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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1895
Page
3
Usual community notices include Rev J A Bellis addition to U B parsonage and sermons at Peasant Street and Mad Pike. Local farmers Louis Williams and Bennett Bros. discuss trades. businesses advertise goods from jewelry to furniture and wagons. Also listed are weathered items, health ads, and exam book notices for Ruskin’s Essays and Shakespeare study in the district.
The snippet lists multiple merchants offering goods from carpets and furniture to hats and jewelry. It notes services like a restau rant assignment and a stock of groceries for trade, plus announcements of church events and a teacher examination date. Page mentions individuals like Smiley Hayes & Co and Danner & Toelle and local transport and sales details.
A vintage ad promises a bess value serum for cuts bruises sores ulcers fevers rheum skin conditions including chilblains corns and eczema with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per unit. Sold by S Pensinger.
Susan Mason on the sick list. The P A of Pleasant Hill held an anniversary entertainment Sunday night. Good Hope folks attended the Epworth League convention in Newberry Saturday. Fred Kinnaman, a Madison township farmer, had a hog rolling tindal. Fred S. Boyd bought a brand new organ. There is a complaint that the wets in this vicinity are going dry. Code Colemar.
A West Baden Journal note says editors thrive when townsfolk stay busy, leaving little time for births weddings deaths or sensational acts, while reporters seek news in busy lives and ordinary events.
Mr J B Cavanaugh resigns as General Passenger and Ticket Agent of the Evansville Terre Haute Railway Company and F P Jefferies succeeds him Jefferies brings years of railroad experience and is expected to bring prosperity to BE IL under his management
One of the happiest social events in memory occurred Tuesday evening at Miss Ces Cooper’s home. Guests enjoyed outdoor games and a grand promenade before returning home in cheerful spirits.
Wm Eaton of Cornetteville reported his wagon was stolen in Washington last Monday while he left horses in a feed yard. He found an old rattle trap in the yard with a whiskey bottle. the old wagon may have been used to steal his. Eaton hired a wagon to return home and hunted for his missing piece on Tuesday.
The Odon School Board met Thursday night and elected the following teachers for the 1895 96 term Principal High School H H Clark Seventh & Eighth Grades Mrs Lenora Clark Fifth & Sixth Grades A A Lane Third & Fourth Grades Walter Breden Intermediate Miss Florence Pownall Primary Miss Jennie Taylor W K Penrod Laura Lauglin N F Barkley and J M Myers were other applicants
Editors rely on local readers to report departures arrivals and gatherings. If you know of someone going away hosting visitors or any item fit for the paper, hand it in for publication and help the paper cover community events.
The Knights of Pythias have settled the cemetery issue and own five acres at Good Hope with Barbara Boyd as owner. When properly improved it will be opened to the public as a burial ground, a word movement that could be a credit to the town and community.
The column notes crop concerns as wheat fields suffer chintz bug damage and farmers fear planting corn due to cut worms. Local residents visit, including Lennie Booth and John York, with Mt. Olive Sunday School progressing and many Binder Agents active. The Mt Olive cemetery needs cleanup before Decoration Day.
Lincoln Nebraska letter from F W Stevens, State Commander of Leights of the Maccabees, says after trying many medicines for a stubborn cough his children improved in two days with Dr King’s New Discovery. He guarantees results and notes trial bottles free at S Pensinger's DrugStore with regular sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
A local storefront on South Spring Street markets a full line of flour meal feed and meats. The display emphasizes variety and daily availability for nearby residents and farmers.
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