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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
8
A collage of light snippets and witticisms from multiple papers. Jokes touch on marriages love and social manners with playful twists. Characters include husbands lauded for virtue cigars riding out payback and quips about hat fashion and poetry.
The Egyptian obelisk in Central Park opposite the Metropolitan Museum, brought from Alexandria in 1891 under Lt Cmdr Gorringe, shows signs of weathering and a widening crack. Authorities will investigate and may remove and shield the monument if it is in danger of destruction by the elements.
A sensational note cites the New York Journal on cholera disguises using powdered glass camel hair and bamboo to poison dishes. It mentions a failed assassination attempt on an Indian resident and describes elaborate royal precautions, including a Turkish sultan's sealed dishes and a royal taster.
A discussion notes vendettas persist in Sicily Sardinia Corsica and beyond including Kentucky England and Arabia with blood for blood as the old custom and cites a Turkish vizier case. It also comments on women as shrewd financiers citing bargains in auctions and street haggling and ends with a classroom joke about grammar and misused words.
A garbled health advertisement asks about vitality and urges consulting a doctor before forming a plan. Followed by a Decem ber 28 offer from the Daily Capital Des Moines publisher for a one year paper at $2, including a state anniversary tie in and a note on circulation. Ends with Dr King New Life Pills ad via Williams and Anderson.
The notice promotes farming lands in the southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas area along the Fristo line as highly fruitful with vast lands and growth potential. It advertises railway expansion from Worthington to the state’s west, plans towns Maple Hill and Irwin, urges investors and merchants to participate, and invites letters for literature and townsite information. It highlights agents and depots in Cedar Rapids and St Louis, offering mail options and postage paid ecards.
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