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Newspaper
Hardin County Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
2
Washington report notes Major General Fred Grant will oversee distribution of 180 pounds lost by 40 army officers during a test ride ending at Fort Myer. Officers returned the same day, each lighter by about 4 1/2 pounds, with a medical check and tally of pulse, temperature, weight, and respiration.
Senator Elkins will not oppose his daughter Kath Elkins marrying the Duke of the Abruzzi. The wedding may be in November, despite royal court opposition in Rome and queen Elena’s disapproval. The Italian royal family faces public unease as Americans react tepidly to the match.
Minnesota native Stephen K Booth rose from a census clerk earning 1200 a year to a brief stint as a special agent in the immigration service in May. After a Washington letter signaled job loss due to congressional funding cuts, he returned to the census bureau at 1000 a year, reflecting on others less fortunate.
A long list of farm advice covers dairy sanitation, feeding, crop rotation, and livestock care. Topics include Babcock test, cream quality, carrot feeding, water needs for hogs, silo upkeep, calf and colt handling, horses’ health, tuberculosis signs, and potato storage experiments. Emphasis on cleanliness, balanced rations, and prudent farming practices.
A catalog of aviation novelties now owned by the Smithsonian Institution includes Lilienthal’s two winged glider model Hargrave’s compressed air machine that flew 319 feet Stringfellow’s aeroplane model and various motors propellers wings kites and other aeroplane parts exhibited at Crystal Palace London in 1856.
A curious Fiji dance called the sugar cane meke portrays the growth of sugar cane. Dancers squat and murmur, then rise as they grow taller, waving arms like cane in wind. The final figure shows combats symbolizing chiefs forcing workers to harvest crops.
Billy yearns for candy and rejects bread and butter as his mother warns him. He dreams of a house and family made entirely of sweets, even his mother turning into candy, before waking in relief. He bites bread and butter again, now grateful, reaffirming hunger for real food over fantasy.
A Newfoundland named Victor stayed on deck during the Battle of Copenhagen. After the Amiens peace the crew held a farewell dinner on shore. Victor was fed roast beef and plum pudding and a dinner bill was made out in his name. Three sovereigns stood before him as change, he paid with his mouth to the captain, but refused to touch the copper coins and silver sixpence, enjoying the captain’s customary tip instead.
Dialogue shows George chiding James for an unintended misstep in a domestic exchange. James perplexed, George insists the error is literal as he points to James’s boot. The fragment suggests a playful or accusatory domestic moment with no broader context.
Canal traffic resumes on the Sauit Canal near Ste. Marie after earlier delays. Officials caution motorists and boaters to follow posted signals as navigation returns to normal.
A Success Magazine anecdote recalls W. J. Connors, then a Buffalo dock organizer, rallying 1000 workers and boasting he could lick anyone in his gang. One man, nicknamed Fingy, challenges him, then shrugs off the boast and heads to the office for pay.
A landlord with a square plot houses four tenants and planted four apple trees around a central house. He challenges the ten ants to divide the land around the house into four equal plots, each containing one tree, and promises the land without rent increase. The puzzleer tenants solve it as shown in the second sketch.
Cats cling to familiar walls when left by a master and will follow if possible to the world's end. They are extraordinarily nervous and timid and may lose their heads in fear. They require protection and care but do not obey like dogs. They are free and independent creatures needing warmth to flourish.
Maryland covers 12 210 square miles with 2 350 square miles water. Seven states have smaller area. All New England states except Maine and New Jersey and Delaware are smaller. None match Maryland's land area exactly.
A fragmented preview hints at South Africa's ongoing social and political challenges as the nation eyes reforms and progress amid historical tensions. The piece mentions aspirations of unity, economic growth, and democratic consolidation shaping the coming era.
Bungay hides in closet while wife pretends grief after a telegram fake news his death by locomotive. She schemes over mourning bonnets and life insurance, considers marrying Toombs the undertaker, and Bungay confronts her finding twisted plans and a will cutting her off. The scene ends with Bungay challenging Toombs as a possible beneficiary.
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