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Newspaper
Otterbein Sun
Location
Otterbein, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
1
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A lively, era rich call for dance steps and partner holds with lines urging balance, swing, promenade, and call-and-response moves. The dialect evocative of frontier music hall begs readers to join in and follow dance cues with spirited repetition and playful instruction.
A large congregation heard the missionary society’s exercises at the Brethren church Sunday night. Rev. Snyder of Westfield spoke well and the collection for the missionary cause was taken. The program featured songs, readings, solos, recitations, and an address, with several young participants named. A separate incident reported a man struck in the jaw by a tree while in a school yard and treated at home.
Sunday services were led by Rey Snyder and Rev Abner Storms with a quarterly meeting planned for November 2nd and 3rd. Social events include a masquerade at Jonesville last week, a Pine Village band concert next Saturday, and church lamps purchased by the Ladies' Aid. Local visits mention Jap Gimil and Belle Rader, while Sam Johnson and a new corn shredder were noted.
Mr and Mrs Daniel Brown hosted a Sunday gathering with numerous families and friends including the Knowles Burkley Thomas Loman Youell and others. A noon table overflowed with delicious food and a town festival at Buck School raised 16 dollars with guests visiting Otterbein and nearby homes.
At the bride’s home the marriage of Mabel Colson to HV Sandbloom was celebrated with Rev. Mere nch officiating. Guests included Cis Sandbloom and wife Win Traley and wife Al eouderson and family many locals from Montmorenci and nearby towns attended. A reunion honored H Voth and family of Covington and Wesley Coffman and family. Jounhers institute held at Vrontmorench with Traates Riklifs and Supt Crider in attendance.
Montmorenci gun club met on Smith's field Saturday afternoon. The best shot was credited to Hirzel and Sutton. Mrs I N Chenoweth stayed with G E Steen and family Buck Cragk. Floyd McCabe and sister attended the Frazier party at Sandridge Saturday night.
A fragment reports Abraham Lincoln's Lafayette visit in prewar days and a town pride in artesian water. The entertainment chief offered Lincoln a glass and quipped they had drawn it from the bowler of the earth. Lincoln allegedly replied that he thought they should cut a gut.
A faded memory of the World’s Fair highlights three sights the Crapp Gun Ferris Wheel and Garland Stove. The Krupp Gun left for Germany the Ferris Wheel moved to the North Side of Cheere and the Garland Stove remains on display in Detroit with Michigan Stove Co. as the maker. Ward & Foster hold Otterbein exclusive agency for Garland stoves. For sale 24 lots one 3 room house cook house two porches barn two horses wagon cob coal chicken house well 30 fruit and shade trees. Ross E VanDervort N Main St. A Ward’s Ball show runs Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
Advertisements tout Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as cures for coughs headaches piles and eczema. Promotions warn against counterfeits and claim quick relief and safety versus surgery while listing L Burns as seller in Forestdale Vermont and other vague endorsements.
The notice cites travel excitement and diet change as causes of diarrhoea and urges carrying Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It also reports 41 Chinese deported from Syracuse and mentions a jury verdict of death by heart failure linked to Rocky Mountain Tea. Weather prophets disagree on fall timing.
An unsigned ad extols Dr. King’s New Life Pills to cure liver trouble and improve skin color. It promises clear skin, rosy cheeks, and a rich complexion for 24 cents at Burns' Drug Store. It also claims Buffalo will gain a financial edge by thousands.
Reader letter quotes Mrs. C Snide from Kentucky praising Dr Kings New Discovery for croup bronchial trouble and other illnesses. The note mentions trial bottles free at all druggists. A Chicago dispatch reports a woman giving birth to quadruplets after previous twins and triplets, with a strange parenthetical remark about her husband.
C F Collier suffered a severe attack that nearly proved fatal, injuring his kidneys and back. He found relief after using Electric Bitters, reporting a miraculous improvement and renewed strength. Sold at Burns' Drug Store for 59 cents.
A collage of small notices and anecdotes. The ad copy touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for sores and injuries, Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for indigestion, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for digestion this store markets remedies from Chamberlain to Kodol, plus a South African store tale and a Copenhagen royal train note.
Geo R McDonald of Man Logan County West Virginia reports that after two bottles of Chamberlains Pain Balm Henderson Grimett recovered from partial paralysis and regained use of an arm and sight. The ad notes other cures for rheumatism sprains and bruises and promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Taver tablets with 25 cent price and free samples.
President Roosevelt opposes anarchists and urges police to curb unauthorized photography on Sundays. A Honolulu club debated a question about Rocky Mountain Tex hot dr avid, reflecting local concerns and chatter.
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