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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1909
Page
6
A collection of light editorial notes from The Herald in Eldora Iowa touching on air travel etiquette, public health, summer charities, mosquito bites and sunburn, inflation of hay fever, vacation planning, daylight saving humor, and a satirical nudge toward renewals of old saws. References to Orville Wright, Peary, and aviation progress mingle with jokes about baseball, technology, and European fears of Germany.
New York continues a practice of letting poor people sleep in parks during hot nights. An extra police guard is detailed and conditions remain orderly. Some hotel residents, weary and longing, may envy such nights of poverty “for one night only.”
A quirky note warns against fleeing to a faithful flask after a rattlesnake sighting. It claims past recoveries owed to imagination, deeming the remedy ineffective and modern science dismissive of such cures.
Germany experiments with potato drying as a practical economy. Several drying plants operate across the empire. It takes 30 pounds of fresh potatoes to yield 220 pounds of dried product. Strong demand rises from the higher grain prices.
A seemingly quiet Reading recluse dies leaving an estate estimated at 50 to 75 million dollars. Government death duties and succession taxes may amount to about 10 million. The note suggests wealth can accumulate quietly, even among the least noted.
A German company constructing a non rigid dirigible with capacity for 64 people remains unfazed by the California airship disaster where a heavy load caused a fall. The piece warns that improper ballast can stress the envelope when the airship flies, making careful weight adjustment essential to safety.
A Zeppelin airship will be permanently stationed at Metz, a fortress town in Alsace Lorraine. Germany controls Metz after the Franco Prussian War, and the plan signals a broader German use of airships for military aims, with Metz serving as a strategic demonstration of power.
A San Francisco charity worker urges a radical overhaul of social order to place governance on a higher level and advocates for a sharp separation of classes to curb crime and social decay.
Distinct workhouses for all prisoners sentenced to terms in jails and a proper labor system. A separate cell for each prisoner, well lighted, well ventilated, containing sanitary plumbing. Sufficient rooms for classification by sex, age and apparent criminality, each class fully separated. Trained jailers with humane instincts and high character who seek to better those under their care.
W A Gates of San Francisco told the American Prison association that modern jails fail to protect inmates and urged county jail reform. He called for district workhouses, separate well lit cells, humane trained jailers, better classification, sanitary plumbing, and a law requiring a matron in every county jail, linking progress to social order.
Philadelphia reports secret service agents say Giuseppe Spica of New York is tied to a counterfeiting ring with a plant in Italy producing counterfeit American silver certificates. Spica allegedly distributed 16 2 notes in the city and is held under $2,000 bail for the September grand jury.
Osteopaths in Minneapolis began a four days convention at city hall with welcome by Dr HB Pickler and the annual address by president Dr T L Ray. The program features many papers and demonstrations plus an open parliament each afternoon.
The National baseball commission here ruled that the St. Paul American Association club must pay the New York National team $1,000 for catcher Tom Needham. The decision was announced in session here.
L Ginsburg a Des Moines Iowa clothing merchant attempted death by own action by cutting his throat with a pen knife on the Pennsylvania Flyer near At Paris Ohio. His condition is not serious.
In St Louis two men died from heat with nine more deaths reported from the prior days, as burial permits confirmed the toll. Temperatures reached 105 in some towns, with 96 in St Joseph and Omaha tallying seven deaths overall. Chicago also faced two heat deaths and many prostrations.
An Aug. 17 gas explosion at the Whick Moving and Storage four story building injures seven men and three women, with two may die. Debris ignites fires, lifting the roof and sending flames through nearby shops, as firefighters prevent a wider loss.
Burlington Indiana August 17 James Mc Nicholls aged 72 dropped dead while at confession in St Pauls Catholic church from overheating officials report a sudden death during the service with no foul play suspected authorities listed the incident as a tragic heat related collapse at the parish church
Aug 17 in Kennett Missouri five children of farmer A H Hyde were killed when a St Louis & San Francisco train struck their wagon at a crossing a mile east of the Hyde home while en route to church at Frisbee station.
In a Buffalo New York dispatch dated August 17 a Wyoming tale reports a village in Pike county erased by flames. The estimated property loss reaches seventy six thousand dollars with the blaze causing total wipeout of the locality and its structures.
Muskogee Okla Aug 17 Attorneys for Gov Charles N Haskell and six other defendants indicted in the Muskogee town lot frauds filed motions in federal court to quash the indictments alleging sensational misconduct by grand jurors and U S attorneys. The filings claim exclusion of Muskogee county from the jury pool and contend foreman Strawn conspired to indict after jurors initially refused. They allege threat of perjury and partisan bias among the eight selected jurors and seven Republicans with one enemy of Haskell. Gov Haskell a Democrat is among the defendants.
Tacoma Aug 17 T F Callaghan of West Seattle and Joseph W Stevens of Trenton NJ are believed dead after attempting Mount Tacoma. A rescue party found their Alpine staffs and packs ten feet from the crater. They left camp at 2:30 Saturday with little food, possibly perishing from hunger cold or accident.
Grand Rapids, Mich August 17. A large number of U S fire chiefs gathered as President Fillmore Tygon of Loulaville opened the International Association of Fire Engineers. The four day sessions will mix business with pleasure and speakers include Frank G. Row Grand Rapids John O Glanville St Louis Clarence Maris Columbus Fred Morrison Watertown Dr R H Nesbit Waukegan and George C Hale Kansas City among others.
In Coal Creek near Fernie B C on August 17 a blaze wiped out twenty two structures causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Fernie volunteers joined the effort as water pressure failed. firemen fought the flames into the early hours and had the fire under control by morning.
Pearl Hatfield shot and killed Hiram Burditt of Parkerburg West Virginia at Alma in this county. Authorities investigate motive and secure scene as stunned residents describe the event in Chillicothe Ohio on August 17.
In Fort William Ontario on August 17 striking Canadian Pacific freight handlers resumed work after a stoppage. The return ends a work action that had disrupted freight moves across lines. Details on the agreement or terms were not disclosed.
President Taft orders census supervisors and enumerators to avoid any political activity and to be appointed from senators and congressmen only as needed to keep the census nonpartisan. He demands broad, exceptionless regulation to ensure the work focuses on fair results. 184 supervisors have been commissioned, with names listed by district and state.
Weather summaries indicate that drought in Kansas Missouri and central to southern Illinois will break around the middle of the current week as rains spread across corn and spring wheat regions. The forecast suggests improved growing conditions and potential yield recovery for staples.
Wellston Ohio August 17 fireman Charles Carpenter of a Detroit Toledo and Ironton switch engine saved two young children Pear and Anthony Lourdes two and three years old who were playing near the rails. Carpenter leapt from the moving locomotive and pulled the boys clear before the engine struck them, earning praise as a hero.
Boston reports a skirmish between Red army cavalry and Massachusetts Blue army infantry near Wareham. Gen William A Pew commanded the Blue force moving from Bridgewater to East Middleboro with left at Wareham. Red cavalry attacked to lure Blue troops away from Middleboro as Bliss aims to push toward Boston.
In Music Hall Cincinnati the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists began its silver jubilee with its 25th annual meeting. President J A Valentine of Denver presided as order was called. Organ concert opened the program and will continue daily. Representative trade exhibits were judged after the annual address. A reception followed. Tomorrow features include the Ladies Society meeting and arrangements for a national flower show. Anniversary exercises Thursday will honor the first secretary BH G Hill and past presidents J G C Vaughan and others.
The August 17 release lists ministers: Interior Linares Alcantara reappointed. Exterior Juan Pietri. Finance Abel Santos. War Regulo Olivares reappointed. Patronage Real Carabano reappointed. Public Works J M Ortega Martinez. Public Instruction Maldonado reappointed. Secretary General Antonio Pilementel. Caracas governor Carlos Leon.
Des Moines reports 14 year old Harry Bell confessed to Sheriff Grant Killmer that he killed his step father B. J. Carraher March 2 at the Carraher home three miles east of New Virginia. George Brand, who later married Carraher's widow, secured the confession after three months of silence. The younger brother who witnessed the crime has since died.
A note broker named Donald L Persch faced two indictments for grand larceny returned by the New York grand jury. He is jailed under $50,000 bail at the Tombs prison. The case centers on the sale of collateral positions brokered through M M Joyce and loan negotiations via the Trust Company.
A fragment from Montrose Iowa hints at a convention event moving forward despite scheduling doubts. The notice references a gathering in Montrose with potential discussions influencing local decisions and community participation.
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