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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
2
A sprawling clipping reports subscription terms for a Republican paper, details on the Iowa Republican State Convention in Des Moines, and local notices. It mentions Aubrey K. Shoup joining Annapolis, Estherville High School commencements, and community updates including a Des Moines wholesale venture by L Oransky, a Baptist market, and various editorial quips.
Western Wool values attract farmers as Idaho wool totals rise and fall with trade policy. Data shows yearly pounds and dollar figures from 1891 to 1900, noting shifts under free trade and protection. The piece also reports Estherville as a railroad division point for M. and St. L. trains, plus a sales pitch for The Biggle Books from Wilmer Atkinson Co.
A Pittsburgh News piece cites a Magazine Street wholesaler condemning amanuensis use as ruining spelling. He argues spelling requires constant practice and warns that abandoning penmanship leads to spelling lapses and a return to scribes’ role in medieval times.
In Franklin Pennsylvania a romance arose from the Spanish American War. William Barber traveled with Company F Sixteenth Regiment to Camp Meade and Chickamauga where he sent a note on a hard tack requesting a square meal. The daughter of Colonel Bay found it, invited him to visit, and Barber later married her and moved to Tennessee.
A patient at the Wellesley asylum reportedly created a dozen inventions during a ten year stay, with several deemed truly valuable by observers.
Public notices and social items from a small town: Aid Society meeting at A Pickell’s with supper at six, a planned Sunday visit to Jno Brecht’s to retrieve setting hens and nests, a Fourth of July picnic at Archie Pierce’s grave, and various social updates. It notes graduations in Estherville, church events, livestock shipping, and local family visits, with several casual mentions of neighborhood happenings and plans.
Local items from High Lake and Dolliver recount visits and small events. Mrs Kendline visited Emmetsburg. Paraon family vacationed at Spirit Lake. Carl Anderson buried a dog. Missmma Larson aided Paulson housework. Free Wallingford dance drew little interest. singing school organized with instructor Lewis Fosum. Various residents tied to nearby towns attended socials, visits, and picnics across Wallingford Spirit Lake and Linn.
The calaboose near completion and board work underway. Attorney Francia passed through Monday en route to Des Moines. Mrs. C. A. Williams left for Chicago for a surgical operation. Master Henry Amdals returned Monday from a business trip east. Mr. Gady helped the band-stand Monday afternoon. Planned ice cream parlor and music stand with a bowery, girls to bob to the tune Any Dude Do. L Broderick received binding twine Monday. B A Barstow installed a Monitor windmill on his barn lot. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Zerfose were guests Sunday evening. Baptist revival meetings well attended. E J Olson in the country on business Monday. Ladies Aid served ice cream and cake Thursday. O C Trueblood contracted blood poison from a scratch on his hand.
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