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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
4
A voice touts Holl yes Honey of Tar as a cough cure that relieves phlegm without straining. The piece includes a pension adder day pledge regarding alderman bribery and a claim about widespread detection of corruption among 24 officials.
A Detroit Journal humorous line describes a rhinoceros enduring crowd laughter and vowing to prove its worth with future showings. The item parodies show business bravado and audience reception.
Through trains connect with L S M at Sandusky and with roads at Bloomington and Peoria for west south west and north west points. No 3 Eastern Express and No 2 Western Express run daily. Through tickets to all points issued. Indianapolis agent C F Daly and G J Grammar list train times in effect May 18 1900.
One block from court house and two from Union Depot and Monon Passenger Station. Street cars pass hotel for all trains. A V Eaton proprietor. Rates from 1.60 to 2.00 per day. Consumption threatened testimonial from Q Unger Champaign Illinois: Foley's Honey and Tar cured a yearlong hacking cough after other remedies failed.
Detroit Free Press quote shows the man insisting on paying as he goes while others doubt his plan to repay. The exchange highlights skepticism about his commitment to future payments.
Philadelphia Bulletin notes thousands suffer lung ailments sent abroad for climate but asserts Dr King s New Discovery cures at home. It proclaims the remedy infallible for coughs colds and all throat and lung diseases with relief from first dose and astounding cures from persistent use. Trial bottles free at all druggists. Guaranteed.
Government expert Dr. P B Kennedy highlights the rapid growing perennial Australian saltbush as ideal for alkali soils where grasses fail. It forms a dense mat, spreads quickly, offers high yield and good palatability for sheep hogs horses and cattle, with potential 20 tons green feed per acre under favorable conditions.
A Child of the Sun Millet needs rich, free textured soil. Dark prairie soils and loams suit it. success hinges on thorough soil reduction before planting. If fall plowed and sod disintegrated, millet risks dryness. plant late after thorough warming, aiming ground readiness by mid sun.
The article discusses timing in irrigation to boost crops, seed behavior of rape in the north, beet sugar content with careful cultivation, and fruit tree planting in Western Montana. It notes Tsama or Kbama watermelon from South Africa, drought tolerance, Georgia watermelon outlook, and smaller cantaloupe acreage. It also mentions the decline of the Texas longhorn due to superior beef cattle blood and higher profits from improved stock bulls.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a harmless purgative that cleanses the system by stimulating the liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter and cure constipation and sick headache. Pills priced at 26e at all drugstores. The notice also lists Methodist Episcopal church events with Rev. C Kemp preacher schedule and Sabbath activities.
Public notices list church and lodge meeting times including Rev O P Cooper preaching Sundays 10 30 and Sabbath School 2 30 Prayer Meeting Thursdays 7 Odd Fellows No 605 meet Saturdays 7 in Oddeelows Hall George Magee N G E O Leary Secy Daughters No 336 Odd Fellows Hall meets alternating Wednesdays 7 30 Mary Brown N G Mantie Loman Cor Secy FL A M No 561 lodge nights 1st and 3rd Thursdays 7 30 CG B Manpox W M Chas Ray Bec y Wat Nagle Treas A R Post No 277 meets last Saturday 2 pm Old Genoa House Wt Wille s O F M Mapnox Agt To Whom It May Concern agency for Dr Caldwell s Syrup Pepsin advertised with claims of constipation indigestion sick headache and stomach trouble and best drug stock kept by L Burns
A regional piece urges soil fertility maintenance via intelligent cultivation, crop rotation with legumes, and livestock manure. It notes western expansion of fertilizer laws and advises farmers to improve naturally without commercial products, stressing owner-driven, site-specific plans and prudent manure use. It ends with a classified ad seeking a reliable delivery man for Indiana routes.
A humorous fragment mocks readers for drinking tea as the source of vigor and cheer, inviting a playful exchange about the so called Golden Nectar and its effect on the heart.
Dr Kedzie identifies three essentials for fertilizers potash phosphoric acid and nitrogen stressing their scarcity in soils and fertilizer costs. Minnesota experiment station reports drilled wheat yields 50 percent higher than broadcast when soil is dry and seeds are evenly covered by the drill.
An old advertisement touts Cure A Cold In One Day Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a no cure no pay offer and a 25c price. It mocks perfect remedies and includes a sample quip about a moth bitten winter suit. Also mentions a corn shrinkage experiment and a claim for Rocky Mountain Tea as a youth aid.
Ray Buckley of DeWitt Iowa endorses Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and reports it has been a great benefit. The product is sold by L Burns.
In a humorous Chicago Post item, a head waiter rebukes a new man for his shirt waist while the latter exclaims Great mackerel and muses on removing it, highlighting salon style banter and city paper wit.
An Encope notes a quip about domestic woes as a man laments his wife running away and jokes that she could have taken him along to look after her trunks. The remark reflects humorous urban wit from a past Indianapolis publication.
Mrs Frances L Sales of Missouri Valley Iowa writes that after years of kidney trouble and failed treatments from five doctors Foley's Kidney Cure gave relief. The letter underscores the drug's claimed effectiveness and includes personal endorsement.
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