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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
5
Christian church services announced for Sunday morning at 9 30 with morning worship and sermon on The triumphal entry subject. Evening service at 2 p m with special music. Y P S C E Thursday evening. Teacher's training class Monday night. Pastor H A Turvey extends welcome to all attendees.
The Morton memorial sermon will be preached at 10:30 with Reverend Pusat in charge of services. All are asked to attend to honor our veterans. Sunday school at 9:30, junior service at 2:00, Union meeting at 6:00.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Morrison died at their Scotland house on Tuesday in November at six months and twenty two days old. Sap was a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison of this place.
The Southern Indiana Rail line has sent a treasurer Godwin a record covering the amount due for both tax installments after allowing the spring payment to lapse last season.
James O Loughlin of the United Mine Workers district south of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad agreed to let W D Ryan, national secretary treasurer, settle a dispute. The move depends on operator consent and aims to avert a breach in the union.
Sullivan Indiana November 3 After a trial lasting over twenty two hours the jury found Frank Landers guilty of manslaughter in the December 2 1906 murder of Charles Stewart. This second trial followed a hung jury after ninety seven hours in the first trial last June.
The Billy Sunday meeting ends after five weeks with $7,279 from two free will offerings and a final hospital donation. He reports 2,542 professional conversions and 20,000 attendees on closing Sunday as every saloon in Jacksonville shuts its doors and saloon keepers face liberty through court action.
The Odon Journal announces arrangements allowing readers to secure any general magazine or periodical in the United States at reduced prices. A large catalogue with prices and clubbing options will be available soon, offering liberal discounts on about fifteen hundred high class publications. This is presented as a first time local proposition and readers are urged to ask for the catalogue.
The entire Republican county ticket was elected in Daviess county with Elmer Hastings winning the prosecuting attorney seat for the district of Daviess and Martin counties. Hastings edged Williams by 224 in Daviess, overcoming Williams’ Martin county lead.
Parties owing money to the firm of T. W. Yeager & Co. must settle immediately to avoid prosecution. The undersigned will be in Odon on Saturday November 7 to receive collections.
Southbound trains from Odon depart No 1 at 8 31 a m No 3 at 2 31 p m and No 5 at 7 49 p m Northbound trains depart No 2 at 7 08 a m No 4 at 10 13 a m and No 6 at 1 28 p m
A fool, a barber, and a baldheaded man travel together lose their way and sleep under the open sky. To avert danger they take turns watching. The barber, while the fool sleeps, shaves the fool’s head. The fool wakes and, scratching, says the barber shaved the baldheaded man, a pretty mistake.
An observant waiter recalls a man once earning about $1,000 yearly and now conjectures his wealth has surged to around $10,000. The waiter notes tipping changes from fifty cents to a nickel.
A witty note from FWilegende Blatter explains a new cookbook by mentioning each dish with its best serving restaurant name written beneath. The humor hinges on a playful misdirection about culinary collaboration with a wife.
A mosaic of short quotes from newspapers and magazines. It mixes aphorisms about waiting, gas meters, youth folly and a playful exchange about a social seat, ending with a note on weighing money.
John O'London in London Tatler traces the word quack from quacksalver to quacker and quacking cheat, noting earliest uses in 16th and 17th centuries and Carlyle’s later revival. cites Wycherly, Rochester speeches, and legal court echoes on quackery and social pretension with a vivid Tower Hill scene.
The Rev Dr C M Lamson, a president of the American board of foreign missions, faced examination before a council when asked if he believed in a hell. A retiring clergyman nudged him to answer yes, warning that silence would likely yield doubt within months.
In Greenfield Indiana on November 3 Freman Smith, a county farmer, found a heavy mussel shell along Blue river and uncovered a walnut sized pearl. an expert valued the rough pearl between 1000 and 1500 dollars. In Anderson Indiana on November 3 Bryan Jackson, ten, fell under a freight train near the Big Four station and was killed instantly.
Enid Ford seeking influence via marriage ends with a new partnership as she invites Laurence Keith to wed. Keith initially declines a wealth tied union but accepts a second invitation to marry and share her fortune for the poor, transforming both their paths toward charitable goals.
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