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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1901
Page
1
The Otterbein publication notes its weekly Thursday issue and post office entry as second class. It lists subscription rates of one year three months and six months totaling $1.90.
Jesse Ice was re-elected nightwatch for another year at Walsh's hall in a well attended town meeting. Ice won 34 votes to 2 for Geo Ford with a 480 dollar salary for the year and a small surplus. An auditing committee was named and officers again re-elected amid strong town interest. At Mudlavia a sulfur water artesian well was struck, promising treatment for digestive and rheumatic ailments nearby.
O. E. S. of Oxford celebrated their ninth anniversary on November 19 with a visit from Peulah chapter and a ceremony conferring degrees. Grand Worthy Matron attended and spoke. Obterbein members attended, and a grand supper followed. Purdue University received a historic Winans locomotive, the Come-back, built in 1868 at Mt. Clare shops, differing from the original in design and injector fittings.
Mesdames Godman and Plaot will move to Lafayette for the winter. The Institute met at Montmorenci Saturday with a majority of teachers present. Supt Crider and Trustee Ricklet visited Shelby schools last week. Mrs Calvin Price is convalescing. G M Slarrisons on the sick list. Frank German will try farming on the prairie next summer. Miss Winnie McCabe and brother Floyd attended the Ade Pfeffer wedding. Mrs Rush and daughter Pearl visited Chas Rush and family. Elmer McKinpey spent Sunday with the folks at Lowe. J R Mather and sister Bertha dined with Joe McKinney. John Bankson left for weeks of sightseeing in Washington DC. Buckeye festival a success with a good crowd and fun. twenty dollars cleared for books. The cake for the most popular lady baked by Pearl Woodfield won by Lennie Burkle. the cake for neatest man won by Earl Beeker.
O. J. Styner & Son of Montmor et displayed again with a page 4 advertisement. Chas Wagner and wife visited over Sunday at Lafayette. Hunter and Miss Emily Leaning of Remmney spent Sunday with their brother, Dr Leaming. Janes Darby of Fowler was in town Tuesday.
Al Rush and wife and George Rush and family visited relatives in Dayton late last week. Virgo Cantrell has a severe lung illness. Collyer’s new drag line is advertised with guaranteed service. George Ry Durgap, Lafayette music dealer, promotes low instrument prices on page 3. A depot fire scare involved Bea Oden and others, quickly controlled with extinguishers. Marchon merchants agreed to advertise in newspapers, shifting from flyers and billboards. Complaints arose about sidewalk crowding on Sundays outside Walsh’s store. Public notices warn the nightwatch to address rude behavior by some young people and alleged attraction to certain women. Hoeky Mountain Tea promoted by local druggist.
CAPT A C WrightLaFayette Auctioneer 1440 South St Harrison Phone 925 calls for dates before sale He will make you money Farmers take notice Trial of the Celebrated Hancock Disc Gang Plow on Edward Bakers farm one mile north Otterbein Tuesday Nov 25 weather permitting Local merchants advertise coal heaters shoes and winter supply Walsh Sons advertise New York Buckwheat Olives and Kraut Notices of social event at Woodmen hall proceeds for St Charles church and a boy named Lawrence Burns kicked by horse causing minor injuries
Belleville druggist Abra ham Hare calls Electric Bitters the best selling bitters in 20 years. The ad claims it tones the stomach, regulates the liver and kidneys, purifies blood, strengthens nerves, and builds up the system, offering new life for weak or rundown people at 50 cents.
A humorous quote from the Atchison Globe notes that a newly married man often shows uncertainty in his eyes, seemingly admitting he may not be terribly smart right after tying the knot.
The daughter of Mr. J. N. Powell stepped on a rake nail and drove two nails into her foot. Chamberlain's Pain Balm was applied, pain vanished in five minutes, and in three days she wore a shoe with no discomfort. Powell, a Forkland merchant, endorses the antiseptic balm sold by L Burns.
The Chicago Post notes chatter about a woman possibly joining the stage. Some quip she could become a lightning change artist due to her matrimonial experience.
G F Carter of Atlanta Georgia reports a bad piles case cured by a box of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. He says the salve relieves instantly and avoids surgery. It also heals cuts burns and other wounds. beware of counterfeit products.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a speaker insists on being right over being king, claiming his wife could not strike the barn wall with a brick yet proves otherwise with a clever axel Denver Times reference. The parson seeks clarity and calm.
Mrs Sarah A Mc Crucken of Corning Perry county Ohio writes from Paylorville to request three or four bottles of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin after reporting it helped her with two and a half bottles used over two years and asking the price and postage details.
The article stresses shading hogs as essential in summer heat equal to feeding them. It argues shady nooks and a good clover pasture produce first quality pork this season.
An advertisement urges cold and winter illness relief for children and adults. A Kentucky writer claims her child’s croup eased after using One Minute Cough Cure, noting immediate relief and a full night’s sleep with no hoarseness the next morning.
A fragmented text laments separation and longing, referencing a deep sea crossing, a missing Charley, and a Rocky Mountain tear as a personal distress note. The reader is urged to seek assistance from a trusted 'deussist' amid emotional distance.
County physician Geo W Scroggs of Nall County Ga endorses Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, saying it digests what you eat and cures even severe cases quickly. He warns undigested food in the stomach poisons the system and dieting alone means starvation.
G H Hansan of Lima Ohio recommends Foley’s Kidney Cure to trainmen and colleagues after relief from kidney ache. The letter says one bottle fully relieved the ailment and urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy.
A fragmentary notice promotes printing services and a sales bill at the office. A testimonial backs Chamberlains Cough Remedy claiming relief from severe cough and chest pains after taking the second dose. The letter is signed by Ralph S Meyers of Wheeling Virginia with address 64 Thirty-seventh Street.
Syracuse Kan editor H N Lester recounts curing eczema on his palms with Bucklin's Arnica Salve claiming it to be the world’s best for eruptions sores and all skin diseases. The ad notes the salve price at 25 cents and asserts its popularity among druggists.
Old style patent medicine ad describes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a gentle vegetable laxative that strengthens and aids bowel action. It touts Madison Medicine Co Rocky Mountain Tea as a preventive tonic sold for 34 cents by druggists. Also notes Burns Locomotives burning oil in Pacific States with front cab and rear oil system.
A fragmentary ad style item mentions a woman fainting in public, a doctor’s syrup, a Kentucky colonel’s would be wife, Chamberlain's tablets for stomach and liver, and various salves and cures. It cites L Burns as vendor, Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin, and comments on medical heredity and late night events.
A garbled ad-like fragment cites Elder John W. Rawls of Filey Massachusetts claiming an infant cough remedy safe for all ages. It asserts early administration prevents attack, mentions no harmful substances, and notes sale by L Takas.
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