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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1902
Page
3
Wm. Danner has typhoid fever. Rev. J. W. Gilley went to Washington Tuesday. Frank Jacobs went to Terre Haute Tuesday. Clarence Kinnaman has typhoid fever. A. M. Clark was here Thursday from Ragalia. Numerous family visits, auctions, and sales announced. Post office expansion, teachers’ association, Xmas shopping, and a Chinese Tea program at the M E church.
Friday visit by George Corbin from Martin county and Sunday stop by Melcherd Kutch of Odon mark a string of local sightings. Farmers report good corn and a progressing harvest while teachers attend a Washington association. Mr and Mrs R D Stotts visit Indian Springs and attend Thanksgiving with J E Stotts of Odon. James G Taylor and son acquire part of the Streepy farm from Lowry Couper.
The writer ponders a more certain present than a year's Youth's Companion, suggesting a gift that truly pleases any recipient. It argues a paper in hand fosters daily delight and steady enjoyment, making Christmas meaningful with ongoing value.
W L Fry, noted stock breeder, sold his 160 acre farm to John D Moots of Green County for a stated sum and will buy a 190 acre farm near Orleans Orange County. Fry plans to expand into the fine stock business. Odon residents wish him success in the new home as the Fry family departs.
At seven o'clock Thanksgiving evening James W. Whitlock of Marion and Misa Ella Wallick were married by Rev. M. S. Taylor at the M. E. parsonage. Whitlock is a Marion timber man reputed wealthy and active in business. The bride is Michael Wallicks daughter. They will remain here a few months then move to Marion.
Thanksgiving services were held Thursday morning at the M E church. Rev J W Gilley of the U B church preached an excellent sermon to a good sized audience. Eld H Buchanan read the scripture lesson and Rev John Sreden offered prayer. Rev M S Taylor pronounced the benediction.
Sheriff Dudley of Sullivan refused to relinquish the office to Coroner Maxwell after a telegram from Governor Durbin. Dur bin ordered Maxwell to take charge. Dudley consulted attorneys and declined. The case cites state law requiring the coroner to assume duties if a sheriff fails to protect a prisoner from a mob, referencing the lynching of James Dillard.
A blaze struck Hert's clothing store in Elnora Tuesday night around ten. J. F. Danner's drug store adjoins the shop and Danner discovered the fire, raising an alarm that stopped the flames from spreading to the entire block.
A wedding described with focus on the bride and groom upbringing as the eldest Todd son from Rev. and Mrs. Todd and the bride from Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boyd. It notes uncertainty about location, mentions Terre Haute as a consideration, and lists numerous wedding presents received by family and friends including table linens, lamps, and various silverware.
An astronomer notes that if two equal worlds meet at over 1,000 miles per minute the resulting shock would melt and vaporize both bodies. Heat could transform them into giant vapor spheres, potentially creating an ice planet about 150,000 miles in diameter.
On Bayard Taylor day a party guest pressed sun myth topics until poet Bayard Taylor proposed the idea that the surname Smith may derive from sun myth. Max Muller explored the plausibility, noting sun myth, S myth, and spelling variations.
A 30 days offer promises one dollar cash to the farmer who brings the largest ear of corn for weighing at the office.
The company, recently organized with a capital of 40 000 dollars, plans offices and full readiness by December 5. Mr Crooke, born and long a resident, is the son of the late Howard Crooke a pioneer of the area. A trusted, courteous man, he heads a large family of six children and is active in public and Sunday Schools. Odon loses a respected family. Washington gains a valued citizen.
A North Carolina mountain man defends his small distillery producing about twenty gallons a day. He explains the tax paid and notes every old woman in the hills has a copper kettle for boiling clothes or whisky, a quip that undercuts calls for wider scrutiny.
A curio of stories and miscellany recounts a minster’s humorous pulpit scene with a tiny speaker declaring in a squeaky voice not to fear. It also notes an honest salesman who sells fabrics and then silk by misdirection, illustrating judgment in presenting truth. An aside explains star sapphires blue in sun or candlelight and traces the word sapphire across languages.
An elderly man in Elizabeth, We Na, sick with incurable cancer, was considered hopeless until using Electio Bitters and Bucklins Abuics Salve. The treatment cured him.
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