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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
2
Official paper notes a Republican straight ticket with Governor Cummins and other county and judicial nominees. It urges a large turnout for Emmet County representation, mentions Esteemed figures like ex Senator Hospers and local officials, plus commentary on regional elections and a court case against the Pawnee Bill show with damages awarded.
Prospects brighten as city adopts a new funding plan to buy machinery and extend the electric light and water works. A note signed by eighty leading townsmen backs the project, replacing prior contracts and pledging the ten mill levy and net plant revenues to pay the debt, with a judge approving a lawful path forward.
E. White of Eutherville Iowa took first prize on a Galloway cow at the Kansas City cattle show on October 22. Other winners included Sadie Garland in the three-year-old or over class and Muscasa N in the six months to under one year heifer class.
Nine thousand dollars worth of general merchandise from John Halvorson will be sold off as W Miller liquidates to focus on Colorado mining interests. C W Whittemore Co Auctioneers of Galenburg Illinois handle the sale in Estherville Emmet County with daily auctions at 2 and 7 pm starting Saturday October 26 and continuing until sold.
A 14 year old boy, Minard Shepardson, in a boat on Four Mile Lake, nearly lost an arm when a shotgun discharged as he raised it. The wound tore flesh below the elbow and required days of treatment with Dr. Alice Stinson before he returned home. Also noted: city library trustees lease southeast rooms in the Coon building for a new library space at 15 dollars monthly including heat. A reception for Rev Ginn drew about 150 guests, with the Richtmyer Abernathy millinery room parlor transformed for the event and praised organizers for their effort.
Church activities fill the week with a Free Baptist social at Mrs Wagoner’s, Ludiew Aid meets Mrs Ridley, and a Presbyterian sermon series by Rev. on Blind Pigsio Myupherville. Lutheran services as scheduled with Belief and Salvation in First Baptist and The Way the Truth and the Life in the evening. Marriage licenses issued include McVey Flanagan, Morcis Rebrson, and others. Two Married Men touted at the opera house should draw laughs. A.S. Scott offers shorthand and typing lessons at East Lincoln. The city laundry seeks Estherville patrons for local service.
Local notes report ballots printing this week and residents planning Manitoba investments. Ratherville figures $150 000 in improvements while temperatures reach 82 degrees with mild nights. Eastern Star elects Mrs Foote as Worthy Matron as local buildings progress. A jury finds Eliott not guilty of assault. Dispatcher Ryan resigns. Lineman fills in. Upcoming nuptials and civic calls for harmony appear, plus praise for J J Klopp for supervisor candidacy.
The Republican reports a new line of calendars and gift cards, with a representative in the field soliciting orders from business people. Prices are set to undercut competitors, and the goal is to meet calendar needs at a reasonable figure with a large assortment.
Senator Clark's Paris house called among the handsomest in the city. Nero's nearsighted eye once used a gem as a lens for gladiatorial viewing. Commissioner Kerr, Glasgow native, retires at 80 with 15 000 dollars yearly pension. Alfred Vanderbilt, a top amateur New York tennis player. Andrew Carnegie donates 500 dollars each to four miners for Donibristle rescue. Wilson Lippincott, 479 pounds, challenges a waxed-floor duel. Prof Nuno from Mexico teaches La Golondrina in Buffalo expo city, paid 300 dollars. Miss Helen Morton, daughter of former Vice President Morton, educated in Paris, musician and sportswoman. Richmond Pearson Hobson joins a southern cotton firm in Atlanta as partner. will remain in navy as an investor.
The text gives kitchen tips and recipe steps including trimming cucumbers to remove bitterness, preparing fresh halibut with French dressing and tartare sauce, making a tomato sauce with butter flour tomatoes onion and curry, and scalding cornmeal before baking. It reads as practical cooking guidance with multiple dish notes and method details.
London consumes over 4000 tons of ice daily and half the world’s coal fields lie between Japan and China. England seeks funds for a monument to Edward Edwards, born 1812 and died 1860 in poverty, key promoter of public libraries. A Paris healer claims a process to stretch the body by electricity to add 20 percent in six months.
The article notes France imports 200 million and exports 60 million gallons of wine annually while producing 650 million gallons. French India remains plague free though population slid from 285000 to 273000 in ten years. Paris funds 13600 yearly detective guard. national government now covers. Twelve detectives hired. Telephone monopoly since 1899 shows Paris far ahead of rural growth. 1908 Paris population 2,536,000 with 33,000 telephones, about 60 percent of France’s total.
Local column recounts a gun mishap near Albert Gibson's party, noting how a loaded gun could have harmed children. It also lists school events, social plans at Woodman hall for October 25 benefiting Superior High, and various town updates from Lincoln and Estherville regions. Community updates include visits, baptisms, meetings, travel, teaching assignments, and business ads for cisterns and Poland China pigs for sale.
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