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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
11
Professor Hans Dross of Berlin suggests examining cigar tips discarded by suspects to reveal personality and social position. If a knife cut is found, the tool may be on the offender. if bitten, tooth shape and bite marks can identify the person, aiding detectives in ways other methods cannot.
A wartime relief feature describes Netley hospital near London that builds a paper city of papier mache convalescent huts to treat wounded soldiers returning from South Africa. Forty five huts house sixty men at a time, each with beds, a nurse station, and a wooden table, all arranged behind the red brick hospital to ease recovery.
Nancy Jacobs known as Honiuma, claimed over 100 years old, lives alone in an oil log cabin in Cedar County within the Choctaw nation. A noted medicine woman who cannot speak English, she recalls Civil War memories and journeys to Antlers over 30 miles, with a married daughter of 60 and self-sustaining via hogs and meat.
Social weaver birds form large roofed colonies likely for snake defense while the gardener bower bird builds ornate adjacent nests as meeting spaces for social activity. The spotted collar bird creates an artful bower for gatherings with dancing and mutual admiration among males. European lapwing holds dancing parties with trios, the leader stands, others bow, and calls are exchanged in a rhythmic procession.
The 1895 census reports 12,491,673 residents with nearly equal genders. Only Jalisco and Guanajuato exceed 1,000,000, while Mexico state has about 500,000. Healthful climate noted. over 700 centenarians recorded. Foreign-born residents list the United States next to Spain, with 12,850. Literacy high, 83,668 illiterate. About 200,000 fewer than total population. 2,000,000 do not speak Spanish. 82 languages or more spoken in Mexico.
A Massachusetts Yankee promotes a patent hat that allegedly stimulates new hair growth. A hidden metal receptacle in the crown holds a pad soaked with chemicals. heat from the head releases a vapor that allegedly nourishes hair, claiming to renew and strengthen growth for bald men.
A Gratz court sentenced a Bavarian man to two and a half years in prison after he used personal ads to lure and defraud 130 women and widows across Gratz Munich and nearby towns. He disappeared with their money, then resurfaced in other cities repeating the same ruse before his arrest. Also noted is a London music box ring, an heirloom of Sir Richard Temple’s family, which plays a delicate tune when the ring is pressed.
A fragment notes that foul uses for fine world roneweed and mahogeny are common in Mexico where cowper mines are decorated with rou¢weed. Mahogenry is used as engine fuel. It also cites studies of ocean floors showing large rivers sometimes entering the sea near coastlines.
A 98 year old Waterloo widow, M. D., married Samuel Decker after a long life with two prior husbands. She first wed Thomas Preeton in 1832, became a widow at 68, remarried in 1873 to Albert Brainer, who later died. Decker, smitten, joined her in a simple parlor ceremony. The bride notes rheumatic issues but remains lively and sharp. The groom calls himself smart.
The Gaekwar, visiting England for the fourth time, earns praise in India as a model prince and is known in Europe as a progressive ruler. Born in 1861 he has governed Baroda for 40 years focusing on education. He plans to send his eldest son to Oxford and several younger sons to British schools, a bold move for a royal of high caste. His wife, Princess Devas, accompanies him.
Saturday October bth the Minneapolis St. Louis railway runs a popular excursion to St Paul and Minneapolis. Triin leaves Estherville at 10 25 pm arriving Minneapolis 4 pm St Pat 4 30 pm for a light trip on a new railroad. Round trip rate 2 50 with return tickets valid until Tuesday morning leaving St Paul 6 30. Three days in the Twin Cities at 2 40 round trip.
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