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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
10
A period style note offers advice on home care and etiquette including cleaning a chip hat with rifle oil and velvet, boiling vegetables, preventing burns with charcoal and ammonia, and the value of ample water intake. It also covers napkin folding, bread service at table, and guidance on a wife’s appearance and neatness to please her husband.
Berlin reports 63 public monuments while Atlanta imposes a reduced daily fine on houses from 1000 to 500. The Salvation Army struggles in Mexico City and street processions face religious tension. New York aids poor individuals yearly, and 700 people faced eviction in five months. Washington develops more parks, with a reservation being upgraded in the northwest for that purpose.
Minneapolis raises 12500 for cycle paths while bicycles enter Vienna opera. The League of American Wheelmen offers a 1006 potlay benefit for 1 year at 90 cents. A Toronto rider fined for sidewalk riding argues the road is unrideable. The Cycling Gazette notes the bicycle means different things to different people in front of judges.
Insurance notes warn lightning and wind losses are up this year. Thayer Kansas council buys an engine and fires break out causing a nine hundred eighteen thousand dollar insured loss. A Waterloo Iowa court rules against gasoline as an aviation fuel. Indiana wheat crop near total failure with expectations of 10 million bushels or less, insurance premiums on grain set to rise.
An external liniment marketed to pregnant women promises strength for household duties before confinement. Claims include relief from morning sickness nervousness and labor strain and says it prevents breast swelling, with caution against internal medicines. Sold by druggists for $1 by The Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta Ga.
Louis Parker and Murray Carson draft a play for John Drew as the Empreeus theater in London claims seating for 6 100. Jerome K Jerome will write a new play for Annie Russell to debut in London next May. Mascagni plans an opera version of Quo Vadis while stars autograph a Berencv project. Queen Maria Christina praises a Spaniard countess. Brunson presents Ouragan at the Opera Comique and Guck’s works are noted. Vienna’s Hofburg had paid five percent of Goethe Night receipts for ten years, now halted due to theater finances.
A column of admonitions on proper guest behavior at a host’s home. Emphasizes not intruding on private spaces, keeping rooms neat, honoring the host’s plans, being agreeable, avoiding family matters, and punctual meals. Includes brief, humorous anecdotes from contemporary papers illustrating social norms.
A survey of cases outlines telephone company street placement under statutory authority not needing municipal consent. It notes delays in tax suits can bar claims, and contributory negligence may not shield railroads from fire damages. It also covers administrator deposits losing traceability, railroad tax exemptions deemed unconstitutional, and street improvement assessments possibly justified by benefits.
A New York paper notes women make over one third of French manufacturing. It mentions Miss Shidzu Naruse of Kobe returning to Japan to establish a hospital. It also cites Queen Likuokalani taking auto lessons and Calve at Windsor with a wager tale about her staying the night.
A collection notes varied items from 19th century sources. It mentions opera singer Vor Placon performing in German, Japan establishing a telegraph line in 1868, Hungary approving a local electric power project near Budapest, and Simon Newcomb receiving an honorary degree from Cracow with wide international recognition and gold medals from major scientific bodies.
A collage of brief notes recalls Depew as a young lawyer swift in practice, Gordon Sprigg starting as a House of Commons reporter, Pierpont Morgan excelling in mathematics, Admiral Philip’s early naval schooling, and George’s later noted traits. It paints scenes of precocious talent across fields.
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