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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
11
An irregular OCR fragment records passenger and freight movements with numbers and destinations. It mentions GEO, W. NICH Laine IN as agent and refers to Local Freight, Daily service, and passenger records numbered 15 and 3, with unclear context and dates.
A fragmented list shows candidates for state and local offices across counties including secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general, supreme judge, railroad commissioner, auditor, clerk of court, county attorney, and supervisor. Names such as Gilbertbon, Martin, Mulan, Palmer, and Fitzgerald appear with districts like Adair, Delaware, Hawkins, Johnson, and Washington.
A dense roster of fraternal orders and church services is listed with meeting days and times. Groups include North Star Lodge No. 46, Esther Lodge No. 22, Rebekahs-Asarmony Lodge No. 55, Odd Fellows halls, and various encampments and posts, plus Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, and Christian Science services with typical weekly schedules and event notes.
Advertisements and notices fill a page with talk of city and county postings, rates, and ad insertions. It mentions correspondence, township meetings, and public sale notices, plus local business blurbs and a medical tonic claim. An unrelated fiction snippet and humorous quotes appear among ads and notices.
A Woodstock resident credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with purifying his blood and restoring energy. He says initial fatigue diminished after one bottle, and a second bottle left him free from tiredness and able to work.
Ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure all and urges readers to buy Hood's today asserting it fulfills its claim and warns against substitutes.
A Lashaway dairy farm owner reported capturing an immense unknown spider on a highway toward East Brookfield. The creature, measuring about 11% inches, with eight legs and a head bearing jet black eyes, allegedly whistled as its offspring swarmed from its back.
The Chicago Chronicle notes Milwaukee has the highest German population share in the nation, with 86 percent of its residents of German birth or ancestry in the city. New York and Chicago follow lower percentages, while Wisconsin leads among states with about 17 percent native-born Germans.
In northwestern Chicago a policeman built a small family cottage by gathering bricks found on streets and rail yards. He collected sacks of bricks daily, earning the nickname the policeman who bought a brick house a brick at a time. The article also notes a French writer’s China journey and a Munich court ruling upholding corporal punishment in schools.
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