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The Sun issues a subscription offer listing rates for one year three months and six months. Editor W B Homrig signs the notice as the paper’s editor.
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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1901
Page
2
The Sun issues a subscription offer listing rates for one year three months and six months. Editor W B Homrig signs the notice as the paper’s editor.
Otterbein in Benton County nears ambitious growth with plans for a new ward and city hall. Concrete sidewalks ordered townwide and an electric light system is expected to be discussed at the next trustees meeting. Citizens are described as wide awake and progressive.
In a distressing incident near Aydelatie, Mr and Mrs Willard Woodington lost one of their eight month old twins when a horse named Dedstecel lurched, trapping the infant on the bed inside the wagon. The mother had gone to pick cherries. burial occurred on Tuesday afternoon.
A statewide plan for Sunday schools and evangelistic outreach unfolds across Indiana. The State Sunday School Association, led by Ate Tiel Cork, coordinates house to house visits and evening meetings through October with a central focus on missionary conferences and the conclusion of the Great Beginnings Week.
In a brief Garden note the article discusses garden neglect during July and August. weeds surge as warmth speeds decomposition turning matter into fertilizer. advice emphasizes timely plowing after early crops and August celery planting with careful shading and protection from pests.
This account details early European contact with the Philippines, Magellan’s 1521 expedition and Mactan battle, Spanish rule, territorial overview, climate, flora and fauna, and descriptions of Manila natives, the Sulu archipelago, Islam, and local living conditions.
The writer portrays natives in minimal dress and low wages, with laborers paid 25 to 50 cents daily and Americans able to do the same work in a week. Living is cheap, meals centered on fish and rice, with grasshoppers and snakes as delicacies. Cockfighting is a principal pastime, and views on natives are sharply negative though some enterprising individuals exist.
A Western packing firm describes a rapid feather thrashing method using high speed air currents for efficient processing. Professor L O Howard foresees many city workers turning to bee culture after better apiary understanding, while England sees the self binding reaper staying popular. The next fiscal year may add rural free delivery carriers and offices, and American clover seed earns European praise despite criticism. Cheese makers in West Virginia and Ohio boom due to short pasturage, impacting Wisconsin cheese output.
Chatter grows as a man defends waiting at the office to see a ghost walk while his wife questions his behavior. In nearby notes a new neighbor is judged by the presence of three delivery wagons at their home, contrasted with earlier posts about wary impressions.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt presents a rustic exchange and Clark's method for land preparation. Clark explains intensive soil sterilization, deep harrowing, repeated plowing, precise seed sowing, and the use of a fertilizer blend including bone and potash constituents.
M A Hogarty of Lexington Kentucky reportedly turned yellow with jaundice and was cured after taking two bottles of Electric Bitters. The claim praises the tonic as a remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. It adds a satirical line about holding office in China during a time of Chinese condemnation.
Dr Geo Ewing of Smith's Grove Kentucky recounts decades of kidney and prostate troubles. After trial of Foley's Kidney Cure he reports relief after three bottles and now prescribes it, urging fellow physicians to use it for such ailments.
Northern winter resorts outline a visitor program featuring toboggan slides iceboats sleigh rides skating sun parlors and evening entertainment with large rag tires.
The ad proclaims Dr King s New Discovery for consumption as a miraculous cure for consumption pneumonia hemorrhage pleurisy bronchitis and related coughs asthma crown fever and hoarseness. It markets large bottles for 40 cents to 1 00 with trial bottles free and guarantees satisfaction or money back. It also promotes Banner Salve for skin conditions.
A long list of farms and acreage for sale in Indiana near Kingman Otterbein Hillsborough Veedersburg and Yeddo. Properties include 60 to 172 acres with house barns orchards timber and bottom land. Prices range up to 60 per acre with terms noted. some offer stock or trade options. Contact Sun office Otterbein for details.
A testimonial praises Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as the best digestive aid, claiming it digests all foods and is superior to many other preparations. The note, attributed to John Beam of Middlesex PA, highlights its natural digestants and claimed benefits. Also mentioned is Burns potatoes exported to hotels for potato salad.
A druggist in Mound City Kansas extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable laxative and stomach remedy after personal use. Mentions customer praise and recommends the product, sold by L Burns, amid other medical notices and regional statistics.
A collage of home remedies and medical quackery notes advise chewing thoroughly, spacing meals, and using Chamberlain's tablets for heartburn while touting Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It also mentions the Duke of Richmond's titles, a kidney cure claim, One Minute Cough Cure success, and a bogus job ad for agents.
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