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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1901
Page
8
Fragmentary railway document lists various passenger and freight cars with numbers and service days. Mentions A Daily and B Daily except Sunday, agent WE. LOSEY, and a code j read 230 p. wm. lines. No clear event or outcome available.
A fragment shows passenger and freight car numbers with times and platform notes. It lists agent O L Beck and line designations H Daily and O Daily except Sunday, indicating a regional timetable snippet.
A dense listing from Emmetsburg Iowa features C E Cahoon Morting & Davidson A Morling Davison Attorneys at Law with estates and titles, J L Van Gorden surgeon, a gas dentist at Gowans block, J Atkinson mayor justice of the peace, and a veterinary surgeon. Office locations include the Farmers Savings Bank, James Gowans block, and East Main Street. Calls day or night, offices in Emmetsburg and surrounding blocks.
A Detroit Free Press item details a couple’s stock market misadventure. The husband misreads the market and loses, while the wife pockets gains by buying NY stock at 49 cents after his bearish stance. A hotel anecdote from the Washington Star adds a light note about a restless customs official husband who scatters a trunk’s contents.
A medley of short humorous vignettes and mishearings from old papers. The pieces lampoon marriage, vanity, and daily folly with quips about bonnets hats and early birds, featuring exchanges from Hicks to Uncle Eben and lines about insurance doctors and surprised spouses.
An early 20th century collage shows fall hints in nature with rustling reeds and brown grass, while a separate quip exposes a street scene of a druggist overcharging a woman for medicine. The era’s terse humor ties the changing season to consumer sharp practice.
A Baltimore American note quotes a playful exchange as a young woman jokes about alphabetic courtships seen while she was abroad. The man probes for the next paragraph while she traces letters from A to Z to hint at her experiences.
A humorous exchange notes postal receipts this year reaching 111,000,000 versus 60,000,000 in 1890. The joke links rising mail use to fewer husbands forgetting to mail their wives letters, implying social progress.
A collage of humorous exchanges and light remarks from multiple newspapers. Citizens describe returning home, family life, and everyday curiosities with regional color. The snippets showcase social trivia, local slang, and playful banter across cities like Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Washington.
A Boston Globe piece notes returning travelers say America offers superior fare. It describes Western transatlantic voyages where green corn and watermelons onboard astonish European passengers, who devour full ears and half moon melon disks with eagerness. The article contrasts American beefsteak variety with European menus and cites New York kitchens offering many beefsteaks.
Sopiel Halley known as Redheaded Indian, a senior member of the Pleasant Point tribe, died near East Machias after a life marked by being a noted changelist and a respected though often challenged figure. He lived in Est Mnthias for years, built a small home, and achieved local renown for his former status among eastern Maine communities. He was about sixty nine. The piece also discusses motorcar prospects and urban transit competition with trams in Glasgow.
The London Truth notes a mild Mt Eigal story and hints Unitte may accept an expanded concert tour in the capital cities next winter. It suggests Mait fears American rivals will push for a large scale event, citing M. Paderewski as a referenced case.
In Norway a recent law requires presenting to authorities proof of skilled sewing and embroidery work for those in marriage potential, while women question why certificates are not required for men to prove they can support their wives.
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