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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1904
Page
2
The piece notes how Japanese dance serves as pantomime conveying emotion during crises or as pure graceful movement. It contrasts expressive motion with decorative form and cites Floribel and Perdita from A Winter's Tale to illustrate dance as a wave of the sea and a flight of butterflies.
The Canadian government advances a wide scale Atlantic fisheries program. An experimental station will be set up at Canso to train Nova Scotia fishermen in catching and curing herrings under fishery experts. A group of Scottish fishermen is to be brought over and settled in Nova Scotia to aid this effort.
A Pall Mall Gazette writer notes Japanese speed in forming ideas versus Russians. He says education and mental agility trump brute force, remarking that reasoning, not brawn, drives modern conflict and progress.
Imperial order census records total Chinese inhabitants at 426,447,325 for tax reassessment. Eighteen provinces total 3,354,000, Manchuria 8,500,000, Mongolia 3,354,000, Tibet 6,430,000, and Chinese Turkestan 426,000.
Russia's imperial two headed eagle tracing back to 1472 when Ivan Basilevitz married Sophia daughter of Thomas Palaeologus and niece of Constantine XIV. The emblem signifies both the eastern Byzantine and western Roman empires in a single symbol.
The Karnak temple complex in Egypt is described as the most magnificent tomb or temple in the world. It covers about nine acres, roughly twice the size of St. Peter’s at Rome, and features colossal columns, grand courts, and long avenues of sphinxes.
Advice notes that unrestful sleep often signals slow blood drainage from the brain and suggests simple remedies. It recommends soaking feet in hot water and using a high pillow plus a daily saline draft or similar medicine as potentially useful.
The United States imports about 20 million cocoanuts yearly, costing around $800,000. Used in pies and confections, this supply adds significantly to human happiness, notes the New York Sun.
A New York Press quip notes how men may act oddly when caring for a sick friend, highlighting humor and gendered misunderstandings in a late era slapstick take. The line suggests a man tossing his watch and stowing shoes as a bored, practical joke amid late night duties.
Investigation of hotel water systems in Paris finds numerous sewers swarming with microbes. Travelers are advised to demand fresh water upon arrival.
A concise hypothetical compares the entire US population to population density on Manhattan Island noting that evenly distributing people would not reach the current dense southeastern quarter. The remark underscores the vast contrast between national population and urban density as a thought experiment.
England shifts court manners with a new bobbed curtsy and the use of ma am instead of madame toward the queen. The old elaborate salute fades as royal protocol modernizes in public life.
The four thousand foot western arm of the Dover harbor project has reached its final foundation block, marking completion of the sea extending works.
The modern peerage of Japan comprises ten princes, twenty five marquises, eighty counties, three hundred fifty two viscounts and ninety eight barons.
The older boxlike compartments on French railways are gradually being displaced by vestibuled cars of a more modern type, signaling a shift toward updated passenger rolling stock.
The Madagascar port city of Tamatave faces living costs that are about twice those of New York. The report contrasts housing, food, and services, highlighting Tamatave as a costly urban center in the region.
Kis states that salmon, pike and goldfish are the only fish that never sleep, a claim presented as a notable remark about aquatic sleep behavior.
Four strangers loitering in Duncombe were revealed as a bank gang. Night Watchman Latta fired at two sentinels while other robbers worked inside to blow open the vault door with tools stolen from an Illinois Central shed. A hand car was used to flee toward Main Street before officers and a large posse pursued them all day.
Fort Dodge reports the grand jury bound over thirteen striking gypsum mill workers accused of assaulting non union employees at Cardiff gypsum mill. Five bound over on 300 dollar bonds and the rest on 100 dollars. witnesses said strikers sought trouble and planned to “clean out” non union workers. Non union Fred Sommerland shot in Carbon last Friday recovering. mills expected to restart with non union labor in a few days.
A telegram from J C Jorgensen, who left Lake Mills for Lisbon North Dakota, reports he was robbed of 1225 at the Union station in Minneapolis. A brakeman saw two suspicious passengers. Jorgensen noticed the loss after boarding his train and in the waiting room. He planned to buy a farm in North Dakota.
Des Moines April 14 Agreement reached between miners and operators ends a two week idle period. 14,000 Iowa miners will return to work Monday as concessions favor operator demands. Top men in First and Fourth districts get minimum 1.80 and maximum 1.91 per day. Cagers and trip drivers face 14 cent reduction to 2.30. powder price remains 2.00 per keg.
Washington April 12 The house passed a bill to form a new division in the southern judicial district of Iowa and to set court terms at Davenport The swift action surprised many as the measure had been low on the calendar and was only recently reported by the judiciary committee It is a bill strongly urged by Scott county attorneys and viewed as significant for Iowa if approved by the senate
Fort Dodge April 16 sheriff Henry Olson and deputies served injunctions issued by Judge Richards upon striking Cardiff gypsum mill workers. Owners moved to curb interference with non union workers who have replaced striking union men. Thirteen striking unionists bound over by Justice Magowan for assault with intent to murder faced grand jury. Fort Dodge plaster mill opened with non union labor and no major hiring struggles. lacking experienced miners to mine rock.
John W. White an attorney from Carrington North Dakota visiting Mt Ayr to assist his uncle Dr J H White in a civil suit was arrested on an indictment for forgery at the request of Webster county sheriff. He was taken to Fort Dodge via Des Moines after being alerted by Ft Dodge authorities. White is unmarried, educated at Drake University Law School in 1902, and has practiced mainly in North Dakota.
Reports from Dubuque on April 15 describe a head on collision on the Illinois Central injuring five men including a fireman buried beneath his engine. The crash stemmed from a crew order misunderstanding while fireman Kelly was injured. Nearby Muscatine, Vera Downey four, daughter of farmer William Downey, fell into scalding water and may die. Henry Deeter shot by Conrad Wigman at Graettinger was killed. Wigman arrested for murder after a decoy package plot tied to a demand of $1,000.
Des Moines reports from April 7 to 9 detail senate and house actions including defeat of the tax ferret repeal, passage of a drainage measure authorizing state survey of lake beds, salary increases for labor officials, and an array of bills on bank examiners cemetery funds and state education governance. The period also notes pardon denials for Sarah Kuhn and a sensational drainage bill shifting from civil to common law.
Des Moines reports on April legislative sessions highlight praise for Speaker Clarke with a formal chair and gavel presentation. The Senate rejected a cut to university and college appropriations, while the House trimmed state house repairs funding from 208000 to 100000 amid long timing standoff over capitol repairs.
In Des Moines on April 12 the general omnibus appropriation bill allocating about a million and a half for judiciary and state officer expenses passed both chambers after late consideration. The bill includes about two million in extraordinary appropriations, bringing total legislative appropriations to roughly three and a half million dollars.
Davenport report says William Wright, a burly man, swallowed a diamond Masonic button at Nabstedt jewelry store to steal it. X ray confirmed the button in his stomach. He remains jailed after arrest before fleeing the store.
In Dubuque on April 12 the body of John Bowers, a laborer, was found beside the Illinois Central tracks at Cascade Crossing. He had fatal head injuries and broken legs, believed to have been struck by a train during the night.
The Bond family of Muscatine, four members, narrowly survive coal gas exposure. a physician says thirty minutes more would have killed them. Mr Bond is a prominent local businessman.
In Des Moines April 29 1904 the Wood case on Sunday sale of goods ends with acquittal on malicious prosecution charges after a witness-led setup. Iowa reports affirming Joseph and Charles Raphael sentenced for burglary. Warden Brendel case awaits grand jury action while King pleads guilty to forgery and is jailed. State expenses exceed 3.5 million with no higher tax levy. jurors convict Alexander murder suspect in first degree with life term.
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