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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
3
A Cairo native woman spotted a large snake in her hearth area and fled. Her cat entered, hissed and attacked, then left. It returned with three more cats, all joining in to battle the snake. After a brief struggle, the snake was torn to pieces by the four cats.
A party with two or three thousand dollars and mechanical skill can secure a salaried controlling position in a Davenport Iowa washing machine business. Principal owner is tied to other work. Seek a reliable, capable applicant with financial evidence and sterling references. Address Factory, 128 Front street, Davenport.
A wife pressures her husband for a new outfit while quipping that all women are slaves to fashion. He retorts that he will not spend money to encourage slavery in any form, labeling himself unwilling to fund fashion-driven exploitation.
Liverpool corporation leases a large slice of George's Dock for ninety nine years to enable building works. The article recalls the dock's long history from 1771 opening and 1902 water removal, noting its central role in Liverpool's rise as a commercial hub and its ties to colonial trade and ship traffic. It mentions historic figures and ships, including wares from America and the West Indies and references to Washington Irving’s mercantile ties.
One hundred dollars reward offered for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, with endorsements from local wholesalers West & Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin. Internal remedy claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials free. price per bottle. sold by all druggists.
Edith compliments Ernie on strong lungs while he retorts with a boast about blowing in ten thousand dollars last year. The dialogue plays on public persona and finances in a light Chicago News style.
An advertisement announces a combined Business and Phonography Course for sixty dollars and includes rail fare to Davenport, Iowa. The offer promotes enrollment at Duncan's Davenport Business College with travel included.
A Chicago News item notes a caller trying to persuade a hostess’s wife to sing, the husband challenging the desire, and the hostess consenting, while PVH asks her not to sing, highlighting a domestic dispute over performance at a social event.
A North Missouri paper debates happiness between wealth and large families with a witty exchange from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Reports note a new shoe store in Vienna, a Roumanian population comparison to Servia and Bulgaria, and Damascus Jews in ancient and modern times. The Brockton YMNA offers invention showcases at meetings. Wall Street angst and resilience feature in James R. Keene's assessment of capital markets and perseverance.
A miscellany of 19th century notes covers statistics on Presbyterian ministers in the United States, infant mortality in France, a rare consigning of Napoleon Sher ry wine, church governance reforms, eye disease in New York schools, a Paris nurse’s typhoid case, Philadelphia water system costs, Minneapolis library budget cuts, a Savannah ball for Oglethorpe monument, New Zealand rugby, and discoveries in Montana fossils and Alpine mysteries.
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