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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1901
Page
2
The Odon Journal describes a small Indiana city of about 1500 near the Monon Indiana Railroad. It notes electricity, churches, a brick school, creosote mills, mines within four miles, a Normal School, and surrounding agricultural area. The item is a local newspaper page from March 16, 1901.
The Senate and House passed Senator Fortune ap propriating 1000 for a monument to the Pigeon Roost massacre victims in Scott county. The piece notes the massacre as a defining early tragedy, while discussing Grand Army mortality, pensions, and the next reunion moving from Denver to Cleveland due to travel fatigue. The editorial voice honors veterans' service and sacrifices.
Swindler contracts warned against signing. A young woman on a B L train woke with a dislocated jaw and was treated at Worthington. Divorce suit filed in Indian Spring. Reading lists for teachers and students named. Disappearance of Henry Thomas and John Lear solved by skeletal finds near Petersburg. A giant sycamore log hauled to Killian's mill near Newberry. Metal prices listed including gallium and rubidium. Birth of McKinley’s namesake in Stinesville. Lutheran women clear debt with dollar contributions. Kiowa Comanche Apache club text ends.
The article notes cages on file and long lives tied up for years over land. It proposes granting the President authority to issue rules to prevent such cases. It mentions a reopening eyed for August 1, 1901.
Juror lists issued for the next court term by Commissioners John T. Neal and J. A. Palmer. Grand jurors include Jacob Pershing Madison Thomas Daily Bogard George W. Brown Reeve John Gamble Washington Charles Bair Garr Albert Christ Steele. Petit jurors include James Porter Washington Henry Clark Harrison Frank Raney Veale Pat Keily Washington D. B. H. Ricks Harrison Frank L. McCafferty Harrison James Cain Elmore Joseph Bogner Washington Isaac Boyd Jr Madison Henderson McCafferty Washington Michael Cunningham Barr Lee Usmon Veale.
Joseph Gingerich died Monday morning at his home east of town after a long illness from a tumor in the abdomen. He was 56, leaves a wife and ten children, five sons and five daughters. The remains were buried Wednesday in the Amish cemetery on the Gingerich farm east of town.
Rosa Frets died Saturday at age 95 from apoplexy. Funeral by Rev. John Breden at the Frets parents’ home and burial at Walnut Hill. Regina May aged 7 months 10 days died Saturday night from whooping cough. Eld. C H Buchanan led funeral services at the Williams home and burial at Walnut Hill. Mrs Joseph Brock died Friday March 8 in Van Buren township aged 40. She leaves a husband and six children. burial at Concord.
An old ad claims Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cure headaches caused by stomach disorders and bowel constipation. Sold by Webster.
The Pan American Exposition in Buffalo is framed as a major Western Hemisphere information hub to boost understanding and trade among the United States, Canada, and Central and South America. Promoters cite rapid regional advances, growing interregional commerce, and vast Pan American agricultural and industrial potential as justification for the fair.
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