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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1906
Page
2
A condensed snapshot of humor and curiosities from The Herald page. Jokes about royalty, society, and politics mingle with notes on Maine as a winter resort and Taft’s weight loss. References reach across Europe and America, mentioning Osages, Leopold, Ramon Caceres, and Yale while playful remarks on marriage, class, and fame punctuate the item.
Pittsburg millionaires are charged with bribery and corruption. A request has been filed for a receiver for the Interstate Telephone Company of New Jersey. The issue hints at public interest in corporate troubles and the humor of a telephone receiver.
A Pittsburg doctor has endured a thirty seven day fast. He quips that if Pittsburg air were as nourishing as the soot in the atmosphere he could live forever without eating.
A woman's magazine declares the bridegroom the most depressing feature of modern weddings and usually the lowest in spirits. Lincoln Steffens praises New York's municipal regime as among the best in the United States, but notes its severity on other cities.
The author argues Mark Twain would rename chauffeurs as mahouts while noting pedestrians run down by hot cars face harsher terms. The piece uses satire to critique road danger and language.
A year after a famed find, the cut gemstone is appraised at 46,000,000. A grand caravansary would be required to house and display the gem while a hotel clerk courts its allure.
Questioning whether a wealthy novelist or notable figures such as Mr Ade Mr George McCutcheon or Churchill could intervene to shield Mrs Wiggs' sacred home from the saloonkeeper's grasp. The prompt ponders where influential supporters were during the crisis.
A playful notice notes Mr Chambers the American cornetist will receive 1500 dollars weekly plus board for tootling in Paris. Aimed at starting a subscription to raise funds to buy out other cornetists and prevent competition.
The note ponders the visibility of wartime leaders like Marshal Oyama and Gen Stoessel, asking why the celebrated heroics fade from headlines and recalling the surrender incident near Port Arthur and the elusive Jap counterpart.
Washington notes two main aims from the Hepburn bill adopted by the House Interstate Commerce Committee. First, give the ICC power to substitute railroad rates after investigation as unjust. Second, broaden the commission’s reach to curb rebates and illegal practices across railroad transactions. The measure faces Senate hurdles as lawmakers weigh constitutionality and full publicity powers.
Washington January 29 the house defeated the eight hour law for alien labor on the Panama canal by a quoted vote of 12016 108. The provision formed part of an amendment to the urgent deficiency appropriation bill which was passed.
Washington January 29 The Philippine tariff bill faces uncertain fate as critics predict it will die in the Senate Philippines committee though Lodge insists it will be reported after needed modifications. The committee of thirteen splits six to six with Dick undecided and Stone Culberson undecided amid mixed sentiment about the measure.
Senators Hale Burrows and Brandegee oppose the measure citing harm to beet sugar and tobacco interests while Lodge and Beveridge back it. Further hearings will occur before a report is issued, with many changes expected and possibly a report later.
Washington reports rising concern over U S Navy efficiency after the Bennington disaster grounding of battleships and hazing disclosures at Annapolis. Senators and representatives fear investigations may lead to mass disciplinary actions and seek court martial of officers lax in duty as the Navy faces an expected near one hundred million dollar annual budget.
Washington January 29 ground was broken Saturday for the new home of the apostolic delegate to be on Baltimore street in a fashionable district. The residence will cost $100,000 and be finished in October.
Washington reports 28,006 Civil War pensioners have died in the last six months. Commissioner Warner cites a July 1 1905 total of 684,608 pensioners still living.
Col Isaac Henry Wing a Bayfield Wisconsin lumberman wintering here has given 50000 dollars to endow a college of mathematics at Bowdoin College his alma mater.
In Washington Georgia a mob planned to lynch Rich Anderson after a 10 year old girl Mamie Roberts was assaulted by the Negro. Mrs Roberts pleaded for due process and urged turning the suspect over to the sheriff to avoid further harm to the child. The mob relented and the suspect was placed in custody.
Paris dispatch reports King Victor Emmanuel has commissioned a Milan jeweler to create a grand wedding present for Miss Alice Roosevelt. The plan follows a Milan to Milan exchange of diplomatic notices and royal interest in the American figure.
Insane convict Stania laus Kaprawzski escaped from the state prison north of Michigan City Ind armed with a large knife and menaces country residents Jan 29. Authorities believe he is dangerous and mentally unbalanced.
A dense ledger of prices across dairy eggs cheese and poultry with units in cents and dollars. Butter, eggs, beans, berries, greens, and root vegetables list varying grades and case or per unit prices. Regional figures reflect creams, firsts, seconds, and market classifications, plus broomcorn values for packing and general farm goods.
Grain prices show mixed bids across Chicago New York St Louis and Kansas City with No 2 red and No 1 northern as the dominant grades and oats and standard Chicago prices listed. Stock prices for staple names and livestock quotes appear alongside regional commission figures from Omaha Kansas City St Louis and St Joseph.
Bloomington Illinois January report notes Sheriff James White of Logan county shot William Hatchett while aiding in custody of Hatchett’s insane father. Dr Crosby attended Hatchett, saved his life, and seeks $1000 medical fee after the sheriff refused payment citing county responsibility. The suit raises a precedent on such claims.
C A Canfield, leading oil figure, remains unaware of his wife’s killing by their former coachman Morris Buck after she refused $2600. Messages have reached him almost hourly, but he is reportedly in Mexico, unaware of the tragedy.
Mrs. Carrie Nation has sold her brick Harvest Home mission in Guthrie to a wholesale liquor firm for 10000 dollars. After the transfer her office was moved and liquor barrels were brought in, signaling a change in the building’s use.
Edward J. Perkins a Mishawaka Indiana merchant was electrocuted when he gripped a wall bracket that had somehow become electrified. The incident occurred January 29. Perkins died from the shock after attempting to handle the charged fixture.
The Benton Blarber & St. Joseph electric railway was sold to J. G. McMichael of Chicago. The deal was announced from St. Joseph Michigan on January 29.
Kath ryn Gray, posing as a Vassar graduate and heir to $500,000, beguiled suitors and borrowed $50 from a man who lent it to a lawyer to claim her fortune. Recounting her vanity fueled scheme at Pittsburg police, she confessed and was jailed. She warned working girls to beware envy and illusions of fame.
Boston Typographical union No. 18 voted Sunday to strike beginning February 1 in book and job printing shops lacking an eight-hour day. About 1,000 printers are expected to be affected as the union adopts a new eight-hour scale replacing the nine-hour day. The vote on the scale and strike was unanimous.
A blaze at the Telfair county jail in McRage Georgia Sunday night left five prisoners badly burned. The fire origin is unknown, with authorities suspecting inmate arson to aid an escape. several inmates may die from their injuries.
Newcastle Ind Jan 28 Mrs Ella Pope dies in city from injuries two years old in Pennsylvania. Right leg broken and bones failed to unite baffling physicians.
Marion Indiana January 29 Charles Byrd a protege of Pat Crowe was arrested after a decoy letter led to his capture He is charged with attempting to blackmail three women in Marion and faces legal action tied to the case.
Robbers wrecked the safe of the bank of Owas sa in the Cherokee nation with dynamite and escaped with several thousand dollars in Tulsa I T on January 28.
Kaukauna Wisconsin January 29 six people have disappeared over five months with authorities unable to resolve most cases. Key figures include Michael McCarthy Bernard Senso Elsie Dumrow Charles Borg Herman Senso and Martin Verhagen. Police focus on McCarthy case amid allegations of murder and Kabat trial upcoming in March.
Six thousand government employees in Paris gathered Sunday and adopted a resolution urging the government to draft and pass a bill allowing public servants to form unions. Represented were all classes of officials from school mistresses to jailers, with sixty similar meetings held in provinces adopting the same resolution.
A January 29 Coshocton blaze destroyed the decorating and shipping department of the Pope Gosser China company. Loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars. no further details on casualties or cause were provided.
In Carmi Illinois on January 29 John Campbell and Keeley Epperson died after drinking wood alcohol causing a fatal poisoning. Local authorities stated the incident as the result of consuming adulterated spirits and are investigating the supply chain. Further details were not disclosed.
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