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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1907
Page
2
A collage of notices and editorial snippets criticizes subscription rates and urban cleanliness in Lexington. The piece includes references to monthly charges, a Twenty four dollars annual rate and city council musings about dog bark laws. It also urges residents to keep streets free of rubbish and maintain painted houses and fences.
A local editor argues that rising rural advertising shows merchants face stiff out-of-town competition from city stores. He urges residents to support local dealers who have built up the town and paid for its growth, warning that abandoning them could harm property values.
Local notes list Diefendorf selling calico at 5c a yard and advertising bargains at the old Haig corner. Mentions multiple residents traveling to Washington Indianapolis and Linton for business, social visits, or work, and local merchants promoting paints and furnishings.
L D Vickers of Odon Will Osborn of Burns City and the Lines couple visited in Matin county Wednesday. John Hubbard and daughter Nettie of Loogootee also called here. Rev Joel Ellis preached a series of sermons at Mt Cl ite Saturday and Sunday with the church calling him as pastor.
Walser and Miss Iva Jackson married Sunday afternoon at two o clock at the bride’s mother on East Main street. Rev. C. C. Lowther officiated. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Mary Waldron, is a pleasant young lady. The groom, an industrious carpenter of Linton, will reside in Odon after a brief visit to Lipton.
The schedule lists Song No 4 Prayer by Mr Bennett Select Reading by Charlie Pershing Recitation by Orpha Culmer Instrumental solo by Wallace Smiley Song No 168 Solo by Bulgla Guthrie Recitation by Wm Bair Song No 33 Coronet solo by Steve Culmer. Business and dismissal.
A fragment suggests a newspaper editor favors Deck's Painless Peanut Candy, claiming two years of consumption with ongoing appetite. The note hints at scientific manufacturing and ongoing demand.
Frank Winklepleck and family visited James Herron on Sunday while Will Jackson returned home from Freedom. Many from the area attended baptisms at Newberry. Visitors included Mrs Nellie Smith and son Essel of Olive, Mrs KE Baile, and relatives. Walter Herron moved back to his farm. Buncombe timber cleared by Wm Neeremer. Rev Ed Taylor visited Cherlis and daughter near Worthington. Others attended birthday dinners and a Modern Woodman lecture in nearby towns.
Preacher H A Turney leads morning and evening sessions with topics How and When and Whom we Should Encourage and James John and the Samaritan Woman the fifteenth in a life of Christ series.
Ed Inman visiting relatives at Burns City spoke Monday about the great prospects to be realized in Texas. He urged listeners to consider the opportunities and developments ahead in the state.
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