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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1903
Page
4
Whittmore residents share holiday visits and returns from nearby towns. Frank Giddy Mary Kollaseh and many others are listed visiting relatives in McMinvis Spencer Emmetsburg Estherville and Des Moines. Local dances programs and visits highlight community life with several trips to Chicago and Webster City.
A frightened horse ran wildly down the street causing alarm as locals seek remedies. Baeklen's Amica Salve is advertised as a remedy for burns and sores. Also offers include sale of a quarter block on South Broadway with shade trees and two other blocks. Special range sale at Joe J Steit. Highest cash price for poultry at M. Kerwick’s. Carriage and buggy sale noted.
Mrs Wilson visits her sister while Claire Plat extends stay in Story county. Bruce Root family dined with LLW Head for Christmas. John Allen leaves for parents in James Pringse. Pringse visits Bridgewater SD. Emma Head returns from Mallard school for holidays. Sam Speer plans auction and farm rental then Oklahoma. Carlson to move to Tipp Farm. George returning to Graettinger. Joe Croker ships to Story county early year. Galloway from Illinois to occupy Croker’s vacated place. Croker hosts brother Ed and cousin John Fitzgerald from Story County to help load car. Christmas tree at South Vernon church draws large crowd. Wm Wilson travels to North Dakota for father’s death. funeral in Emmetsburg expected early week. Old settlers in county.
Large Grundy Center crowd reels as sheriff arrests Will Slifer for allegedly murdering his wife a week after her death at their home. A drugstore clerk links chloroform purchases to a man matching Slifer. Judge in Burlington exalts an Iowa law by ruling against the pro rata insurance practice across forty eight companies in Dankwardt versus an Newark insurer.
A historical note traces early poster art in England and France, highlighting Froderick Walker, Walter Crane, and especially Cheret as the pivotal figure. It recounts Cheret’s posters drawing Parisian crowds and provoking official calls of theft, alongside a tale of Lady Beaconsfield’s admiring restraint during Disraeli’s speech as her hand is bandaged after an accidental door catch.
A historical note urges using burning woolen cloth to smoke wounds or burns. The method, claimed infallible, is said to relieve inflammation after about twenty minutes. The writer stresses that care and immediate application by any person could prevent deadly lockjaw from nail or wound injuries.
Fire at Hibinger Bros starch factory destroyed main buildings and caused $250,000 loss. One watchman John S. Puder burned. Theodore Bertord and Kiam Moore scorched. About 100 workers present. no others burned. Plant manager H. W. Green says it will be rebuilt. Cedar Rapids official W. J. Moore convicted for false pretenses by listing a horse as William Mastin on city payroll.
Burmese Usit game features a rain party and four drought parties opposing one another, with rain favored by public opinion. Victory tends to go to the rain side, seen as favorable weather and associated with frequent downpours.
Fragmentary item notes a sneaky retaliation near Dr Wines, once a boys’ school principal, whose doorplate was altered to read Wines and Other Lickers. Includes a brief comic exchange about advice and wit from a Baltimore American gab page.
A fragment shows a student named Emily recounting a fond note to a teacher of composition. The teacher replies by returning the note with spelling corrections in red ink, revealing a playful exchange about affection and schooling. A later line references chestnuts and frost as a humorous aside.
An offbeat Scottish style fragment notes a minister advising a parishioner to keep awake during a sermon. The story hints at humorous, informal churchyard chatter about the sermon and breakfast items, set near Atchisen Flats.
Two University of Chicago English department students Miss Florence Eddy and Miss Vivian Rand sought work as maids at Mrs. Moses Goldsmith’s Chicago home. After a mishap with gravy spilled at lunch, the pair completed their brief day as servants, reflecting on the experiment and their hope to gain real domestic experience. A separate note reports a change of agents at Osgood with transfer of W H Vilmont to Grondy Center and a railroad accident near Milford leaving section boss Christopher Christopherson critically injured.
Members of the Hanover town council entered the chamber for an adjourned meeting to find their former meeting place transformed into a bedroom. The Philadelphia Press reports the fire company had suggested the chamber as a refuge for drivers fleeing a fire and had refurbished the room pending a decision.
Notice records mutual dissolution of Steil Bros Hardware and implement firm. M F and Matt Steil retire. Joe J Steil will continue the business. M F and Matt Steil to settle all obligations up to Oct 5 1903. names listed. Emmetsburg Iowa December 15 1903. Also includes an advertising snippet for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and local seller D J Lyman.
An OCR draft lists ads and notices including remedies for dyspepsia and dizziness, furniture and stove for sale, beef quarters for sale, rental offers, and fur and hide purchasing, with several names and local addresses partially legible. It reflects a late nineteenth or early twentieth century small town classifieds page tone and economy.
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