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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1900
Page
8
Old Hardcash agrees to partner with Sharpleigh after his honeymoon with the daughter. Bullion Bonds notes the change of mind about the man seen as unsuitable. Hardcash insists on £1000 in bank funds, written, then borrows the sum to secure the marriage.
On sunny days a shadow image of Queen Victoria forms on the White House porch pillar facing the Capitol. The silhouette appears about a quarter before noon as Congress convenes, then fades as the pillar darkens. Also mentions Parker Podds and a quip about his whist and golf.
A portrait of W Creamer, a prominent farmer near Baldur Manitoba, who since arriving in 1880 has built a 1280 acre mixed farm with 40 horses 60 cattle and 50 pigs. His operation includes extensive grain crops 500 acres wheat 200 acres other grains plus 400 acres ready for spring wheat. Modern farm buildings a large barn granary and threshing outfit accompany a substantial residence. Water resources and shelterbelt protect from winter storms. The report notes immigration trends with Canadians inviting U S settlers to homestead lands.
The advertisement claims thorough purification of the blood through cleansing therapy. It asserts complete renovation of the body's systems improving digestion appetite and organ function, yielding renewed brain nerve mental and digestive strength.
The Iowa senate and house enacted and debated numerous measures including legalizing multi saloon petitions and extending retailer permits to 1900, establishing a second women’s reform school at Anamosa, adjusting ages for confinement, and creating committees to honor a former speaker. Bills covered notaries terms, battlefield monument funding, health board salaries, and prohibitions on liquor sales by solicitation, with several appropriations for institutions and public works. The legislature also confirmed state appointments and refined election and tax oversight rules, while advancing a five mile limit bill and measures affecting schools, libraries, and insane asylums.
A fragment mentions a rule about women’s height, a quoted exchange about singing a song “Home Where'er the Heart Is,” and a remark about a young man wanting to stay. It also notes a German scientist claiming tobacco aroma arises from microbes and a possible patent for a process to mimic expensive cigarette scents.
A Georgia mother writes of her nineteen year old daughter suffering flow and fatigue for months with little relief from doctors. She seeks advice on Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound before starting treatment. A second letter from Mus. Matinpa A Camp reports rapid improvement after using the same remedy and thanks the manufacturer.
A Boston Courier quotation presents a brisk exchange about remarriage with a sly jab about avoiding police reports. The banter contrasts social wit with implication of scandal, capturing era humor in a concise two-person tease.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications as they do not reach the disease seat. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acts on the blood and mucous surfaces, and is not a quack remedy. It was prescribed by a leading physician and sells for 75 cents with testimonials and a free booklet.
The Boston Transcript reports an ocean laundry experiment on the steamship New England. Aboard, 7,000 pieces daily will be washed and ironed by a shorelike plant, with 4,000 gallon water use and 10,000 daily wrung items, supervised by E. M. Welding of Boston.
A speech about breaking into a preacher's house while churchgoers are away, with one character deciding to stay outside and watch. The passage shifts to a statement of Spain's external debt totaling 186,700,198 pounds, noting about 16,000,000 pounds for colonial military operations.
Ask your dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into shoes. Rest feet cure corns bunions sore hot callous aching sweating. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy sold by druggists and shoe stores. May get some more. President Kroger's ultimatum referenced. Business opportunity ad seeks $1 500 interest in a profitable manufacturing business with shared profits. Also misc. quotes and promotional blurbs from early 1900s.
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