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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
5
Sunday school at 10 00 a m public worship at 745 p m begins with song service sermon The Coming of the Kingdom of God Weekly devotional Wednesday 745 p m Young People 800 p m Thursday Armstrong Chapel Sunday school 930 a m preaching 1030 a m A W Smith Pastor
The piece notes Canada faces a teacher shortage and advertises high salaries for women educators. It discusses five year contract bans on marriage, cross border recruitment from Ontario to Alberta and British Columbia, and the lure of wages from $50 to $125 monthly for various posts. It contrasts board bias toward male teachers and the appeal of Canada as a stepping stone for American farmers seeking wives.
The export rate on rubber is eight percent for shipments to the Pacific coast and ten percent for routes via the Amazon country to the Atlantic, reflecting differing trade charges.
A newly married man recalls a doomed honeymoon marked by a dead pet dog found in his pocket after he hid the body in a river. A telegram and village gossip spur a detective-like hunt for a culprit as wedding plans unravel and the couple faces blame and fear.
A college professor in Indiana invited authors to join onstage during a literary lecture. The crowd surged as attendees rushed toward the platform, hats were crushed, four women fainted, and several men fought to reach the chairman. One deaf attendee misheard and attempted to sit on the platform, prompting a comical scene.
A playful exchange unfolds as a speaker invites Miss Centipede to share a dance, hinting at social gaiety and a whimsical moment within a ball scene.
Smerson Hough, author of The Way of a Man, retells a camping anecdote about echoes. He recalls hearing echoes louder and louder in the Adirondacks before joking that in the Rocky Mountains it takes eight hours to hear an echo. He pretends the echo wakes him at dawn after shouting for “Time to get up.”
A Baltimore father disciplines his year old son Harry with a careful, moral lecture while the mother sits nearby. After the long rebuke the boy, eyes shining, tells his mother that his father is interesting, a line quoted from Harper’s Magazine.
A judge condemns domestic abuse in a case where a woman testifies her husband struck her repeatedly. The judge declares the outrage must stop and sentences the husband’s assailant to six months. The exchange highlights a public stance against violent crime.
In a streetcar exchange Cora asks a tired passenger for fare and the rider jokes that the nickel never rang for the transaction, noting the register did not ring when it handed the coin.
In a tale from a brick church neighborhood, Uncle Winfield recalls meeting an artist who sketched his face for a story illustration and paid him a silver dollar. Weeks later a magazine revealed the image as a pirate captain, prompting the amused elder to seek the artist again to reclaim his dollar.
A conversation notes one man’s son who attended college and became a dentist but now lives a hand-to-mouth existence. The exchange hints at unmet expectations and economic hardship despite professional training.
George Ade recalls a college president in Indiana addressing students in the chapel at the year’s start and praising the new freshmen as the largest class yet. Then he shifts to the day’s lesson, thunderously reading a biblical line about increasing trouble.
A heavyset woman pushes to the front on a crowded streetcar grabs a strap and steps on a man’s toes as it moves. He frees himself, offers his seat, and the exchange ends with her thanks while he cites self defense.
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