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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1905
Page
6
The scene depicts a masked lady at a dance with a bold suitor, who promises jewels as reward but seeks more. The exchange turns playful and dramatic as the lady teases with a mask raised briefly. The gallant kisses her, amid flirtation and intrigue from a period tale excerpt.
A refined highwayman returns Milady’s jewels after a botched robbery and offers safe conduct to London. Milady reveals her beauty beneath a mask as she escapes with her entourage. The narrator notes her refined carriage and hints at hidden peril behind the masked woman.
A narrator observes a woman who removes her mask at dusk, her aging beauty described as world-worn and grand. She glances at him, then leans back with an innocent air and releases a plaintive sigh, leaving the observer surprised but composed.
The narrator describes arriving in London and seeking a place to stay at the Blue Boar in Holborn, while noting the bustle of Westminster and the Strand. He indulges in fashion adventures and flirtations, hinting at a beloved mistress seen in many alluring passersby, though none deliver a real match.
Bobby endures a neglected breakfast as nurses overlook his bib and his mother stays away. His father explains the unanticipated reason, revealing Bobby has a baby sister. The four year old bursts with excitement and scurries to tell Mama.
A woman asks to bring her husband’s horse and carriage home. A strange voice on the phone replies in a dismissive manner, saying it’s no one and to wait a moment before calling someone else. The exchange hints at a prank or anonymous misdirection in a Chicago hoarding stable.
French engineer M. Licoq de Lebel arrives in New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm II and seeks U S approval for a Trans Alaska Siberian railway project to connect Paris and New York. He envisions tunneling Behring Strait, using French capital, and estimates a $150 million cost with ready funds upon U S consent.
Charlotta Wolf, 74, confessed she burned her house and money to deny relatives profit from her death. She poured kerosene on the floor, piled $7,000 in certificates and other valuables, then sought a tree to hang herself but relatives intervened. She was adjudged insane and sent to an asylum.
A bomb was thrown at the house of William Webb at Harrison furnace Wednesday night. The house was partially wrecked but no occupants were hurt. Webb fired several shots at two men fleeing the scene. Webb recently married a much younger woman after neighborhood trouble.
Lansing March 30 The State Senate committee on saline interests is to investigate charges that salt is shipped in bulk from Manistee and other west Michigan ports to Chicago where it is barreled and labeled Saginaw salt.
Cal Jacobs L. Greene president of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company died of apoplexy at his Hartford residence. Born in 1837 he served in the Civil War with the Seventh Michigan regiment.
In Calumet Michigan March 30 Pia Lombarelini, the object of Bgosti Sabatini’s affection, refused his attempt to squeeze her hand. Sabatini shot her, she died, and Sabatini was arrested.
A hospital in Ottawa Kansas reports a violent assault on Mrs Caroline Jobes, age 12, by an unidentified person. The attack occurred at a sanitarium in the city and the victim is feared fatally harmed. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
Jefferson City Mo March 30 An application for a writ of quo warranto to oust Standard Oil Republic Oil and Waters-Pierce Oil from Missouri franchises was filed in the supreme court by Attorney General Hadley. The writ was issued returnable in banc April 11. The charges allege a price and supply control conspiracy. Proceedings before Judge Mershall to obtain evidence will be dropped and the case moved to the supreme court.
In Altoona Pennsylvania operators and miners of the central bituminous district failed to reach a wage agreement after talks since March 14. They adjourned with no contract for April 1 and 65,000 miners face a work stoppage. Operators sought a 10 percent cut for the first half of the mining year, while the current 62 cent pick mining rate would apply to the second half. The miners demanded renewing the present scale for the full year. The joint scale committee and miners convention approved the suspension plan.
Wabash Indiana March 30 Guy Gardner mourned as murdered by his parents and wife arrived here with his father who found him at Cairo Illinois where he was employed by the Big Four round He had last been seen Oct 5 1904 taking his wife to a theater in Winfield Kansas and returning to his office Since then a Cairo acquaintance located him Monday Gardner’s mind is blank on all subjects since leaving his wife last autumn He appears in good health mentally and physically
President Roosevelt issues proclamation inviting foreign troops and ships to Jamestown Virginia for a 1907 celebration from May 18 to November 1. The event marks the 1607 settlement and honors its lasting impact on world history.
Berlin report from Windhoek in southwest Africa says Kerchner's detachment suffered eleven killed and twenty two wounded in a fight with insurgent natives at Kosta and Gelbanes on March 10 and 11.
The cruiser Columbia, chosen by the Navy Department to transport the body of the late Mexican ambassador from the United States to Vera Cruz, has departed Pensacola for New York.
Mount Vernon Missouri reports Ed Bateman a colored man convicted of an attack on Myrtle Vigley in Aurora. He received the death sentence.
The Louisiana Railroad Commission issued a ban affecting Pullman sleeping cars in New Orleans and surrounding areas as of March 30. Officials cited safety and comfort concerns, prompting carriers to modify or suspend service where these cars operated.
Public officials guilty of accepting bribes are discussed as Gov. Folk of Missouri outlines a campaign to unmask Albany corruption. He favors patient investigations, forced testimony, and confessions under immunity laws to expose graft and prepare to prosecute bribe givers and takers.
East and East with J B Henley filed impeachment proceedings in Monroe circuit court seeking to disbar public officers and attorneys. They target Robert G Miller prosecuting attorney Claude G Malott mayor Bloomington and Arthur M Hadley attorney. Case arises from affidavits by J M K Thresher and David Cay alleging settlement of a criminal case for money.
Daniel Shaw an ox driver from Chicago in 1887 and long serving justice of the peace for a Porte county area dies at 91. He reportedly held 68 years as a justice of the peace with a record said to be without precedents in the United States.
The Navy Department records Secretary Morton and his party departing Havana aboard the Dolphin bound for Fernandina Florida where they will continue by rail to Washington. The trip is scheduled for March 30 with the final destination Washington to follow.
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