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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
2
The Republican Official Paper defends its stance on saloons, arguing they fulfill a legitimate need and noting dangers of bootleggers, while advocating legalized saloons as a temperance measure. It references local figures and ongoing legal and postal issues, plus smallpox news and public notices.
Obituary notes Queen Victoria's death at 6 45 p m January 22 at Osborne House age eighty two. She is described as beloved, fair minded, and a world renowned monarch whose loss is mourned globally. The piece diverges into political commentary criticizing U S congressional actions and mentions Roosevelt hunting in Colorado and Albert Edward becoming king of Great Britain.
In Thornby era a man named John A Freeman once rose high then fled after slander and exile. He allegedly courted widows, found one in Estherville, murdered her, and burned the house to hide the crime. Northern papers and Estherville residents protest allowing Freeman space. locals recount past fires linked to him and urge pursuit to keep him confined.
From Exchanges. A Clarion girl alerted her father, lodge treasurer, by phone after a stranger tried to obtain lodge notes and money. the father left the lodge and the stranger fled. Also noted: tramps sought a ticket agent at a depot, and a school report on vertical writing ending in a shift away from the method in New York public schools. Jesse Bell, a longtime Pullman porter, died in Council Bluffs after a yard accident. Geo. E. MacLean of the State University to speak at 8:30 tonight.
Local column lists social visits, farm changes, and church notices across towns. Highlights include an oyster supper hosted by the Wu Wests, farm rental activity, a new literary society, road supervisor oath, and a theater announcement for A Merry Minister at the opera house.
An antique ad proclaims the great builder of health is Hood's Sarsaparilla. It claims to lay a firm foundation, purify the blood, and strengthen life. The rhetoric urges readers to be architects of their fortune by choosing Hood's as their health builder.
T O Berge will sell at public sale on his farm three miles south of Hather ville on Tuesday February 5 with 73 head of cattle including milch cows yearling heifers and steers calves and farm stock plus 1800 bushels of corn 20 bushels blue stem wheat 1500 bushels white oats farm machinery and more. Anna Berg sells at her farm section 5 High Linske township on Thursday February 7 with cattle horses shoats sheep and machinery beginning at 10 o'clock. C M Brown and J P Doyle sell at Mr Brown's farm one half mile west of Estherville Tuesday January 29 with cattle calves shoats and machinery starting at 10 lunch at noon terms. Williams auctioneer. Thousand Sent Into Eilte. Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption offers home cure for coughs and lung diseases with free trial bottles at Williams & Andersons. Norgren's Frisco couch syrup advertised as cure for coughs throat and lung trouble sold by druggists.
The Nickel Plate line promotes itself as the popular Buffalo route for the Pan-American Exposition. Travelers are urged to buy tickets routed via Nickel Plate and to contact John Calahan, General Agent in Chicago, for arrangements. A farm readers club offer bundles four papers for 1.95 annually, including Iowa Homestead Poultry Farmer and Special Partners Institute Editions, with samples available at the office.
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