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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
2
Advertising rates are set with applications and Tuesday copy deadlines. Cards of thanks and resolutions follow ad rates. A 4 discount applies to church or lodge entertainments and suppers intended to raise money.
Dean Minman discusses the impact of church presence on community morals. He argues churches guard morals and warn of dangers if churches closed, asking what life and property would be like in ten years without religious influence.
A passage contrasts rural self sufficiency with urban success. It notes a farmer who survives on cattle sheep fowls and field yields providing food clothing and revenue while many ignore such provisions. The piece ends by critiquing businessmen who only measure success by year end sums.
The passage notes that speaking ill of a man is forgiven with humor and forgiveness, while an infamous lie about a woman spreads quickly and lingers. It suggests that society readily believes and passes along damaging gossip about women, regardless of their virtue, highlighting a gendered bias in judgment and reputation.
The funeral of Lowry Storms, who died Sunday at seventy after general debility, was held Monday afternoon at Burns City. The Rev. C. H. Buchanan preached. He leaves a widow and five children Mrs. William Ellis Mrs. Al mera Allan of Scotland Mrs. Etta Jackson John and Daniel Storms. He was an uncle of P. M. Laughlin. Members of I C O F and lodges at Odon Loogootee Burns City and Scotland attended.
Morning and evening services led by Pastor Turney with the subject Give Me Thy Heart. Special text 10:9 and a message titled Back and To Save the Lost. Sunday worship at 9:30 a m and 206 p m. Endeavor Thursday at 7:00 p.m. All are warmly invited.
A note requests a call at the Grand Hotel to obtain a pair of glasses for ease and comfort of Dr Hottoll the Optician. The item is described as suitable and practical for daily use.
Multiple brief items record residents traveling to Chicago Indianapolis and Washington visiting relatives funeral attendances and market events. Santa Claus headquarters at Barkley and Overton's and a Thanksgiving market are noted along with real estate moves optical services and upcoming events at Danner's opera house and Henderson's store.
The twelfth annual meeting of the Daviess county teachers association will convene in Washington on Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. The program includes music, invocations by local pastors, inaugural addresses by Lewis Core and A J Kinnaman, papers on why pupils fail to be promoted and ethical value of literature, and lectures on hygiene and schooling. Officer elections follow Saturday business sessions.
The piece describes the Polish tradition of lovers lighting candles in two wreaths and launching them on the Vistula at sunset. Boats carry masked participants in a procession. candles signify unity or separation for the couples. If the candles drift together they are foretelling lasting union, if apart, parting, with possible reunion later. The scene attracts a large crowd and resembles a fairyland spectacle.
The piece explains pigeon monogamy and chick outcomes. When a mate is lost the surviving bird’s flock fosters a new partnership. A nursing hen selects which egg to remove to provide a new mate or a new offspring, and may starve excess young if needed.
T. K. Willis will deliver a lecture at the M. BE. church on Music Jubal s art Tuesday evening. Willis is highly recommended and the talk is amusing entertaining and instructive. Admission free.
In 1885 a prize was offered for a copper cent design. Chief engraver Jas Burton Longacre sketched the face of twelve year old Sarah Acre after an Indian chief placed feathered headgear on her head. Her likeness won over thousands of competitors. Old papers for sale at this office.
A severe storm swept over Daviess county Wednesday causing considerable property damage. Washington reported the most damage with several window lights broken a building partly unroofed and telephone wires damaged. Rainfall was heavy across the county.
Kansas veterinary officials detail the horse worm life cycle. The parasite spends most of its life in the horse's intestine, may inhabit arteries, and is shed into the environment. It can persist for months in stagnant water or moist pastures during wet periods.
A tourist asks for milk from a farmer's wife as they discuss buying goods on Sunday. The exchange centers on payment and the wife refusing to take less than sixpence for breaking the Sabbath, reflecting local customs.
Harvard College voted April 3 1776 at Watertown to award George Washington an honorary Doctor of Laws in gratitude for his eminent services to the country. The president and fellows signed the resolution expressing the college’s esteem.
Bloomfield meets Linton High School on Thanksgiving at Beasley's Park in Liston with strong teams and local fan interest. Bloomfield and Lipton both boast few losses this season, each beaten only by Brazil, and hopes for a large visiting crowd from Washington Vincennes and nearby towns. Local preparations promise a hearty welcome and a lively southern Indiana grid showdown.
A whimsical tale in verse about a Pacific skink that sails on Polynesian canoes to remote atolls. The creature wishes to become different, complains of its feet and scales, and meets a darkly comic fate turning black and white after one hot night.
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