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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1903
Page
6
A mournful verse fragment recalls Kee once vibrant and now wasted by winter afternoons. His lively past, filled with song and laughter, fades as life drains from his eyes and heart. The speaker laments lost vitality and a bleak, solitary future.
Elizabeth yearned for her mother as a frail child lies near death. Rose, the woman Rachel Downes, and John Demming confront a tangled past in a stark rural farmhouse. A Southwest mining crowd and an actress known as The Girl With the Yellow Hair anchor a broader chorus of a hard era.
De Beers in Kimbeoy South Africa guards its gem holdings with a thick walled concrete vault, bank lock doors, keys held by several officers, burglar proof safes, multi key access, and an electrical alarm. Two armed guards patrol at night with test signals triggering rapid response.
Moses Fowler Chase of Lafayette Indiana who after being left 1 000 000 by his mother has spent years in asylums in the United States and abroad was brought home from Paris last week accompanied by his father He has been declared sane and insane at different times and he desires to go to his aunt The estate is in a trust company hands
Milton T. Alles of Ohio, after sixteen years in the treasury department rising to assistant secretary, resigns to become vice president of the Riggs National Bank in Washington. He says the government pay and social demands prevent advancement for a young man without independent means.
The piece argues bright youths fail by staying in a daily rut, avoiding extra labor or seeking tasks beyond routine duties. It laments clerks who adhere to fixed hours, do only enough to earn their hire, and avoid effort to advance beyond comfortable, genteel conditions.
Gen Franklin D Baldwin commander of the Department of Colorado says he was misquoted in an interview that allegedly disparaged Negro and Filipino soldiers. He claims his statements were misunderstood and he meant to express equal regard, classing both groups as second only to American soldiers.
Secretary Cortelyou notes a fifty eight journey record from his time as private secretary to McKinley and Roosevelt. He says the new Commerce and Labor post allows him home time and relief from presidential travel duties. The trips totaled over 50 000 miles.
President Cherry announced the Des Moines and Southern railroad from Des Moines through Winters et al to be let to Katz Construction. Work to begin next week, right of way purchased, and engineering completed. The line may connect with Manchester Kansas and Shenandoah plan with 293 and 122 mile extensions. The project is privately financed and not yet sold to any railroad, though the Q may seek control.
Fragment from a poem describing creation and a dawning horror as life awakens. A man appear s as the realization of a nameless want and a tense, awe filled moment arrives. The scene blends mythic imagery with a sudden rupture of the eternal Now.
A tale recounted by W M Chase portrays Whistler dozing during a six kiss visit while Sargent quickly sketches his host. Whistler,Refer appears to temper his anger yet. Sargent kept the unconventional portrait as a souvenir, an unpublished glimpse at Whistler’s eccentricity.
The Lancet cites England statistics on multiple births. Triplets occur about once in 6,400 births, quadruplets about once in 612,000, and quintuplets far rarer at roughly 1 in 40,980,000. A noted record reports a woman bearing seven successive triplets.
The Royal Geographical Society announces it has obtained the compass used by Dr. Livingston on his first descent of the Zambesi in 1866, a historic instrument linked to exploration in Africa and the famed explorer's early travels.
Mayor Robert A. Smith of St Paul argued to President Roosevelt that race death by own action is not a failing of Minnesota people. He produced a photo of J P Rhein, a Woodbury township farmer in Washington County, with his wife and large family, crafted for the president.
Senator Orville H. Platt of Connecticut, after twenty four years in the U S Senate and a new six year term, sent a letter of thanks to Hartford state officials and the legislature for March 20 greetings extended to him and Mrs Platt on their return from Washington. He says the unanimous and sincere reception touched him and reflected earned public confidence and esteem.
The Damrosch family name arose in Germany when officials assigned surnames to Jews. An ancestor with red hair was first recorded as Blut Kopf meaning Red Head. The descendants later altered it to Dam Rosh meaning blood head in Hebrew.
The Hossack murder case will not be retried in Warren County. It has been moved to Madison County and will be dismissed due to Warren County’s unwillingness to incur further expenses. Mrs. Hossack, convicted of first degree murder, faced a costly winterset trial and a hung jury. bondsmen will be released if the case ends now.
Fort Dodge reports Warren Beebe a wealthy Stratford area farmer in Webster County shot himself with a heavy shotgun. His body was found after family returned from a funeral. Neighbors note a dispute over township school location and his troubled state. He leaves a large family.
A Marshalltown physician cites as many as 400 severe typhoid and malaria typhoid cases, with real totals suppressed to avoid alarm. Waterborne origin suspected. many households affected as domestics flee. Some families endure severe distress amid ongoing outbreak.
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