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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1896
Page
3
Community update with names like Richard Dunlap Ed Garten and Warren Anderson. References to typhoid fever outbreaks at public schools and among residents. Advertisements for Danner & Teetle shoes and goods, job work services, and local trains ending. Mentions Evansville Indianapolis Washington and Canton.
P Winkleman of Pigis Obie was here on business Tuesday. Oliver Sthup attends Purdue University. Workmen enlarge the ME church. Nettie Callahan returns from Indianapolis. Go to WL Stoy's Drugstore for school books and supplies. Stoy's offers a full line of school supplies. A Mr Kendrickson from Indian Springs works at the EXR depot. Golon Photo Gallery offers cabinets outdoor views copying and enlarging at low prices. Mrs Clayton Lutes improves from typhoid fever. Es Alexander and Miss Lizzie McCullough visit Hindostan. Aly urges doing work right or not at all. Ikeek the Jeweler. A West Main street home large and cheap. Weil fixed. Benniste & Co. Prof W A Hilburn to be at Geo D Abraham's next Thursday. Seratch Books and fancy school boxes at Stoy's. Overt Rieksicker from Washington attends Will Smiley's funeral. Catherine F Bacon and Maud Richards of Rosamona visit Stoy's Inn. DeWit's Witch Hazelalve advertised. WL Stayhawnt time to write Ad's bring your work first come first served. Kheck the Jeweler JB Huff of Morin County in town for Lett's diathera cure. Mr Signor editor of the Washington Herald visits Thursday. Dont forget W A Elburn optician and jeweler. Thursday September 17 One day only Louis Inmand of Washington bikes to town.
Town notes include Wednesday events with W R Neermer and a KH fire in Bicknell. Indiana visitor Will Alexander plans at Abraham's hardware Thurs Sep 17. Odon to meet Bloomfield Monday Sep 21. Elnora Sandsy Schools held a rustic picnic Thursday. postal service updates and local ads echo small town life.
Lawrence County farmers face a bog cholera scare as reports note a loss of 79 head in the area and prompt cautious efforts to protect livestock and fields amid the outbreak.
Fol ey's Core and Diarrhea Care promoted by Gantz and Webster targets bowel complaints. This brief notice highlights a patent remedy claimed to relieve common digestive issues. The ad emphasizes family use and accessible care.
Report by Bishog Jos Mills notes changing attitudes in the Pacific states favoring McKinley within the last month. Attendees of the U B Conference returned home Monday including Rev Bell Dora Scott Homer Ward and others. Rev J A Bell plans to move to Washington soon. The piece mentions local ads and notices including a $10 lamp giveaway at Cash Grocery and a mistaken figure on Peter Vaughn.
An advertisement extols Dewitt's Little Early Ei sem pills as a remedy for indigestion headache liver complaint and constipation. The copy asserts the pills are beneficial for general well being and urges readers to try them citing W TL Stoy.
Mrs Geof Correll offers verses written in memory of Muri Sears, the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Eiza Sears, who died last week of diphtheria. The lines arrive too late for publication in time.
Advertisement claims Foley's Sarsaparilla is three to ten times stronger in blood cleansing than any other proprietary medicine. Trial size 30 cents, offered by Gurtz & Webster.
An agent of the Chicago Record spent Tuesday and Wednesday in town with little value. Indianapolis papers have the lead in ODon and nothing else can take their place.
G D Suarp testifies that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy provides sure relief after years of bilious core attacks. One dose supposedly works when other remedies fail. Sold by W L Stoy.
Gus Frets and William Razor, once residents here, argued politically in Plainville turning violent. Frets slashed Razor with a knife on the chin and chest in a seven inch gash after the heated exchange.
Rev H W Lashbrook, new pastor for Odon Circuit, will preach tomorrow at Pleasant Hill at 10 36, Stud Pike at 3, and Ritter School House at night. A young enthusiastic worker, he will move soon to the parsonage in Odon.
A fragment describes a girl’s teases and bold manner in the evening, noting her jaunty foot stamping, Jow neck attire and short sleeves, while mornings show a more domestic scene as her mother prepares for the day. The piece warns that those easily deceived by such behavior lack wisdom.
Farmers busy with cops and threshing wind down as call for better times rises. Greene County work with several locals. Mrs King of Northern Indiana visits James Aortheut family. School begins soon. Florence Shaffer returns from Terre Haute to visit her parents. Wednesday saw two marriages Annie Winklepleck weds John Wallangford and Mandie Winklepleck weds Edward Thomas. Best wishes for the couple.
The Washington area sees a busy week with visitors from Vincennes and Evansville, a McKinley push led by Charley Mears, and a large political debate at the Fair Grounds. A notable incest suit filed by Miss Josie Graham against her father John W Graham stands as a grave local issue.
The town and surrounding country faced fear over a diphtheria outbreak with several children affected and three deaths. Now the disease has abated and most cases are well, with Sunday schools and churches reopening for services tomorrow.
John E Wallingford and Anna B Winklepleck were quietly married at the bride’s father Frank Winklepleck’s home in Odon Indiana on a Wednesday evening. The couple, members of the U B Church, are described as moral and religious. Rev Hartacek officiated.
Over the past week new court actions entered include John H Myers suing Thos P Vaughansauity Thos E Littell vs Joseph Tork Note Ino Fanning et al vs Ing BP Fairbanks Possession LM Burkhardt vs Ino Kelley et al Foreclosure action noted.
The Journal states it aims to speak honestly even to enemies while offering to amend mistakes. It asserts openness to helping an adversary as readily as a friend and defends editorials as the prerogative of a newspaper.
John Taig born February 24 1832 in New York died yesterday after a long stomach ailment. A longtime Od on business figure he left a fortune near 12000 and lived an honest life guided by faith. Funeral at Walnut Hill Cemetery tomorrow 3 PM with Rev J D D Hartsock preaching. He leaves a wife three sons and three daughters.
A list of marriage licenses includes Ghos M Riggins to Nora Frenel Edward F Bondurant to Mattie A Haeip Alfred Torrall to Mare L Brown Frank Wuertz to Martha Fo Relso Jno Wallingford to Annie Winklepleck Joseph S Summers to Annie Morrison Winkle to Dela Wildridge Frank T Wilkinson Anna Dafiern.
Philadelphia politician Samuel Dickson, a lifelong Democrat and influential citizen, resigns as a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket. He attacks bimetallism and silver as unfair, arguing currency values harm debtors and workers while helping money lenders. He calls for returning what was given to the South and West to spur capital deployment.
The article notes 1873 world silver production at 61,160,000 ounces and a dollar value of $1.04 in silver content. It references the prior year with a production figure of 165,000,090 units and mentions the impact on value.
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