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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1905
Page
7
A plains town tale follows Spence as he defends his uncle Garrett in a bitter legal clash. The stock tender recalls Spence’s rise from clerical beginnings to winning a jury trial that left Garrett furious and office furniture smashed. The widow Grimsly suit and Spence’s moral battles with friendship and ambition unfold amid courtroom rhetoric and family loyalties.
Rural Retreat Times laments the sight of shirtwaists left in wash tubs and urges men to help keep women out of men’s clothes. The author praises the shirtwaist in a respectful arms embrace while recalling fashions of a bygone era.
Mrs John P Newman widow of Bishop Newman proposes to found a kindergarten in Jerusalem. She shows a real affection for children and has a trove of anecdotes. An awkward tale recalls a Meth dinner where a glass broke and a hostess began to laugh.
A treasury counsel halts to offer the chairman a ride in rain. They reach the courthouse. the barrister makes a crucial application, but the chairman’s reception is icy. An usher reveals the error: the barrister left the chairman to pay the taxi.
Henry's father was a lieutenant in the navy and often absent on year long cruises, leaving the boy with little direct contact. When choosing a school, relatives wonder about asking the father for preferences, and Henry quips that the man is “only my father by marriage,” revealing family tensions.
Special Correspondence details the Swiss Guard heirloom of the Papacy, tracing its origins to Julius II and Nicholas V, noting its 100 members from German Switzerland, heraldry, and medieval uniforms. It covers historic sieges, reform efforts under Paul III, and the guard’s resilience through occupations and restorations.
The piece recalls Leo XIII’s long wait for sede vacante and outlines the Swiss Guard’s role, pay, and duties. Colonel Karl Pyffer d Altishofen of Lucerne leads a corps of about 890 including nobles, gendarmes, and firemen. Guards serve five years, may renew, and pension after twenty five years, with modest pay and largely honorary status.
In a Chicago press bureau an amusing mix up unfolds as two staff members, one short and one tall, stay late and find the other’s overcoats swapped. The short man discovers his coat is missing from the hook area, prompting a humorous chain of events as the tale unfolds.
Two men chase a missing coat in a comical mix up as each wears the other’s overcoat. They retrieve coats after midnight misadventure, revealing who wore whose and ending in mutual amusement.
Baron Meyer de Schauensee leads a Swiss Guard linked to Lucerne with aristocratic ties. During Leo Xill's papacy the Vatican paid 100 to each guard for conclave work, sparking a three day barricade by thirty members who demanded the money and stood firm until payment.
Jack Malloy recalls a strange telegram mix up at the Hotel Baltimore. W. H. Andrews, staying there, hunted for his telegram and finally identified a misaddressed note reading WwW, H, & Rews as his message. The amusing error highlights operator mistakes.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Mia noting Snobberly’s interest in politics, another character dismissing it, then a mishearing about him discussing a “party thes.” The exchange ends with the quip that he means “white wa bows” in a humorous misinterpretation.
Sheldon Correspondent notes finding hybrids in Cambridge near Middlebury. Harry Noyes of Hyde Park shot two birds likely crosses between ruffed grouse and blackcock, larger than a ruffed grouse with chestnut-tinted dark bands. The piece cites prior releases near Middlebury and suggests hybrids may spread, pleasing hunters with larger game and meat yield.
A Geneva resident discovers a natural barometer at Ferney Voltaire. A deep well cave with a tiny opening acts as a weather whistle when narrowed to fit a whistle. The different sounds indicate air flow as the earth inhales or exhales. A lighted match or feather points the wind direction, promising a weather cue.
Miss Clara McAlpine daughter of William McAlpine of New Hartford Connecticut recently a Gilbert preparatory school student is the only woman town clerk in the state She qualified in F A Jewell's absence and handles marriage licenses duties satisfactorily to applicants in New Hartford
An elm over a century old was cut at Bennington Vermont. The axe revealed a heartwood inscription in an old hand forged nail indicating the tree’s age.
In Leominster Massachusetts a unique tomb marks Joseph Palmer who died 1878 at 84. He wore a beard to declare independence and faced jeers, fights, and a court summons. Palmer supported transcendental philosophy, helped buy Brook Farm, and claimed persecution for conscience.
A wooden tree climber crafted from two boards each 15 oches long and 2 inches wide with 1 inch thickness. A 4 inch nail is to be driven three inches above the bottom but not fully hammered in.
A Gera family disputes a town measure to cover words on a deceased relative's tombstone. Police and church authorities deemed the phrase We shall never see you again yet will always remember you a denial of immortality. Fifteen years of legal and civil actions followed as the family fought to restore the inscription while town officials repeatedly cemented over the words and billed 35 cents for each act.
Scholars trace the term intoxicating to Milton in his 1644 work Tetrachor don where he derived it from the Latin toxicum meaning poison used in archery. The claim rests on authorities who connect the coinage to this early literary phrase.
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