11 Feb 1892
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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1892
Page
1
A broad essay argues that mispronunciations come from ignoring dictionaries and example, praising gentleness in teachers, and condemning cruel transport practices. It discusses social class, idioms, and patois, noting language evolves spontaneously and readers must accept change rather than seek rigid standards.
Hog cholera spreads in Tima county as Grundy Center women form an Indian club swinging society. Iowa state officials, judges, and pastors feature in a sweep of incidents from Douglas to Dubuque. Robberies, fires, suicides, divorces, and accidents plague towns like Pocahontas, Keokuk, Ottumwa, and Des Moines with casualties, court decisions, and evolving rail and bank news.
A dark complexioned man about 36 is found dead with two revolvers four knives a watch cash and postage stamps. Body taken to a drug store for an inquest. Police suspect he may be the same man who robbed the Tadiangla post office earlier.
Across the week reports note Miss Alice Mitchell of Memphis, awaiting execution for Freda Ward's murder, showing extreme distress and plans to hang herself. Relatives watch her as legal uncertainty and appeals swirl amid controversy over her sanity.
A period notice touts shorthand as essential in offices, citing high daily stamp sales as proof. It claims thousands of Chicago stenographers, urges education and good habits for employment, highlights a ten year old student, and offers a class for two dollars with a subscription pitch for the paper.
Des Moines reports show ongoing session activity with bills for a normal school at Humboldt and Sheldon, authorizing $100,000 for such schooling, and various measures including a sleeping car rate, school book commissions, text book funding, and alcohol prohibition amendments. Adjournments frequent as committees and resolutions address education, penal institutions, and state finances.
The report describes extreme yellow fever outbreaks in Santos and Bahia with many dead in the streets, cemeteries overwhelmed, and widespread demoralization. The text then shifts to ads urging readers to join a home study course in shorthand and Pitman systems offered by University Extension, with enrollments limited and swift action encouraged. It notes a historical reference of 248 strikes in 1801.
Rumor circulated in Ottawa that the 318 Supreme Court handed down an opinion reversing the lower court in the Cronin case. Clerks and officials prepared to publish in Ottawa as March term nears. Magruder declined to comment. Prosecution supporters skeptical. no confirmation from Attorney General Hunt or defense counsel Forrest.
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