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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
8
Parents should check children for eye strain and possible need for glasses. Keck the Jeweler & Optician offers free eye examinations to assess refraction errors and fits quality lenses at moderate prices with guaranteed satisfaction.
Washington saloons closed and vacant spaces repurposed many businesses. The large brick building once Raycraft’s saloon on lower Main Street has been converted into a church. Beginning Monday night the General Baptist congregation will assemble there to worship.
A. O. Fulkerson visited Washington parents on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. James Garten and Bertha visited Zack Cart Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clinton attended the Mt. Olive association on Tuesday and Wednesday. J. W. Myers returned Thursday from Florida. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Hoover attended the Mr. Jlive association Tuesday Halph Taylor and family hosted Dan Dinkins Sunday. Alta Besler spent Sunday with Carrie Myers. Locals attended the Newberry picnic.
A marriage license was issued to Johnston Christ, farmer of Steele County, and Lenora Edith Os non of Bogard Township. They were married Tuesday evening at the Washington M E Parsonage by Rev. Fred W Hart.
A change in officials at the First National Bank of Odon occurred on Wednesday with B D Smiley replacing Alex O Dell as assistant cashier. O Dell had held the post for seven years and two months.
A fine black Percheron mare about three years old is for sale. Interested buyers should call at the Burns City post office for details.
Lillian Pascal Day notes in Success Magazine that money cannot purchase all cherished moments and the value of a child's greeting. She argues a well furnished mind allows anyone to enter such inner scenes at will, as thoughts play and interact like children at play.
The Odon Light and Power Company advertises electric lights as clean and safe, offering them for sale to customers seeking reliable illumination.
A public park fete allows any young man to kiss any girl wearing a green feather. Two mysterious girls, believed to be courtly, stroll the park as suitors pursue them. A redrawn tale unfolds with a regal twist as a king wooing a princess confronts a startling reveal.
The Second district G A R. meeting will be in Elnora on September 16, following the election of A C Somers of Bokomo as department commander. The First district meeting will be in Winslow Pike county on Thursday Friday and Saturday with Somers and J M Fesler from the department headquarters in attendance.
Old line ad from Odon Light and Power Co promotes coal supply with emphatic promise of fast delivery and large or small quantities. The quirky phrasing hints at a period sales pitch and utility commerce.
The timetable lists south bound No 3 No 2 and No 4 trains from Terre Haute to Seymour with intermediate stops Jasonville Linton Beehunter Elnora Odon Redford and Bedford and times such as Terre Haute 5 35 am and Seymour 6 20 pm along with station notes PO RADLEY G J A T A.
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