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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
2
The item lists advertising terms and rates for chy end Gounty Iowa with notices about correspondents budget, and reports on Polk county delegates backing Gilbertson for treasurer. It notes Marshalltown health board closing churches and schools, Des Moines saloons delayed licensing, Dolliver renominated at Algona, Yates nominated for Illinois governor, and low turnout at the Populist convention in Sioux Falls.
The piece surveys Spanish women from Andalusia to Valencia, praising their vigor and varied traits. It notes Galicia’s working class strength, Austrias’ hardy lineage, Catalonia’s muscular, no-nonsense women, and Valencia’s fairer, lustrous hair. Barcelona is described as an industrious hub, with Valencia’s ladies featured as charming yet reserved.
A mixed excerpt surveys fair skin and bullfights in Mexico, notes on Weimar’s Tomb and the Iron Chancellor, and a brief tally of ancient cities Damascus Athens Rome and Marseille. It mentions Britania on a coin, a portrait of Frances Stuart, and a social observation about class manners from Osage Press.
Report discusses varied illness after a W. R. C. supper with accusations pointing to cabbage salad and beef left out, while some who did not eat the meal also fell sick. Observers note no rusty pan was used and two reliable grocers supplied cabbage. The piece ends with the proverb one man's meat another's poison.
Local notes report plans to plant corn next week and mail changes after a contractor absence. Residents share visits, school starts, smallpox concerns, dances, farming tasks, and social visits across Grover Ringsted Estherville Ammetsburg Lake Mills and Martin schoolhouse area.
Rain Sunday night will aid small grain. Numerous local visits and travels among residents including the Sunde and Rewey families. Vars reprints, shoe polish tip from Charley Nelson, and farm work noted. A railroad locomotive fatally struck cows on Mercer farm. Scarlet fever quarantines closed schools. Minor home improvements and local market notes appear.
The readers are urged that headaches may stem from poor eyesight not a stomach or nerves. A free eye test is offered along with fitting spectacles at a reasonable price to relieve the headache. AT
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