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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1897
Page
2
The town anticipates a grand Odon lecture course. A past total of 800,000 in silver was minted by the United States and sparked cries of discrimination against silver. The Chicago platform and Republican prosperity are cited while a ruined schoolhouse and burned heaters are lamented as worse for Choon.
A craftsman preserves his livelihood by serving local merchants and printing at home. He avoids outsourcing to foreign firms for everyday wares, keeping the trade within the community.
An exhortation urges every parent to send children to the feature event describing learning as a path to wisdom and power. The piece emphasizes education as a universal boon and urges action for youth development.
Repo trustees AL Diefendorf and Geo B McWilliams press for timely action to adjust insurance and fund repairs. They seek school work resumption and steady progress on the repair line.
The export trade of September was the heaviest of the year and higher than any September in years. It showed a gain of over 2 percent compared with the September of the previous year.
Enthusiasm rose as voters chose governors in Nebraska Ohio Pennsylvania and Massachusetts while Democrat Van Week secured the Tammany backed bid for New York City leadership.
Fragmentary quotation discusses hiring and breaking new janitors each winter. The text questions whether this is healthy for schoolchildren and fair to the building's welfare.
The article notes chronic problems with heating at WHY schoolhouse. Janitors failed to satisfy teachers as the heating system remains unsatisfactory. Proposes that arrangements could improve the heating apparatus to resolve the issue.
Eastern Theisan of The Coe Day Missionare Circuit presents a program of devotional services and lectures. Key speakers include Rev. HLT Allen and M G McKown, with dates listed for DoverHnl Loogootee Raghewille Newhony Pisitrate and other venues.
A six year old heating failure sparked a basement fire at Oden public school. Prof Saturnfield observed heat and smoke before the alarm. A volunteer bucket brigade of about one hundred saved the building after ten hours of effort, with only about 1000 dollars in losses and six hundred dollars insured.
Last Sunday evening at nine o clock Mr Duster Williams and Miss Clara Davis were married by Rev MT Et Aulen in the presence of a few young friends. The couple planned a quiet home on East Hace street and begin life with industry and perseverance. Both are active church members and well regarded in the community. The groom's father Mr J B Williams serves in Floyd county and the bride's mother Mrs Sue Kirby resides in Paragon. The JOURNAAL extends congratulations.
John Welch known as Peggy Welch was found dead early Monday in a railroad engine cab at Bedford. An epileptic fit is given as the cause. Welch testified in Harvey Lister manslaughter case, aiding John Gibbon alias John Williams to Jeffersonville prison.
The Commercial Gazette offers an encyclopaedia almanac and year book free with yearly subscriptions. The paper has been enlarged to ten pages without changing the price, described as a great enterprise to attract subscribers.
Sickness in the country described with numerous brief notices from Plainville and nearby towns. Mentions include William Dearmin, visits by Hattie Jillion af Basait, doctors, teachers, and local business ads for De Witts and Foley products, plus community events and a 79th birthday celebration for Absolom Cooper in Elnora.
Homer Morgan, Vigo county farmer, reports harvesting 2 500 bushels of corn off sixty acres. He notes this is the first year he saw corn mature without rain and that southern Vigo has had little rain since last June.
Rainy Monday marks a quiet week with teachers facing a tough day. Local residents the Bechtels and Smiley family visit Otis Stotts and Augustine Phipps. trips span Bloomfield Bedford and New Paysville. A house fire at Ed Hubbard’s threatens a roof but is saved. Perry Howard considers buying a farm in Adans County.
An old medical note explains how bladder and womb issues relate to urinary troubles. It promotes Dr Elmer's Swamp Root as a remedy with sample bottle and pamphlet offered by mail, promising genuine offers from the paper’s advertisers.
The notice promotes the Sont'v Great Sheet Line reaching Gairo Memphis New Orleans Mobile Nashville Chattanooga Atlanta and all Florida and Southeast points with connections to steamship lines for South Korea Kaviana Cuba and other West Lidia areas. It highlights daily trains between St Louis and Moubpe with reclining coaches and dining cars plus timber lands sales and land offerings by the Alabama Lands & Development Company Sabre Alabama. Contact Harris 215 N Fourth St St Louis or E E Posey and Jac Mann as listed.
Classified recruitment notice from The Dominion Company in Chicago seeking sober responsible gentlemen or ladies to travel for an established house in Indians. Monthly pay 335.09 plus expenses. Steady position with reference required. Enclose self addressed stamped envelope.
A note indicates JA dE Roseman of the R&R failed and moved his office to Bedford. The fragment references a general passenger age and a change of location in an address entry.
An ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a sure solution for constipation and sluggish liver and claims it can cure many ailments. It promises a money back guarantee and urges readers to try a box today.
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