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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1901
Page
2
Local wear includes A F Stoy attending the State Fair in Indianapolis and multiple trips by residents to Burns City, Pleasantville, Bedford, and Dale. Activities include attendance at the State Fair, a Pan-American Exposition visit, an A B conference, teaching assignments, and several sales and bargains at local stores.
Mrs. W C Garten returns from Indianapolis. J p Arvin and wife visit. George Bright from Washington. Kate Alexander and others from Odon. Many travel to Indianapolis for barbecue and the State Fair. A.W. Watersill sells cans. a well reaches 675 feet with limestone drill.
Patronize Keek' tha Jeweler and Optician for frame adjustments and refinements. The ad highlights small repairs and fittings as essential customer comforts.
The report lists upcoming events and personal visits. Officials and residents like Dr Elrod, Ollia Clark, Herchel Casey, Ed Allen, Rev Joseph Adame, and Jacob Myers are noted for travels and family visits in Longootee Terre Haute Bedford Kan sas City Washington and Loogootee. Local church and political meeting mentions include the Eldership of the church of God at Shiloh and the Reform Meeting of various parties.
Walter Allen, 48, a well known Milton farmer, was killed Tuesday at Swartz coal mine, four miles southwest of town, when a large slate block fell on him. He leaves a wife and three children. Funeral was held at Liberty Thursday morning.
George Winklepleck, residing three miles south on Eaglesville road, died Thursday night of heart disease after attending to chores in the afternoon. He was about 55, and survived by a wife and several children.
Ed Smiley and Marie C. Gabbard wed Monday night at the Seymour Baptist parsonage with Rev. J. W. Clevenger officiating. Smiley, a railroad worker, recently a Missouri Pacific fireman, and Gabbard are well known in Seymour. They left Tuesday for St. Louis to reside.
Saturday Arthur Ward and Master Dow Hayes met a threshing machine outfit north of town. Ward, who jumped from the burgy to hold the horses, was frightened as they bolted for two miles over hills and bridges. Dow stayed in the buggy. the tongue broke but he was not thrown. Horses stopped near Frank Arford's farm with minor damage.
A collage of blocks touts easy money from selling a book and other schemes, including Mrs A L Morse earning 16 orders daily, with premiums and commissions. The text also advertises DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for skin issues and Foleys Kidney cure, urging readers to buy and stay wary of false claims.
Citizens and churches in Odon held a memorial service at the M E church honoring late President William McKinley. Music by a multi-church choir included Nearer My God to Thee and Lead Kindly Light. Rev G F Culmer Rev H N King and others spoke on McKinley life and death.
An advertisement-like fragment promotes Solid Cue vee Silverware as a platinum replacement for sterling, claiming wear resistance and a 25 year guarantee at one sixth the cost. It urges free offers from Quier Valley Mig Co in Chicago and includes miscellaneous dietary and health tips scattered through the text.
The soothing remedies and pleasant taste make Chamberlains Rough Remedy a favorite for colds croup and whooping cough. It relieves quickly contains no opium and can be given to a baby or adult. For sale by Z Webster. A testimonial notes recovery from kidney trouble after using Foley’s Kidney Cure.
The piece highlights Gill Nye’s endorsement of life insurance with a quoted paragraph reflecting anxieties of modern times. It notes the impact of becoming fully insured on health and the writer’s pride in securing wealth for heirs, amid social turmoil and rapid political change.
An old exchange cites a physician who links daily thorough scalp washing to lower contagious disease risk. It notes quick relief from nervous headache via washing with weak soda water, and claims rose cold symptoms vanish after one complete hair wash, stressing drying and avoiding drafts afterward.
A mouse living near a magician seeks protection from a cat. The magician turns her into a cat, a dog, and finally a tiger as fear follows each form. The moral hinges on heart and fear rather than outer shape or danger.
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