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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1901
Page
2
The Oden Journal published weekly in Oden Indiana announces subscription pricing: one year for 1.00, six months for 50 cents, and three months for 25 cents. No further details provided.
Odon is a small city of about 1500 residents located twenty miles northeast of Washington in Daviess county. It has electric lights, good hearing, three churches, a brick hotel, ample manufacturing establishments, a normal school, and lies in an agricultural portion of the county with a fine class of resident citizens.
A Bloomington Star note recounts that when Fairbanks began college he had one suit and 447 in money. It contrasts with today’s students who arrive with forty suits and no money, highlighting changing prep and finances.
Mr Bryan tried to force a delay on the Army Appropriation bill by a filibuster using telegrams. Democratic Senators mocked the move and allowed the bill to be voted on, ending the bid for an extra Congress session.
President McKinley’s second inauguration is hailed as a brilliant historical chapter with a well executed program. The parade and decorations are praised as tasteful, showing a strong public spirit and promising even greater success for his second administration.
A report on religious statistics lists 6 068 churches and 5 958 church buildings. It records 302 598 male and 422 816 female members and church property valued at 21 124 528 dollars with salaries paid to ministers 646 477 dollars.
A mixed Indiana items column reports Carrie Nation style saloon attacks in Markleville, a Klondike returnee with debts, mortality statistics, a poultry neighboring shooting, a deaf woman from sneezing, a gambler’s pardon, and railroad office moves to Terre Haute.
The Southern Indiana buys the Pabst Brewery building to house a new chief dispatcher and chief engineer office, with plans to fit the space in good style. The Terre Haute Express notes the Army has thirty two chaplains with varied denominations including Catholics Methodists Presbyterians Episcopalians Baptists Congregational Lutherans and Christians.
Elnora organizes a Commercial club. Howard Willims and family plan to move from Washington to Evanaville. The late Mrs. Peter Daily’s remains arrive in Washington for burial. The Colyer Company built Washington’s first shovel at its new factory. E. & Pershing to fill Eluers school vacancy after Miss Starrod’s marriage. Wilson Mercantile Co. receivers expect court action to close the business in March. A Montgomery site will manufacture tubs zincs and similar ware using fire clay from coal mines. Capt. E. Ross Smith returns from the Philippines with the thirtieth regiment, due in San Francisco about March 13. Laughlin & Son secure pensions for Mrs. Parhan of Elnora, Mrs. John Wymer of Ouon, and Rev. J. C. Mills of Marengo. Mrs. Nancy King of Elnora reports theft of a pocketbook during a visit at Tom’s. In Waelkington preliminary trial Squire Kellums binds driver to circuit court in $50. William Baxter of Steele township is fined for cruelty to animals after leaving horses shivering in cold. costs total $13.50.
The Vindicator reports two dramatic uses of Chamberlain s Pain Balm for rheumatism. A Rutherfordton editor notes immediate relief in a shoulder pain after two applications, and rapid relief in a thigh joint pain after two uses at night. Z Webster sells the balm locally.
The item promotes Solid Onevee Silver as a rapidly replacing sterling for tableware and aprons, claiming the metal is identical through and through with no plating to wear off and greater hardness for longer wear. It touts knives and other tableware made from the material.
Governor Odell urges a state funded, bonded highway program with county contributions, advocating a systematic plan to reopen old state roads and extend payments over time. The piece also notes publishing and printing industry updates and public endorsements of a medical remedy for children.
The St. Louis Republic cites British India as a model for U S road building, noting 250000 miles of improved highways with 18 feet macadam and earth shoulders, maintained by frequent repairs. It argues hard roads boost farm markets, railroads support road betterment, and delays in bad weather harm shipments.
Farmers in Fulton county Indiana stage annual road building bees to grade and gravel roads. They source gravel, pay township trustees, and organize subscriptions to fund seasonal work. Local businesses sometimes contribute, and several towns boast strong permanent roads credited to this community approach.
The Odon Normal plans a ten week program starting April 20 offering a Teachers Course and a high school course. An exam for teachers' license will be held June 29 in the Odon school building with tuition 87. For info contact Wa Abel or Rh D Wisklepieck. Local notices mention entertainment by Rathbone Sisters and an Honest Refifice for LaSrippe.
The defendants Joshua D Boardman Gemite A Dessdmen James RL Poard man Levisa Bourdisan and unknown heirs appeal as heirs of the four parties named in a Daviess County Indiana suit filed in the Circuit Court at Washington. A hearing is set for April 6 1901. Clerk Thomas Harris announces the court’s seal. Heffernan Mattingly attorneys represent the defendants.
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