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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
6
After the war department fixes state quotas, local and government agencies prepare exemptions. Those not rejected undergo physical exams to determine eligibility for the draft. The first 500,000 drafted go to camp. the rest join a reserve list for possible recall to fill vacancies.
Victor Bowman former Odon High School graduate and brother of Drs I E and S F Bowman has been named food director in Elkhart Indiana, sent there by Purdue University. Bowman previously served as a garden inspector in Lafayette and was in this city briefly before departing for Elkhart.
A roundup of everyday notices includes visits from Rev Crawford and Mrs Cummings of Elnora, business trips by J M Scott and others, and multiple sales and for sale items such as a 3 year old filly a Jersey cow and a Baldwin Player Piano. Also listed are farm trades real estate deals and local travel to Champaign Terre Haute Indianapolis and Vincennes with brief mentions of paintings and health tonics.
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