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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1909
Page
8
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts how a once-callous jokester named Bunsen mocked his wife's hat. The joke backfired when she sent a bill for retrimming the hat, totaling 18 dollars plus four cents. He paid it quietly, vowing to stop joking about hats.
A Chambers Journal piece surveys witty name plays forming anagrams from famous figures such as Gladstone, Disraeli, Florence Nightingale, Nelson, Livingstone, and others. It lists translations and puns like G leads not and It is the man here present, with many playful examples across history and professions.
A London Telegraph quote from Sir J Ray Lankester questions whether minerals or air and water at resorts have a distinct chemical effect. He notes no clear proof of a specific ingredient causing the claimed health benefits and doubts the existence of a universal mechanism behind these remedies.
A reader signing as A Sub of Rest argues that work is a habit like addiction. He claims stopping work leads to death by starvation, and asserts he will never form a habit of working. The letter reflects antiwork sentiment and personal stance.
An old proverb notes that patience in gardening mirrors life, as buds unfold in their own time and forcing them only causes harm. The message emphasizes slow, steady progress and inevitable growth through natural timing.
A brief fragment hints at an optimistic note about experience described as wonderful. No clear names, places, or dates are readable, but the tone suggests a positive outlook on personal growth or skill development. Further context would clarify who, where, and why this experience matters.
Writen for Hardin County's semi weekly paper, report on local and outside visitors. Funeral of Mathew Cox, churchgoing, family visits, New Year gatherings, and a W C T U parlor meeting led by Mrs. May Thompson. Dr Earl McClain returns with bride. couple plan to practice west of Oskaloosa.
The Rogers family held their New Years dinner at Mr Hal Rogers’s home. About thirty attended, but John Rogers, aged 80, could not be present after a fall last week. The gatherings are especially meaningful for him, making this absence a poignant disappointment.
Dr Young advertises a painless cure for piles using a knife only when necessary, promising no loss of time or pay and complete healing.
Frank Willis and family visited Steamboat Rock in town Sunday while Allen Johns of Abbott started school here Monday. The ice cutters expect to begin work this week as Miss Sarah Estabrook and others from Eldora visited over the weekend. Local events include skating, party gatherings for birthdays, revival meetings, and a quarterly Friends church gathering with visiting ministers.
Both schools reopened on Monday with Mrs. A. E. White present. Hubbard observed a Monday schedule while Misa Edith Mabee returned to work at Grinnell Monday morning. Rumbo of Eldo spent the day with his son Chag at Brangon laters.
Dave Spash visited this week while Bert Huse stayed with local friends on Monday. J S Quiggle dined with C B Turner in Iowa Falls on Jan 1. I Klopp and wife attended Mrs Skiff’s funeral in Iowa Falls Monday. W D Wilson hosted relatives, I Klopp and wife spent New Year’s at Mr Adamson’s near Iowa Falls. Woodmen’s oyster supper raised nearly $25. two weeks of meetings to conclude Sunday. Flower Club gathered with Mrs Phil McVey for a pleasant Saturday gathering. Mrs G W Stotser spent New Year’s Day with her daughter at Iowa Falls. Grace Strahorn returned to Cedar Falls school after holiday at home. Wilson family hosted wide kin on New Year’s Day.
Yosouf owned a valuable horse. While transacting business a thief stole it. He was brought before the judge as the thief claimed ownership. Yosouf proved the horse was not blind in either eye, reclaiming his horse and punishing the culprit.
The article notes Charles Reade earned literary fame as a novelist by 1856 at age forty two yet pursued drama with persistent failures. He blamed actors and others for poor receptions while his own plays faltered, though his novels reveal high theatrical ability and thrilling moments. He coauthored works with Tom Taylor and Dion Boucicault that saw brief success, but most of his plays failed to win public favor.
A New England poultry farmer demonstrates common fakes in selling poultry by showing an old rooster and a raised breastbone trick. He explains how a painted leg, broken breast bone, and a bone board can create a plump, tender appearance to deceive housewives and buyers.
The Buckeye Informer argues merchants in towns and small cities should advertise to compete with mall order bonuses. Personal patronage and the ability to show goods before purchase give local traders advantages and often price parity or savings, urging publishers to educate merchants to advertise or risk losing business to more enterprising rivals.
A playful New York Times vignette depicts a woman tailing a man across blocks to read a red poster on his back. The message urged her to get her teeth pulled on Sixth Avenue, sparking a chase through the city as two women observe each other.
The Berlin Morgen Post notes Germany’s porcelain industry is young yet rapidly developed. Julian’s translations show Chinese processes were not secret, while Boettger, an apothecary’s apprentice, first made German porcelain in Dresden about two centuries ago. He fled to Dresden, seeking gold, discovering porcelain and inscribing his door with a religious motto.
A reader presents a classic number trick: take any three distinct digits number such as 471, reverse it to 174, subtract to get a new number whose middle digit is always 9. Reversing and adding with 207 yields 1189, prompting curiosity about why the result is fixed.
In Shropshire England a recent election tale recalls a meeting at Whitechurch where a young man warned, then two pursuers confronted a suspect whose coat pockets bulged. A faint crackling sound indicated eggs breaking as the man was restrained and removed from the scene.
An observer notes how people walk with coordinated arm and leg swings. On a grassy slope by the promenade the reader experiments with reversing arm leg order and finds walking resembles a crab motion when misaligned, while keeping them by the side feels awkward and mechanical.
A fragmentary quote describes a town named Venice with every street covered and easy access except one area. Another speaker adds a remark about staying a day in a slosh and mentions Kansas. The text is terse and cryptic, containing nonstandard spellings and partial phrases.
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