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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
4
A historical note describes using a wire lash and movable lantern holder to keep a lantern safely positioned in barns during short fall and winter days. It warns that lanterns can ignite straw or bedding if knocked over and urges proper precautions and adjustable placement.
Readers are invited to order McCall patterns by postal card or letter to McCall Company New York. The Jacks Journal 3 year offer includes a three year clause and monthly issues mailed around the fifteenth. Limited time to respond and patterns may be obtained directly from the company.
Early holiday appeal urges buyers to shop now to avoid last minute rush. The jeweler showcases a new display of watches, chains, charms, rings, bracelets and silverware with a guarantee of accurate representation.
A vintage recipe entry presents Persimmon Pudding using 2 pints persimmons 3 pints swreetmilk 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 eggs 3 cups flour butter pinch nutmeg or nutmeg. Mix persimmons with butter rub through serve then stir in sugar and eggs then flour. Bake 40 minutes and serve warm or cold.
Mrs Jane Edwards aged about fifty years wife of James Edwards a Veale township farmer was found dying on the barn floor Saturday morning by Oliver Edwards. She was not subject to heart disease and died without speaking. Survived by her mother seven children two brothers and a sister.
Reports of residents Wadsworth and Williams adjusting losses after a November tornado near Brainvale and nearby areas. Mentions of visits, travel for family, and community happenings including farming notes, potato varieties grown by Yoder and seen by Robert Jackson, and corn shredding delays due to rain.
Drillers for Progressive Oil and Gas Company began work Monday on the Pettigrew farm in Harrison township. Officials say the objective is gas only, with the gas sand the sole target. The new well lies near the old Reinsel Fern well, which proved a duster.
A brief fragment from Thanksgiving passages speaks of gratitude and harvest. The piece evokes autumn meals and shared tables, with hints of family memory and seasonal abundance.
Cush Flinn of Arkansas is in Odon this week. Parkers Lucky Curve Fountain Pens sold at the Odon Drug Co and The Rexall Store. Mrs Eb Laughlin and Miss Orpha Cole visited Elnora to meet Atty E T Laughin returning from Washington. A family dinner honored Mrs L T Bair of Strausburg Ohio. Prof Hufford and Elmer York visited Frank Norman's for a hunting party.
Mrs. C. M. Day and Joe Callahan lead Sunday services with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and preaching at 10 30 a m and 7 p m. Junior service at 2 00 p m. Friday AA meeting at 5 00 p m. Choir practice scheduled and all are cordially invited to attend the services.
The notice notes that a ship will be held on Dee. and that numerous candidates are already mentioned for the upcoming election, which is watched with interest.
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