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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1905
Page
7
Local brief notes with names and places from Indiana towns. Vague election reminder next Tuesday plus social visits, travels, and shop notes across Terre Haute Washington Oolitic and Williams. Includes church sermon info and community happenings with numerous individual references.
The Alpha club entertained the Thim hill club at Mrs W H Pep singer home on Tuesday evening. Spooks greeted guests and they played Hallowe'en games including Biting the Apple and pumpkin seed counting. Prize winners were Mrs W O Breeden for guessing pumpkin seeds and for tossing apples through a horse shoe while Mrs Z C Mitchell won for blowing out logs. A spook supper followed with refreshments and a punch service led by Maeda Ton Dowden and Miss Mode Tinston at the piano.
Miss Rosa Clements dies at home near St Josephs church from consumption. J W Strange Brown Township leader dies of cancer, funeral at St Josephs with Rev J F Stanton. Large crowd attends. Overdose investigation after incident in Raglesville streets. calls for stopping such acts. Jno L Beasley injured in bridgeing accident near Barns City as lumber shifts, horses bolt and wreckage occurs.
A garbled passage discusses vocation and reform with phrases about sweetness and sworn duties. It mentions J. J. Rous and hints at moral or personal improvement, though the text is unclear and difficult to interpret.
At 1 30 this morning a group attempted to rob the First National Bank. They blew the vault door with nitroglycerine but failed to open the money vault. One man, Jacob Shields, bound and gagged, was robbed of about 816 before the gang fled. Authorities search nearby towns for the robbers.
A jeweler and optician warns parents that headaches and eye discomfort from school work may signal eye strain. He notes modern optics can relieve most cases with properly fitted lenses, offers free examinations, and will honestly say if glasses won’t help.
A fragment discusses how persisting in a course may reduce correspondents but improve reputation for prudence and common sense. It contrasts candlelight philosophy with daytime brightness and mentions a failing in morning clarity.
A humorous exchange questions whether dogs surpass humans in intelligence. The speaker asserts clever dogs exist and cites Poe as a reference while the others laugh at the remark.
An old text fragment recounts the Duke of Ormond’s voyage to Ireland, a curate’s failed aid, and a sermon that changes fortunes. It pairs the myth of the Theban sphinx with a reflection on happiness and conscience, citing a maxim attributed to Jameson.
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