salim Monday. Hayes Utterback and Wim Holwell of near Scotland rode through enroute to Odeon Saturday. Walter Harmer of Washington visited Sunday. A son was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Henry Wallick. Wm Fortner F F Bechtel Jno Priest and Jno Sargent of Mt Zion passed Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Holt and Son
Luther
Jno. Allen
Eaglesville
Salim
Hayes Utterback
Wim. Holwell
Scotland
Odeon
Wm. Fortner
F. F. Bechtel
Jno
Sale Barn and Warehouse Announcement by New Managers
We have taken employment with W T Alexander and now oversee his sale barn and warehouse near the Odon Milling Co. We will weigh stock attend to livery and hitch ins and offer a fine line of implements buggies wagons poultry and field fence hardware. Courtesy and satisfaction are our motto. Jesse McClellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odon Milling Co
Alexander
Special sale on stock foods in Loogootee by Reynolds-Brooks Howe Co
March event invites customers to visit Reynolds-Brooks Howe Co in Loogootee for a special sale on stock foods. The ad promises big lines and low prices to attract shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doring
Card of Thanks for John Ferguson’s Family
We express sincere thanks to the Masonic fraternity and to Rey Buchanan for consoling discourse. Gratitude to the singers of Bethany church the undertaker Felix Satinfield and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of John Ferguson dear husband father and grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey Buchanan
Bethany Church
Felix Satinfield
Rends
John Ferguson
River White river floods Daviess and Knox counties
Heavy snows and rains push the White river beyond banks through Daviess county with the east fork higher than the west. Water covers hundreds of acres, crosses roads to Maysville and Petersburg, and washes over the Washington Vincennes wagon road. If warm rain or rapid thaw continues, a disastrous overflow is feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
Daviess County
Washington
Maysville
Cennes
Daviess
Knox
Strait Calf and Rat Attack Stuns Local Family
In a West End tale Jasper Strait loses a fine calf after rats attack one night last week. The rodents fed on flesh through quilts and then targeted a cow, despite a family effort to defend the stock. The Jasonville Leader notes the claim as a Strait rat story.
Divorces Rise While Marriages Fall in 1911 Indiana
The 1911 Indiana data show divorces up 3.2 percent while marriages drop 2.3 percent. State figures report 29 962 licenses issued, down from the prior year, with 4 781 divorces granted. Daviess County recorded 34 divorces and 154 marriage licenses in 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Circuit Court
Daviess County
Linton Woman Gives Birth to Quintet in Indiana
Mrs. Monroe Kennett of near Linton Indiana delivered five babies three girls and two boys last Saturday morning making eight children for the couple in just over two years. The Bennett family also had triplets two years earlier and the community gathered at their home to view the newborn quintets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Ind
Indiana
Hansas
Monr Oe Kennett
Mrs. Bennett
Bennett
Shank
Indianapolis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Just
Pershing & Matthews
EPSOM
Palmer Cox
Elnora Satur
Dav
Ed Wilson
Sunnyside
Ashingro
Bertha Williams
Agnes
Itson
Halsie
Fionna Cox
Ele. Miller
Rockport
Agnes and
Iona Wilson
Berthas
Edna Williams
Edward Debolt
Val
Paraiso
A. Mock
A. J
Stamford Property
W. W. Carter
Bloomfield
Jona Wilson
Grace and
Pearl Myers
Ruby Young
Keck
the Jeweler & Optician
Halsie Cox
Ruby van Ostran
Emma
Agnes Wilson
Messrs
Simon
Man
Roscoe Myers
William O'Brian
Seth Bales
Wille Myers
Joe Williams
Bloomer Myers
The
Christian Church
Pield Fenceh
Uni
Euters
A. Jolliff & Co
H. E. Marks
Sdon
Geene
New Opera House
Luther Boyd
Pleasant Hill
Dillard Boardus and Family
Near Odon
Hattie Hastings
Blisses
Lula and
Lilly Long
Mrs. Ribble Sears
Dillard Boardman and Family
William Hastings
Alfred Long
Emma Arney
and Mrs. Shake
Ray Boardman
Ira Williams
Orvel Wikle
Homer Boardman
Sars Carpenter
May Baile
Walter Herron
Wiinnaman
Dan Hamerickhouse
Near Mares
D. W. Osborn
Daisy Baile
Nelle Blough
Beatrice Herron
Eva Connell
Col
Wm. H. Kinnamar
Cisco
Chicago, Terre Haute
Ry. Co
Southeastern Line
Farlen
Nicholas of Sargent
Walter Harmer
Henry Wallick
W.T. Alexander
Jesse McClellan
Brooks Howe. Co
River High
Davgress County
Petersburg
West End
Jasper Strait
Mr. Strait
Jasonville
Ent
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