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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1905
Page
7
Representative Branch of Morgan county, the military man, recalls a morning at a military school when a walk led to a stranger’s plea for charity. A silver dollar dropped from his pocket, the old man thanked him, and the fellow realized he had been wearing his roommate’s pants.
An inspector from Consolidated Gas Company notes that blind residents consume gas at high rates. He cites two blind couples where both spouses run gas jets at full blast nightly until midnight. He claims many blind people prefer bright illumination in private homes and care facilities, reflected in their higher gas bills.
Miss Jennie Mowell, a Lew Beach schoolmistress in Sullivan County New York, finished her term after trustees cut fuel and blocked the building. She secured a new stovepipe and fuel with pupil help, then appealed to the state Department of Education, which ordered the trustees to pay full salary and continue the school.
The passage recounts Brutus stabbing Caesar with Caesar saying Et tu Brute. Brutus Casca flee the Forum in a riot, never returning. Livy notes it as the first known use of the famous line, though it is common today.
A black man approached Jim Orr and alleged he would not vote for Orr because he is black. Orr countered that if the man ran for mayor he would not say that, then asked if the man had as much sense as him. The exchange was reported by the Atchison Globe.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy awards Prof. Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard University the Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown for translating Dante and his services to Italian literature in America.
Mrs Nattie Darroux of Detroit reports nine years of illness with chronic dyspepsia, two years of severe weakness, and eventual complete recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She describes doctor failures, a fortuitous booklet, rapid improvement, and lasting health. The ad notes pills sold worldwide and a booklet on extending diet.
A Bellevue Michigan woman endures five years of severe eczema until Cuticura Soap and Ointment relieve her after one bath and one application. The note is signed Mrs A Etson. A Virginia tale notes in Rockingham county many colored Smiths once, including Extra Smith, arrested in Pottstown for refusing to support his wife.
A jumble of patent medicines and household tips opens with Piso's Cure for Consumption praised for coughs. Dr Kennedy’s Favorite Renamed and a teething syrup called Winslow's Soothing Syrup feature. A moral quip on marriage follows, then ironing tips for cleanliness and a Defiance Starch ad. Ends with an aphorism about love and refinement, attributed to Richter.
An OCR fragment from Toledo advertising legal style text mentions F. J. Corney & Co and WabDing Kisnaan Marvin with dubious business attributions. It includes product pitches like Hull's Family Pills and Defiance Starch, plus a stray joke about opera box party. The readable content is a garbled collage of notices, testimonials, and quotes.
An old column urges women not to fear surgery for ovarian or womb trouble, noting many cases cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after doctors advised operation. It shares a Milwaukee testimonial of relief and calls for trying the remedy before any operation, with free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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