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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1901
Page
1
Town residents are urged to attend a mass convention on Friday April 1 to nominate a full town ticket for the May 6 election. Trustees ward officials town clerk treasurer and marshal will be chosen at the gathering in the Woodmen ball at 7 30 p m.
Pebbled with names and quick reports the page lists residents visiting family travels and purchases. Stella Myers leaves for Brookstone. trustees seek a summer cook. Morgan buys the poultry house. Henry Miller attends a lodge event. subscriptions renewed. others discuss sales notices and local prices for seeds and packages.
Hawkins and Hawkins advertises Queen Quality shoes for ladies and a broad stock of pleated shirts and buggies. Bartindale touts style fit and value with local quotes and promotions. George Voliva and Morris Plaugher named on grand and petit juries. Courier notes readership and local business activity amid service ads.
An assortment of vintage ad blurbs tout kidney cure and various remedies for backaches and ailments. Claims include Foley's Kidney Cure restoring kidney health, Bucklin's Arnica Salve for piles, and Dr. King's New Life Pills for constipation and fever. Mentions of Helen Rodgers, Morinda, and a Shakespeare note appear as fragmented excerpts.
The article explains rape as a fodder plant, its classification, and how Wisconsin and Minnesota stations recommend seeding in drills 20 inches apart for better yield. Early May sowing yields cuttings by July with potential 30 tons per acre, and Dwarf Essex is highlighted as a reliable biennial fodder rape variety. It also notes variations in sowing times and methods and adds a humorous aside from Brooklyn Life.
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