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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1904
Page
2
Excerpt from Ottilie A Liljencrantz 1803 romance The Ward of King Canute. Chapter VIII continues with a Danish conquest theme as the boy is brought home by a loyal nobleman and offered protection and intimate care. The scene portrays emotional strain, loyalty, and a pledge of shelter.
In August the Etheling Lord Sebert rides with Fridtjof through fertile lands seeking harvest bounty. They encounter Morcard, a stubborn page, and a joking Father Ingulph hidden among the hay. The pair plan a feast and debate Canute’s fate as English power shifts.
A Canadian editor recounts a tale about Hon Edward Blake then Liberal leader in Canada opposing the transcontinental railway. Blake long speeches, stenographer asked where he was and the reply said he was on the south bank of the Saskatchewan on the down grade, a flash of wit from Ottawa press gallery days.
An old colored woman asks the doctor about her husband's stomach issues. The doctor notes pyrosis water brush as the key symptom and warns to control his diet. She adds he is the biggest eater she has seen, consuming three meals per day with pleuress she calls ple卷esis.
Emperor Nicholas IIs August 1904 manifesto grants general amnesty for political offenders except murder charges. Thousands of exiles across the empire may return or remain farming their lands, with repatriation plans and military service implications uncertain. The decree also ends corporal punishment for rural classes and reduces sentences for common offenses.
Rock Island train No 1 derailed near Princeton twenty four miles north of Trenton on Tuesday afternoon injuring forty five persons. Two in serious condition are J W S Dunham postal clerk and W G Roby of Allerton Iowa passenger.
In New York on August 24 a lengthy conference between Vice President Bryan and a committee of elevated railroad employees ended with an agreement satisfactory to both sides.
Springfield Aug 24 a circular letter from the railroad and warehouse commission orders all steam interurban and street railway companies in Illinois to appear before the commission at Springfield Sept 6 and Chicago Sept 8 to show cause why unprotected grade crossings should not be equipped with interlocking devices. The action cites recent grade crossing accidents and questions commission jurisdiction over electric lines. Railroad men say interlocking devices are only feasible in rural areas due to cost, making city implementation impractical.
Denver police chief Delaney asked Joliet prison authorities to verify whether inmate John Mahran is Wellington C. Llewellyn a former Thirty-fourth United States infantry member. Llewellyn is believed to be the gunman who killed Policeman Thomas C. Clifford and N. Griffiths in Denver on the night of August 13, 1899 during a running fight after an arrest for a minor offense.
Edward J Holliday alias Charles Brady, of Indianapolis, was arrested in Columbia City on a charge of impersonating an Express official to obtain money orders. He was identified by Emma Madden of Columbia City and some orders were cashed in Chicago. He is alleged to be the son of an Indianapolis wholesaler.
John A. Drake’s horses were attached in Saratoga New York for a butcher’s bill the Chicago millionaire refused to pay. He posted bonds to release the horses and warned he would fight the claim in court. The bills by merchant McGee, who buys wholesale meat and sells to horse owners, hotels and boarding houses, are disputed.
New Haven Aug 24 Preferring to travel on their wedding trip in freight cars instead of Pullman cars Mr and Mrs Robert Arkwright of western New York passed through on a through freight train en route to Maine They have traveled the entire distance since leaving home in the caboose of a freight
South Charleston Ohio August 24 Ly man Kimbel aged 60 and Albert Stagle aged 60 farmers near town quarreled over a fence. Kimbel is dead and Stagle is jailed. He admits striking Kimbel on the head with a brick.
Aug 24 Glasgow report says Sir Thomas Lipton opened talks with Dennys to construct the Shamrock IV contingent on George L. Watson taking a commission to design a new challenger for the America’s Cup.
Miss Claude Blydia Burkhalter daily rehearses on a grand piano beneath a large oak tree in a forest a mile and a half from human habitation near Peoria Illinois as part of her outdoor practice routine.
In New Bedford Massachusetts on August 24 Mary A. Botham aged 18 shot and fatally wounded her father Joseph Botham during an apparent attempt to defend herself from his drunken rage. The incident follows reports of alcohol issued violence in the family and authorities are investigating the case.
The weather bureau reports drought relief from heavy rains in central valleys while central and western Tennessee and parts of Texas face drought. Corn shows favorable progress across the Missouri valley and central Mississippi valleys, with some damage in the Ohio valley. Spring wheat harvest nears completion except in North Dakota and northern Minnesota due to rust. Cotton outlook improves though shedding and rust persist. boll weevils remain destructive in several regions. Tobacco advances in the middle Atlantic and New England, apples scarce in many areas, potatoes promising though damp Ohio valley outlook. fall plowing underway across central valleys and middle Atlantic states.
Berlin reports Armenian anti-Turkish troops and Kurd auxiliaries clashed in Erserum vilayet. Russian troops crossed the frontier and saved the Turks from defeat, with Armenian casualties at thirty-two dead and twenty wounded, Turkish losses fifty dead and wounded. Separate note from Sharon, Pa., Aug 24 mentions a resumed building project after a fifteen week lockout and contractor agreement.
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