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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
8
Conleys Minstrel Maids a seven member cast performed at the Grand on Friday and Saturday. The Friday show drew a good crowd with Eria Nelson's soprano and Judet DeMarr's impersonations attracting attention. The Bramberger sisters delivered strong duets while Mrs Levi Matthews played the piano.
Mr and Mrs John Critchlow returned home Monday from Montana where they had lived for years Florence Richardson visits sister Mrs Ben Ogden Edith Richardson and Inez Jameson were at Newberry Saturday Elmer Richardson and Oral Laughlin came home Saturday due to rain Elpha and Essie Henderson visited Edith Richardson Monday Will and Orville Richardson of Swiss City visit their parents Jim Richardson this week John Critchlow and wife Jess Trueblood and family visited Art Critchlow of Bonkun Tuesday Mrs Nicholson, recently ill, is improving Josie Richardson spends weeks with Mack Flinn of Elnora Tom Stoat and wife and child spent Saturday and Sunday away
A program for the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society at ML E Church on May 7 includes Devotion by Mrs. John O’Dell, Why Compare Religions by Mrs. John Stewart, Points of Contact and Differences by Mrs. Laura Pilkington, Reasons Why Christianity is Greater by Mrs. B D Smiley, Why I Believe in Foreign Missions by Mrs. Bert Johnt, solo by Miss Martha Sommers, a symposium on group meeting, and a Thanukoffering collection.
Mrs. Stela Daugherty and son visited Plainville. Mrs. Clark Lamb and daughter Tweeda visited Elnora. Mrs. Curtis Overton and family called on Mrs. Alva Callahan. Miss Lucy Chestnut visited her parents. Maude Clinton and Beatrice Daugherty went to Odon. Tahnage Hewitt and friends attended here. Mamie Hinkle visited her brother O. Hinkle. Earnest Garten and Charles Masters were at Eaglesville. Winfield Booth attended a funeral at Mt. Olive. Mrs. Frank Brown died suddenly. Daisy Byrer visited Pleasie Chestnut. Willis Overton called on Roy and Herschel Hinkle. Alfred Coyle lost a mare. Orville Overton visited Chestnut. Homer Collins and Wm. Hasler passed through.
The Church Census conducted last summer in Daviess, Marshall and Boone counties is issued by the Presbyterian Department of Church and Country Life. The 98 page pamphlet uses photographs and diagrams to show church growth and its impact on rural religious life in Indiana. It was produced with help from the Interdenominational Council and field workers Ralph A. Felton and Clarence A. Neff, and can be obtained for 10 cents postage from 156 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Mrs Bolding remains ill and is reported no better. Mrs Dillard Boardman hosts Miss Nanncey Sears and Homer Boardman visits. Mrs Cassis Wilson and her son Tommy from Washington visit the ailing Mrs Bolding. James Aishe and Mr Wright of Jackson County visit. Luther Sears shows improvement. Mrs Daily Cracraft of Rector Ark visits Mrs Bohling.
The Township Trustee will transact township business every weekday with weekly Friday sessions at the Odon office. The meeting rooms are located on the west side of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter, section 21, township 5, range west. I will be in Odon most of the time.
No matter what your plans write or call. E J Heeb president of Indianapolis Business University and Consolidated Colleges invites you to learn shorthand bookkeeping and professional law. He promises savings of time and money. Now is the time to arrange.
Mrs Lily Tague of Newberry visiting Mrs Clem Pownall this week. Marion Ferguson and wife went to low Saturday. Geo Pownall of this place went to Newberry on business. Misses Lili Inman and Trula Pownall of this place drove to Firland. Earl Denton of Newberry is working for Otis Williams. Airs Clem Pownall and Lita Inman went to Newberry Saturday. Mrs J M Winkelpteck of Odon visited home folks Wednesday. Miss Troia Pownall went to Odon Saturday. Frank Thompson went to Newberry.
Report of the condition of The First National Bank at Odon Indiana as of April 18 1912. Details include resources such as loans and discounts, deposits, cash items, and lawful money reserve. Liabilities list capital stock surplus undivided profits and national bank notes outstanding with deposit classifications.
A scrambled OCR of the Chicago Terre Haute eastern railroad timetable showing station names such as Seymour and Jasonville with scattered times in the early morning to evening. Many entries appear garbled with inconsistent formats and stray numbers.
Concord items list various visits as James Chestnut of Shiloh spent Monday night with William Chambers and wife. Thomas Faith and family south of Shiloh were guests of Edgar Gaugh and family Sunday. Willie Roach visited Elmer Mallette Sunday evening. John Arney Jr and family stayed with Mrs Bolding near Baile who is very ill. The Mallette sisters visited Lucy Arney Wednesday afternoon. Lawrence Feller and family visited Ea Gaugh and family Sunday. Jonah Arney visited his father John Arney and wife Wednesday. Daniel Hatfield and family near Liberty spent Saturday with Johnny and wife. Colglazier returned home Greencastle.
A fragmented notice references Seventh Adventists and an imminent apocalyptic warning. The readable fragments suggest a religious prediction or proclamation about the world’s end.
Went to Washington Thursday. Emmet Colglacier spent Monday night near Baile. Susie Chestnut spent Tuesday afternoon with Clyda Byrer. Mrs. John Arney, Sr. is very poorly at this writing.
S P Mason of Markle Indiana, veteran druggist, touts Warner's White Wine of Tar as a cure in asthma after a longtime customer James Ledbetter was said to be near death. Mason urges wider knowledge of the remedy and notes Odon Drug Co sells it.
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