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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
9
A Chicago Chronicle piece surveys rising sudden deaths among ministers, noting a peculiar vulnerability to brain hemorrhage. It recounts a Brooklyn pastor who died instantly while preparing for a call, with a large brain vessel rupture cited as the cause and no prior warning.
The piece mocks ornate Indian prose called Baboo English and praises Madan Mohan Malaviya in Indian Congress discourse. It notes his sweet voice, graceful presence, and charismatic, lengthy speeches that captivate listeners.
The New York Post notes that Pittsburgh’s iron and steel renaissance enables cheap ductile iron and soft steel in broad shapes, boosting Venetian style screens and house lanterns made in the United States. US studios offer ready quantities and a range from dollhouse ribbons to heavy gates, with printers offering hundreds of designs for students and artisans.
A tale recalls Sir Richard Webster as a choir boy in Kensal parish church. In London he visits a service, learns the verger safeguards choir anonymity, and later at a semipolitical meeting his tenor recital draws attention. A spinster quips he should teach gospel truth rather than polemics, keeping him from accepting an offer.
A Maine legislative plan in the coming winter session may repeal all bounty payments for bears killed in the state. The change follows experience showing beare populations and bounty costs burdening taxpayers.
The New York Sun notes that Maine’s $5 bear bounty was repealed and shows no rise in sheep losses, while more bears are shot. Many sportsmen move from deer to bears, finding bear hides and meat valued. Massachusetts reports 21 centenarians, 16 women, and origins from Ireland, Canada, and elsewhere. A Paris chemist introduces microbe light from phosphorescent organisms nourished in glass vessels, promising brighter, heat-free illumination.
An obituary notes Dr Fairfax of Maryland belonged to a distinguished English family though he never claimed a title. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, lived as a gentleman farmer near Bellsville after moving from Virginia, married Col Kirby’s daughter, and later settled on family land in Maryland.
Observers note official opinions limit a married woman's work rights in schools and post offices. Norfolk teacher offers divorce to keep job, city sues for breach of contract. Indianapolis clerk case prompts debate on whether matrimony discourages women in the workforce.
The International Monthly contrasts California's easy abundance with New England farms. Californians enjoy cheap horses and fruitful fruit crops, enabling leisure and flexible social life, hunting, camping, and reading at home. The piece notes drought resilience, self determined hospitality, and detached neighborly ties in a summer cottage image. Kahbing & Lucas open a dray office on South 5th Street for prompt dray orders.
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