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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1905
Page
3
Poem lines contemplate the loom of life with time as a relentless spinner. It contrasts fate’s weave with love as a better thread and reflects on end of life, urging care with human choices and the hope for virtue over sin. The second fragment mentions liquor licensing rules and prohibitions on selling to minors and certain groups, plus bans on gambling and card or dice games.
The Supreme Court of Kansas reaffirms a key liquor regulation, with Justice Burch describing intoxicating liquor as a special article of trade. The Topeka Herald notes the decision defines the drug’s status before courts and legislatures, stressing its link to crime and social harm and local legislative power.
The passage argues temperance extends beyond food and drink to self mastery in speech, moral judgments, dress, and conduct. It warns abstinence may be necessary for some and urges young men to avoid assuming they can control appetite once aroused. Temperance is a broad life attitude, not a partisan narrow view.
The new Holland liquor law requires license applicants’ names to be published for public comment and halts openings until formalities are complete. Smaller parishes with under 1,000 inhabitants may qualify for a license under population thresholds, while regions with 10,000 to 60,000 residents follow rules similar to larger cities.
An Anti Absinthe Crusade seeks to curb a green bitter spirit blamed for insanity and crime in France. Absinthe, popular in Switzerland and France, inspired propagandized opposition though soldiers once faced bans. France reports high consumption and government vows stronger actions to limit its spread.
Accurate studies of alcohol from the scientific point of view indicate that the tonic and stimulating theories are errors. A large number of experiments show that alcohol acts as an anaesthetic and depressant to all organic and functional activities. Precision measurements after small doses reveal lowered mood and reduced sensory activity.
At the London annual meeting of the Royal Army Temperance association Mr Arnold Forster secretary for war presided and praised the society for its work. He credited officers and members with driving progress and noted sobriety as key to the Japanese victory in the far east. He reported a 90 percent drop in army drunkenness and congratulated all involved.
A study of moderate drinkers shows higher mortality than those who binge and abstain. Continuous alcohol use dulls resistance to disease, causes sudden deaths from pneumonia and kidney, heart, and vascular issues, and raises risk of various ailments. Self medicating with bitters or drugs worsens harm and can lead to opium and neurotic addictions.
A proclamation condemns alcohol as damaging to the nervous system and brain. It argues drink induces partial paralysis and deathlike intoxication while claiming apoplexy and related diseases are far more common among the intemperate. It asserts half of insanity cases are linked to drink.
A quirky reform idea from Argentina proposes a mind cure to curb drunkenness. In towns where men are arrested for intoxication, they would undergo eight days of public street sweeping as a form of shaming and reform, with variations including cages labeled for shame to reinforce preventive effects.
Niagara Falls August 7 The volume of water diverted from Niagara Falls is rising as laws are proposed to protect the spectacle. About five hundred thousand horsepower is drawn continuously for industrial use, with plans for more. Calcium carbide production and acetylene lighting are expanding commercially. Acetylene gas is touted as a bright, sunlike light for farms, villas, streets, and cities, with generators becoming a substantial and growing business.
A quirky quotation set shows a character declaring loyalty issues as he mentions living with his wife and mother-in-law. The snippet hints at domestic tension and a humorous tone without naming places or events.
In New York F Marion Crawford notes his Italian barber and bootblack routine at his office. He asks where the bootblack was born and learns Genoa. When Crawford asks the bootblack’s name he replies Patrick Murphy, explaining he adopted the name to appear American.
A Welsh applicant to a Connecticut pulpit, pressed to display learning, starts with Greek then Welsh then Latin. A Welsh congregant laughs until the minister warns in Welsh that the joke will be found out, and the crowd is saved from embarrassment by the interrupter.
Monticello Minnesota August 7. Mr J W Moore of this place claims Bright's Disease can be cured even in late stages by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He cites prior doctors' prognosis of death within a year and says after starting the pills he recovered fully, regaining health and strength.
A visiting reporter struggles with local slang as he misreads a key term. The Boston scene is described as the Suliva Sphere, with the reporter asking for clarification amid confusing dialect and slang.
The article recalls two mutinies in Britain's 1797 navy duel at Spithead and the Nore. Discontent rose from impressment, wages, and harsh discipline, prompting cheers against officers, naval blockades, and swift government action. Mutineers faced execution or pardon as ships surrendered.
A nostalgic verse fragment by Clinton Duangerfield from Youth's Companion speaks of returning to secret groves and fields. The speaker longs for green quiet, trees, and familiar country sounds, contrasting with urban, iron faced people.
George W Vanderbilt plans to give up farming at Biltmore North Carolina after ten years of effort. He says the venture is not paying and will be run by others though the farms, dairy, creamery, poultry, livestock, kennels, and hothouses have made the estate famous. He has invested a large fortune in the farming venture.
The Duke of Norfolk shuns pompous display and quietly travels a royal path. A school treat at Arundel Park saw a teacher rush him off the grass unaware of his identity, sparking a remark about public access to parks. Another tale recalls a convent visit where a nun politely refused entrance, mistaking him for a stranger.
Old Hiram Spruceby, famed for idleness, is joked about by locals. A postmaster recalls he tied chickens and a bullock in the road to provoke accidents, only to be thwarted by a passing machine. The tale ends with Hiram repairing barn damage and adding a new roof.
The Boston Herald notes the czar of Russia relies on his regiments of Cossacks for safety. Cossacks are described as despicable yet essential to despotism, excelling in charging crowds of unarmed people with swords or whips, where retaliation is unlikely.
The brief line from the Mharlatta Observer discusses black molasses and bread with phrases about white and black people. It comments on stereotypes and social divides, using improvised dialect to critique poverty and race. The item appears as a clipped social note reflecting racial attitudes of the period.
A fragment reflects on memory and gratitude, suggesting harm lingers while favors fade in a rugged saying. No identifiable people or organizations are present. The piece reads as a maxims fragment rather than a reportable event.
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