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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1911
Page
4
The text muses on how a day’s work varies by job, noting bricklayers eight hours, drivers twenty hours, ministers or newspaper workers twenty four hours, and government service one hour. It then laments clutter and argues for selective publication of readable material, criticizing long rambling submissions.
Leader Bert Deal opens with song and prayer. Lesson explores Proof of Faith from John 3:10-18. Topics cover No Good Deeds without Faith, Dead Faith, Charity to the Poor, and Charity in Deed over Thought. Mrs Aaron Jolliff, Murl Jacobs, Ruth Mason, Mrs Lan Treenan, Cora Laughlin, and Bertha Killion named among participants.
Johnson was acquitted of assault and battery with intent to kill L W Howard. Judge Jedon ruled Johnson could not have inflicted serious injury as Howard stood behind a door when the two shots were fired after a quarrel at the Mercantile hotel in Washington last Tuesday afternoon.
Advertisements mix with notices of residents traveling to Vincennes Terre Haute Indianapolis and Bloomington. Local stores tout wall paper and farm tools while residents visit relatives and attend events.
Postmaster General Hitchcock orders a cream colored postal card printed in red to replace the old design. The change follows many complaints about card quality. The first supply will be ready in weeks, with annual costs rising about 86500 more than in prior years.
Supt Grant Callahan of Dana Indiana was in town this week to discuss the Dana schools superintendency for the coming year. If he accepts, he will receive a salary increase. Prof Callahan has joined the ranks of Odon boys achieving success.
Farmers urged to use Read's Fertilizer to speed corn planting and improve yields as the season runs late. A. Jolliff & Co. are agents promoting the product.
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