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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1905
Page
4
The Semi Weekly Herald lists Oliver J Smith as editor and notes publisher Boylan Smith and Smith. Filing shows Eldora Iowa registration and 1879 act classification with pricing references for single copies and subscription terms.
The Herald notes Judge Evans of Hampton is seen as a strong district judge and likely to be nominated for Iowa Supreme Court by Republicans in coming years. Also featured are L L Smith elected mayor of New Hartford pledging a clean town and praise for Madigan of Clarksville Star as a fortunate postmaster building a fine home.
State Superintendent Riggs notes record demand for teachers nationwide with shortages in well paid districts. Iowa towns Mason City Dennison Estherville Oskaloosa and Corning seek superintendents as districts lure qualified educators with higher salaries. Trained teachers command better pay but supply remains insufficient. outlook remains encouraging with strong prospects for trained educators in Iowa.
The Ida Grove Pioneer argues that true success and contentment lie in country living, contrasting city ambition and high rents with stories from a week in the capital. It recalls neighbors who chase money yet suffer poor health, warning that urban toil breeds burnout and urging a westward, rural vocation.
An advertisement from Adolph, West Virginia touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a remedy for cuts burns bolls bruises piles and all skin diseases. A user claims it cured his daughter's severe white swelling and bone pieces. Warns to beware of counterfeits and notes Smith & Reed as sellers.
A collage of notes from the era surveys unrest in Coffeeville Kansas and similar frictions in St Petersburg and Kansas City. Speeches by Bryan and Taft mix with naval tobacco bids and Carnegie Rockefeller funding talk. Russian fleet intrigues and Pipelines at Panama add to the stream of political and international chatter.
A quirky musing on dairy physics noting that if cows produced butter humanity would need no milk. It frames milk as nature’s emulsion of butter shaped for digestion and compares cod liver oil’s nourishment to its required emulsification for digestion.
Scott and Bowne promote Scott's Emulsion as a superior nourishing food medicine combining oil with hypo phosphites. They claim it digests easily and does more good than oil alone, labeling it the most strengthening product. Available from 50c and 1.00 at druggists.
A fragment notes that a figure warns others against crossing into Balkan matters and jokes about staying there. It cites Mr. Bryan remarking he would rather discuss religion than politics, highlighting concerns that his religious stance might be no better than his political one.
A series of real estate transfers are recorded across Garden City, Ackley, and Iowa Falls. Scend M Johnson deeds land to Stavanger Lutheran Trustees. Jacob Friedman to Isaac Harris group. George H Warman to William Kilaf. John G Welchke to R J Hurd. Mrs Thomas Needham to A J Morgan. E W Stewart to David Hamilton. Henry W Peters to Walter Harned. W Wn Morey and S B Mills. Francis M Williams to Eiman G Williams. Patsy Burke to Laura Clausen. Warner Roben to Anna C Weber. Sarah Estes to Rev John Joseph Keane. and Walter Carpenter Trustees to Sarah Estes. Kate R Steere to Tressa Hay. G Dykstra to Charles Dykstra. Burns & Fosters add Iowa Falls parcel. totals and parcel details appear with arithmetical sums and lot descriptions.
An Eldora citizen urges readers to act before backache becomes chronic, citing Mrs. D. McGee’s experience with relief from Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad notes 50 cent price, Foster Kilburn Co. as sole US agents, and encourages not to substitute. The excerpt ends with a Gazette note about its 16 page monthly paper from Des Moines, edited by James M. Pierce, priced at 50 cents a year.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications as it is a constitutional disease. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and targets the blood and mucous surfaces. It is described as a trusted, physician prescribed remedy with tonics and blood purifiers. Testimonials are available, Owensey & Co. sell it in Toledo, Ohio. Also promote Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An advertisement claims a complete cure for morphine and liquor addiction under the IYO-PHOS system. It states treatment in Rhine treatment with no payment until cure. It promises no injurious effects and perfect physical condition after completion. Address I H Greenawalt Lynn St Nevada Iowa for particulars.
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