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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1905
Page
3
A sympathetic friend teases the Czar about constant troubles. The Czar responds with hauteur that they never have less, Washington Star reports in a concise exchange highlighting the ruler’s blunt stance.
Advertises Defiance Cold Water Starch as superior with 16 oz for 10 cents, beating other brands offering 12 oz. Mentions Java's giant spiders with webs so tough a knife is needed to cut them.
Telegraph rates to Japan stand at 1.76 dollars per word as war reports flood cables alongside Pillsbury Vitos. War news keeps lines busy while Stockholm faces the world’s highest alcohol death rate, with ninety one thousand deaths recorded.
Illinois tops the nation in internal revenue paid on spirits, reporting 61,892,703 dollars from a total 234,184,376 dollars. The fifth district centered in Peoria led all districts with 34,691,666 dollars, fueling a large Cook County oleomargarine trade and a substantial corn demand for Minofe whisky.
Toneka Kansas December 4 Joseph L Bristow former fourth assistant postmaster general left for Washington after a telegram from the U S attorney general He will testify in the Crawford case before the U S Supreme Court this week amid postal investigation fallout Two men killed by a westbound train near Carbon Indiana Dec 4 Harry Willima and Jack Shur were struck while approaching Perth from a handcar
A 19 year old Swedish immigrant in Chicago faces release after being spared penitentiary time by Judge Kersten on the condition he returns to Sweden. He must raise 38 dollars to pay for passage to his mother and sister in Sweden and is unsure where funds will come from.
Charles Cooke former alderman of Milwaukee fourth ward died Sunday night after a long illness. Once a powerful political figure he faced seven indictments for grafting returned by recent grand juries and had repeatedly won election to the common council from the fourth ward.
Gov and Mrs Gooding and their daughter depart Rolse Idaho for Philadelphia to attend the launching ceremony of the battleship Idaho on Saturday Miss Gooding to christen the vessel.
A Colorado Springs woman reported her pocketbook found by an unknown New York man who kept the money. He returns the papers due to conscience, describing the incident from Colorado Springs on December 4.
Fort Wayne Indiana December 4 Olford Wallace aged 65 crawled over a boiler loft in the Wabash shops to sleep and get warm. He fell and fractured his skull and died en route to the hospital.
A world of 876 submarine cables totaling 178919 miles feeds daily orders for Plillsbury's Vitos. The note links private ownership with government control and references Defiance Starch A and Red Cross Ball Blue. It mentions savings banks deposits per capita in Italy and a bartender amid swallows’ homeward flight.
An old clipped advertisement page touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any cure of deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured. It mentions other products like Tokehole Family Pills and Piso's Cure for Consumption, plus snippets about Austra s profit and a ship statistic. The text blends medical claims, nostrums, and general notices from early 1900s era publishers.
Mrs Potta Tella of Trot Springs Arkansas recounts recovery using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after two miscarriages. A neighbor's praise and her own relief describe headaches backaches and recovery leading to a healthy child. The ad urges other women to write for free advice from Mrs Pinkham.
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