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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1902
Page
3
The Journal marks its 28th year as residents report relocations and local news. F M Wampler moves to Bicknell, Mrs Jemima Baird from Bedford, Dr C C Young to locate in Elnora, and mites report on several other relocations, visits, and community notices. Regular notices include auctions, church events, and a Thanksgiving sermon plan.
Mrs Hannah M Smith died Tuesday at her home in Verre Haute of typhoid fever at age 44 years 10 months and 21 days. She was married to Frank Hardy in 1873, who died in November 1895, and later married F D Smith who survives her. She had twelve children, ten living, and lived in Bogard township before moving to Terre Haute recently. She was a Baptist and funeral services were held at Tolbercs Chapel near Epsora conducted by Rev J W Gilley with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
Multiple visits and travels are recorded across Odon Loogootee and nearby towns. James Riggins and Thos Wadsworth Jr. made trips to Loogootee and Loo gootee, with Rev Thomas Wadsworth in Washington. A M P S met at a schoolhouse and a new Literature club formed at Smiley.
The twentieth annual meeting of the Indiana Trustees' Association will convene in the hall of representatives in Indianapolis on November 19 and 20. Delegates will discuss the school system, roads, ditches, and management of the poor among other topics.
Careless railway wrecks mirror throat and lung troubles. Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds promises relief even in hopeless cases. Aimed at restoring health, it is sold by Webster Droggist with a two price guarantee and free trial.
Wednesday morning near Elnora Tom Sears and Ollie Myers fired at a quail. Mr Alexander was struck by forty shots in his arms and legs but not seriously injured.
The Madison Township teachers hold their monthly institute today at the school building with Ucton Teachers attending for an interesting and instructive meeting.
The epitome of the current quail law limits daily kills to twenty four and bans selling quail without sale authorization. It prohibits hunting on closed land without the owner's consent, hunting on Sundays, hunting outside state borders without a 25 license, and the import or export of quail.
The article traces Delhi's long history from early claims of world rule dating to 1000 B C through repeated Muslim Hindu conflicts, Mogul dominance, and final British control in 1803. It notes Old Delhi’s ruins, modern Delhi under Shah Jahan, the 5000-man, six-year mosque project, Humayun's tomb, Jai Singh's observatory, and the seventy-column hall as symbols of shifting creeds.
A Black Alabama worker named Zack Taylor recounts attempting to vote and facing a county undertaker presiding over a voter list. The official reads his name and declares him buried, then white men expel him as he recalls being driven from the polling place. The tale highlights racial intimidation at the ballot.
Surawat Bucksee received an ugly leg cut on J. B. Urner grove. It resisted medical treatment for years until Bucklen's Arnica cured it. Also effective for burns scars eruptions and piles. 25c at Websters Drug Store.
Evansville author Frank A. Myers former Barr township teacher and ex editor of the Washington Gazette presents Play Time a novel recounting his teaching and truancy officer experiences. The New York publishing house will print about 400 pages and issue the book within weeks.
A woman trusts a traveling gypsy who claims to cure her sick child by removing six fine china plates. The gypsy places her hands on the center plates, chants, and persuades the mother to surrender the dishes to destroy them, promising health in return.
The article contrasts maternal instinct in animals with human motherhood. It notes that many mammals stop loving once offspring are independent, while human mothers reportedly retain and even intensify love as children mature, with a claim that the black sheep can be loyal or good.
An observer watches tiny white and brown spiders hover among plants prey on insects twice their size. They ambush flies under flower petals then drag pinned victims to their dens for a spider luncheon. The agile hunters grip necks and sprint along leaves before vanishing with their catch.
In a German quip, a nephew bets his uncle he cannot memorize a four page directory. He reads once then recites Muller repeatedly, filling four pages with the same surname, winning the challenge and a hamper of champagne.
In a dining room an attentive waiter girl asks each diner chicken or tomato soup and faithfully prepares the exact variant named. One patron says tomayto, another tomanto, a third tomatto, and she serves one of each as ordered, prompting satisfied guests until the next order arrives.
A brief, quirky clipping notes a remarkable scene near Elizabeth where an old man stands by his fire scene. The text glimpses a moment of public interest around a nearby light and a local figure.
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