20 Mar 1908
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
1
A Linton Record item warns of The Rounders a class of people who shop around stores to obtain credit and then move on. The piece notes lists of such individuals in business circles nationwide and proposes public tagging to deter opportunistic debtors.
Indiana will receive 590 pheasants through Z T Sweeney Indiana game commissioner who reported 500 Hungarian birds promised from Austria after 500 in an earlier shipment burned off Halifax. The loss delays spring delivery and Sweeney warned farmers that more birds may not arrive this season and distribution locations are unknown.
A reflective poem urges seeing life as more than material. The speaker contrasts nature and matter with divine life, urging readers to contemplate eternity beyond time and space, and to live with affection and love under God’s wisdom. T. W. Yeager, Newberry, Ind.
A special Ben Hur meeting Friday evening filled the hall as four candidates were initiated: Mr. and Mrs. Aden Conard, Deey W. Ragsdale and J. A. Heshehnan. Lunch followed under the supervision of Reason Bennett and assistants Roberta Correll and Jennie Lauealin. Deputy Supreme Chief D. M. Perig in attended.
A serious fire of unknown origin nearly leveled the Creager & Rhodes heading factory at Washington. Discovered just before four o'clock, it burned until shortly before noon. Damage is placed around 7000 dollars with about 30000 dollars insurance on the building and machinery.
The Commercial Association of Odon completed its organization on Thursday night by adopting a constitution and by laws and by electing officers. President W J Danner vice president Albert Diefendorf secretary A M Keck treasurer Roy I Myers. The group aims to promote commercial and other interests of Odon through coordinated action and seven standing committees are listed Town Interests Press and Printing Arrangements Membership Manufactures and Commerce Railways and Transportation Finance. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays.
The article outlines who could vote in and describes full suffrage for women in Colorado Idaho Utah and Wyoming. It notes limited or school voting rights in several states and explains restrictions on Chinese naturalization and Black suffrage under the Fifteenth Amendment.
John R. Walsh former Chicago National Bank president was denied a new trial and sentenced to five years in Fort Leavenworth for illegal use of bank funds. The court ordered concurrent counts and full trial costs. An appeal bond of 59000 was set pending review. Louis Lauby, longtime Washington courthouse janitor, was notified of a nearly 30000 bequest from his late brother Ferdinand who died in Switzerland.
The Journal urges readers to place store news notices now as it is valuable information people want. It highlights that advertising in store news is timely and effective for merchants seeking attention.
Trustee announces weekly Friday presence in his office or about town to conduct township business and meet with those having dealings. The notice invites all persons with matters concerning the township to engage the trustee during these visits.
A rural Indiana family embodies the home front ideal as a young man joins the Civil War. The wife and children endure fear and poverty for an unseen yet sacred cause. Abraham Lincoln's call frames their sacrifice as devotion to a living nation and its enduring liberty.
An explosion at United States Powder Company's Coalmont mill near Oden on Tuesday morning killed four men and injured two. The blast at 7:50 a.m. destroyed the brick building and shattered windows across Coalmont Jasonville and Linton. The plant, producing 1,200 kegs daily, was expected to be rebuilt. casualties were removed to morgues and homes as physicians arrived from nearby towns.
The Odon High senior class will present commencement exercises Friday evening April 24 at the opera house. Graduates will give addresses on topics such as The Call of the Children and What Will We Do With Life with music from the Odon orchestra. The baccalaureate sermon will be at 7 30 p.m Easter Sunday at the U B church by Rev C C Lowther.
The Bradenton area reports a single alligator caught alive this season by Garten Co at their southern Bradenton home. Initially thought to be caught on a fishing line with dough bait, later reports confirm it was seen in a sewer from Braden town to the river and then dislodged. Walter Garten quipped on the animal’s grin after capture.
The Southern District of New York holds Sears Roebuck infringed the Empire Cream Separator and Vermont Farm Machine patents with the Improved Economy Separator. Plaintiffs warn users to discontinue selling or using the machines to avoid infringement suits.
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