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From Emmetsburg and Nearby Towns News
A mixed set of small town items reports a drunken cigar maker being warned by the mayor near Estherville, and a prized dog poisoned in Algona. Emmetsburg notes a sick Mrs. Ormsby improving, while artesian well data on the old Lynch farm claims the first such well in the area. Spencer News notes a Clay county farm sale at seventy dollars an acre. A barber-shop debtor tale ends comically with a witness and a beard to the end of days. Castor oil repels rats and a warned fraud targets Canada thistle killers. Township rights investors face losses of seventy five to one hundred dollars. Ringling Bros show held services in memory of McKinley. A Waterloo wife regains hope after a Philippine navy draft payment. Richtmyer & Abernathy advertise affordable pianos and organs. Rentals listed at Central Meat Market.