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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
3
A narrator recalls spending Christmas Day in Australia during a blistering summer. The party travels by trap and white ponies, endures a water bag mishap, and arrives at six for tea and breakfast alike in a hospitable garden. The feast features roast beef, black duck, quail, potatoes, summer squash, and plum pudding with holly.
A Macon Georgia mother testifies that Vinci improved her weak thin child’s sleep appetite and weight after doctors failed. The ad touts cod liver oil and tonic iron in Vinci, claims quick strength and rosy color, and offers a money back guarantee through Ward Bros Drugists.
The note lists Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and evening revival meetings in January. A Mayer and praise meeting occurs at 7:00 p.m. on cuesdis evening with W. Swern as pastor. The text mentions a school at 10:00 a.m. and a 7:00 p.m. meeting Thursday evening, with special music and welcome by W. B. Taylor.
A fragment from a Wade S. Editor item notes a post office matter at Otter amid references to congressional acts and local Democratic news.
The narrator recalls telling visiting children about Christmas in the United States with frost and snow, skating and trees. They remember piano tones and lively songs, ending with Marching Through Georgia as Americans cheered. Children slept on the piazza floor and shared watermelon at midnight.
Mrs. S. T. Barnes Jr. and son returned from Metropolis Illinois after weeks visiting her sister Mrs. I. P. Rowe. Charles Dunwoody came home from Minnesota to spend holidays with friends and relatives. Miss Louise Jesseys visits parents near Indianapolis. Tri Kappas host Christmas Grab Bag at Sadie and Mamie Howell home then card party. Miss Francis Reiners visits Otterbein with sister Mrs. E. E. Donaldson. RK 1 Charles Kuttler leaves for Grand View Indiana to spend holidays with parents. Miss Clara Jakes misses school due to illness. No Christmas services held at local churches because of scarlet fever. Helen Taylor Nellie Martin and Mamie Rowe home for holidays. Miss Elizabeth Lake returns after visit with Jennie Nelson Otterbein. Merle Moore of Racine Wisconsin to spend Christmas with grandfather L. H. Marshal. Miss Ella Reiners visits H. J. Cuppy family Walcott. Schyler Mulvey returns from Minnesota to visit family. newborn a thirteen pound girl born Nov. 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greman.
Hattie Delaney visited with home folks over Sunday. Lemuel A Biddle bought a low Torch Automobile. Frank Foster may move to Goodland in the spring. Public school pupils will have a Christmas tree. A two person committee Wilmer Franklin and Miss Marlyn Thompson was appointed to procure the treat for the U S S S next Sunday. Otterbein Telephone Co announces emergency calls only on Dec 25 from midnight to 4 pm.
Sunday visits feature Miss Vesta Edmonds and families of Moore Read Buck Arvidson and others from Star City and Grand Rapids. Several gatherings include the Lemming, Gephart, Edmonds, Arvidson, Nelson, Johnson, McKinney, and Sawyer households with casual weekly social notes and a Sunday school reminder.
The speaker recalls a compliment for a new winter gown from a restaurant proprietor. He asked to sit by the window, saying the seating would lend tone to his place and enhance the ambiance.
Mr and Mrs Frank Mann and Mr and Mrs Sherman Cain and families spent Sunday with Ben Gephart Chas Gephart and families. Augustus Sherman born to Ben Gephart. Elizabeth Lake visits then returns to Montmorenci. Agnes Isaacson to Bay City Wis after three months here. Es ping Isa son Anderson Johnson visit Peter Arvidson with others.
Paylor E H Wilson and Migs Merlyn Thompson dined with sharied Myota and family last Sunday. People of the UWB spacing at tome p until after the
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