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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1901
Page
3
Odon lecture course urged strong town support as Prof. Rettger and others plan talks. Ermil Hindman arrives from Bedford. Wm Fry and J W Garten visit Springville. Rev G F Culmer preaches Thanksgiving service. many locals travel to Washington and Greene County for holidays and events.
Commendable enterprise offers three lectures for sixty cents at the M. E. church in Odonana. Prof. Retger of Terre Haute speaks December 13 on A Summer in the Orient, Prof Woodburn of Bloomington January 10 on Nicknames in American Politics, and Prof Kirk of Vincennes January 25 in An Evening With Alley. Parents urged to attend with their children.
The message clarifies a 4 percent levy for ten years to fund rock roads not a yearly 4 percent. A property valued at 31000 would owe about 340 total over the decade, about 34 per year, with roads costing slightly more than dirt road upkeep. After completion, maintenance is county tax funded. Contractors must give town and township residents preference for road work.
After weeks of preparations contractors cleared the way for resumed drilling at the oil well. A breakdown halted work briefly but the site near 1100 feet deep is now ready to proceed.
A crowd of miners from Cannelsburg and Montgomery marched to Raglesville on Wednesday and shut the coal mines. Raglesville miners are not in the Union, and the marchers urged organization. The dispute remains unsettled but likely to be resolved in a few days.
Tuesday Charles Nance once a hotel cook boarded a southbound E I train toward Washington and believed he was held up. He drew a revolver and caused a disturbance until police in Washington took him into custody and later sent him to Vincennes.
At the regular meeting on December 7 the Modern Woodmen of America will elect officers for the coming year. All members are requested to be present. J IX. McCarter, Clerk.
Thursday morning Squire S C Guthrie joined Dana Hutchens and Mrs Ella Myers as husband and wife at the bride’s home. Last Saturday evening near Shiloh, Guthrie officiated two more marriages Burtress Stringer wed Bertha Taylor of Elmore township and Geo Cloe wed Mary Chestnut, daughter of Jacob Chestnut.
Farmers husking corn. Evert Keck and wife visited the North End. Zeta Stotts, Ora Pershing, and others spent time with local families. Miss Pershing attends Odon. teachers attended the Washington Teachers’ Association. School closed for Thanksgiving and association events. A Ferlen correspondent jokes about literary talent and local suitors in Bunkum.
The defendants Garland A Morning George C Norton George F Hogle and unknown heirs of John M Robinson and other deceased parties are notified of the filing and pending complaint. The case will be heard at the Daviess Circuit Court Washington Indiana on January 21 1902. Witness Thomas Harris clerk at the court November 29 1902. Langtin Langhin attorneys.
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