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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
2
Subscriptions to the Sun are noted for John Kaefer Quincy Watkins and Bud Bliss. Community members visit, teach, and attend services. reports include ASB attendance 43 with $43 collected, M E B attendance 140 and $3,385 raised. A horse purchase incident ends with a rescue and repair in a barn.
At the bride’s mother Mrs N G VanderVort home the wedding of Adelaide VanDerVort and Chas Groves took place on February 20 798. Guests included Mrs Ashton Templeton Mr and Mrs Frank Laird and immediate family. The bride wore white cashmere trimmed in white brocade silk and pearls. Groves a telegraph operator with the LL BE RR Co. Rev Royse officiated quietly. The couple left for Templeton to complete her term of schools.
A discussion on parlor decor contrasts lavish "pearl gray" and gold rooms with sparse centers. It argues that true elegance comes from functional spaces like an open fireplace or a writing table. A room that blends library elements with furniture gains charm and lived-in appeal.
Florence Hu Winter in The Woman's Home Companion argues many family quarrels are frictional and heal with affection and time. She urges loyalty, silence about each other and better coping with life’s worse moments to avoid public shame and strengthen marriage. She compares family funds and banks, noting building associations have lower costs and greater earning potential.
The article outlines the forthcoming Paris Exposition of 1900 with two permanent palaces under construction and a grand plan resembling an H formed by the Seine. It notes ambitions to surpass Chicago's 1893 fair and imagines the Seine riverfront transformed into Rue de Venise with gondolas and pleasure craft along the northern Seine quays.
The Grand Palais and Petit Palais will be permanent masonry structures on the Avenue Nicholas II with the Eiffel Tower and Champs de Mars nearby. The southern Seine bank hosts foreign pavilions and maritime displays while the eastern route centers on the Avenue Nicholas II with the Grand Ralpin and Petit Palais. The Grand Palais covers 32,000 square meters and will host painting sculpture and music exhibitions including the Koran show. United States officials report Major Handy’s death, Colonel Charlie Long handles duties and seeks more space. the US has 150,000 square feet secured with additional subject sections to come, and Kansas costumes are among proposed novelties.
A fragment mentions years 90 and 93 and a boastful claim, with unclear subject. The unreadable text hints at a sports or personal feud online, leaving readers unsure of specifics.
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