Hand Turned Shoe Offers Value At 200 Price
Local shop touts a hand turned shoe described as well worth 200 with a display of options and a ten day show window for customers to compare styles and prices.
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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
6
Local shop touts a hand turned shoe described as well worth 200 with a display of options and a ten day show window for customers to compare styles and prices.
Advertising fragment lists corsets and shoes with low prices. Mentions full stock calfskin shoes, 8 to 75 cents, silk items at 50 and 3.00, fleeced-lined and all-wool stockings, and heavy all-wool stock for ladies. Includes odd numbers and garbled pricing.
A Wisconsin farmer reports success using local newspaper ads to sell and buy livestock. He spends about 60 cents per ad, saving travel and securing high prices as buyers respond by mail or in person. The piece also notes industry moves, school funding praise, and community notices including a pastor’s discharge and election reactions.
J. W. Gardner of Idaville Indiana testifies that Electric Bittera cure liver kidney and stomach troubles and restore appetite and energy. He says it gave him new strength and a new lease on life. Available for 50 cents at Williams and Anderson's drug store with a guaranteed satisfaction promise.
The Lewiston Journal reports red codfish prey on thinning lobsters during shedding. Weak, newly moulted lobsters are attacked as codfish swarm near rocks among seaweed, striking with tails to disable and feed on the crustaceans.
Consul General Dubois reports to the state department on the Swiss plan for obligatory sickness and accident insurance with 20 percent government share and no employer contribution. The 400 article bill, including a military insurance clause, lost by 195000 votes. Glarus supported it while most cantons opposed. Dissatisfaction across districts affected industrial centers and house industries, and silk manufacturers feared heavier taxation under compulsory rules.
A reader asks why unlimited doubling of ancestors yields far more people than existed in 11th century times. The note urges a clear explanation of the fallacy in counting ancestors across generations. A second item reports a remarkable priestly record in Hungary where six clergy died within months, all ordained together years ago.
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