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The Journal shows subscription payable in advance at one year for 1.00 or six months for 0.50. Rates for space and advertisements are listed by column inch and line, with reminders that ads and communications go to C. W. Crooke and that all material must be mounted on all metal base for insertion. Entered at the Post Office in Odon Indiana as second class matter.
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Epace & Rl
Evhould
C. W. Crooke
Odon
Tadiana
Economic Hardship and Merit Over Wealth in Society
An editorial stance argues poverty tests character and effort, predicting a future where personal merit outweighs family wealth. It critiques political corruption and endorses a system that rewards industrious youth over inherited privilege.
Joe Faust Composition Noted At Seminary
Fragmentary school note recounts Joe Faust at the old seminary in 1359 creating a composition on breath as a seat of air. The garbled text shows early attempt at philosophical ideas and language.
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Joe Faust
Old ‘Seminary
Seavestet
Harsh Language Riddles on Air and Body Image
Fragmentary verse-like passage objects to confined rooms and harmful air. It likens carbon monoxide poisoning to a killer and mentions soldiers in a black hole in India. The tone critiques gendered restraints on women, imagining freedom if the speaker were male.
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India
Seymour traffic and the Evansville and Richmond line
The Seymour Democrat reports on the Evansville and Richmond railroad line between Bedford and Seymour and its grade of eighty feet to the mile. The distance from Bedford to Seymour is 36 miles and to Vincennes 54 miles. If extended to Vincennes the Seymour to Vincennes distance would shorten, and locals nickname the route the muskrat route while Columbus officials call it the Ev nsville, Seymour and Richmond line.
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Seymour
Columbus Republican
Seymour Democrat
Evansville
Richmond
Bedford
E.S. and R
Vincennes
Eosvills
Richmond Ad
Incennes
Seyros
Evnsville
Columbus
Indianapolis
Odon
Indiana
Oden
Elnora
Colonaly
oTset
How the Apostles Died
The text lists the deaths of the apostles with graphic details. Peter died by crucifixion in Rome head downward by his own request. Andrew bound to a cross hung two days. James the Great beheaded by Herod. James the Less thrown from a high place and stoned. Philip bound and hanged. Bartholomew flayed. Matthew killed by a halberd. Thomas shot by lances and speared. Simon crucified. Thaddeus died violently. Matthias's death uncertain. Judas Iscariot fell and his bowels gushed out. John died naturally. Paul beheaded by Nero.
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Peter
Rome
Andrew
James the Great
Mof Herod
Jerusalem
James the Less
Philip
Bartholomew
Matthew
Halbert
Thomas
Simon
Thaddeus
Matthias
Judas Iscariot
John
Paul
Nero
Willow Lick Notes and Local Movements
Willow Lick school closed Wednesday and Willow Lick items report Mr Hickey of Elnora bought hogs from D M Pershing. Mr James M Myers of Eaglesville visited Willow Lick school on the 22nd ult. Mr Samuel Tayloe near Farlan weighed cattle on Willow Lick scales. Wheat damaged by freezes though prospects look promising. Miss Clara Myers and Miss Lillie Hattery of Eaglesville visited the school on the 22nd ult. February brought storms and bright days. Peter Brandabager will move to Elkhart county in spring. Willow Lick loses a good citizen. Elkhart gains one, as Peter is a gentleman.
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James M. Myers
Eaglesville
Willow Lick School
Samuel Tayloe
Farlan
Clara Myers
Lillie Hattery
Peter Brandabager
Elkhart ‘County
Ind
Willow Lick
Elkart
Peter
The School Book Bill Moves Toward Law Passage
The Senate approved the school book bill amid opposition arguments claiming confiscation of $1,000,000 in books and disruption of the state’s schools. The act creates a State Board of Education as a purchasing body for nonpartisan texts with fixed price limits and bid requirements, paying publishers only from sales, and requiring quarterly settlements and direct shipment to county superintendents.
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Senate
State Board of Education
Board of Commissioners
United States
Local Notes From Farlen and Surrounding Areas
Sam Dobbins reports Farlen has natural gas unlike Odon as Matt Stout pleads guilty to drunkenness in Esq Taylors court and a quiet wedding bonds William Roberts and Sarah Stout on Feb 23 with a simple supper and no cake. Isaac Nicholson visits from Nebraska and travelers pass through Bloomfield and Buckeye state visits occur. The post office moves to the store for convenience and M P Hubbard returns home from Lawrence County.
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Isaac Nicholson
Nebraska
Wm. Phipps
Bloomfield
Farlen
Whitlock
Buckey State
Rezi Overton
Mr. Hickey
M. P. Hubbard
Lawrence County
Pola Moore
Harrison
Matt Stout
Esq. Taylor’s Court
Sam Dobbins
Brother Warriner
Odon
Sam
Josh Billings
Josh
John Stout
Esq. Taylor
Wm. Roberts
Sarah Stout
Oden Contemplates New Bank With Washington Ties
Citizens of Oden report a fair prospect for a bank to be started in the town within the year future. Washington parties are noted as a seat of the proposed enterprise, and Oden residents are beginning to bring the plan into action.
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Daily Gazette
Oden
Gazettes
Washington
Irs
Do You Want to Buy a Town Lot
Offers in Odor for town lots ready for sale. Describes numerous wood lots in an attractive setting offered at low prices with future demand expected after railroad completion. Encourages immediate purchase to secure preferred locations before prices rise.
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Odor
Sal
Adl
Washington
New Travel Grocery Scheme By Salesmen Named Holmes and Maxwell
Messrs Holmes and Maxwell sold groceries for a St. Louis firm to farmers then boarded at the Odon House with Dr. Smith as proprietor. They hired horses and a buggy from B Smiley for travel and asked the doctor and Smiley to bill the groceries to the selling firm to collect payment. The note warns readers to buy groceries from Mery Smith Smiley.
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Messrs
Holmes and
Maxwell
St. Louis
Mr. Holma
Odon House
Dr. Smith
B. J.smiley
Mr. Smiley
Mery
General Harrisons Horses Reinforce White House Stables
Col. John A. Bridgeland, in charge of Gen. Harrisons horse purchases, returned from Kentucky with another fine thoroughbred for the White House stables. The four horses include matches, a tall bay at 163 hands, two saddleable, all slated for shipment to Washington next week. Bridgeland, a noted horseman, confirms three of the animals are acutely valued for field service.
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Indianapolis
John A. Bridgeland
Harrison
Kentucky
White House
Washington
Bridgeland
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