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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1906
Page
4
Local notes recount residents traveling for business and school, moves to Odon and Bedford, and visits by Aaron Reimer and others. Republican clerk candidate Laban Williams mingled with voters while Democrats Seymour Marshal and Benton McDermond agreed not to spend money to influence the election. The deal aims to limit campaign spending until after the election.
Curtis Myers visited Plainville on Thursday and Dr Vance May of Washington was present Wednesday. Rev W A Ross of Elmora attended Sunday services. Walden Eaton joined the pie social at Epsom on Thursday night. Stanley Mead of Spencer and DF Mead of Jeffersonville came Sunday for their mother's funeral. Wm Eaton traveled to Washington on Thursday. George Eagle attended the pie social at Lestenillp Thursday night.
A large crowd attended the funeral of Mrs. Jane Mead at this place Sunday. Several relatives and friends traveled to attend, including Dade Williams and family Hawley Williams and wife Dan Packer and wife and Alfred Elfin and wife of Washington.
The Southern Indiana Railway will sell round trip tickets at one and one third fare for the event. Tickets go on sale October 456 with return by the day after the sale date.
Andrew Michels twenty one telegraph operator at Sprig Hill five miles south of Terra Haute on the Southern Indiana railroad was fatally struck by a northbound passenger train at about 6:20 Saturday evening. He had left work and was riding a three wheel band car toward the Human street depot when the engine hit him.
The ticket lists John C. Chaney for Congress, Ezra Mattingly for Joint Senior, Edgar T. Laughlin for prosecuting attorney, Thomas D. Slimp for representative, and a candidate for clerk. The brief notice names party alignment and positions in the upcoming election.
A small town journal ad requests buyers to inquire at the Journal office. It notes a well established harness stock business in a farming community and offers a bicycle for sale in Laclede with a coaster brake.
An Indianapolis official analysis of Bryan’s plan for government ownership of railroads warns Indiana would face a colossal debt burden. He estimates local lines cost at least 103 million to buy, with annual interest around 4.1 million and a total tax levy potentially rising to 72 cents per $100. Railroads now paying about 5 million in taxes would lose that revenue, forcing broad property-tax increases and county strain, especially in Lake County where rail taxes constitute about half of local receipts. The piece notes Democratic papers largely stay neutral.
Hon Charles J Bonaparte argued at the Maryland gathering that congressional candidacies must be decided as party men with reasons to keep the House Republican. He cited rapid national growth under Republican rule and warned that Democratic plans threat prosperity through sweeping measures.
The Sullivan Democrat notes claims that the current fall business is the largest in history, contrasting it with past years and emphasizing unprecedented activity in the area.
A Detroit reader testimonial touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a safe headache remedy free from opiates and habit formation. The ad claims the pills calm tired brain nerves to relieve pain without stomach upset and notes a money back guarantee with the local druggist.
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