28 Jun 1900
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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
1
Fragmentary timetable item shows passenger numbers 16 and 32, freight numbers, and an agent GEO. M. NICHOLSON. Daily service marked with exceptions. unclear origin and locations due to garbled OCR.
Brussels reports Lieut Leon Cerckel of Congo state troops located the Mokana caves near the Lufira river valley in the Djuo area. The caverns run two miles or more in length and host savage tribes. fires create dense smoke and life threats forced Cerckel to withdraw after gifts to tribal chiefs.
The New York Sun reports Mr Fatherly foresees an electric velocipede for home charging, a device that would power boys' riding beyond their leg strength. He notes adults cause disturbances, but anticipates the day a child with such a vehicle will ride the electric velocipede, filling city streets with life and motion.
A Chicago matron on a South Side street overhears a man tell a girl they must live their lives and asks if they should live them together. The Chronicle notes she never learns the answer as they continue walking away.
A Ladies' Home Journal profile describes Hetty Green, famed as America's richest woman, living modestly in two small Hoboken slate flats. The piece outlines her routine, the simple parlor, and her husband B. E. Green, nearly 90 and largely retired, with her brisk travels between Hoboken and New York for financial affairs.
Violet growers report a surge of a gall fly attacking violets, imported from European pests but now spreading in the United States. The Diploaia via Meola Itim larvae infest crown leaves, curling them with several larvae per leaf, reducing flower size when fed on the center crown. Removing infected leaves and hydrocyanic acid treatment are suggested controls.
An article argues that women’s eating habits deeply affect beauty and balance. It cites a physician noting drink and hurry push men toward insanity, while love affairs plus poor nutrition destabilize women.
The text questions gendered notions of hunger and desire, suggesting women pursue power while criticizing reactions mirroring men’s vices. It argues against humiliation and hypersensitivity in love, highlighting how common sense fails to address such gendered instincts and behaviors.
An Audubon lecture humorously links the oven bird to female rights, detailing its nest split into a lady’s feathered inner chamber and a male’s rough outer room. The piece blends whimsy with a nod to gender roles and social commentary in early 20th century prose.
Advertises a grand rail journey via Rio Grande Western to Salt Lake City and connections with Denver Rio Grande and Colorado Midland. Highlights Salt Lake City sights, Mormon Temple and Tabernacle, hot springs, climate, Great Salt Lake, parks and canyons. Promotes low tourist rates and requests inquiries to KE Copland in Chicago and Geo Heintz in Salt Lake City.
Antique ad copy touts Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier. Claims health depends on pure blood and links illness to impure blood. Presents a concise wartime style narrative urging trust in this tonic as “America’s Greatest Blood Medicine.”
The text promotes a medical remedy claimed to ease childbirth and reduce pain for expectant mothers. It touts safety for mother and child, promising comfort during labor and urging interested readers to request a free copy by mail.
Dr J Newton Hathaway treats chronic diseases with exclusive method for Varicocele and Stricture without knife or cautery with 90 percent cure. He handles nervous disorders kidneys urinary complaints paralysis blood poisoning rheumatism and women diseases. Consultation free at Commercial Block Sioux City IA.
Robbing and Lucas open a dray office on South Bth Street in the former city scales building for daylong orders. Also promoted is free pamphlets from the Danver and Rio Grande Railroad and Denver line about irrigation farming, appealing to farmers seeking relocation to Colorado for agricultural prospects.
The Scenic Line of the World offers routes through Colorado Utah and New Mexico with through trains and Pullman cars between Chicago Denver San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland. Special excursions to Colorado and Utah run June 20 July 9 17 and Aug 1 with round trip tickets to Oct 31 at low single fare.
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