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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
1
A notice advertises fine $2.00 canvas leather bound cases and guitars with an invitation to request Wale's catalogue of musical instruments and furnishings for bands orchestras and pianos.
A traveling circus seeks a village field for a brief stop and pays the farmer a crown, but the animals turn the land into a ruin. The farmer screams at being duped while the owner says he earned double the ask. The piece mixes anecdotes from a commodity trade and a misdirected onion shipment tale with a witty quip about Noah’s ark.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes unusual wedding ring substitutes used when the real ring was unavailable. Examples include a curtain ring, the ring handle of a church key, a coin edge ring, and a tie pin bent into a ring. A horseshoe nail is said to bring luck, while ancient lead cramp wings gave way to rings for rheumatic relief.
Fremont County Iowa proceedings document three days of meetings listing an inventory at the poor farm with farm acreage and assets, thenBond approvals for Randolph Bank, stable officials, mortgage cancellation, office lease, bid awards for county printing, tax adjustments, and warrants to witnesses and school district payments. Names include J. M. McMillen W. S. Greenwood T. M. Roberts J. F. Stephens & Son, A. F Carlson S. H. Engleman.
Fremont county Iowa supervisors authorize the treasurer to cancel 1899 taxes for several old soldiers and widows including Joe Burson Mrs A Rood John Bussinger and Sarah Cummings and to remove taxes on lots in Sidney and Hamburg due to inability to pay. The February poor relief monthly report and numerous county claims are reviewed and approved.
In River ton a school election produced a decisive Democrat victory. The tally shows Hatten 97 Morton Gleeson 87 John Hoon 87 for the Democrat Picket ticket. opposition candidates Moore 63 Bacheldor 66 Scales 70. The free text books measure failed 40 to 76. Also note a local ad for smoke rose Wobie cigars and fencing posts on a farm four miles east of Flumburg.
A fragment notes a free mailing offer for a chapter on diseases of children from Humphrey's Company at William and John Streets New York. It also states that after selling a lumber yard all debts must be settled by note or cash by April 1, 1900 or be turned to a collector. Signed Jas Poindexter.
Homeseekers and investors urged to buy improved farms in Fremont County at 25 to 35 dollars per acre on easy terms from A. B. Noble real estate broker in Hamburg Iowa.
In a quarrel over a card game at a Plattsmouth saloon aHamburg man drew a revolver to shoot O Wells a cigar maker Wells turned the gun and saved himself police arrested both men and will hear explanations in court tomorrow.
An advertisement notes 50¢ and 1.09 pricing with Scott and Bowne as chemists based in New York. The fragment emphasizes the pharmaceutical firm's branding and pricing references.
A sensational ad promises a free elegant sterling silver plated sugar shell to every married woman who writes for a sample, with no payment required. The offer aims to spread Quaker Valley Silverware into every home, targeting personal requests rather than lists of names.
An advertisement for Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure features a refund promise if the bottle is not satisfactory. It notes prices of 25 and 50 cents and one dollar and claims a fifty year record of the guarantee. Also mentions James Mann & Son as sellers.
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