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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1902
Page
2
Our Wolf Brog presents a best line with warranted wear. Shoppers are urged to visit the store to find comfortable shoes and up to date styles at lower prices than elsewhere.
Ed Love returns home from Sunelton Tom Rankin comes back from Neat tle Washington Sam Arthur moves to Indianapolis Jack Brooks works on Danner store building Monday Lon Lane shoots sparrows eight of thirteen Tuesday Reason Bensetti leaves for Methodist conference at Vincennes Elmer Hastings and family visit J H Garten family Damnoer's store work progresses Wilson Myers will move to Stevenson property in south Odon Geo Correll and Albert Burrell attend State Fair in Indianapolis Members urged to pay arrears for journal Several residents move to new properties and attend events at Indianapolis and Vincennes Various obituaries illnesses and stephful updates from Odon and surrounding towns, including school openings and business notes
Schedules for first class cabinet photos set a price of 50 cents each in dozens and 25 cents on Spring Street. The notice specifies bulk rates and locations for ordering.
A readable note describes the daughter of Mr and Mrs Pason Winklepleck as a pleasant young lady with a wide circle of friends.
Mrs Elizabeth Smallwood died last Sunday morning at her home on Bunkun after several weeks of typhoid fever. The Indy resident, 64, leaves several children, still grown. Burial Monday at Wesley Chapel Cemetery.
Willie, 12, son of Sam K Malone, fractured his leg Thursday morning while playing at school. Dr DeMotte set the bone and Willie is expected to be ready for next year’s activities.
Mr and Mrs Win Bechtel express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of their little daughter.
Fragmentary line notes someone being taken to Alfordeville for burial with minimal context and no names or dates to confirm identity or circumstances.
A long OCR style roster lists district names and associated local officials or residents across multiple towns including Georgetown Grove Corydon Crandall Elizabeth Freetown Martinsburg Scottsburg Vevay Mauckport Medora Osborn Odon Shoals and Washington with names such as L Schoonever J Hile J A Hile S Wells W Wolfington J Osburn and J T Hobson among others. The document appears to be an electoral or administrative directory.
In 1835 Liszt toured French provinces and faced an audience of seven in a small town. He invited the crowd to his hotel for a proper concert and supper, then performed again the next day for a larger but modest turnout. A related anecdote features a philanthropist praising generosity and jokes about value.
A Washington Star excerpt records Mr. Erastus Pinkley debating the value of social status. He questions paying for a tag and acknowledges spending for appearance, noting the social expectations of showing or maintaining standing.
In a brief exchange from a Boston transcript, an employer scolds Ke Diversion and Nervous for whistling at an ark. Roy defends himself claiming he is not working but only whistling. The dialogue captures workplace tension and miscommunication.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt describes fossil shore formations called causeways with tongue like projections, and a veteran navigator disputes the Chinese word joss. He explains the term likely derives from missionaries mispronouncing Dios, noting it is understood only along China's coast.
A Detroit Free Press piece contrasts public manners in America and Europe. It notes Americans defer greeting a woman in the street, while Europeans bow first, and explains gentlewomanly pauses and the etiquette against long street chats. It also cites coughing energy expenditures, estimating energy use from hourly bouts of coughing.
Considerate notes explain the parlor clock was stopped at night to economize costs. Mr Nicefellow and the daughter say they discussed coal and gas expenses and agreed stopping the clock would reduce wear on the clock works.
A Frenchman teaching in a large school known for quirky errors lost patience with a disorderly class. Heat and unruly boys led him to snap and punish several students before shouting in passion that the entire class should go to the "zebot" as a punishment.
Fragmentary lines show a feudal lord arguing about removing a target to please the king. The Philadelphia Record fragment mentions execution and kinship, with awkward OCR marks suggesting a tense royal debate and a cousin’s fate.
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