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Newspaper
Fremont Democrat
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1900
Page
3
Shenandoah travels to Hamburg for a junior football clash. Hamburg led the second half and scored twice, despite Shenandoah's resistance, with rough play noted and Bert White injured in the final minutes. Local ads promote Dr King’s New Life Pills and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy along with livestock and fur buyers.
Instructions warn voters to mark straight tickets by crossing the head circle or scratch tickets by crossing only specific candidate boxes. Cautions note risks of overmarking or counting errors, advise asking election judges for help, and emphasize safeguards to ensure votes count.
A playful verse recalls meeting you and hints you will be the fortunate one to finance the Rocky Mountain Tea, a lighthearted pledge that frames a future pairing as a playful wager or promise.
A political pamphlet argues for W P Hepburn as pro corporation regulation and for W R McGinnis as pro popular governance. It contrasts Hepburn’s ties to railroad interests with McGinnis’s pledge to the people.
An editorial urges every man to attend election day to support government control over trusts and corporations. It warns that abstaining voters effectively aid the trusts and cites Republican band members being egged hearing a controversial rally remark about Col Roosevelt's march.
A heated critique targets a tiny rival by calling it the "News" and labeling the Fremont Democrat as an alleged southern paper. The author defends the Hamburg Democrat as the longtime town leader and mocks the upstart publication, praising Bro. Jones' audacity.
The piece urges voters to support W P Hepburn to press a pooling bill that would force railroads to form a pool and weaken competition. It also promotes W R McGinnis to expand the Interstate Commerce Commission to curb rail abuses and discriminatory charges.
A. B. Noble, a Hamburg real estate broker, offers farm loans at 5 percent with optional terms and invites inquiries at the address on file.
An advertisement proclaims Hartwig’s Lung Balsam as a remedy for threat and lung troubles. The product sheet urges readers to use the balsam for coughs, asthma, and related respiratory issues, citing general health benefits.
Hazleton reports no move to end the coal strike as United Mine Workers officials remain silent on terminating the dispute until an executive board meeting. Operators’ demand on powder price complicates wage adjustments, delaying a settlement. Four Hazleton district companies Tehigh Valley Pardee & Co Vanwickle and A Pardee & Co posted notices accepting Scranton convention terms.
In Sharpsville Pennsylvania last night Shenango furnace strikers clashed with imported laborers. Gunfire wounded Harry Gursley as three armed laborers were halted en route to work. A man had his head split with a stone and the furnace will be shut indefinitely.
The Indians of Burt Lake village in Cheboygan County Michigan were left homeless after their land was sold for back taxes two or three years ago. Promises made in 1899 to leave in spring if a circuit court decision failed were not fulfilled. A portion left, but the rest were evicted on Monday and their homes burned. Men women and children endured rain all night with their belongings. Some elderly squaws are over 80 years old.
London reports another disgraceful scene at a Dowie meeting as students rush the platform and throw chairs. Dowie flees as police intervene, arrests are made, and order is restored after fights resume and the hall is cleared.
Berlin reports the new chancellor Count von Buelow may fail to curb Emperor William’s initiative just as Prince Hohenlohe did. The National Zeitung notes public trust shifts to younger leadership and warns that domestic reaction would hinder progress abroad.
Pittsburg October 19 Brooklyn is champion of the baseball world and owner of the $500 Chronicle Telegraph trophy cup. They also carry away half the gate receipts from the four games to decide supremacy over Pittsburg. The champions proved by playing better ball in every way than the second place club.
The War Department received a cable from Havana reporting Major Matt R. Peterson of the U. S. Y. died of yellow fever at Los Animosa at 10 o clock on October 17. Mrs Peterson, his wife, killed herself an hour later. Gorgas, Chief Sanitary Officer, confirms the details.
John Munger, a carpenter employed by a Red Oak firm, was struck and killed by a freight train while walking along the railroad tracks on his way to work yesterday.
Ne braska City residents James and Edward Swanpy spent Sunday with sister Mrs. C McNamee. Many locals visited family or attended church in Randolph, Sidney, Hamburg and Madison. A.M. Louie bought Moo berry’s place. Dew Cave being built by Dr Hatten. Epworth League elected Eunice Williams. chicken pox illness reported. Zulu boy performer at missionary Wise event.
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