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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
1
Rock Rapids Review reports twenty lots in Shipman's addition sold at auction on Tuesday afternoon with selling prices from 85 to 490 dollars. Other short items note a $3,000 damages suit over a car collision, and local business, court, and personal notices from nearby towns.
Chris Nelson, a Lake Mills carpenter, returned from his brother’s farm to find his brand new Ford engulfed in flames near Scarville church. He had run low on gasoline and used a lantern four feet away while filing the car, which may have sparked the blaze.
Four Emmetsburg youths in a new Studebaker four were not seriously hurt when it overturned on the highway between Spencer and Dickens while en route to a Thanksgiving football game. Ray Gratton drove. the car, owned by Motoring at Emmetsburg, suffered heavy damage. Occupants blamed sand or a rough spot for the skid. Gratton bruised, others lightly injured.
Mrs. Frank Crocker of Pana Illinois reports her five year old son suffered a severe winter cold that settled on his lungs and caused terrible coughing spells. After trying other medicines with no help a neighbor recommended Chamberlains Cough Remedy. One dose helped and she continued the course until he was cured. Sold by Bert Hughes.
The Iowa State College experiment station reports on outdoor ice freezing options for distant farmers. Paper cartons proved costly and fragile, while iron cans and wooden troughs offered multi season use. Iron cans and troughs cost 10 to 20 dollars per season to produce 10 000 pounds of ice and could freeze four batches in about three days with close attention. Storage in sawdust without protection loses over half the ice in spring and summer.
Advertises Chamberlains Tablets for stomach troubles stating many have recovered and the cost is only 25 cents. Sold by Bert Hughes.
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