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Newspaper

Odon Journal

Location

Odon, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1902

Page

3

Unclear PSA on Shoes Sale Availability

A garbled notice promotes shoe stock clearance promising comfort and up to date styles. It urges shoppers to stop in for better shoes at lower prices and suggests stock has been removed from standard listings.

Various Local Updates and Notices From Eaglesville Area

This week visits from Rev J W Gilley and wife to Alfordsville. Audry Williams of Eaglesville visited here Monday. John Arthur offers well cleaning service. Sewing machine for sale via Journal office. Terre Haute races drew local crowds. Emery Lee to Bloomington for university work. Mary Neerimer to build on Barron Street. Currie Burrell, Madge Huston, Florence Skemp visited Eaglesville Sunday. Shoals Republican sold to Samuel Boys of South Bend. Stock sale planned Oct 15 between Eaglesville and Burns City. Arthur Ward was onboard a train wreck near Philicothie Ohio but uninjured. Shoes on sale at Star Shoe Store. Cash settlements due Sept 1. Fire sale at Mollie Gadberry property. Moves include Henry Woodruff to Indianapolis and Dr John Save relocation to Mollie Gadberry property. Local names include Jolliff Co, Love of Odon, Linton clerks, and bartered properties on Main Street. Community chatter covers weddings, visits, and local commerce with scattered notes on farms and stock.

Wedding and social notes from Coburg street era

Wr. Sillis attended the Louisville Fair this week with Mrs. Jennie Hickey and others. Rev. Murray and wife of Bloomington Ill. visited to attend the Raddick Winklepleck wedding. Elder C. Buchanan preached at Coburg Street church in the morning and Douglass Avenue church at night, with a sermon on the text What is man.

Murray Bloomington Ill Simelgbieee Branswick Buchanan Coburg Street Douglass Avenue

W M A Program and Obituary Notice

The W M A program for September 28 1902 lists prayers music and a recitation by Miss Myrtle Todd with Rev E B Ward as speaker. An obituary notes the death of Mrs Mary A Chestnut September 20 in Van Buren township aged 64 after a life in the county. Her survivors include C C Chestnut J L J and E T Cheatout and M L C B Rasler.

Eile Danner S. J. Blough Myrtle Todd Addreasey E. B. Ward China Mary A. Chestnut van Buren Julius Chestnut AL. E. Church Church of God

Wedding of Winklepleck and Taylor A Highlight of Season

Soest residents note an upcoming Oct wedding at 8 o clock. Mr. Winklepleck, well known from Ohio, is described as hustling and upright. Miss Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tayler, has served as deputy postmaster and bank orderly. The event is anticipated as one of the prettiest and most popular of the season.

Soest Winklepleck Ohio Mias Taylor Samuel Tayler Odon Haa Odon Exchange Bank

Marriage of Miss Tinder and Mr Callahan

Mr and Mrs J W Christie of Indianapolis announce the marriage of their niece Miss Mary Kittie Tinder to Mrs Hebert Spencer Callahan. The wedding will take place early in October. Mr Callahan is from Odon and works as a type setting operator with a fine position.

Callahan J. W. Christie Indianapolis Mary Kittie Tinder Hebert Spencer Callahan

Local Nuptials Tie Kizzie Winklepleck to Henry Ruddick

Miss Kizzie Winklepleck and Mr Henry Ruddick married at the bride’s home on Thursday evening at six. Ruddick works for the Southern Indiana railway and serves as a Spanish War veteran corporal. The ceremony was performed by Rev M S Taylor with intimate friends in attendance and guests from Bloomington and Seymour. They depart at 7 09 pm to begin life in Seymour amid rice showers.

Kizzie Winklepleck Henry Ruddick Seymour Ruddick Southern Indiana Railway Spain Miss Winklepleck Pason Winklepleck J. A. Murray Bloomington Margaret Mitchel Eftie Raddick Seymoure M.S .Taylor Odon

Quotations and Terms Amid Range of Topics

The excerpt blends social satire with brief notes on occupations and technology. It references Minnie Evidently Sallie and Kittie as self-regarding figures, notes chimney sweeps and coal miners in cancer mortality, and mentions the sono Koto board as a symbol of Japan.

Clergy and church supply list across Indiana districts

A list of churches and suppliers including Alfordsville and Vincennes with presiding elders across districts Blowington Connersville Evansville Indianapolis Moores Hill New Albany Seymour Vincennes and others. Names include J H Dod J W Turner S Tincher Rawls Baxter Clip pinger and Poucher with multiple town and supply references.

Wheatland L B Jobson Blowington Doddridge Connersville Tincher Evansville J W Turner Indianapolis E B Rawls Moores Hill A Sargent New Albany John Pouch

Barnum’s Child Focus in the Museum and Show

The article notes P. T. Barnum’s preference for pleasing children over grand applause from adults. It highlights his methods to attract young patrons with entertaining spectacles financeable by fixed days and ticket prices tailored to children and families.

Barnum P. T. Barnum Cesar Joel Benton Century

Flies that Prey on Spiders and Milk as Food

In Brazil some flies prey on spiders, stinging them to death and returning to finish the job. The insect is a hymenopteran like Pepsis ornata. Milk is described as a suitable food for infants but insufficient alone for adults, providing extra lime and requiring additional nutrients.

Brazil

Telegraph Abbreviations and A bedtime tale

A historical note describes telegraph shorthand with single letters for phrases and initials for long terms. A humorous exchange at a library reveals a revised Bible joke as Bobby learns about edits and misunderstandings, prompting a family late night discussion.

Headsman Picture in India vs European Hangman

A comparison notes the Indian headsman as a respected, dignified public figure who performs executions with skill. The piece contrasts Indian ceremonial robes and social standing with the European hangman’s grim, feared image and social stigma. Included is a comic patient tale about Molke mispronouncing pneumonia.

India Europe

Tunnels on the St Gothard line question

A travel puzzle notes the Luzerne to Chiasso trip passes 79 tunnels while the return via the same line passes 78. The discrepancy is due to one track running through a small tunnel while the other sits on ground formed from excavated tunnel material near Faldo.

Luzerne Chiasso St. Gothard Natoral Faldo

Untitled dialogue fragment from a family scene

A fragmented dialogue shows a mother and daughter and a young man named Harry. The old woman smiles while the scene hints at a marriage proposal discussed this night. The text is unclear and partly garbled.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Our Wolf Bros.fine the Abraham Shoe Store J. W. Gilley Alfordsville Audry Williams Eaglesville John Arthur Charley Harman North Dakota Journal Office Terre Haute Emery Montgomery University Mary Neerimer Barron Tut Race Street Missee Currie Burrell Madge Huston Florence Skemp Visted M. Hane Charles Crooke Starlin Lima Burns City Arthur Ward Phillicothie Abraham A. Jolliff Jouhn Save Mollie Gadberry Main Street Henry Woodruff Edgar Laughlin Linto el Love Linton Liken Little’s Rezson Bennett Levi Matthews Sueaday Likens Little Marley Cooper Minnie Bennett Luciene Keller Visted Fricenda Newberry George Corral Phoebe Young Raglesville Ain Vickere Jackson Doyd Genter Street Ceriemer Il, Love L. M. Love Buarnham Spring Garden Val Barthel Messrs Tan Yard Mr. Barthel Hincostin Ieems Shoals Farlen J. MM. Stotts W. H. Bechtel Ray Laughlin Radford Kutch Roscoe Visted North End Paris Laughlin John Maryfield Martin County Monses Hester and Bitha Noka Wr. Sillis Louisville Jennie Hickey Stiss Harry Crooke S. A. Taylor Mies Lula Wa. Swinda Bogard Township Barsh Aort Store Aiden Nyebaer Stove W Hayes Will Sagt Keck Anns Barats Mortuary Ruddick—Winklepleck Minnie Sallie Kittie Boston Transcript Japan Creeke & Forsythe Fire Insurance Office Bicknells Woods Bruceville R. W Fish Carlisle Washburn Decker—Supply Dover Hill S&s McMichael Dugger J L Sims Farma2rsburg O Dorsey Freelandsville Glendale Willis Winniger Graysville G F McNaughton Hymera F Bundy Leogootee C A McCullough Monroe City Monroe City—Supply J N Blue New Lebanon T K Willis Taylor Plainville Oscar Polhemus Pleasantville J B Johnson Prairie Creek Prairieton A M Couchman Shoala O C Haas Sullivan J H Carnes Vincennes First Church T R Willis Vincennes Park Street Trinity Supply Washington Samuel Reid T R Ragsdale J M Baxter Vincennes Clippinger Sasa Eae Soos Supreme Court of the United States Constantinople New York Herald Reid Slow Bobby Mr. Slow Molke Manship Durabilit Hayes & Pickett Ind W. H. Boles Prohibition Monobay Sert Jesse van Gamp Buya Gerlend
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