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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
8
A fragmented comic page dialogue features a childlike chorus about lessons, aging, and desires. The piece includes a teacher, a mother guiding a daughter, and a girl named Dolly Vassegurl outlining ideal traits for a future husband. The tone reflects light, humorous social satire from a period magazine.
In a New York World excerpt, character Tie-Well weighs marriage against career, insisting he will keep his job and give up wine, while Ofer and Shée-No debate the tradeoffs and future with humor and tension.
The morose man in the Washington Star questions starting a venture on Sunday as a bad omen, saying failures are easier to blame on the day than on the endeavor, reflecting a skeptical view of plans begun on Sunday.
A fragmentary wartime note mentions a town in charge of a squad guarding a special unit. It references No 1 being taken to guardians and names New Grlevus Tunes and Democrat in the garbled text.
Fragmentary transcript items show dialog style remarks about marriage and aspirations. Mentions characters Ara Brown, Cray, Mrs Greene, and POM, with vague commentary on a wife’s hopes and a husband’s behavior. Lacking clear events or dates, the piece reads as a clipped conversational vignette from a column or script.
Fragmentary text mentions Mandy Aunt Rachel and a quoted title related to a Philadelphia press. No clear event or readable facts to summarize.
A witty exchange unfolds as a newlywed challenges a profane tramp to swear before his wife. The tramp retorts with a clever line about knowing the wife’s wishes, in a sharp, satirical quip typical of Puck.
A playful poem about a ballroom dancer who struggles with skating. The speaker notes the dancer’s grace and charm yet laments her inability to skate, despite many tutors attempting to teach her. The piece blends airy imagery with a comic undertone of failed attempts.
A century ago prices for cotton stockings were high yet now three pairs cost a quarter. The piece laments wartime scarcity, discusses crossbreeds in livestock, flood effects on crops, and recalls past farming methods. It critiques parasitism, bank failures, and calls for bonding of banks, plus practical tips on food storage, cheese preservation, and roses and peaches, ending with musings on autos and horses.
An ad touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for cuts burns and boils with a claim of curing quickly. It also promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a universal stomach remedy with testimonials from Misa Middleton of Thebes and L A Soper of Little Rock endorsing its life-saving effectiveness.
Patent style notice promising a guaranteed cure for pilon itching bleeding or protruding piles with a money back guarantee. Claims a Druggists refund if not cured after a few days and offers to send a trial sample by mail postpaid from Paris Medicine Co. St. Louis MO.
Readable lines urge Ragcessful merchants to advertise in town columns, claiming success follows bold promotion.
The Chicago Great Western Ry offers one way excursion tickets to southern and western states on the first and third Tuesdays January through April. Colonist tickets to Frisco and Rock Island routes are available on specified dates. Inquiries to J. P. Elmer, Chicago, or any Great Western agent.
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