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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
6
A Boston woman, who married a British MP, displays the trend of daytime diamond jewelry in London. Rich English women adorn more elaborate pieces, with tiaras, collars, ropes of pearls, and jeweled dress accents. Designers emphasize size and brilliance over delicate design, while daywear features jewel-encrusted gowns and luminous hair ornaments.
A fashion note describes vari colored scarabs and amethysts dominating jewelry this season. Elegant women wear diamond trellises in hair and gown sleeves while ear pendants, bracelets, and ornate belts feature scarabs, moonstones, and pearls. An example highlights a Boston woman who wore Egyptian pieces gifted by a British MP, pairing them with muted gowns to emphasize the ornate stones.
In Tarrytown New York John D Rockefeller acquires Sleepy Hollow inn Melin’s saloon and Briggsville parcels through a third party. Jay Nichols for Rockefeller confirms purchases totaling several thousand dollars while ensuring Melin’s license lapses due to ownership consolidation. Residents note Rockefeller’s influence ends local saloon life and hints at future development plans for the valley.
Washington declares that ice packed with raw oysters adds adulterants to oyster juice under the pure food law. Dealers protest, saying manufactured ice and transit tests prove safety. New packaging ideas include vacuum containers with reicing en route.
A parrot owned by C. C. Radabaugh of Radabaugh Construction in Muncie Ind has laid an egg, disproving the belief that captive parrots do not breed. The intelligent bird, about 25 years old and in the family for 21 years, is shown with the egg.
Berlin reports a new postal form allowing letters to be sent by telegraph at far lower rates. Letters are written on telegraph forms, sent overnight, and delivered with the next morning’s mail. The rate is to be set well below five pfennigs per word to encourage use.
Mrs Samuel Taylor wife of a noted retired farmer of Odon is stricken with a rare illness baffling doctors in their relief efforts. She was bedbound recently as blood slowly dries and black splotches appear over her body. Medical professionals in Daviess county follow her case with keen interest.
Pittsburg police report a neighborly hound’s mournful whines led to the discovery of Annie Graham, a 55 year old widow living alone. Coroners deputies say the woman fell and broke her neck while entering a trunk, dying days earlier in her home.
Hurdle of marriage vows taken by Charles Thompson judge in Kansas City as H Cecil Sturtevant and Ida M Baldwin sought to wed. The judge, unfamiliar with ceremony scripts, phoned for guidance and pronounced the couple husband and wife after a brief exchange and improvised notes. In other report, Dr L O Howard details moth pests and foreign parasites used to combat gypsy and brown tail moths in New England forests.
A fragmented item from a Washington report discusses a proposed law aimed at preventing the destruction of trees by a parasite or infestation. The text is garbled but indicates a focus on tree preservation and legislative action.
Berlin officials report 1909 population at 2,007,000, down about 80,000 since 1907. Most suburbs of Greater Berlin show declines. total city and suburbs exceed 3,000,000, but expectations for 6,000,000 in 25 years fade amid business decline.
Mrs Frederick Boyl Hart of Brooklyn discovers she has a sister, Mrs Laura Van Name, through an adopted mother’s 4g month old will. The complicating note mentions that the mother died leaving a clue about the sister�s existence in Plainfield, New Jersey.
The text details the development of milk commissions and certified milk, noting their impact on quality and public health. It explains legal meaning, sanitary requirements, and the process from milking to bottling, including cooling, filtering, and storage, with emphasis on cleanliness and contract standards.
Fragmented report describes harvest mites or jiggers infesting straw and stored hay, causing intense irritation and health effects among threshermen, harvest hands, potters, and other laborers. It notes stables, barns, and straw storage as exposure sources and mentions possible severe outcomes including death in some cases.
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