25 May 1906
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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
1
The Indiana education commission chaired by B F Moore reviews school needs including expanding normal school access. Plan proposed for summer normats 100 to 150 teachers per county with state instructors from existing institutions. Also weighs teacher wages, qualification standards, salaries vs other professions, taxation, superintendents, and statewide school representation.
Marshal Enoch Cheek of Mitchell shot Lincoln Heglin while attempting to arrest him on a B&O train incident. Heglin and three others were beating the train crew. Cheek faces a manslaughter warrant and may be jailed as Mitchell sentiment shifts against him.
Odon High School Class of 1906 notes Mr Williams youngest son of J B Williams. Monday the dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Hugh Neeremer gathered friends and relatives to honor the newly married couple with well wishes for a pleasant life together.
Robert Williams a laborer in an Indianapolis Southern construction gang near Bloomfield was brought to the Washington jail for safe keeping after he shot and killed Mike Collins the superintendent of the gang on Friday morning. The motive is reported as trivial and authorities feared possible mob violence.
Selected verses depicting Civil War imagery with lines on blue and gray soldiers sleeping beneath sod and dew. The piece contrasts battle loss, sacrifice, and remembrance across seasons and symbols of laurel and willow.
On Sunday afternoon two o clock at the residence of Elder C H Buchanan Otis C Williams and Miss Ethel Coy Pownall were married. Attendants included Berchel Smiley Roberta Correll Robert Watson and Carrie Cooper. The bride wore white silk with lace and a rose bouquet. The groom appeared in black. The bride is the daughter of J B and the late Nannie Pownall.
John Tomey, son of Thomas Tomey living near Epsom, was struck by lightning last Friday while sitting before a barn. The boy was stunned and did not fully recover for several hours, having survived an electrical shock previously.
Washington authorities vow to enforce the Sunday closing ordinance. Last Sunday marked the first full attempt to close saloons from 11 PM Saturday to 5 AM Monday. A wood trade occurred Saturday evening and there are suspicions that some low-tier resorts did not fully comply with the law.
Washington High School will hold its commencement May 31 at the People's theater. Twenty-one graduates will receive diplomas, five boys and sixteen girls, with Dr. William Hunter of Indianapolis delivering the address.
Sunday Schools and secret orders in Odon are urged to join a Decoration Day parade at 9:30 a.m. to Walnut Hill, where graves will be decorated and Rev. J. M. Inman will speak. Martial music will play, and graves at the Odon cemetery will be decorated at 2 p.m. A 2:30 p.m. service at the U B Church will feature Rev. H. A. Turney.
Odon and nearby residents plan to attend a June 8 concert of The Creation by the Choral Symphony of Washington. The choir has labored diligently on the production, promising a treat for music lovers.
The article portrays John Alexander Dowie, known as Elijah III, as a flamboyant Australian-born founder of Zion in Chicago and later a city founder. It notes his Divine Healing Mission, dramatic persona, and mixed legacy of vision, vanity, and occasional integrity, concluding with his influence and ongoing public interest.
A listing of grocery items including Hayes and Pickett granulated Windsor C sugar one pound H P baking powder one pound Bucket Belle baking powder one pound Can B C baking powder three pounds A H soda Best Can corn forty three seconds and twenty five cents.
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