Local notices and brief ads text from Otterbein Sun
Locals and otherwise. List your real estate with Bade Lamb. Hoover's suit club grows as Frank Laird builds a barn and house. John Francis subscribes for the Sun. Eva Sugar visits, then returns home. The Sun omits secretaries tables. W and M Society to hold Thank Offering at Mrs. Miller. Families move to Sheridan. Perfection Baking Powder offered. Local sales of furniture and seed potatoes. Black Wilks stallion listed with travels and terms. Letters from Hillis Brown and Bridgeman note spring fruit. Local community notices and small ads.
Tragic murder suicide rails Otterbein scene Bertha Timmons
Bertha Timmons aged 13 is shot in an Otterbein home by Frank Cunningham who then shoots himself. He had pursued the girl after she refused marriage and a motive is described as an obsession. Bertha dies at the scene after being wounded in the arm and side, with Cunningham dying nearby, after a final self inflicted gunshot. The coroner and clergy attend a sorrowful scene as Bertha is laid to rest at Gilsea after funeral services at the M B E Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otterheim
Bertha Timmons
David Leighty Firs
Wes. Timmons
Hew Slayer
Frank Cunningham
Sle
Leaming
Tippecanoe Co
Lakayette
Cunningham
Timmons
John Timmons
KE. W. ‘Timmons
Cunaingham
Plumnner
Putnam Co. Ind
Bertha
M. BE. Churh
J. C. Martin
Oxford
J. S. Cooper
Otterbein
Gilsea
Cuppy Corner Items and Local District Notes
James Darby spent Sunday with his family while Margaret Maddox is on the sick list. Local supervisor aims to improve road passability with new culverts as residents discuss travel and new suits canvassing by Alpha Cook of Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Darby
Margaret Maddox
Alpha Cook
Oxford
Montmorenci Notes on Local Happenings and Events
N HL Moore visited his farm on Tuesday. Jas Turner of Chicago is visiting his mother. Mrs Motsinger entertains her grandson Walter Crow, the Violinist. Emma Southworth of Lafayette visits the Lome family. Infant of Wic Jones buried Sunday. Paul Gilbert returned to Greencastle Monday. Dr Alexander lives in Kneals house April 1. Rev Donlaty of Jamestown visited the farm Monday and Tuesday. Arthur Smith and Miss Harter to wed April 13. Wil Alexander finished pharmacy term and returned south. Farmers will attend the closing Farmer Institute at Shadeland Thursday. J C Bartindale received a lengthy letter from President McKinley requesting confirmation of baking powder reports. Bartindale vows Perfection Baking Powder is pure and endorses it to the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillis Brown
Arthur Smith
James Smith
Miss Harter
Tipton
Alexander
Ohio
J.C. Bartiiddle
McKinley
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Childens
Aimady
Otterbein and Benton Co
AND
Forresteers
Lafayette, Ind
Bade Lamb
Hoover
Julia Foster
Chicago Sun
Harry Baker
Lafayett
Frank Kovar
Sun City
Arthur Leach
The
Sun
Esq
Chenoweth
Iimce
Johnson's Furniture Store
Frank Laird
Mrs. Groves
Templeton
U. O
John Francis
Greenslitl
E. W. VanDyke
Chicago
John Peste
Eva Sugar
Ford
U. S
Tom Dougherty
Chis Tunmons
Lute Foster
Ilinois
T. O. Hoover
EW. van Dyke
Merchant’s Association
Jas. W. Gray
Tle
Morocco
W. & M. Society
Charles Kneile
Sheridan
Mr. Kneale
Thei
J. C. Bartindale
Hoover’s Suit Club
Ees
Jouan O. Perrin
Persia
Nat. Bank
la Fayette
WM. Marsitall
Ind
Johnson’s
Black Wilks
Illa Lluadry
Lexington
George Wilks
Vy Rysdyi
Abdalla
Messenger
Black Jane
Mambrino Patehen
Meibring
Mambrino
Chester
Chen
Oweth
Mike Glynn
C. B. Maddox
Qur
Lillie
Bert Switzer
Addie
Omer Darby
James Caufield
Center Schoolhouse
Fred Woodhams
Parker Moore
Mortons Woodhams
Mr. Hunt
Peter Brown
N. HL. Moore
Jas. Turner
Emma Southworth
LaFayette
Lome
Wic. Jones
Paul Gilbert
Greencastle
Dr.Alexander
Donlaty
Jamestown
Shadeland
America
Hart, Shaffner & Marx
Bowen
Baltimore
Teouse
Lafayette, Int
Otter
L.laird
Otterbein, Utd
Wilen Clothing CO
RR. Jones and Thompson Bros
Resi
Curtis E. Wells
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