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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
8
The clipping details Iowa fishing laws with open season closing November 1 offering one extra week for fishing. It cites rules on salmon trout basa and other game fish, lines, and gear prohibitions, and notes enforcement via wardens and public postings. It also includes editorials on local politics, hotel development, and business notices from Estherville, Dolliver, Spirit Lake, and nearby towns.
Ochoyedan Press reports husking across 35 to 40 bushes per acre with some at 50. Men scarce. four cents a bush offered by many farmers. Spirit Lake man Carter McTumsey, once accused of killing his sweetheart, sentenced to five years. Supreme Court caps minstead value at 8000. J R Wither awarded 14500 but trimmed to 8000 after appeal. Emmetsburg pair buys 2,000 acres in Assiniboia, Canada.
A collage of old wordplay and prose pieces begins with a math riddle about calculating deaths and living kin then shifts to a Kansas girl and a playful Mary quote. The fragment weaves palmistry, a lamb, and Mary at speed on an airshod wheel with skirts, ending amid cheering men and faded verse.
A misc article fragment lists home decor tips such as gold colorings in Limoges, cleaning ivory knife handles with a chalk paste, and the gate-log table as a folding tea or reading chair accessory. It also discusses comfortable furnishing, table lamp setups, and pineapple eating practices, plus kitchen tiling versus hardwood floors, and notes on musical instruments and shorthand courses.
Advertises regular ten cent tablets sold by the seller for scents. Promotes new ideas in ruled and unruled tablets including late bond and featherweight varieties at a low price. Drawing papers, pencils, rulers, inks, and other school用品 offered.
Neighborhood gossip from Dolliver notes AJt. Butler, returning from a business trip, erased a deal that would make him a stockholder in a large Rapid City mine. Gov. Frank Jackson, Sidney A. Poster, and others are named. Mr. Bauer was hired at a salary of about 2,000 annually to manage the property. Friends wish him well in his new venture.
The item list reports local happenings with names, travels, illness, and a funeral. Grandma Lerdell died at her son EF Lerdell's home aged 81 after a period of illness. Mary Winterton and Annie Hansen were among relatives visiting. Other notes include farm activity, purchases, and moving buildings, plus social visits across Grover and nearby towns.
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