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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
4
A Western town discusses Mr William Dollar known as Dollar Bill. The piece praises his civic virtue while laments many Dollar Bills leaving town for big cities this year. Each departure reduces local trade and cash circulation and hinders community growth.
A department essay urges youth to choose wisely between paths of study and discipline versus street life. It contrasts two neighbors from youth to old age, one thriving in family love and respect, the other a wasted life marked by dissipation and crime. The piece warns every infant has two life possibilities and urges choosing the right path.
The piece urges ignoring slander and gossip, arguing that dwelling on false accusations wastes effort and harms you more than the rumor itself. It advises addressing only true injuries and letting false ones pass. It likens reacting to gossip to attacking many beehives and stresses choosing wisdom over petty refutation.
Chicago letters from S W Allerton and J C Vaughan show strong support for the National Corn Exposition in the Coliseum Building from October 5 to 19. Allerton pledges 1000 dollars for the best fifty ears of corn and will auction the saved seed corn to fund the event, while Vaughan Seed Store offers 1500 dollars for fifty ears suitable for northern central Illinois.
A string of puns and wordplay jokes about lawyers cats commas roosters and other objects. The items include sharp reversals and a few dated phrases referencing race and gender with jokes about brides grooms and farmers. The tone imitates a light humorous column from a historical paper.
The last legislature advanced Indiana charity laws covering township, city, county, and state care. It curbed child dependency by placing court oversight on public wards and authorized county support only by juvenile court order. Other measures fund orphan education, regulate guardianship, and create nonpartisan boards to run state institutions. A tuberculosis hospital site was funded as a future mercy project.
The State of Indiana Daviess County circular recalls a November term 1907 in Washington. Plaintiffs Laughlin and Horrall sue Julia Emery in a quiet title action. The notice states Emery is non-resident and must appear on the next term’s first day or risk hearing in absentia.
Notice to all persons having business with Van Buren township to appear in Hiram Sims May office at the post office in Eaglesville on Saturdays each week for trustee matters.
Trustee announces to all persons with business that he will be at his office or about town on Friday of each week to attend township business. This notice informs residents to bring matters to the trustee’s attention during that weekly window.
The timetable shows southbound departures from Seymour Bedford Odon and Terre Haute with arrival times into Terre Haute and onward to Masonville Beehunter Linton and Odon. For further tables or info contact local agents or H P Radley G T A Grand Central Station Chicago.
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