Otter skins brought about $6 each in 1898

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January 7, 1898 issue of the Gulf Coast Breeze newspaper

LOCAL

Six otters were killed last week in the hammocks around Crawfordville by Mr. John Lawhon.  Otter skins bring from four to eight dollars in the market, and were formerly plentiful here, but getting very scarce.