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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1905
Page
4
A collage of banter from editorials mocks issues from the Towa Falls feud to seed corn worries. Names like Bryan Castro and Garfield surface in wry asides on politics, diplomacy, and public figures. The piece riffs on slang, divorces, czars, and reform while保持 light satire.
In a sermon the author discusses Jesus as the true shepherd and door, contrasting him with mercenary church leaders. He cites John and Isaiah, condemns sectarianism, and notes how the Spirit and church recognize the shepherd, while warning of false shepherds and the spread of the gospel beyond one fold. A Kansas matter on Mrs. Chadwick and Cynthiana indictments against Standard Oil are mentioned.
The text contrasts true religion with Phariseeism and ecclesiasticism. It explains Jesus as the door to life, the shepherd of the flock, and the danger of those who seek self-serving authority. True faith nourishes life, while anti-christian forms deprive freedom and joy.
An Eidora citizen recounts severe backache and repeated attacks with pain and sleepless nights. After trying Dean's Kidney Pills, she reports rapid relief and urges others to act before kidney and urinary troubles worsen. Sold by Foster-Kilburn Co. Buffalo NY. Remember the name Dean's.
Steamboat Rock Flour Mills offer blue stem seed wheat from the same source as last year at $1.40 per bit, perfectly cleaned, with 1.25 per bit for last year’s seed. Choice of both varieties available. Also notes veterinary department in The Iowa Homestead for farm stock disease guidance and subscription offers.
An advertisement touts Won a Name of Fame DeWitt s Little Early Risers as famous pills with harmless action on bowels and liver. They brace biliousness and constipation without stomach gripe, and once used are preferred. Sold by Smith & Reed in a farm paper context. The Farm Gazette, a 16 page Des Moines monthly, editor James M. Pierce, 80 cents yearly, calendared paper, half tone illustrations, clubbing deal with The Herald.
An advertisement touts a cough remedy as safe and effective for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It notes sales by Smith and Reed and mentions a sponsorship deal with Successful Farming journal offering subscriptions at 10 cents yearly. Prof Holden, Amescorn judge, is listed as an editor or contributor to Success.
In Hardin area town columns report a busy period with updates on local events ships arrivals and community notes across multiple towns. Highlights include civic meetings market activity school events and social gatherings reflecting regional life and intertown connections.
Mrs. Lydia Marshman visited Eldora after several days at the Edibach home. Mrs. Will McGregor and her little son of Hubbard spent a few days with Mrs. George Vigars. Mrs. J. Q. Adams and daughter Mary with Miss Della Scott left for Alexandria Missouri to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George Diggins, visiting in the Cobb home, left for Sanborn to visit before returning to O'Brien county.
Mrs Charles Jackson visits Popejoy to see her daughter. Farmers begin sowing wheat in the area. Mrs Moran of Kansas visits the Fossler home. J A Bender and family visit Eldora. Owasa L A S to meet Mrs Bdick next Wednesday. H Greer of Ackley spends week at Fossler home. Mesdames Halley of Eldora and Miles of Newton visit Prisbie home last week. C W Townsend and wife visit Ackley. daughter Allie returns home. Berlin ball team organized. officers elected Karl Townsend president Anna Mossman captain Harold Hunter secretary Charlie Lynk treasurer.
Mrs. Robert Crosser on sick list. Kilmer Ostheimer visited on business. John Lytle works for Jack Welch of Union. Mrs. Fred Boody to instruct district 4 pupils. Mrs. Otto Fromm ill with heart trouble. Farmers soon in the fields. Burgess’ sick child resembles mumps. Cyrus W. Brown of Eldora visited Rough Woods relatives. John W. Lynn of Cambridge visited son B J Lynn. John Lewis Mitterer and wife welcomed a baby boy. Grandma Thomson of Lawn Tilt visited Mrs. John Wasson. V Albee of Oskaloosa may move back to occupy Dan Lawley house on Michael Kelly farm.
New Providence residents note the birth of a son to T. J. Horine and his wife. Public schools close Friday for a week’s vacation. Mrs B C Tansey returns from Oklahoma. Roland Martin injures his hand in a buzz saw. Thad Clampitt and wife move into a new village home. Miss Sutton leaves Friday for Algona for a home visit. Prof A F Styles spends the week with his ill father at New Sharon. Delbert Thornton returns home from Des Moines as he finishes at school. Miss Edith Mabee continues studies and travels homewards.
Des Moines treatment and visits described as Mrs Knowlton from Sioux City spent time with daughter Mrs Cora Styles. Miss Myra L Hadley of Penn College vacationed at home before returning to resume work. Academy Junior class presented Princess to a well filled house. The Academy closed last Friday for a week. Miss Stubbs, a three year teacher, has resigned and Mrs Styles will take her place in spring.
An endorsement from Adolph Rickefoose of West Virginia claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured his daughter's severe leg bone deterioration. The ad warns against counterfeits and lists Smith and Reed as sellers.
Tom Losehors remarks show workingmen in London and New York embrace broader reading beyond labor papers. He notes libraries, maragines, and reading rooms attract thousands, including foreign-born patrons. History science and politics broaden outlook, aiding progress beyond narrow worker literature.
An Amherst Minnesota resident BH. L. Babcock endorses Kodol Dyspepsia Cure noting it outperforms many remedies for indigestion. The ad claims the product digests what you eat and cures indigestion sour stomach belching heartburn and all stomach troubles. Smith & Reed sell the remedy.
The Farm Gazette issued by Jas. M. Pierce in Des Moines is praised as one of the cleanest farm magazines. It is a typographically handsome monthly with high quality content and a 50 cent annual subscription.
On the third day of March 1905 the district court appointed Roly Lowe administrator of the estate of Wallen H Hayden, deceased. All debtors must pay the estate and any claims must be proven in court for allowance. E W G Haynes, Administrator. Dated March 30, 1905.
An 1880s style cure claims to heal itching bleeding and protruding piles with Puro Ointment. Druggists refund money if not cured, 50 cents prepaid for postage and handling to Paris Medicine Co. St Louis Mo. First application shown to aid cases. mailed postpaid if not available locally.
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