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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1913
Page
3
List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Otterbein post office for the week ending November 13. Included are Henry Hackney and Mrs. Henry Hackney from Wilson & Nichols. Letters will be sent to the dead letter office November 27 if not delivered. Advertised notices require reference to the list date.
Reads like a crowd of brief items from a local page. Frazier family in Lafayette visited Sunday. Maddox confined with neuralgia. Opp on sick list. Hog Troughs and Fountains from Herman the Tinner. W M S met at Mrs. Bolt’s. Eastman Kodaks stocked by War Bros. McKinnis visiting Friday. Merle Clement from Peru? ville LA visiting. Hats trimmed and untrimmed on sale. Clara Laird noted. Wall Paper remnant sale at Ward Bros. Powers spent time with sister Mrs. Lord. Burge Hardware seed requests. Oler visiting Robert Burton who is ill. Removal sale at Laird millinery. Carnation Dancing Club third dance last night chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Evans.
Five Scarlet Fever cases reported in Montmorenci schools as communities respond to the outbreak. Miss Elizabeth Lake of Otterbein spent weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Willard Lake. Mrs Jacob Reiners visited Bandger Grove and Otterbein acquaintances. Oscar Colson and Willard Lake visits noted. Jeanette Smith from Tipton stayed with Lucille Smith. Henry Ernest family visited Hoopison. William Lake of Otterden visited relatives. Iva Martin visited Lafayette. Mrs William Marvin and Alta Peters visiting Kokomo family.
A garbled excerpt shows a conversation where a character asks what upsets another and mentions a new maid complaining about the job. The text includes fragmented phrases about taking something, eating, and possible misreads of names, with no clear event or outcome.
Art column notes a quirky moment as a critique of a cubist piece leads to a wall switch and a debate about what the portrait reveals. The lively discussion features unnamed insiders debating visual interpretation and framing choices.
A mother questions her son Teddy about thanking Mr Brown for a quarter. Teddy reveals he said no thanks after his father’s friend urged him not to mention it, showing the child’s dilemma over politeness and obedience.
A quirky exchange notes a man asserting pretzels are not food while another questions who ever believed they were edible. The remark frames a humorous debate over a common snack.
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