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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1905
Page
2
A collage of humorous items and quips from The Herald Eldora Iowa including punny remarks on corn crops jokes about fashion pockets and a woman friendly hotel in Washington. It ridicules bosses and marital nerves and riffs on European politics caruso satire and travel misadventures with light political social commentary.
Eighteen soldiers at a Kentucky fort deserted when ordered to another state. The report notes broad headlines about Kentucky girls and various world events. The piece also mentions a Japanese loan, Sherman’s war cost remark, Dominican navy repairs, and opera-sacred concert practices in New York.
A theatrical production in New York will star John D. Rockefeller and Ida Tarbell as two of the principal characters. The item cautions against improper influence and hopes there will be no hidden stirring of interests.
A New Jersey resident age 72, illiterate and with limited exposure to locomotives, is singled out in a sharp critique praising a man who has seen only one train from half a mile away, highlighting local boastfulness.
A fragment notes King Alfonso killed forty one wild pigs while hunting with the Kaiser. It adds this does not imply he would help Yankee farmers with their pig killing if he visited the country.
The excerpt notes 235000 letters collected daily in New York between 4:30 and 7:30 pm, with casual remarks on romance and society. It mentions Walter Vaughan Morgan as London mayor and hints at a niece named Mrs Horn cer as lady mayoress, then veers to fragmented lines about accidents among Alpine mountain climbers.
Eighteen people were killed, burned, or suffocated when the Montreal express rear-ended a local train at Baker's Bridge station on the Fitchburg division. Twenty five were seriously injured and many more hurt. Rescuers from nearby towns helped pull survivors from wreckage as flames spread rapidly through the cars.
In Mason City Iowa on November 27 P Reynolds was shot and killed. Reynolds and Miss Caddy O Brink were alone in a room. She says they fought over a revolver when it discharged.
City of Mexico reports a new comet discovered at Tachaya University Observatory. Astronomers say the celestial body is visible with a small telescope and is swiftly moving toward the sun.
Cincinnati Ohio November 27 Rudolph Fluegal an animal keeper at the Cincinnati zoological gardens entered a snake cage to sweep it out and was nearly strangled by a huge python. The snake attacked from behind sinking fangs in his back as keeper Edward Coyne and three assistants beat and unwrapped the coils until Fluegal was unconscious and later revived after an hour of resuscitation. The man remained prostrated by the shock.
The joint fleet arrived at the island of Mitylene on Sunday. Turkish Foreign Minister Tewfik Pasha met with British Ambassador Sir Nicholas O'Conor and Austro-Hungarian Ambassador Baron von Calice to propose a change in the Macedonian reform plan. The idea assigns Ottoman financial councilor posts to powers, a proposal seeking wider acceptance after a lull in Porte-ambassador contact since late October.
Sioux City Iowa November 27 The completion of a hospital for inebriates at Knoxville Iowa will not be greeted by dipsomaniacs as it means stricter confinement of those on original commitments and the roundup of fugitives from existing hospitals. County authorities have refused to chase escapes but the state board urges the gathering of fugitives to Knoxville promising better care.
Philadelphia sleeper A Carson Warren who calls himself the man with the musical heart carries a will and a letter to the coroner. The will bequeaths his heart to a medico-chirurgical hospital for dissection in science. His heart produces audible hums like a hymn tone and he has suffered pain for thirteen years. Doctors say death may come at any moment.
Fred Tieson, about 40, of Chesterton was struck by a Lake Shore train and died after being brought to a hospital sixteen miles away in this city. The accident occurred near the scene earlier on November 27.
Nov 27 report from Vincennes Indiana states 16 year old Fossie died from an accidental rifle discharge held by a boy named George Horn. The incident involves a youth gun accident with fatal outcome. Fossie is identified as the victim and George Horn as the holder.
Mrs James Birdsong wife of a physician walked into Dr Thomas Butler offices and shot the physician dead in Monticello Mississippi on November 27 authorities reported a fatal shooting with the suspect identified as the spouse of the doctor.
Fred Rogers age 17 in St Louis shoots and kills his stepfather while defending his mother during an attack. The incident occurred on November 27 as reported.
Litchfield Illinois November 27 Wrank Cox arrested for robbing the Worden postoffice He made a written confession to the crime and is in custody for trial.
New York November 27 Richard A McCurdy president of Mutual Life Insurance resigns as trustees set to replace him. An investigative committee reports radical changes to end bribery and curb autocratic power, with McCurdy salary cut proposed and scrutiny of family ties and large payouts.
Washington reports U S farm products valued at 6.415 billion dollars for 1905, a record, with corn at 2.708 billion bushels. Secretary Wilson notes rising farm wealth over five years, boosted bank deposits in rural areas, and a growing share of national wealth from farming.
Hunters on Pelican Lake discover a thirty five pound muskellunge with a three and a half pound white bass in its mouth. The bass had pierced the muskie through the gills, killing both fish. News from Pelican Lake Wisconsin dated November 27.
Sevastopol mutineers are buoyed by the meeting of crews from the battleship Panteleimon and cruiser Otechkoff, signaling a possible uprising. Other ships’ crews kept to signals, while authorities fortify Admiralty Point and Balaklava Road. garrison of 26,000 remains dispersed but contained.
In Baraboo Wisconsin on November 27 a young couple George Burton 19 and Gertie Corning 16 eloped after securing a livery and team. They arrived in Portage early Sunday morning, checked into the Wisconsin House, then departed on a train toward Elroy with $175 missing from Burton's father.
Chicago market report lists prices for butter creamery and prints firsts seconds and storage eggs. Cheese varieties long horns Swiss limburger and brick priced by pound or block. Poultry game rabbits venison and ducks shown with per pound or per dozen figures. Fruits vegetables and other items include apples grapes cranberries onions cucumbers and potatoes with varied lot prices and units.
Grain quotations for wheat across Chicago New York Minneapolis St Louis and related markets show nominal variations with No 2 red at 87 1 4c Chicago No 2 mixed and standard bids alongside Liverpool fixed prices and United States listings. Cattle prices in Chicago Omaha and Kansas City range around 1 60 1 08 per hundredweight with bids and ranges noted for regional buyers.
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