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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
2
A cryptic note speaks of time spans one year six months three months and a California breeder of striped rats. It mentions an unidentified liquor, and in China breaking a cup signifies a brotherhood oath, while in America a similar oath comes from the proprietor. The piece ends with a dollar amount of one.
A rumor claims lobsters will gain state protection. A Chicago professor argues clothing is mainly ornamental, a view some doubt, while considering how a derry hat fits his theory.
The Daviess County Democrat reduced the sight column page from twenty four inches to twenty inches while increasing to six columns and adding four more pages. Editors call the change a decided improvement and say the paper is a great weekly and also now a daily.
The issue promotes The Itggle Case as a gripping serial with a fingerprint solution highlighted as essential. It also touts The Argyle Case as high grade fiction likely to sustain reader interest. A note discusses a proposed county agent under a new vocational law requiring a petition and a $500 deposit from agricultural residents, with annual funding by the county council.
Lincoln Lankford and Lee Dalton enjoy new buggies as visitors travel through. Mrs. Selle Toon sells property on West Main and Lizzie Sargent will take possession soon. Nellie Edmondson shopped in Bedford, and the Strauss family visited from Indianapolis. Bernadette Keller plans to enter State Normal at Terre Haute. Ol O'Dell and family from Odon visited relatives nearby. D. A. Storm shopped in Terre Haute. Tilford Kutch displays an unfamiliar bird with brown drab coloring and a parrot like beak. seeks its name.
Local residents share weekend visits with relatives and friends. Charles Mayor Linton visits grandmother Mrs Nancy Allen. services attended. Many names travel to nearby towns, including Odon and Indianapolis, with multiple family gatherings and callers listed.
Rural residents report travel and visits to nearby towns including Terre Haute Odon Lyons and Newberry. Notable names include Pershing families Beever Cline Crecelius Hoagland and Chambers along with circus attendance and a regional dry goods store purchase by Summers.
Mr and Mrs W A Tommy return from a week with relatives in Missouri. Misses Mary Mattingly and Carrie McKittrick depart for Terre Haute to enter State Normal Monday. Mrs C A Pershing and children of Elnora visit with sister Mrs Miller. Miss Nelle Miller visits friends at Ojon. Misses Helen Down and Ruth McCown spend Sunday with Miss Ethel Soaith. Mr and Mrs Chas England L D Qoley visit with Estella and Josephine Miller at Enunison. Ollie Gilliatt makes business trip to Indianapolis. Geo McWilliams and family from Washington move here early in the week.
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