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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
4
An OCR messy text shows scattered personal names, family references, and disjointed phrases. It reads like a collage of notes with hints of events at homes and churches, but lacks coherent narrative or clear reports.
School notes discuss Governor elect Willis as a school man, Arbor Day plantings in Montgomery, and various county teachers’ programs in Agriculture and Domestic Science. Reports praise some instructors, cite absences, and note upcoming institute dates and state association meetings with leaders from Evansville and Southwestern Indiana.
State Red Cross Seals Commission cites 1913 4 year figures on TB deaths crippled and orphans in Indiana to justify a statewide Christmas seal fundraising drive. Public booths in cities invite widespread support with a December slogan urging all mail and packages bear the seal.
Miss Clela Rosenberry spent Sunday with Miss Alpha Brock. Mr and Mrs John Arney and family and Mrs Frank Turk attended the sale of Elmer Suckles northeast of Odon Saturday. Mr and Mrs Atva Hattery and Hitthe daughter Dimyle spent Sunday with Acr on Hattery and family. Mr and Mrs John Kelsey of near Shiloh spent Sunday at Aaron Hatters homestead. Chambers spent Saturday with his son Samuel Chambers of Bankurn. Mrs Win Chambers visited Mrs Frank Turk Monday Mat Morrison of Sandborn spent Sunday with Mrs Julia Wilkey.
Residents and relatives frequent Sunday visits across the county. Several households list visits to parents, siblings, and friends including Pruett, Daugherty, Rail, Hains, Beck Rail, Poindexter, Hattery, Chestnut, Taylor, and Hoover as people moved between homes in a day of rest.
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