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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1901
Page
1
A tall man and a stocky associate confront each other over a past slander. The stocky man claims a mailed challenge and postage stamp for a reply, then accepts an apology as they move to drink together. A second vignette shows a child’s joke about faces and a funeral misperception.
The Chicago Tribune reports a unusually wet autumn and heat in the middle west worsen farming conditions. Farmers may face heavy weed seed by next season unless hedging against weed growth with plowing under or cutting weeds.
A Savinaw Michigan editor, struck by grip and failing with doctors, credits Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption and colds with curing his family after trying a trial bottle. The medicine, advertised at 50 cents and a dollar, is sold by all druggists.
A compilation of garden advice and small notices notes how to prune blackberries and raspberries without harming young canes, protect bees in winter with windbreaks, and care for carnations. also includes a note on dogwood demand for piano keys and a testimonial for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy.
An old agricultural study notes corn shrinkage from harvest to market due to moisture loss pests and storage. Data show yearly losses around 7 to 20 percent depending on storage and timing. Wheat shrinkage is less clear but drying reduces losses. elevator workers cite no shrinkage if grain meets No 2 grade. Details cover Illinois Indiana and Michigan practices and regional harvest wages.
A Topeka man lost an opal from his ring and urged jewelers to use a replacement. He later found the old set in his mouth, gulped, and admitted the new opal should be used after all. The story ends with a plug for Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin.
Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Ta writes that electric Bitters cured her backache headache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells after years of kidney trouble. She credits the remedy with enabling her to do housework at 73 and praises its appetite and health benefits. Available at all druggists for 50 cents.
Advice from American Gardening on selecting seed potatoes before harvest, focusing on vine health, size, and growth habit to ensure true stock. It notes prefer mature seed when stored cool, cautioning against run out or deformed eyes, and warns of oversetting causing pies to die.
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