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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1905
Page
2
In a Country Life in America excerpt Mrs Madison writes to James Monroe asking for dining room items including table cloths and napkins. She notes they are unfamiliar with many culinary utensils and finds it difficult to name or describe what is needed. The remark highlights the social burden of provisioning.
A discussion attributes long life to strong mental and moral development. It asserts that the longest living individuals reside on a higher plane, maintaining serenity and avoiding the jar and fret that shorten most lives.
Mrs. Dorothy Cator recounts poverty in China driving grim crimes. She states Chinese seldom kill sons but drown girl babies when there are too many, comparing the fate to kittens. She warns that corpses may be found floating in rivers on any day.
A historical excerpt discusses infant hardship, describing babies as prisoners from birth to early mobility. It notes cradles as narrow wooden coffins, highlighting harsh conditions faced by tender infancy.
A London cabman with mock courtesy tells a fat lady to walk the other way to avoid the horse he has been carrying for a shilling. The exchange ends with a biting, cold retort as quoted in London Tit Bits.
The article discusses studying insect voices through musical notation and whether insect songs vary with season hour age and environmental conditions. It highlights an exploration of acoustic patterns and potential applications in understanding insect behavior and communication.
A New York jeweler installed a sidewalk clock before his store allowing men to regulate their watches without stopping. The two foot square dial shows hour numbers that change as minutes pass, helping customers keep time while walking past.
A Bomerville Journal note describes a man who tried to introduce a new social game and faced strong resistance from women. He proposed an odd ritual of wetting a finger in water and tracing it across the cheek, which failed to gain traction among participants.
The sperm whale is becoming rare and is a more valuable storehouse than the blue whale. A head yields almost seventy barrels of oil and the bones are considered superior.
A teamster in Oakland alleges his employer attempted to cure a lame horse via Christian Science and forced removal of a leg poultice, prompting a claim of mistreatment and medical neglect.
To suppress street trading. The City of London, the mile square financial hub, is likely to ban all forms of street trading, aiming to curb roadside commerce in the heart of the capital.
Observers note the extreme strength of freezing water as twenty pound steel shells fracture like glass under the pressure. No vessel has proven resistant to the forces of ice granting.
The piece cites the Graphic as calling out virtue’s appearances and noting a congested pursuit of Lavoe of Ilfe with little restraint, reflecting a satirical critique of public conduct and fashion without graphic detail.
A succinct aphorism notes opposition grows more failed unions than encouragement. Quotation credits Kathleen Robinson as the source of the remark on social dynamics and alliances.
Water bottles and decanters may be cleaned by placing grit and vinegar inside and shaking well. To rid a kettle of fur residue use oyster shell as the best remedy, per the advice.
President Roosevelt defends Paul Morton and denies grounds for government action. Letters between Moody and Morton cited show Moody’s view of no evidence for action. Judge Philips quashed contempt proceedings. Roosevelt reiterates Morton should not be shielded nor singled out as a cabinet member.
Nicanor A. de Jaharrio formerly Panama war and naval minister refutes Senator Culberson s claim that the 110 million paid by the United States to Panama was a payment to conspirators. He says the funds funded schools and roads, backed national finances, and supported New York mortgages while granting greater U S privileges than the Hay Herran treaty. He adds no Panamanian public figure participated in the revolution.
Washington reports from the bureau of statistics that total U.S. and Philippine Islands trade for 1905 will reach about 20 million dollars, up from 15 million in 1904 and far higher than earlier years. Exports from the United States to the islands will total near 6 million dollars, while imports, led by hemp and sugar, will approach 14 million dollars. Hemp imports for ten months total 10,376,528 dollars and sugar 2,212,249 dollars.
Washington December 18 The Senate will meet the House demand for a Christmas adjournment as lawmakers prepare to close sessions for the holiday period.
The Senate plans limited action unless House terms clash on the Panama canal emergency appropriation bill. A conference committee will be formed early in the week to seek a conclusion before the holiday recess. Senator Gallinger aims to set the merchant marine bill as unfinished business. The four days before adjournment focus on federal insurance control and enacting the Panama measure. House members urge debate on Insurance while Speaker Cannon agrees the president's message provides a solid basis. Ways and Means continues Philippine tariff hearings and the Appropriations panel prepares the District of Columbia variation bill.
Washington reports the canal route for Port Arthur Texas may shift to run via Lake Sabine to spare John W Gates and his hunting lodges on the lake from being annoyed by passing scows. The War Department had authority for a land route if land were donated. Taft tentatively supports letting Gates provide land for the Sabine lake route as a back porch prospect rather than a front yard project.
Fire at the northern normal school in Marquette on Sunday night caused a $52,000 loss with no insurance. The south wing burned to the ground taking all records, instruments worth $5,000, and art valued at $10,000. The adjoining library suffered $2,000 in damage. science hall remained unscorched. No one was inside and the fire’s cause is unknown.
New York reports Johann Puetz his wife and four children who bought a $2,500 Clayton farm in Polk County Wis have been ordered deported. A special board of inquiry at Ellis Island found Nicolaus 15 not mentally responsible. The family seeks Washington review through counsel Paetz age 65 and may relocate west if the boy returns to Germany.
In Toledo on December 18 Mrs. John Lashaway age 70, her daughter-in-law Mrs. L. L. Lashaway, and the latter’s 2-year-old infant were killed when a southbound train struck a carriage at Main Street crossing on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton road. The carriage was demolished, both women were instantly killed, the baby died after five minutes, and the horse died as well.
The state board of health grows concerned as smallpox reappears in Jersey, Greene and Macoupin counties and now in Galesburg and Spring Valley. Officials fear spread with the cold weather aiding transmission.
Chicago December 18 Henry Weaver a leading coal operator and dealer died suddenly at his dinner table while with his family. He was stricken with apoplexy and died instantly shortly after 2 PM Sunday.
In Logansport Indiana on December 18 Hart Rush and Glenn Jones drowned while skating on the Eel River. Lawrence Jones Clarence Benica and Woailruff Grahs were rescued after clinging to the ice edge for about an hour.
General strike declared by Workmen's Council and League of Leagues in St. Petersburg prompts imperial ukase granting governors wide powers and martial law. Czarist measures threaten imprisonment up to sixteen months for inciting or stopping work, with wage cuts and new pensions for injuries. Officials promised pay hikes to deter strikers as authorities brace for a broader conflict across Russia.
Tony Musatti, young Italian, was found dead with a bullet wound between the eyes in front of a Spring Valley church. Two La Salle men, John Testo and Frank Reldado, were arrested at their boarding house in La Salle by Chief Hicks and charged with murder after a drunken quarrel at a Dakota Street dance over a woman.
Boston dispatch reports Thomas W. Lawson claims Standard Oil plans to push copper prices up to attract backing then unload via American Smelting. He says his $15,000,000 pool will drive copper below 10 cents by legitimate causes, vowing to destroy the “robbers” and end the copper manipulation.
John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers plans a New York visit for talks with coal operators. John R. Commons, sent by the National Civic Federation, reports from the anthracite districts that he sees no strike and believes operators may agree to meet union representatives. He notes recognition need not mean a closed shop in all branches.
John Alexander Dowie transferred authority Sunday to three Zion City church officials Overseer John G Speicher General Counsel Judge V V Barnes and Deacon Alexander Granger. He departs for a four month health search in the Caribbean and warns he may not return. They announce radical changes in Zion finances.
Charles B. Eames founder and vice president of the St. Louis clearing house was killed by a shot from an antique muzzle loader recently acquired. He examined the weapon, attempted to burn off the stock, and was killed when the rifle discharged in the cellar.
A Trebizonde dispatch from December 14 reports Tartars attacking Elisabethpol in early December. Armenians resisted and tried to flee, but civilians were massacred. Street fighting and house-to-house battles raged for days before Tartars set the town ablaze, leaving it in ruins.
Lorain Ohio December 18 four people died in a blaze that gutted the Verbeck theater The Marsh family lived on the third floor Mrs Marsh served as stage manager James Dwyer 25 and a theater employee named Pwyer slept in the basement where the fire started Fire damaged the theater valued at 35000 the building at 50000 overall The Verbeck Amusement company of Oil City Pennsylvania owned the theater and H H Dykman of Elyria leased it A merchant William Schultz assisted trapped occupants by climbing to a ladder and guiding a second ladder to safety thirty minutes elapsed as tenants descended aided by the improvised exit
Buffalo, Dec. 18 Fourteen are reported injured in a disturbance during the dedication of St. Nicholas Greek Catholic church. A gold cross set with rubies was cut from Rev. Charles H. Calton's vestments, valued at about $1,000, as the bishop attended the ceremony in Buff.
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