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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1915
Page
7
Local residents and visitors listed as in town over the weekend with mentions of travels to Martinsville Indianapolis Terre Haute Linton Clinton Washington Hymera Peters burg and Bloomfield. Notable notes include the Elmore Township school commencement May 4 and storm damage from a heavy Sunday night rain and accompanying high wind unroofing a meat market building.
Pastor Shake leads Sunday School at 9 15 am with J E Pershing as superintendent Sermon at 10 30 am Mothers Day sermon bible theme then 7 30 pm Jesus proves men Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 pm Epworth League Friday 7 30 pm D T welcomes all at every service Christian Church minister C Howard Buchanan preaching Sundays 2nd and 4th Lord's Day Bible School 9 30 am Christian Endeavor 1st and 3rd Lord's Day 7 15 pm everyone invited to all services
A large crowd attended the Elnora High School commencement at the M E church on May 5 with George R. Close D D, president of De Pauw University, delivering the address. Graduates named include Laverne Lea, Frank Smiley, Pearl Dyer, Homer Coss, George Swartz, Adeline Lamaster, Gleason Wilson, Carl Peshin, and Jaunita Shaw.
Elmore township and Elmora public schools hold commencement at the M E church on Saturday night May 15. Dr L J Rettger will deliver the address Some new methods of education. Eighteen country graduates and nine town graduates. Supt A O Fulkerson will present diplomas. Music by the Elnora orchestra.
Carl Garrett spent last week at Terre Haute with friends. Miss Marie Toon spent Sunday here with friends. Miss Myrtle Stout is here from Keller. Aden Westfall and Asa Williams have purchased a Maxwell to aid in their auto livery. Mrs Eva Hasting and son have returned after a short visit here with relatives. The fox hunters have been out some lately but with poor success.
The ninth annual Elnora High School banquet was held in the school assembly room Friday night with pupils alumni and about fifty other guests attending. The evening featured music recitations and various games.
Farlen farmers pleased with rain that fell Sunday and Sunday night. James Utterback and wife of Holtsville passed through here Saturday. W H Bechtel plastering at Plainville this week. Srl Bechtel visited Cornettsville on Monday. Locals spent Sunday evening at Rolliff Rocks. Mort Dobbins and family visited R Beard and family near Scotland. Claude Sipes and wife of Linton were here last Friday. Will Hastings and father near Elnora passed through Monday. Preaching at Mt Olive next Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night. Come and bring someone with you.
Arnold Daly leads in The Port of Missing Men a Meredith Nicholson drama of foreign intrigue and romance. John Armitage, Americanized hero and secret savior of Frederick, heir to a throne, courts danger, outsmarts spies, and elevates love over titles. In five reels, Daly’s performance and suspenseful plot promise emotional charm and political peril.
LAINVILLE W A Tormey is reported no better. Herald Petty son of Bill Petty injured his ankle with an ax. James Snyder and son Willie visited his daughter and the Litherland family Saturday night and Sunday. Dick Hinkle bought a new automobile. George Browning and wife visited her brother Jake Lineman. Joe McGuire and wife visited Jessie McGuire and family. Mrs Bill Litherland of Plainville visited her son Leslie Liberal. Most farmers in this area expect to finish planting corn this week.
Rev Samuel Dyer preached at Arthur Sunday. Town officials met to curb speeding and driving without lights. violators over ten mph will be prosecuted. Several residents attended a free show at Odon. A heavy Sunday night rain affected Jintown.
Mrs. Fred Boyd went to Irene Saturday to visit her daughter Mrs. John Canada of that place.
Mr and Mrs D W Osborn and Rev Charles Carmichael visited with Mr and Mrs Jord Fields Sun Orlando Connelll and family of Odon visited with H M Cornnell and family Sunday. Walter Herron home from Bedford Saturday. Mrs Elizabeth Blough spent Sunday with her sister Mrs Jas Herron Isaac Waggner and family with Charles Haverstock and family. Isaac Waggner went to Bedford early in the week. Mrs Nannie McNabb and children of Odon spent Sunday with Mrs Grace Herron.
The piece argues that electricity causes far fewer fires than common causes. In Chicago last year about five thousand fires were reported. only one percent were due to electricity, with one lightning-caused fire and thirty seven from electric wires.
Dr. F. G. Butler offers seven health steps: eat plain, moderate meals. breathe good air. exercise in the open. retire early and rise early. wear warm flannel and bathe often. live in sunshine and bright rooms. cultivate a cheerful temper and avoid worry. Sickness stays in the basement, not upstairs.
The Cowper Coles process uses electrolysis to form iron plates and tubes directly from ore. An acid bath and dynamo drive deposition on a positive pole, with a lead covered core forming tubes and a flat surface for plates. The method reduces cost, yields high quality iron, and may bypass ore mining and cleaning.
The Greek flag features nine blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue field in the canton. It notes blue and white as national colors of Bavaria adopted to honor the Bavarian prince who became Greece's king after independence from the Ottoman Empire.
The article notes possible use of Indian grown grass surya to make match sticks in this country. It cites a Sholapur factory where the grass blades are cut into two inch pieces boiled in paraffin and dried before dipping. The method is inexpensive and relies on low-cost materials.
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