Fragmentary shopping ad text with clothing items
The readable fragment lists garments and prices including a shirt waist and a skirt plus stripe goods. It mentions colors and sizes in a cluttered catalog style with unclear brand names and numbers.
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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
2
The readable fragment lists garments and prices including a shirt waist and a skirt plus stripe goods. It mentions colors and sizes in a cluttered catalog style with unclear brand names and numbers.
The town board met with all members present and awarded a contract for building a town project to a firm for 81.0025, to be completed in draws. The marshal was instructed to arrest any man seen loading or unloading stock or threshing machines on the railroad on Sunday. Officials vow to enforce the Sunday rule and curb dangerous tool use.
The text appears garbled with fragmentary phrases and no clear event or names to summarize into a coherent news item. No identifiable actions, organizations, or places are readable for a proper card.
Local items report for Otterbein and vicinity including visits by James Smith Montmerenei and James Johnson Green Hill, farm and shop updates, church attendance, threshing activity, weather effects, and fires near threshing outfits with damage but no injuries. Mentions of schools, telephones, and local trades.
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