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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
8
A haberdasher notes half of well heeled men wear broken suspenders and delay buying replacements. A cheeky tale from the Auditorium night scene says businessmen repair with wire, while immigrants receive tailor made timing for suspender gifts. The piece underscores thrift gaps across groups.
Senator Scott recalls voting for McKinley in childhood days when ballots went into soap and candle boxes. McKinley studied law and pondered ruling his native county as probate judge, a path he never imagined leading to the presidency. The war altered plans and set both men on unlikely futures.
An advertisement extols Pale and Weak Women as a tonic to preserve women’s roundness and facial freshness. It claims the product keeps the female organism healthy through natural crises and positions itself as a safeguard of women's health, citing frequent published truths in the paper.
A nostalgic Overland Monthly lyric recalls the slow weary wagon journey of pioneers across the plains. The faded Mayflower imagery marks the harsh, hopeful trek of builders toward new homes while families press toward the West through gales and sun, now abandoned and forsaken on the shore.
On the porch, David returns to a farm life Bonded by a mother's memories and Ellie, an orphan girl taken in years ago. They recall hardship, mortgage burdens, and the kiss of hopeful reunion as Ellie grew into a lively, beloved child who promised to return home. The scene folds into nostalgia and family renewal as a small town tale of resilience.
An elderly mother receives David Allen and his wife as he returns home to the farm after years out west. He recounts leaving to see the world, prosperity out west, and choosing to settle, while his mother expresses mixed joy and pride. The scene culminates as his wife arrives, reuniting the family in a tender embrace.
The piece notes Sir Arthur Sullivan composing Contrabandista in sixteen days after receiving the libretto, claims him the fastest composer on record with the To Janehe overture begun at nine and finished before dawn. It cites Mozart’s Don Giovanni overture, finished by seven in the morning, and Rossini and Donizetti feats. A stray street vignette ends with a witty Indianapolis Star moment about a girl and a gardener and a Jones kid.
The item discusses land concessions in Siberia limited to farmers and settlers, with changes being considered to the system. It mentions the Philadelphia North American and a Chicago bird hospital as unique institutions, plus a quip about a man’s slippers and library after dinner. It references industry concerns and economic advice for acquiring stone wealth.
A late 19th century note extols South American men for treating women with deference and guardianship while limiting female public life. It contrasts domestic seclusion with U S freedoms and mentions charitable behavior among South American women, then wanders through assorted vignettes about dust showers, a muskrat incident, a Jesuit priest, moths and a currency quip about global money.
A collage of quips on boyhood hunger and modern dieting from a Boston Journal report. It recalls childhood shortages, jokes about microbes, and the shift to sterilized foods, followed by mini adverts for Cascar ets and Allen's Foot Ease and a clipping note on Carter's Ink and a brief line on Chinese pigtails and loyalty.
A jumble of 1900 era advertisements and phrases includes claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy, wedding-related questions about gifts, and various patent medicine lines. It also mentions Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children and Ollaya Day for wind colic, with scattered quotes and odd asides.
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