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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
6
The Ringling circus visits Ft. Dodge on August 29 and Emmetsburg hosts Gollmar Bros Greatest American Shows on Thursday August 27 with two daily performances and a grand morning parade. Local notes include visits, weddings, and a Sunday school convention at Rodman on August 23.
The Interstate Fair management in Sioux City Iowa reports unsold stalls in horse and cattle barns and hog pens. Demand for barn room is high with unusually large entries expected. Breeders new to Sioux City will exhibit, with beef breeds and dairy cattle herds planned. The fair runs from Monday September 7 to Saturday September 12.
The Democrat notes receipt of a complimentary ticket to the Kossuth county fair on September 8 9 10. Over 2000 dollars in purses for horse races and a ball game plus other amusements each day. Five stock and various exhibits promise high quality. Special trains will run into Algone on all railroads during the fair.
Span of mares for sale weigh about 2900 pounds and are described as choice. Enquire of M. F. Brennan in Emmetsburg for details and availability. Fairfax Refining Co. of Cleveland, Ohio seeks a reliable energetic young man to represent the company in Palo Alto and nearby counties, with a preferred owner operator. Salary or commission offered.
An advertisement offers land sale inquiries, asks for price and terms by mail or Saturdays. It promotes pure bred White Leghorn hens at 60 cents each and a lightly used double seated buggy priced around 3125. It warns about title safety pending surveyor levels and includes phone numbers 12 41, B 38, and 3735 with names H M Hercer and Mrs M McEvoy.
Graettinger Times reports Barney Elsenbast returns from Hanington with a fine Poland China pig to show others how to raise quality swine. Roy Gates travels with his mother to Prairie du Chien for sanatorium therapy for paralysis in his lower limbs. Emmetsburg papers debate carnival success and cost, with receipts of 2900 but higher expenses. Spencer Reporter notes a south side school may reopen, criticizing river-crossing school inefficiencies. Spencer councilmen gain experience as town planning prompts steel post embankments to secure future sidewalks.
The launch race at West Okoboji Sunday afternoon saw Merrimac take victory while J P Kirby entered the event with engine trouble limiting its speed. The Kirby boat, though fastest on the lakes, faced a single working engine for most of the contest and plans to fix the issue before the next race.
The town of Werda in Dahomey hosts a temple of serpents with over a thousand snakes kept by priests. Snakes are fed by offerings from natives and hung from beams, some large enough to coil around a bullock. Enchanting movements are created by rods, but priests avoid touching the largest. Serpent killing is a death offense. even a European risks death. Unintentional killings require informing a priest and yearly purification.
A New York Sun report notes that makers who wear cork limbs proselytize their own product. Buyers prefer vendors who personally require a limb, believing firsthand fitting ensures comfort and accuracy. This “unwritten law” drives patronage to advertisers run by wearers.
In a Strand Magazine vignette an English admiral shares tales of political influence at the Admiralty. A lord commissions a report on a ship disaster in glowing terms, while another questions charted distances, learning that two inches on a map equals four thousand miles at sea.
The only life portrait of Daniel Boone was painted by Boston artist Chester Harding in June 1820 at Warren county Missouri near Marthasville. Rev James E Welch stood beside Boone as the pioneer rested against a bed rail while the artist worked. The finished work hangs in the state capitol at Frankfort Kentucky.
In the London Globe account the slowworm is described as a timid creature that tightens its body when captured, breaking into pieces yet preserving only the upper vital portions. The piece notes the popular legend of self‑breaking and contrasts it with the actual behavior of a rigid, twig‑like form.
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