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Newspaper
Le Mars Semi Weekly Globe
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1891
Page
4
Railroad timetable items list Illinois Central routes with east south and north directions, times for passenger and freight trains, plus several local notices including advertisements for agricultural equipment, a photographer, a wheat product, and a medical remedy. Also reports on a church lecture, a death, a jail clock, and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy sales.
Miscellaneous notices and ads reflect late 19th century Sioux City life. Listings include Henry Cook Taylor photographs, fresh Silverthread Saurkrat at 35 cents a gallon, coffee around the clock, and J A Sammis attorney. Listings of candidates, school funding, local businesses, hair products, horseshoeing, and a stock sale unfold with names like Clem Hausmann Co, Price & Reid, Sullivan & Butler, and Wallace Winslow. Notices discuss quarantine enforcement, abstracts, and a W R C supper, plus local club formations and a Mendelssohn Club start.
Democratic ward caucuses last night chose alderman candidates and delegates to the city convention. In the first ward Myr Wurth chaired with Wallace Winslow as secretary, Clem Hausmann named alderman candidate. delegates include Math, Wurth, Crank Miller, Fred Becker, K.E. Edwards, G. Haerling, A. Thoma, W. M. Boyle, Nic Schiul. Second ward TJ. Priestley chaired, Geo. M. Smith secretary. Win McClintock named alderman long term. J. M. Berry noted. delegates include JO Albright, KE Beeker, Caleb Garton, N.C. Evins, Ht Spicer, A.M. Duus, J.C. McMahan. Ward urges Priestley for mayor. Third ward O. fT. Rounds chaired, Zurawski secretary. W. A. Simkins named alderman candidate. delegates listed J. 41 Mayher, P. Colley, Chris Fissel, J. Henrickson, John Lutenger, Wilber Kuick, J.T. Hull, Alex Reichman Jr. all nominees deemed reliable and city interests served. delegates largely uninstructed but supportive of Priestley for mayor, Turkey for assessor, Zurawski for treasurer.
A local testimonial urges Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted cure for severe colds. The note claims relief within hours and complete break up in a few days, with multiple friends reportedly helped after recommendations. Also mentions Ayer's Pills as a trusted remedy for dyspepsia, sold by all druggists.
A letter to the Sentinel argues for electric lighting over gas lamps. It cites poorer light, higher costs, broader city coverage, and public benefit including cheaper, safer illumination. The author, signing as The Poor Man, urges residents to support municipal electric light and question private profit motives.
The Sioux City Times reports a brewing movement against liquor traders. State and local leagues, aligned with prohibition aims, have pressed actions in Council Bluffs and Sioux City as detectives gather evidence and prepare proceedings. Liquor men fear intensified scrutiny and potential legal action.
The Seney squibs note a lively week with Alvaziur comic opera at Lewis earning praise from young attendees. Local merchants Mareh buys a refined cutter and A Vancourt aims to purchase a bronco. J Mldridge ships spring hogs to Sioux City, while Penney Elevator Co. sends barley to Chicago. The Sentinel columnist fends off depot fog theories with his usual sharp wordplay.
A reader replies to Sedars Sentinel critique of municipal electric lights, arguing the people should own and run utilities. It accuses private interests of greed and monopoly, defends city control, cites past franchise sales, and urges voters to reject private bids in favor of public ownership and self rule.
Mr Mohan of LeMars transacting business via neighborhood list Tuesday. Daniel Berner accused of overtaxing seating capacity of his new cutter last Sunday night. Dian is a good driver and not running against fences. Williamm Uthe, famed fisherman west of the Mississippi, at work inventing a trap. Tie seeks a catch. John Moenies trips toward the rising sun end as he gains a companion. John Cavnningham and William Barnes host a bachelor ball amid a hard life, hoping for better days. Frank Dean postpones work until weather improves. Melbourne lodge members visited fodyga No ve at Sioux City last Tuesday night. All reported a good time.
The Republican ward caucuses selected delegates to the city convention. Steiner for mayor and John Adams for city attorney captured many delegates. Pease and Ilmony won little. Delegates were not instructed, though some wards instructed despite an agreement. Alderman nominations include Glson in Ward One and Osborne in Ward Two, with Millis? S. Miller, and D. B. Perldus in Ward Three.
A local retailer announces the agency of Boggs Chorey Cough syrup. The firm promises every bottle will give genuine satisfaction and invites customers to try the medicine, sold by P. IT, Diehh.
Merrill area grain thefts trigger a pursuit. George and Charley Bettsworth were arrested after wheat disappeared Sunday night from Alderson in Plymouth township. They sold grain at Plymouth Mills and were brought to LeMars, where Charley was discharged and George awaited a preliminary exam.
On Tuesday February 24 Wm Harris will sell at public auction on section 2 llgin township three miles north of Seney and three miles east of Struble all his horses cattle farm machinery and related properties. Armagost Bros auctioneers.
A Business Education notes the recent completion of the commercial course by W. Js. Cragg at the Northwestern Normal. Papers cover co partnership power of attorney deeds mortgages notes receipts checks and more showing Cragg's thorough grasp of real world business. Several peers also nearing graduation display equally strong records, proving Northwestern Normal a premier place to train for business.
Beggs' Family Medicines gain popularity with rising demand because of claimed merit and careful preparation. Each bottle is labeled and guaranteed to do all stated cures, sold by BP H Diehl at 128 m.
A verbose sketch traces Worthington son of wealth through a life of luxury and conflict. He leaves a safe banking post for freedom, faces prohibition era social pressures, struggles with public scrutiny, and vacillates between virtue and vice. The piece ends musing on human pride and fickle fortune.
An advertisement promotes Boggs Cherry Cough Syrup claiming to soothe throat and bronchial irritation, ease expectoration, and relieve chest soreness. Each bottle is warranted to satisfy, with prices listed as 25c, 50c, and 75c, largest bottles noted as cheapest. Also contains local political notices and candidate declarations involving LeMars city offices and party conventions.
Three hundred acres in Washington township six miles from LeMars apply to A. Arquhar under LeMars National Bank for sale. Sale located in LeMars business district with satisfactory terms offered. N Engledinger.
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