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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
4
Amid a hurricane in the Indian Ocean the immigrant steamer St Levan sank after 339 souls were aboard. A young couple aboard the doomed voyage wed with a chaplain before rescue as 30 jumped overboard and only nine survivors reached Cotra after 12 days at sea.
A New York World feature highlights an expansive corn products display including cornmeal, hominy, samp, corn oil, and byproducts with notes on uses from food to industrials. The piece mentions improved homestead talks, land offers, and a nearby harness shop selling goods as part of a community advertisement.
The U S fish commission plans an effort to map the bottom area occupied by the tile fish, a rare deepwater species rediscovered after near extinction in 1879. It seeks to guide fishermen to productive ranges along the Gulf Stream belt off the eastern North American continent, where depths rise to two and a half miles. The 1868 disaster erased much of the stock, but recent hints point to renewed abundance in deep ocean pathways near New York.
A Wyoming cattleman fell passionately for a wax figure in a Chicago State Street shop window. A voracious policeman recounts he kissed the dummy, initially suspected drunk, then realized the man’s fervor stemmed from pure gallantry toward a lifelike mannequin. The cowboy was warned, not jailed, to avoid scaring the public.
A Chilean frontier telegraph tale describes Gen Pinto compelling 40 to 60 captive Indians to hold a live wire. After they cannot release the wire, he halts the battery and frees them with orders to keep the secret, ensuring the line remained unmolested.
Jonathan Reed, a Brooklyn drayman, has inhabited his dead wife’s red granite tomb in Evergreen Cemetery for five years. He keeps watch over her body as a solemn vow made at her death in 1895, adorned by her trinkets, with a view to companionship beyond life and a belief in future world communication.
The article recounts a New York Sun anecdote about businessmen abroad who study local operations to understand their own trade. It notes two curiosities from Pompeii related to paint and lead pipe, illustrating how ancient artifacts can surprisingly reflect modern industry concerns.
A London Mail echoed that Chinese clubs of Canton and Peking house ornate sanctuaries for gods where mandarins and rich patrons perform devotions. Some clubs merge religious rites with political or social aims, and Boxer-era centers may feature a war god. Local notices advertise wagon and blacksmith services, dray offices, and quick repairs by Robinsons and Julson.
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