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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
2
The article discusses potato scab symptoms and soil chemistry, noting lime content and carbonate effects on soil and disease. It references fertilizer impacts, including soda ash use, and mentions practical garden tips such as celery planting and soil care with seasonal guidance. The piece quotes a Duris exposition and commentary from local garden columns.
A letter from Stoutsville Missouri dated May 5 1900 praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for rapid relief from indigestion and constipation after two years of failure with other remedies. The writer credits a trial bottle given by J W Watson and a subsequent fifty cent bottle for lasting benefit. The item notes St Petersburg taxi fares cutting women half the rate.
A collage of old advertisements tout Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and Electric Bitters with stories of recoveries and ailments. The piece mentions a canal question, a seven year bed case, and Banner Salve for scalds, all echoing early 20th century consumer health claims.
Herman Johnston of St Louis died after cutting his throat on a Santa Fe train. The incident alarmed nearby passengers and a man jumped from a car window in fright. An unrelated ad fragment touts Kodel Dyspepsia Cure and De Vib Early Risers as stomach and cold remedies.
Amid a freight train incident near West Prairie Wisconsin six men died and three were injured with rescue efforts noted. The item also mentions Foley's Kidney Cure as a popular remedy and includes a sales pitch from Hawkins & Hawkins.
An agricultural report summarizes potato planting depth trials at a Canadian experimental farm noting shallow planting yields best when soil moisture allows. Tuber formation concentrates within four inches of surface, even with deeper set placements. Warm surface soil accelerates growth. dry seasons may limit shallow success. Recommendations include one inch depth in sandy soil for experiments, but not field culture, with weed control through preemergence harrowing.
An advertisement asserts that a dull lethargic man with a torpid liver improves after a few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. It claims restored liver function, renewed vitality, better digestion, and a return to health. Price is 25 cents with free samples at Burns' drug store.
Market listings show turkeys ducks geese and butter prices per dozen. Screed uses fragmented spellings and figures for Old Corks Oldtorms Springs and terms like 2.0 00.2.0 and 0.0.
Corrected figures from the Otterbein Elevator list corn varieties including yellow and white corn and mixed oats with noted price adjustments. The entry shows revised crop prices and measurements for the trading period.
George Schinaub of New Lehihton Ohio, a regular reader of the Dayton Volkszeitung, buys Chamberlain Pain Salm for his wife after eight weeks of severe back pain. After using the paste balm, she reports relief and can resume housework. bottle sold by L Burns.
Billy Atkinson is a dark brown 16 hands high stallion weighing about 1600 pounds. Foaled near London Canada, sired by a full English coach stallion with a Clyde dam. Imported by Joseph Atkinson in 1888 as a yearling. Bills offer further particulars. Owners are J Frank Hildenbrand and Jacob Vester with Jeff Dawson as keeper.
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