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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
12
This trimmed world view notes rapid progress and its strain on individuals. An English farmer laments modern changes as balloons steam engines and the earth’s orbit press on, mocking progress while a veterinary graduate receives a case of instruments and tools from his father.
The article argues seed purity matters for crop viability and costs, urging authorized inspectors to certify seed packaging and punish adulteration. It notes the Agricultural Department has tested both homegrown and imported seeds, finding many foreign varieties mixed with undesirable weeds from certain regions.
A Paris Exposition awards excerpt notes Libby McNeill Libby of Chicago received gold medals from an International Jury for purity and excellence of their preserved foods. The article highlights Libby brand recognition in America as emblematic of high standards and consistent acclaim at U.S. expos over two decades.
A powerful light on tape Grisnez across the French coast will save a new electric beacon visible forty miles off. It will be 3,000,000 candle power and pierce fog for sixteen miles, emitting a white flash. A separate ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee and Grove’s signature on each box. The North Mexican arid regions are to be irrigated by canals funded by federal and state governments.
An 1900 ad style clippings item notes Hall's Catarrih Cure taken internally at 75 cents, mentions a luxury dog palace car with food receptacles and glass windows, and touts Wiso's Cure for throat and lung ailments. It references rail locomotives in the UK, a drugstore dye product PMENAM PACELWSS DYES, and a Luther quotation.
Maud Roosevelt La Vitisen, now Patr oness von Swartzenstein, wife of Germany’s envoy to China, was a Washington debutante famed for beauty. A Roosevelt relative, she married the baron after a cross Atlantic romance, joking she would have wed plain Tom Smith for a Scottish sash.
German sea captain Captain Grossmann and sailor Germain showcased a tin pair of water walking shoes on the Rhine near Worms. The thirteen foot long devices weigh twenty two pounds each and can sustain weight, promising a remarkable exhibition on the river under the new bridge.
Captain Grossmann wears long water skates weighing over 220 pounds and thirteen feet in length with three hinged metal flukes. The apparatus allows forward movement while hindering backward motion. He uses a paddle to aid steering and turning. Report says he has saved twenty times by using these shoes.
The florist trade in the United States shows rising value with annual retail flower sales around 12.6 million dollars and potted plants at 10 million. A Viking corpse, well preserved with red hair and sandals, was unearthed in a Damendorf peat bog and is kept in Kiel Museum. experts date the burial to about 1500 years ago. South Dakota holds 11.6 million acres of vacant government land now open to qualified entry. A humorous note urges men to keep good terms with daughters as they reach age 16 and may run the house.
A woman shares gratitude for a digestive and reproductive health medicine. She suffered ovarian inflammation and womb prolapse with leucorrhagia and weakness, reports improvement after six bottles, now able to work and ride a bicycle without adverse effects, endorsing the remedy to other women.
A faded anecdote recalls Gari Hertz the conjurer who distrusted boy confederates. In London he used a half crown in an orange trick. a boy produced coins from his pockets claiming the half crown caused thirst. The fragmentary text jumps to unexplored territories and a collage of jokes from various papers.
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