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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
6
A garbled excerpt mocks medical jargon and patent remedies. It references overcharged vitality, disease cures, and a claim that a wife might offer salvation. The text imitates era advertising voice with a bold product pitch and questionable medical claims.
Readers are shown Webster’s 1844 Senate critique of a Missouri to Pacific railroad, calling the region vast and desolate. The piece contrasts his fears with later fortunes, noting California and Washington’s wealth in gold silver coal iron lumber and fruit, and observes how geography shaped prophecy and profit.
A garbled OCR page shows assorted 19th century ads and quips. Halls Catarrh Cure priced 75 venta. Pien's Cure for Consumption labeled ineffective. goat skin leather production noted. Putnam Wadeless Dyes claim no staining. Mrs Winslow's Baby Comfort Brace priced 25 cents. a grim quip about tyrants ends the fragment.
In a tense drawing room scene Redmond returns to find his wife awake and wary. An argument erupts over a will that may favor the daughter Vanessa Grahame, threatening a ruinous exposure of deceit and a possible prison outcome for the husband.
Maud Redmond pressures husband for the girl's fortune using delay tactics and threats while planning murder to claim the estate. Nessa wakes in a frightful night scene as Mrs Redmond and Edmond plot to destroy the young woman, then the next day Nessa contemplates newfound independence as the household strategizes about illness and travel.
Fragmentary Washington to Buffalo News mock commentary contrasts parental fear with aging sand in an hourglass. The Philadelphia report mentions a 62 million worth agricultural equipment shipment slipping to Russia, highlighting wartime disruption and trade tensions.
Huntington will continue the late Collis P. Huntington’s railroad projects as vice president of the Southern Pacific. Archer Huntington and Princess Hatafeldt are adopted children. Archer, a wealthy author, is tied to the German embassy past. The estate is valued at 57 million dollars.
A Colorado tale describes a scientist claiming a fish frozen in an ice glacier north of Long's Peak. The fish, about eighteen feet long, is alleged to be a saltwater species from the era of the flood. The claim prompts a Washington department report and possible scientific inquiry.
A fragmentary comic column recalls a woman bargaining for butterscotch amid claims of adulteration, a jokey exchange about skimpy butter content, and a stall-side quip on Missouri cattle. It also notes a misfit washing job ad and a cabbage mishap, all in terse, humorous vignettes.
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