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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1904
Page
2
The Odon Journal announces weekly Friday publication from Indiana with postal registration details. Subscription options include one year six months and three months prepaid. Advertising rates are available on request with space for notices and expressions of thanks or condolences at the same rate as advertisements.
The text cites Office and Residence numbers for Wilson C. Myers, editor, and includes a fringe editorial urging locals to unite and “knock” among themselves to improve the town. It implies a social quarrel or conflict between townspeople and business efforts, with a call to cohere for prosperity.
The Washington Democrat derides a Warco Republican gathering calling it a frost and calls John C. Chaney vain in a mocking tone. It contrasts with a 1902 Madison township Democrat banquet praised by the Washington Gazette and urges modernized journalism and truthfulness over partisan bias.
Miscellaneous news items include a teacher resignation to move to Plaiz ville, a plea for subscribing to the home paper, corn pricing notes, a marriage proposal attempt by a neighboring county youth, and a race violence incident in Carlisle. Also listed are contract bids, property transfers, and upcoming rail travel promotions from Indiana sources.
A relic mine named the Traiser and the Peacock mine has reopened after years idle with coal being extracted. James Dixon on the Wabash near Owensville found a pearl and refused a $5000 offer from a New York buyer. Dixon had previously sold a pearl for $1500. A farmer should care for the ballot box as the tool to secure fair government, since the voter balances power. Southern Indiana will soon have a double track to improve traffic between the region and Chicago.
Bets at the Health Office show a Roosevelt surge with wagers on Indiana Nebraska and New York. Bets predict Roosevelt carries multiple states including New York Indiana West Virginia New Jersey Connecticut and Vigo county with varying majorities and odds.
A fragment notes QOdon Milling Co will provide feed packing and empty sacks for parties. It mentions transporting feed in sacks and the need for a place to place emptied sacks, with reference to Udon Ailing Co. likely as the supplier or partner.
A 1848 professor Dr Gottlieb seeks life prolongation techniques at the University of Dean. An American student Madison Curtice assists and vanishes. Decades later Curtice returns incognito as a stranger to the Curtice family estate and is snubbed by the Finegan clan. He dies that night in an implied tale of social change and vanished lineage.
Mrs Pat J Harvard of East Second Street was struck on the forehead by a large piece of icy sealing wax while dianing peaches on Wednesday. The liquid burned her face as the wax flowed over her eyes sealing them shut. Neighbors were alerted by her daughter and Mrs Gooldy removed the wax.
Teachers in Stockton township Green county near Linton discuss forming a union for mutual benefit and protection to support members and advance common interests.
W R Neeriemor of Odon Indiana posts a weekly cider making and boiling event starting August 10. The mill is near the S I depot with Inter State Phone 80 and Co operative Phone listed.
An advertisement lists several fire insurance companies with capitalization and asset figures, urging readers to select a safe, trusted insurer. It claims Baltimore fire losses hurt many firms while large, stable companies remain secure, offering direct policy issuance and countersignature from agents.
State of Indiana Daviess County In the matter of the estate of Hugh McCoy deceased Notice is hereby given that the undersigned administrator of the estate will offer at public auction at the late residence of the decedent in the town of Odon on October 1 personal property consisting of household and kitchen furniture sale to begin at one o clock Terms Cash JA McCoy Administrator
The Frisco System extends the St LouisMemphis line to Missouri and Arkansas along the Mississippi River. Passenger trains depart Union Station at 7 10 a m daily to Cape Girardeau and Memphis with a 4 20 p m Cape Girardeau accommodation. The expansion follows large public investment and ongoing Frisco facilities, inviting investors to explore regional opportunities. Interested readers may write the Passenger Traffic Department in Saint Louis.
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