The Red River Valley Land Sale Ad and Local Notes
A historic newspaper fragment discusses advertising ethics, reader reactions, and the necessity of consistent trade promotion. It includes a land sale pitch for Red River Valley lands in Minnesota and the Dakotas by Fletcher & Co. Estherville. The note also mentions a popular new cake walk, Hunky-Dory, sold by Gerberich Music Co. at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River Valley
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
North Dakota
Landseekers
Fletcher & CO
Estherville
Emmet County
Hunky-Dory
Gerberich Music Co
California
San Joaquin Valley
GP Erhgaps
Huntington Savings Bank Reportat Close of December 13 1914
The Huntington Savings Bank, organized under state law and located in Huntington, met at close of business December 13, 1914, filing requested assets and cash details with the Auditor of State. It lists bills and bonds owned, cash on hand, coin and bullion, legal tender and notes, checks, and deposits drawable at sight from London banks and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Savings
Huntington
Emmet
Gould
Charge for Fresh Air on European Trains
A Chicago man and his family in a European express train triggered a stoppage by pulling a bell rope. Misreading a German sign, he faced officials who demanded 30 marks or imprisonment. He paid the fee and continued to his destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Americas
Atlantic
Germany
Chronicle
Chicagoan
Crimes in the Army Suicide and homicide rates 1898 99
Surgeon General Sternberg’s annual report compares army suicides and homicides 1898–1899 with 1888–97. It shows fewer homicides in 1898–99 than the prior decade, a higher suicide rate in peaceful garrison years, and per thousand ratios: 0.63% for 1888–97, 0.26% in 1898, and 0.22% in 1899, with 5.5% homicide share across 1888–97.
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Sternberg
Chicago Inter Ocean
Paternalism in Glasgow and Pacific migrations
The Glasgow worker can rent sleeping and meal facilities for a small weekly price, with municipal family homes offering care for children and aiding widows. La Nature cites a Hawaii-Tahiti drift tale suggesting ancient Pacific migrations and currents influencing native distributions across island groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Nature
Hawaii
Tahiti
Pacific
Remarkable Copper Never Fired a Gun in 20 Years Police Service
An elderly ex policeman George Henry Empie, 88, of 113 East 121st Street New York, served over 20 years without firing a weapon. He never attended sports events or left New York, never smoked or gambled, and rarely visited a doctor after 75. Born in Fonda New York on April 12 180, he joined when Fifty ninth Street was a picnic ground and retired at 65. The note, from New York Mail and Express, praises his negative achievements over his active police career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Henry Empie
Greater New York
East One
Hundred and Twenty-first Street
Mulberry Street
New York Mail and Express
New York
Fernanda Wood
Fifty-ninth Street
Fonda
Harness Shop Offers Full Line of Horse Goods
J H Wilson on south Sixth street advertises fine robes blankets and horse furnishings. Also wolf and goat skin robes and driving gear at low prices. Other notices announce local business services and a county board meeting in Estherville Iowa with dates in January 1901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Wilson
South Sixth Street
Board of
Emmet
Towa
Emmet County
Estherville
Iowa
G. O. Allen
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Rygg
Lincoln Street
Orleans Hotel
Geo Galagher
W. C. Ayers
Chas. ‘Hun L
Propr
Bosto Milos
Incoln St
N. Rohde
E. E. Johnston
Bingham & Johnston
Fifth and
Lincoln Streets
Anderson Bros., Proprietors
Hal Ackland
Ajacent
Esthervile Roller Mills
Nancolas's
Eas Adencwage
Vegas
E. B. Soper
E. I. Sondra
Reaney
Bondhol
Crshler
E. J. Sondrot
Spearer
K. Whelan
Ta Jno
B. Kinny
Davenport Malting CO. Beers
Glasgow
Corporation
London
London Mail
New York Guardian of the Peace
Cuba
St. Paul
Tuin
Hanny Egutn
Peter Hanson
Drs. Anderson & Adams
Public Square
Mulét Saloon Yetition
America
Eit
St.paul
Minn
J. W. Lough
B. Soper
J. P. Kirby
Webb Vincent
W. A. Streater
Aust
First National Bank OF
F.H. Rappis
W. T. Roones
T Cash Bank OF
ZWC
He. AN
Saunders, Flueller & Co
Sumotsburg, Iowa
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