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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1913
Page
2
Subscription rates in advance for one year listed as 81.00 for twelve months with 26 1/4 cents per month. Payment in advance noted. Local cooperative offices listed for telephone and residence services. A quip about a Washington Herald page ad and a stray comment on gum production appears in the text with unrelated promotional humor.
The county seat milliners plan to close at the same fine as other city shops and stay open only on Saturdays and paydays. This allows husbands to walk uptown with their wives on non Saturday or payday evenings, with reassurance of access even if a window display is involved.
A era guidance on ad strategy highlights quoting prices to attract readers. It argues price visibility is crucial, noting buyers ask what it costs and that the best ads feature prominent price and value statements. The text urges sellers to reveal costs to boost response.
Farmers and breeders in Oklon and nearby communities are urged to prepare for a premier purebred poultry show this winter. Cool days will aid rapid plumage growth, cockery shaping, and early laying birds, with emphasis on keeping birds healthy and attractive.
The weather column notes a sudden temperature drop after a cool rain Sunday night. With cooler evenings, fires become common and readers are warned by the coal man to buy now to lock in the lower price before it increases.
A fragment notes that removing a menu hurdle pleases most hotel guests yet upsets some. the writer describes the awkward dining scene where patrons struggle to order, calling the era an embarrassment and a public wrath to the unsophisticated.
SHILOH Mr and Mrs Will Edmondson of Elnora spent Sunday with Clark Lamb and family. Miss Pearl Chestnut spent the first of the week with Hen Chestnut and family. Mrs Minnie Lamb and children of Terre Haute returned home after visiting here. Mr and Mrs Jas Overton and son Moses visited Robert Zeigler's Sunday. D W Resler and wife and Homer Thurman and wife visited Abe Fielders Sunday. The Misses Maude Clinton Ruby Moats and Bee Dougherty spent Sunday with Rosa Gardener. Mr and Mrs Eli Dougherty and son Clyde spent Sunday with Jas Spurgeon Arrison Overton and wife were guests of O Hinkle and family Sunday. The Misses Plescie Chestnut Floy Montgomery and Dot Overton spent Sunday with Pearl and May Hinkle. Ray Hinkle visited Roy Norman Saturday night and Sunday. The Misses Maude Clinton Nona and Alice Hamerickhouse attended the picnic at Elnora Saturday. Curtis Overton and family and Alfred Coyle and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Geo Coyle.
Farlen G. N. Myers builds a barn near Bloomfield while Dr. Hayes from Burns City and Mr. Fish of Holtsville pass through. Mrs. Ol Taylor is ill. J. Allen from near Old Salem travels with peaches. McKinley Killion from Terre Haute attends Mt. Olive Church. Oren Osborn from Bunkum visits, D. B. Ogden family near Scotland spends Sunday with JP Taylor, Elmer York from Newberry visits, Charles Ledgerwood trips to Barns City, Roy Hitkle from near Shiloh also travels through.
Harve Ward of Otop passed through here Friday. Miss Britta Ketchem and Mabel Laughlin of Madison township visited with Miss Gladys. EB Sims and family visited relatives near Hiankenship Sunday. Wm Braver and Wm Rosenberry were at Locgootes Saturday. Wheat sowing and corn cutting are in progress. Edith Caveness of Washington is visiting with her uncle Will Hubbard and wife. Art Oval lost a valuable cow Thursday. Bratton of Illinois visiting his sister Miss Jake Myers. No high school Monday due to institute at Odon. Raymond Fellers went to Indianapolis Friday. Jake Flinn went to Chattanooga Sunday for Old Soldier's Encampment. Belle Rosenberry returned to Indianapolis Sunday after visiting her mother Mrs George Rosenberry southwest of here. Several youth attended festival at Center Friday night. Will Miller returned from Indianapolis Saturday. Oscar Wadsworth and wife of Indianapolis visiting relatives. Riley Flinn moved his family into Sherman Bank's house last week. A young son of Edward Haynes fell from a barn Sunday afternoon and broke an arm. Dr I E Bowman of Odon treated the injury. the boy is doing well. Louis B Pate goes to Loogootee Sunday to enter senior high. Inez Swayze convalescing after typhoid fever. Ray Myers improving after weeks with typhoid fever. Carl Overton of near Oden passed through here Thursday.
A variety of local notes from a township include the question of why God permits evil with reflections from Christian Bible Students. Items mention Sannamess High School opening with twelve pupils under Mr Forest Craig, other schools delayed, teachers attending an institute, rains boosting farmers, local business trips, Eaglesville telephone directors meeting, and nearby families at Loogcotes, plus township culverts described as dangerous.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Hackler and Lee Wadaworth of Elnora left for Evansville to join the Rural Letter Carrier Association gathering. Many neighbors visit relatives from Newberry to Indianapolis as weather affects events and a county canning factory runs daily.
Bailey and Mrs Birdsell of Elnora visited Mr and Mrs John Skonp ant family. Several groups including Misses Cunningham Bolding Mikle Wright and others spent Sunday with respective hosts. Names indicate a social round of visits among Concord Willow Lich Jasonville Friendship and nearby areas.
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