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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1890
Page
2
The undesigned will run for Assessor of Madison township pending the Republican nomination convention. W. E. Rees. Also announced is 2M Garten as a candidate for Assessor of Madison township subject to the Republican nominating convention.
At the close of the Republican township convention today it will be as clear as known who our township officers are to be during the next four years.
The township Assessor will hold the inquisitive fort from April 1 to June 1. After this the census enumerator will start their pumping machine which will be kept running for 30 days.
A county seat paper shows its masthead changed to The Anti Monopolist while another page repeats Ant i Monopolist. The two spellings raise questions whether the title opposes monopolies or jokes about monopolizing ants.
The speaker urges using the remaining two weeks before township elections to mobilize voters. Although Republicans hold an advantage in numbers, success requires more than a majority and calls for earnest effort to maximize the vote.
The writer notes Hew Greene Smith known as John L. Sullivan will ask Indiana Democrats to nominate him for Attorney General but doubts his chances. The piece suggests he deserves a ticket spot, yet his prospects for the Attorney Generalship are as dim as the Boston slugger’s chances for Congress.
The Democratic press in Indiana argues President Harrison is unpopular and his appointments anger most Indiana Republicans. They recall similar claims before Harrison’s election while Republicans note the earlier high esteem for Grover Cleveland.
A fragmented local vote of words questions which papers are Democratic journals at the county seat. The exchange hints at party alignment and naming disagreements amid a broader political skirmish.
The piece defends a Democrat aligned stance while urging continued school attendance. It stresses the value of education, warns against idleness and crime from idle associations, and calls parents to enroll children in school and send them to the Normal this spring.
The editorial cheered the shutdown of liquor in Qdon Elnora and Plainville as a model for Daviess County praising the Crusaders and County Commissioners for enforcing law. It urged spreading the effort to the county seat and beyond to align state law with public morality and common sense.
An Excellent School Gazette invites readers to pursue deeper study and broaden sight into higher branches while revisiting core subjects, presenting an upbeat call to education and self improvement.
Dr. T. M. Sears editor of the El mora Enterprise visited the office and announced that Republicans in Elmore township have chosen him as their candidate for trustee. The paper notes the community should support his election with a strong majority.
In Kimball South Dakota a note on Chamberlains Cough Remedy cites its efficacy during influenza and persistent coughs. W L Stoy sells the medicine. Separately a revival at Elnora M E church reports many conversions and additions after the saloon closed, with improved town morals ahead.
Got Hirt reports that Wednesday noon while playing base at the school house Professor Mat tingly fell and cut a hole through his upper lip and made an ugly scar on his nose and one on the side of the head. Prompt medical aid was had and the wound will soon be well.
Rogers the Photographer will be at Queen Gallery from March 27 to April 3, 189. Come in and have your photos made rain or shine. Good work guaranteed.
Kruse Murphy Jr Co in New York announces reduced prices on the Automatic Sewing Machine. A new Silus Circular with stitching samples and an illustrated guide detailing each machine part is available free by mail request.
W. R. Neeriermer announces a planing mill at the south end of Spring Street in Odon Indiana. The firm can manufacture lumber into flooring ceiling siding and various shapes while offering bracket and scroll work. They pay top cash for good rough lumber and keep pine ceiling shingles and lath on hand.
Describes multiple farms and acreage for sale near Odon Elnora Bogard Cornettsville and Van Buren township with prices from 10 to 20 per acre. Notes improvements, timber, soil quality, house listings, and various lot sizes. Offers mortgage loans on good safe real estate security with no lender charges.
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