Oldest Daviess County Resident Caleb Rheabottom Dies at Home
Caleb Rheabottom eighty year old resident of Daviess county near Odon died in his sleep Tuesday morning after months of illness including paralysis. Coroner Holder held an inquest finding death due to natural causes. He was born in Orange county and spent most of his life with his son Dan near Odon. Funeral services were held Wednesday with burial at Walnutkill Cemetery.
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Caleb Rheabottom
Daviess County
Odon
Holder
Orange County
Dan Rheabottom
Walnutkill Cemetery
Revival at Christian Church Draws Growing Attendance
Revival services at the Christian Church attract larger audiences as Evangelist Crabb speaks each evening. A choir and music feature enhance the program. Subject topics include The Unpardonable Sin, The Resurrection, Seven Wonderful Words, and How I Am in All are prepared. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amea Rs. Crabb
Man Shot Near Bailes In Suspected Mistake
Frank McClellan, who lives at Bailes, was shot in the left arm while walking home from Odon near the town’s ball park. He says two men sat on the ground, called to him as he neared, and one fired as he turned. Dr. DeMotte treated him. condition not dangerous unless blood poisoning develops. McClellan cannot identify the assailants. investigators suspect mistaken identity.
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Frank McClellan
Bailes
Odon
Mr. McClellan
Ball Park
Dr. DeMotte
McClellan
Dray Horse Frank Sold From Wim Potts Yard
The large dray horse Frank, who pulled Mr. Wim Potts’s dray for twelve years, was sold to Wim Potts and replaced by a new horse at the yard.
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Frank
Wim
Potts
Mr. Potts
Conscience Confessions on a Floodlit Bridge
Two Deacons Hart and Noble mend old feuds by confessing misdeeds during a river flood. They admit horse trading suspicions and pranks like tail cutting and horn removal, then forgive each other as the log drifts toward safety.
The First Quarrel unfolds a honeymoon clash
Mollie writes to her friend Ethel describing a brutal husband and a quarrel that forces Mollie to flee home. Albert returns to find Mollie distraught, but a brief reconciliation follows as Mollie reads a tearing letter from Ethel about marriage and sympathy, ending with a decision to stay.
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Clinton C. Flagler
American Press Association
Sweetest
Ethel
Bert
Mamma
Albert Goodwin
Mollie
Ubisima
Goodwin
Ethel Beech
D.’s
Local notes from Willow Lick and vicinity Sunday visits
Willow Lick residents and neighbors share a flurry of visits churchgoing and social calls. Families including Pershing Feller Sears Ramsey and Zeigler clans mingle with relatives at Burns City Odon and on farm and home visits through the weekend.
Arrests for Alleged Stealing of Lap Robes
Harley Wilkins and Glen Shaver were arrested Wednesday for alleged stealing of lap robes from buggies at Shiloh church south of town. They were given a hearing and released on a $200 bond. Trial set for next Monday at 2:00 p.m.
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Harley Wilkins
Glen Shaver
Shiloh
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Buster Brown
Pershing & Matthews
Mr. Rheabottom
Christian Church
Prema.ile
Quon
E Ethel Cooper
Georgia Abraham
Ethel Sommers
Vivian Herndon
Edith Crooke
Ruth Mason
Clara Lewis
Blanch Baker
Bertha Alexander
Frank Crooke
Russel Dearmin
Robert Desarmin
Harold Tages
Hily Cooper
Russel Pershing
O Byounk Guten
M. Quad
Associated Literary Press
Uriah Hart
Poolsville
Abraham Noble
Deacon Hart
Ife
Deacon Noble
Uriah
Abraham
Deacon
Wart
Homer_ Pershing
Stever ‘Callahan’s
Verna Sears
Dan Abraham
Della
Madge
Cloe Aishe
Jim
Victor
Henry Stipes
Golda Howard
Cecil Hindman
Zella Miller
Burns City
Luther Sears
Mrs
Grant Overton
Sallie Bowman
Lawrence Co
Emma Sears
Edd Smith
Henry Walls
Clem Aishe
Charles Allishouse
Philip Miller
Wm. McCarter
Edna Ramsey
Odon Friends
Leonard Ramsey
Emerson and
Harold
Jacob Zeigler
Wm. Seneff
Eliza Ramsey
Robert Zeigler
Nancy Sims
Willard Bowman
the Farmers Union
Alma Furgerson
Edna McCarter
J. A. Marshall
John Hamerickhouse
Homer Marshall
Bert Bauserman
Mae Wright
Mamie Feller
J. T. Sears
Family Sunday
Gertrude Ramsey
Amy Senest
Charlie Alishouse
Mar. Alis
House’s
Elsworth Overton
Walter Malone
Mr. Malone
Bunkuin
Milo Aishe
Mr. Aishe
Anderson Overton
Mr. Overton
Rezi Overton
Jacob Elkins
Elnora
Golda Zeigler
Stever Callahan and Son
Alva
Frank Overton
Sam Overton
Flora Hall
Leu Cunningham and
Elige Steele
John Sears
WEU
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Grand Hotel
Barkley & Overton’s
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