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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
3
Local ads mention a girl wanted for general work at a hotel amid notices about sales, visits, and sermons. Items include Ed Daugherty property sale, Rev J W Gilley sermons, and various family travels, with notes on animal superstition and luck in daily life.
Binore St residents hosted a joyous reunion as Howard and Clara, the two oldest, were expected. The gathering brought together children who had not seen each other in nearly twenty years and included guests Mrs. Clara Simpson Orrville Ohio Howard Ward Dewey Illinois Mrs. Lillie M Newell Paoli Gen F Ward Fisher Illinois and Mrs Alda Malone Newberry. The group shared a feast and visited Miller Ward and Ed Ward during the weekend.
Vernon Malone suffered a severe right thumb cut while using a jointer at Neeremer's playing mill. Doctors expect the thumb to be saved but he will rest for several weeks as it heals.
Local notices report A W Stuckey shipping berries to Washington and planning an ice cream and strawberry festival at Town Hall for M E church funds. Messages mention residents visiting relatives, moves to Odeon, and condition of the West Fork White River with many fish in low, flooded bottoms.
The G A R plans a day of services starting with a cemetery decoration at Walnut Hill. A 1:30 PM march from the A B church to the old cemetery follows, then to the U B church for another service and an oration by Hon W R Gardner of Washington.
Word is received that the wife of F. B. Bell the man building the local telephone system died at her Mt Horeb Wisconsin home following an operation for an abscess.
The post office hours list daily mail times with general mail, locked pouch, and tucked pouch procedures. Dispatches occur at 7:34 am 9:21 am 12:54 pm 7:23 pm with money order window closing at 6 pm. Office hours run from 6:50 am to 11:30 am and from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
The article surveys Babylonian creation myths as recorded on clay tablets. It notes Apsu and Tiamat as primordial chaos figures, Ea’s lineage through Rel shaping the world, and Marmuk the ancestral figure who offers blood and bone to form man. Parallels with Hebrew creation and a seven day concept are acknowledged.
Senator Benton of Missouri, famed for tenderness to his ailing wife, cared for her during paralysis. At a foreign prince’s visit he gently guided her in, introduced her with affection, and kept her by his side as he resumed conversation, earning deep respect from Missourians.
Comic caption describes a father visiting his son at college and the son offering to fill his case with cigars. The humor contrasts the father's desire for cigars with the son's quip about wealth and status. The piece includes other punchlines from Harvaurd lampoon and Miss Sweetly asking about Mr. Hardup’s occupation.
A humorous exchange notes that all parsons' sons are not worthless and ends with denial that all are poor, suggesting some parsons have well behaved sons. The quip contrasts expectation with reality and relies on a light social stereotype.
The 4 Carnival has been the major attraction at Washington this week as local events unfold. Nearby, James Nicholson of Elmore township, a farmer, has wed his stepdaughter Miss Mary M. Raquet, who is 17.
The article compares two silk hat styles in London. The最新 fashion model sits in the west end priced from a guinea to 25 shillings, while the older style, the city hat, costs 16 shillings. It notes a social divide where workers and employers diverge in hat fashion expectations and status.
In 1834 the Burnley Primitive Methodists issued a strict order against Sunday courting and public co strolling. The minute forbids young men and women to court on Sundays or walk arm in arm in public, and prohibits standing at street corners chatting.
The text describes General Grant yielding to his wife in daily affairs. It notes the family managed the household with little regard to his preferences. At Galena railway station he showed a friend trunks ready to ship east and pointed to a small black valise as his own.
In a refined Chicago setting, Mandy flaunts a stylish apartment during a dinner prep, while Aunt Rachel decries spending on luxury as excessive. The exchange highlights class tension and taste in a metropolitan home.
A wartime paper from General Meigs passed to General Sherman bears his indorsement reading I heartily concur in the recommendation of the quartermaster general but I dont know what he says. The artifact is preserved in Shermans well known hand and reflects interservice dialogue during the conflict.
A dialogue has a housekeeper asking for a pest kill method. A scientist replies by advising to raise the carpets on a line and beat them with a heavy stick until the insects die. The exchange ends with the suggestion being given as a solution.
A critical quip critiques anthropologists for claiming criminals’ traits after a murder. The speaker mocks science for exposing frauds only in hindsight, referencing New York Pres. and the phrase helpless names.
A dairyman poured large amounts of oil through a fine wire netting into milk. Microbes appeared in the dairy as the scene depicted a comic yet tense moment with others observing from a croek edge. The absurd tableau mocks strained relations among workers and microbes.
The fragment recalls past dental pain and a patient’s uneasy memory of pulling teeth. It hints at lingering discomfort and the mental echo of a difficult procedure without clear context or naming.
The sunflower crop proves among the best paying in Lussia with a crop value around $23 per acre. Farmers sell seeds at about $1.50 a pound, merchants salt and retail them for $3 a pound. Salted sunflowers are sold by stands and peddlers across streets and in provincial cities.
A friend named Orca wrote to Mark Twain asking his opinion on a matter. After days of silence he sent a second letter and a third note with a two cent stamp. In response he received a postcard reading Please send envelope, with Paper and stamp received.
A Catholic Standard and Times piece paints a man as the town’s worst pessimist. He jokes about his luck and plans to prove doubters wrong despite predicting failure.
A dialogue fragment shows Granzer asking about an interest in the Sweatman mine and Lamb confirming an investment. The Boston transcript situates current involvement and ongoing attention to the project.
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