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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
8
A column by Madame Merri shares a playful guide to a birthday month themed bridal shower with gifts matching birth months, plus an evening dinner progression and boat party ideas. It includes a calendar shower concept, a luncheon option, and non graphic child party games like Passing Pennies and Guessing Noses for engaging young guests.
Neckwear designs this season feature easily laundered sheer faces, embroidered turn over collars, and jabots pinned to neckbands. Shadow laces with beadings and edging pair with net. durable yet dainty lace trims adorn collars and jabots with plaited bands and small buttons. Velvet bows with enameled buckles add chic finishes. skilled embroidery yields elegant neckpieces showing curved lines and neat workmanship.
Golden Text proclaims faith as victory. The reading covers Stephen’s defense of Israel’s history from Abraham to the coming Messiah and contrasts faith with disobedience. It outlines Joseph and Jacob as key types, illustrating God’s purpose, grace, and the transforming power of faith across twelve lessons.
A growing movement establishes milk stations in numerous cities to dispense milk in various forms to bottle fed babies. Stations are simple rooms with ice boxes and desks, often run by a nurse with a physician on duty at set hours.
Mrs Barbara Prim reports her seven year old son suffered severe itching and spreading ringworm on the face and legs for three winters. She used Cuticura Soap and Ointment after reading a cured case and claims the products cured the child in about a month. Free samples offered with the 22 page Skin Book from Cuticura Department L Boston.
Reports claim the Brest France wireless lighthouse stations send automatic warning messages to ships every few seconds. With clockwork timing and distinct intervals, ships may identify the beacon without human aid, potentially replacing bells horns and other sea warnings.
Deputy auditor Joe Cannon of Hardin County Ohio recovered his lost ring after janitor Yost found it tangled in a birds nest in the courthouse yard. The ring had been missing during a routine cleaning of the building’s eaves, and repeated searches proved fruitless until the nest discovery.
An 19th century health note warns that mercury fumes from mining cause constant salivation and rapid tooth loss among quicksilver workers. It also cites lime chloride bleaching damage, phosphorus from matches softening enamel, soda factory dust weakening teeth, and flour residue causing tooth decay in bakers.
Harper's Weekly describes a unique jail in Cliffton Graham County Arizona carved into solid quartz rock. The four large rock chambers feature a boxlike masonry entry three sets of steel bars blast cut windows and cement floors. Walls reach fifteen feet thick and no prisoner has ever escaped.
A girl apologizes for delay while the taxi outside is quoted a fare of about three dollars by a young man. The exchange captures a brief urban moment as they discuss the estimate and time.
A quip notes lawmakers phrase bills as dishes to be laid on the table and debated. The remark frames parliamentary ritual as culinary theater. The line reflects on posturing and procedural play within the legislative process.
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