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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
3
The piece mocks shop ads that trumpet hundreds of bargains while the same merchants profit from costly overcoats and suits. It questions why merchants spend on advertising if their goods are offered at fixed high prices like 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, or 20 dollars.
The week began in the fourth month Tadeo with two days off for Thanksgiving a rare local custom. Teachers and officers kept school on the next day and Friday attendance remained high. Punctuality appears lax though, with many tardies for the month and library usage recorded for various grade levels. Librarian duties for November show 16 openings and 590 readers across grades, with teachers and others totaling 48.
A case of small pox was detected in the county between Northboro and Blanchard after Miss Ebersole returned from Missouri. Residents were quarantined and several people may have been exposed before detection. The report appears in Tuesday's Sentinel.
Community items include land rental near Farragut, Presbyterian choir gathering, visiting editors from Omaha, endorsements of DuWitt liver pills, Hartwig remedies, real estate deal in Ander son for 18500 cash, Hamburg welcoming Wight man family, Hartwig Lung Balsam testimonial, band rehearsals for a December concert, and Jeru salem Lodge officers elected and to perform the B A degree next Tuesday.
Miss Anna Gertrude Childs offers a musical talk event at the Presbyterian church next Wednesday at 7 PM. The program blends spoken history of song with performances of beloved pieces from England to America. Tickets cost 68 to 76 cents, with sales at Brower's drug store.
Brigadier General Charles P. Eagan, once suspended by court martial for allegedly intemperate language toward Lt. Gen. Miles in the beef investigation, is restored to duty and placed on the retired list. His vacancy enables President to appoint Colonel John Weston as commissary general of subsistence, Weston long esteemed for civil war and Spanish War service.
Schwartz Child Sulzberger of New York bought Dr Pierce Aberdeen Angus steer Adymece for 2145 dollars based on a 1430 pound live weight at 1.50 per pound. A carload of 15 Angus cattle bred by W H Kerrick of Bloomington sold for 3409 dollars at 9.5 cents per pound, bought by A Weber of Kansas City. An inclement night parade of prize winners closed the day. Also reported a surgeon at work on Pope at Rome performing a minor operation on a tumor under the pontiff s arm.
6 ABs traveling salesmen wanted to sell lubricating and refining oils greases paints and white lead with salary or commission. Address The American PierroLea Propver Co Ottica and Refinery Findlay Ohio. Also advertised new edition Dr Humphreys Manual 144 pages on care and treatment of the sick mailed free Humphreys Company cor William and John Sts NY.
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