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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
2
The Herald notes Sir Oliver Lodge claims real conversations with spirits, then runs a spoof of current affairs and quips about politics, money, and society. It puns on nations, fashion, and inventions, ending with a gag about the noiseless gun and a society that fears useless noises.
Alexander Berkman the anarchist once jailed for trying to kill Frick was taken into custody then paroled after arraignment on an affidavit lacking a definite charge. He visited Bellevue hospital where he failed to identify Selig Silverstein the man charged with throwing the Union Square bomb. Detectives pursue remaining suspects and coordinate with other cities to locate archists and potential accomplices.
Hartford state official says William P. Walker treasurer of a New Britain savings bank asked for a police and law delay. He seeks a postponement of extradition from Mexico to the United States, which could extend the process by at least six weeks.
In New York Maraf Por Hehting matches and Pierpont Morgan's door step Robert W Pushotler a seaman was fined $1 in court Pushottler ward a policeman who found him on the Andersen's porch that he was looking for he muttered he had just been there applying for a job.
Gems and jewelry worth 3000 dollars were stolen from the Path avenue store of Dikran Kelekian Persian consul in New York. A burglar smashed a side display window and removed items from a tray in the show window.
Enid Oklahoma March 4 Charles Bunton in custody for a Garfield County bank forged check was slain Monday by Short Campbell during transfer to Jal At the same time a probe into the Oil Inspection Department was mentioned St Paul Minnesota March 31 Attorney General Youngs ordered a full inquiry into the department without delay.
C A Bailey an express messenger for Wells Fargo Express was killed on the Santa Fe train between Florence and Newton. Robbery was the motive with at least $1,000 and jewelry taken. Three suspicious men were detained in Wichita while a $1,000 reward is offered. Bailey, about 30, recently married, was killed as the train slept.
Indianapolis March 31 The Indiana Republican state convention will meet Wednesday and Thursday to adopt a platform choose four delegates to Chicago and nominate a state ticket. It will instruct Indiana’s three delegates to back Vice President Maitbanks for the presidential nomination with Maitbanks absent. The gubernatorial fight features James J. Watson and Charles Miffl ey, with other figures in contention. Jesse Overstreet named temporary chairman and John C. Cheney likely to be permanent chair. Two candidates vie for lieutenant governor Jimmett Fy Pranel and Fremont Goodwine. Seven nominations are Uncontested.
Telluride Colorado March 31 Rewards announced for capture of the person or persons who dynamited Gen Burke Wells. Reward up to 10000 dollars offered by Sheriff Pitzpatrick. No sufficient evidence for arrests yet. Henry Anker a walt er arrested for incendiary lamp damage found not connected to the crime.
News from Panama reports a volcano in Guatemala, once thought extinct, has resumed activity after a long dormancy. Three weeks of terrifying noises and eruptions prompted residents of San Willipe at the mountain’s base to flee into the forests.
Bodies of a man and woman, believed to be Carl Bernthaler a Minsie teacher and Miss Lena Zelehminn a public school teacher, were found shot through the heart in a field near Touchid Heights suburb Monday. It is believed they were murdered or the man killed the woman and then himself.
To Inter Stevens In East San Francisco March 31 Mr and Mrs Joseph L Porter of Washington DC brother in law and sister of the late Durham White Stevens who died in this city from a wound inflicted by a Korean assassin arrived here They took charge of Mr Stevens body and accompanied it east where it will be interred.
Columbus Ohio March 31 Cyr. George BR Wiles, associate professor of Germanic languages and literature at Ohio State University, has resigned to devote himself to literary work. The resignation takes effect at the close of the current school year.
Berlin officials clarified that no recall of approval for Mr Hill's nomination occurred. The Foreign Office said doubts about Hill's posting are resolved and Tower remains a loyal ambassador, with Roosevelt urged to proceed.
Ten people were injured when hot air explosions from windows and doors blasted firemen on ladders during a large seven story brick fire on Atlantic Avenue and Purchase Street. The blaze caused damage estimated between 75000 and 100000 dollars.
Count Laszlo Szechenyi and the former Miss Gladys Vanderbilt arrived in Vienna on Monday and plan to stay for some time, extending their visit to the city.
At Union Pacific Coal Company mine No 18 in Hanna Wyoming only five of the 59 miners and mine officials killed in the explosions have been recovered. Recovery may take days while families are cared for and local fraternal orders plan for burials and aid. The entire official family of the United Mine Workers is among the dead along with foremen and managers. two widows lose husbands for the second time.
Albany dispatch reports former New York Court of Appeals chief judge Charles Andrews has resigned as commissioner to take testimony for the governor on charges against District Attorney Jerome. He leaves for abroad in June and says the hearing cannot be finished before his departure.
Washington dispatch reports a 140 inch muzzle fractured cleanly on a broadside gun of the Missouri battalion during target practice at Magdalena Bay. The gun will be replaced from Washington navy yard. No injuries occurred as practice continued.
Hears of death in New York on March 31 as Miss Olive Trearin, housekeeper to Miss Eliza Moulton of New Rochelle, learns her sister has died in England. Overwhelmed by grief she ingests a poisonous substance and dies.
Fire on the river plot in Mast river and an adjoining plot Monday injured several firemen and caused a loss of 150000, seriously threatening the steamer Ridgement and the scaffolding of the new Manhattan bridge.
Tokyo officials announce in the Official Gazette that on April 30 a payment of 20,000,000 yen will be made as the first installment of the 100,000,000 yen national loan. The loan matures next December.
Police expect Jeff Taylor among five convicts who fled Mayson county jail to have drowned in the Mopongahela river near Fairmont West Virginia. The perilous escape occurred after a jail break, with authorities confirming the search for other inmates.
A promotional description extols a well-known laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as an ethical remedy acclaimed by physicians and the Well-Informed of the World. It urges purchasers to buy the genuine California Fig Syrup Co product through leading druggists.
The winter has hit cattle and horses hard with scarce and poor quality feed. Farmers report weakened cows during calving and horses in spring work, and many use a self-made tonic using Powdered Germas Compound with Willow Charcoal Ginger Common Salt and Ground Oil Cake fed twice daily.
A Washington Star quotation on friendship leads to an Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement. The page promotes a powder that cures painful, burning feet and ingrown nails, claiming it makes new shoes comfortable. Sold by druggists 25 cents with a free trial package available from A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
Dialogue reveals Old Roxley focused on Miss Mainchantz with rival hopes. One speaker hints she desires not marriage but his widowhood, underscoring melodramatic intentions in a tense social scene.
Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co announces Coffee Jelly as a sweet dessert made from iron pure sugar coffee and gelatine with boiling water. Sold as 10 cents per package or 2 packages. Grocers absent? mail us the name and ten cents for a box from Boston Massachusetts.
A fragment praises land in 160 acres North Dakota with a Free Will locate option if the adjoining quarter is bought. The speaker, D. J. McMahon of Endicott Building, St. Paul, coins a taunting line about a careless fellow and then shifts to a garbled health remark about Garfield tea and pale skin.
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