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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1900
Page
12
A Chicago Chronicle report notes ministers show a striking tendency toward sudden death from apoplexy. It cites six recent cases, cites stressful mental work, and highlights a Brooklyn pastor whose death occurred instantly while preparing a call. The piece emphasizes lack of warning and sudden vascular rupture.
A critical look at Baboo English and a profile of Madan Mohan Malaviya at a native congress. The text mocks ornate Indian prose while praising Malaviya’s mellifluous speech, elegant voice, and striking presence as he addresses congressmen.
The article notes Pittsburgh's gloom and the rise of ductile iron and soft steel enabling Italian Venetian iron work to be produced in the United States. It highlights affordable materials and designs for house lanterns, hall lamps, screens, brackets, and other decorative items, with many patterns printed for students and artisans to use.
An anecdote recalls Lord Alverstone then Sir Richard Webster, famed for his tenor, singing in a church choir. A verger misidentifies him, and at a semipolitical gathering a gaunt apinster jokes he should teach gospel truth rather than speak politics, quietly ending a hoped appointment.
The Maine Legislature may repeal all laws funding bounties on wild animals, with bears highlighting the issue. The experience shows bounty laws burden taxpayers, while bears of the taxvavera.
The New York Sun notes Maine kept a $5 bounty on bears until recently and repeal arguments claimed it would wipe out predatory bears and save sheep. Since renewed hunting surged, more bears have been shot but sheep losses did not rise. Sportsmen shift from deer to bears for sport and meat, with Bangor shipments averaging ten per week.
The late Dr Fairfax of Maryland hailed from one of England’s distinguished families. He inherited a peerage but never pursued confirmation, living as a gentleman farmer in the South and later near Hellsville Maryland. He studied in Virginia and Georgetown before serving as a doctor after marrying Col Kirby’s daughter. The Primrose Dames accused conservatives of election dodges by citing marriage statistics under Salisbury.
The International Monthly contrasts New England farming with California life, noting the Californian farmer enjoys plentiful horses and fruit crops, less dependence on markets, more freedom to choose leisure, reading, hunting, or camping, and prearranged dry season engagements. An adjacent printer’s notice announces a new dray office on south 6th street by Roullins & Julson.
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