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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
2
A New York City resident buyer seeks items to boost the ready-to-wear department. The pursuit focuses on merchandise with appeal for local shoppers and potential resale value.
Austin Travis treated scholars on Friday while Win LePage visited Watseka Sunday. Ernest Vandervort returned from Fowler and Alisa Estelle Myers visited relatives in Brokston. Miss Mabel Clement, after two months with her uncle near West Point, has come home. The Epworth League hosts an oyster supper at the parsonage Friday evening. Miss Ida Hill visited friends in Lacasette over Sunday. Charlie Dodson of Oxford spent Saturday in town. Miss Julia Maloney visited Yocopleton with her parents. Miss Minnie Hawkins, student at Tinntington, is home on vacation. John Bankson reports harvesting a crop of ice measuring 100 inches thick. Chris Bowen and wife Dee welcomed a daughter. Walter Hawkins of Lafayette visited with L H Hawkins and family. Estelle Switzer returned from Purdue for Christmas dinner. Mrs Brewer of Llamer IL returned home after visiting Wim’s family. A photograph gallery on wheels has set stakes on the lot where many lives were lost months ago.
A manuscript letter from Indiana Farmer discusses anger over game laws and enforcement. The author laments hunting trespass near farms, recounts a farmer’s losses from quail and livestock shooting, and attacks the law as protections for hunters rather than farmers. The piece questions enforceability and moral force of the statutes.
Miss Della May Whitmore and Mr. John B. Murray wed at the bride’s home five miles north of Otterbein on Sunday evening. Guests from Otterbein, Lafayette, Templeton, Oxford, Pine Village, Indianapolis, and Covington attended, sharing in gifts and a celebratory dinner hosted by B. Allen.
A.M. Smith reports the Charisworth estate is divided with heirs holding equal shares as tenants in common. Friends of Purdue learn of Eliza Fowler gifting 60000 dollars for a new chapel and library. Ditch opposition arises from vecinos near the proposed route. A parrot gift and calling cards mark Christmas exchanges. Teachers end term with a week’s vacation and gifts for students. Subscriptions continue to be renewed at the office. Elevator work at Duffy Harrington noted as settling with minor foundation issues, new piers added to stabilize. A west side boy, after a corn juice adventure, was found frozen near John Qoden’s and rescued by August Larson.
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