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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1904
Page
6
A Fishpond Experience on a Family Farm
Orvice and his mother visited the Sissons at the farm with a pond holding a trout and twenty seven suckers. A plan to drain the pond, catch the muck, and host a big dinner spiraled into chaos as the dam broke and muck remained, leading to long term regret after the farm was sold two years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bissons
Orvice
Sissons
Mr. Sisson
Orvica
Collige
Deceiving the Young and Paths to Liberty
A public entertainer recalls regrets of teaching a girl to swear. A woman recounts a childhood trap where an Earl and housekeeper used a younger girl to mislead a sister into visiting the woods for flowers. The piece questions how parental misuse of children harms purity and urges stronger effort toward better methods and personal will to conquer bad habits.
The Call for Active Local Youth Organizations
A letter argues youth groups suffer from seating shortages and low attendance in a big city. It urges leaders to adopt a definite central object and lively methods to attract members, emphasizing love for the work, originality, and timely information to mobilize effort and turnout.
How Old Is a Young Man in This Age
The piece muses on age and longevity noting eighteen or fifty depending on who is meant. It urges mental maturity, daily private study, and quick morning exercise to gain a century of comfort and usefulness. It claims modern methods let common people live better and longer than royalty did centuries ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almple
Honorable man’s public blunder on a train
A respected American figures in a light mishap aboard an eight train when he, intending to bid farewell to companions, picked up a telescope case and walked away. Realizing the mistake he apologized, noting his habit of traveling with luggage often leads to such slips.
His Observation and City Life Perception
A country youth in a large city explains that city dwellers must stay lively to avoid being left behind or harmed. He notes urban corners where more people pass daily than in a whole smaller state, contrasting city density with rural life.
Rightness Ad Dress Confusion Revealed by Telephone Exchange
Flo hesitated between 61st street or 51st avenue as the address in a note. Forethought uncovered the clue: the telephone number listed the Austin exchange, pointing to an avenue location rather than the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flo
61St Street
51St Avenue
Austin Ag
Austin
Avenue
Five Times Five and a Way to Increase Skill
A short bulletin notes a method urging daily focused study for five minutes over five years to boost ability by about 25 percent. It emphasizes using available time to pursue chosen subjects and asserts practical self-improvement through discipline.
When the Tide Goes Out by Stevenson in New York
A poem fragment by Pyeerick Boyd Stevenson from New York reflects on tides and memory. It contrasts past youth with present calm and contemplates the spirit freed from earthly tempests and moral evils beyond eternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyeerick Boyd Stevenson
New York
Drink and the Pocketbook in the Nation's Life
A dated editorial argues that liquor consumption harms wealth and society, detailing how drink drains money from households, undermines labor, and damages reputation. It links economic ruin to social decline, citing railroads and manufacturers, and ends with a note on sea encroachment striking churches inland.
Intoxicanta and the Middle Chlanses by Rev Selby
Rev Thomas G Selby an English temperance worker argues in Great Thoughts that teetotalism should not be seen as only a working class cause. He notes silk hats and high society may resist yet mercantile and professional classes also contribute to national drink evils and deserve safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Thomas G. Selby
Navy
No Benefita from Alcohol in Age of Pioneers
A writer on Emin Pasha’s expedition notes at Baringo the last cognac was drunk, then tea and cocoa. Nansen’s Greenland journeys avoided alcohol, while Helmholtz warned alcohol ruins minds at a seventieth birthday toast. The piece argues alcohol is a poison, not a food, and should be taught as harmful to the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emin Pasha
Baringo
Nansen
Greenland
North Pole
Helmholtz
Prohibition versus license in Texas counties compared
Ex chaplain H. Morgan cites a Texas Christian Advocate discussion showing 39 prohibition counties with 23 convicts, contrasted with counties like San Jacinto and Montgomery where saloons and larger populations yield far more prisoners. Overall, about one convict per 1,500 residents in prohibition areas versus one per 500 in whisky regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ‘Morgan
Huntaville State Penitentiary
Texas
Texas Christian
Advocate
San Jacinto
Montgomery County
Piney-Woods
Collin County
Lamar
Ram's Horn
England Paying the Penalty in Trade
The Review of Reviews discusses why artisans are beaten in trade by Americans and notes wide attention in the thinking world. T. Stead’s brief, pointed lines include the claim We are sots and contrast England with the United States where workingmen bring as much effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Stead
Cibana Bay Europe A: machinery used to rebuild mills
A report notes that a large part of the machinery is now being used to re establish destroyed mills in Cibana Bay Europe A. The item references a Cubs coming from Rureer with unclear meaning and fragmented wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cibana Bay
Europe
Punar Mills
Des Moines Capital Notes and Judicial Appointments
Des Moines reports judge Silvara urging parental responsibility for a child’s court misbehavior after a boy aged 11 faced a $3 fining for shooting in the city. Governor Cummins fills the Third district judgeship with W. E. Miller of Bedford after a brief, vigorous contest among three candidates. The State Teachers’ association education council backs higher salaries, longer tenure, and pensions, with Iowa teachers’ pay benchmarked against national figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Silvara
W. E. Hamilton
American Ironworks
A. B. Cummins
Third Judicial District
W. E. Miller
Bedford
K. L. Parrish
Parrish, Dowell & Parrish
Parrich
Miller
Henry
Mt. Ayr
H. K. Evana
Corydon
Evana
Lewis A. Miles
Sorccessfil
Parrish Rngost
Davenport
Educational Council
State Teachers’ Association
Stookey
Z. ©. Thornburg
Towa
Iowa
Recommendations Shape Rural Education and Inauguration Events
The report urges a majority vote by directors for vacancies, extended rural visit time for the county superintendent, and old boards to appoint spring teachers to avoid disorganization. It calls for amending compulsory education to twelve weeks per year, and promotes stronger rural schools and supervision. It notes Governor Cummins’ January 14 inauguration events, with a parade, State House reception, and limited opera house seating for officials, Grant club decorators, and friends of legislators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witter
State Teachers’ Association
Altguat
Iowa
Cummins
Foster's Opera House
State House
Iowa National Guard
Opera House
Grant Club
General Assembly
Legisla‘fora
Bank Robbers In Toils Three Men Under Arrest For Quimby Robbery
Cherokee December 30 three men linked to the Quimby Savings Bank robbery are jailed. Elmer Dunning and Abner Hicks captured at Sheldon and guarded closely. Sheriff Hogan says guilt presumed though no confessions. Also arrested in Kansas City, John Wicks, Charles White, and John Wilson brought here. $500 of $3370 stolen remains missing. Authorities link them to other Northwestern Iowa Southern Minnesota and Southeastern Dakota robberies. farmers aided capture via rural telephones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quimby
Elmer Dunning
Abner Hicks
Sheldona
Citizena” Savings Bank
Hogan
John Wicks
Chas. White
John
Wilson
Kansas City
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakota
Ita
Best EP
Dunning
Hicka
Sheldon
Smarshal
John ‘Wicks
Bim
Citizins
Ben Hur Stage Version Promises Nationwide Sensation
The piece credits Robert G Ing for the Ben Hur stage adaptation sparked by a railroad talk on Christianity between General Wallace and Ing. Wallace’s shift from agnosticism led to the Broadway quality script. Ben Hur will be staged at the Auditorium theater Des Moines Iowa January 11 to 16 with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G
Ing
Fingland
Australia
Wallace
Thistar
Bethlehem
Mer
Desert
Thia
Hud
Auditorium Theater
Des Moines
Iowa
Wealth Law and Riches From Wise Investments
An article argues wealth comes from small, wise investments in promising ventures. It cites figures like telephone stock rising from 1.0 cent to 1000 per share and Calumet and Hecla from 1.00 to 400, noting Cape Breton Coal and Iron near Des Moines offers a seemingly safe opportunity with shares at 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bel
Calune and
Hecla
Cape Breton Coal and Iron Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Cape, Breton
Nova Scotia
Avery
Sip
Mysterious Accident Near Milwaukee Yard
Milford December 28 A Christopherapa section boss on the Milwaukee road met with a likely fatal accident near the stock yards. Blood found on driver wheels. right hand shoulder injured. fate uncertain. Robbers pursued in the aftermath as authorities investigate the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
A. Christopherapa
Milwaukee
Allerton
Dee
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. M. Phillipps
Observer
Christ
Acre
James A. Howe
Jan. Dixon
C. H. Seeley
Supreme Court
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