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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
3
Governor Wells vetoed the Evans bill on minor prosecutions, warning it could provoke a national constitutional amendment against plural marriage and invite widespread discord. He recalls Utah’s past and argues the bill offers false protection and harms the state.
Smallpox scare spreads nationwide with Hartwick in Poweshelk county hit since January. Brooklyn schools and churches closed as the disease reaches Iowa college at Grinnell. Quarantine now in force and several students escaped before the declaration.
The court granted an order to show cause in a board of charities and corrections case, hearing scheduled for March 28. The ruling opens the referendum issue extensively, noted as of utmost importance in Pierre.
US authorities and Crow Agency agents halted a major cattle theft ring tied to the Crow Indians. Robert Lee and another cowboy were arrested while leaders fled toward Hole in the Wall country. Over 1,000 stolen cattle valued at about $37,000 recovered. hearing for Lee set in Billings on March 10.
Washington reports Colonel William Cary Sanger of New York was appointed assistant secretary of war and took the oath of office in the War Department. The ceremony occurred in Secretary Root’s presence with Miles and Schofield witnessing as Meiklejohn resigned from state and declined his Senate bid to remain in the cabinet.
F M Robertson from the U S department of labor arrived in Des Moines to investigate trade and technical schools and schools of design. The inquiry aims to count active schools, assess their work, and gauge how graduates are received by employers.
Chicago grain and provisions ease after a profit realizing move despite earlier bullish strength. Wheat and corn dip, oats fall slightly, and nearby pork and lard futures edge down with cash quotes mixed across No 2 and No 3 grain grades.
Chicago cattle receipts reach 7 500 with 250 Texans among them. Steers show strength for good to prime quality with bids from 4 00 to 6 00 while stockers move slower. Cows and bulls vary, calves strong, sheep and lambs push higher with western and native offerings priced up to 5 40.
Kansas City livestock report for March 14 shows cattle receipts at 4 200 natives and 1 000 Texans with varied prices across classes. Hogs receipts 9 800 with top at 5 7 4. sheep receipts 8 000 with Western range 5.00 to 6.25 for fat lambs and 3.75 to 4.25 for ewes.
The annual declamatory contest at the opera house last Saturday selected Frank Travis as first in the oratorical class, Winnifred Fort as second in the dramatic class, and Jimmerson Chapman as third in the humorous class. Travis will represent the school at the district contest in Villisca on March 20.
The report records 21 enrolled in Sub District No 9 and names Lucy Clevenger Mabel Loomis and Hettie Brown as reward recipients. Hettie Brown set to enter Hamburg High School March 11. The note criticizes irregular attendance and urges five days of schooling weekly for district progress.
A New York auction sale offers 75 bolts of new embroidery and insertions at low prices. No middlemen profits are attached to these goods and they are currently offered for immediate purchase.
The store lists over 200 dress skirts and walking skirts in stock. Extra size skirts for fleshy figures, waist measures 28 to 34 inches, priced at 2 dollars and 50 cents.
A condensed newspaper item noting low price jewelry deals including gilt spikes or ribbon ends two for 5c Pearl point spikes at 15c and newly offered back combs at 25c as part of a promotional sale.
Visit our carpet room over the dry goods room for bargains in carpets and mattings.
South Omaha cattle receipts 1,500 with active demand for native beef steers at 4.00 to 4.40, western and Texas steers 3.00 to 4.75, cows and heifers 3.25 to 4.25, calves 3.00 to 7.00, stockers 3.25 to 4.75, bulls and stags 2.75 to 4.00. Hog receipts 4,600 up 10 cents with heavy 5.55 to 5.00, mixed 5.52 to 5.55, grit 5.50 to 5.55, pigs 4.75 to 5.40, bulk 5.55 to 5.57. Sheep receipts 4,000 steady with yearlings 4.40 to 4.00, wethers 4.20 to 4.00, ewes 3.00 to 4.10, common and stock sheep 3.70 to 8.90, lambs 4.25 to 4.10.
The article highlights Oberammergau Passion Play interest with Bowden collaborations and moving pictures in Kansas City and local lectures by Mrs Katharine Ertz Bowden. It notes ticket sales at Brower’s drug store and school library fundraising support, plus church services and various advertisements for remedies and products.
Advertising warns that fake salve brands are worthless while urging purchase of the original De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve from Bartlett & Doyle. Also promotes Morley’s Little Liver Pills and Stoner & Co. in Hamburg Iowa as cures for headaches dizziness and constipation.
The Pan-American Exposition will run May 1 to November 1, 1901 in Buffalo to showcase Western Hemisphere progress. The Nickel Plate road promotes the event with a descriptive folder and offers dining car service on the club plan priced 35 cents to $1.00.
Real estate broker A B Noble of Hamburg Iowa advertises 5 percent farm loans with optional calls. The ad cites Bartlett & Doyle cough remedy claims for grippe and lung troubles, asserting it prevents consumption. An observation on girls seeking opera cloaks and men’s virtue linked to tax votes appears.
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