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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1909
Page
3
A long excerpt offering farm advice on sheep feeding and care, cow nutrition, calf costs, poultry disease, manure use, barn maintenance, and pest control. It stresses thrift, proper shelter, water access, and timely management to improve profits and animal health. Includes figures on milk production, feed costs, and spraying benefits for orchards.
Bell a clerk with modest wages saves a year for a fur coat. He buys a $320 bargain that looks like a $400 garment, then discovers the mismatch between price and quality as the shopkeeper confirms the offer is a limited time steal.
President Roosevelt ordered secret service to shadow Senator Tillman of South Carolina amid suspicions of interest in an Oregon land grab. The inquiry, prompted by Senator Hale’s request for departmental activity reports, notes copies of letters allegedly from Tillman proposing ties to land grants. Investigations followed and the findings are before the senate.
Mr William A Radford, renowned editor author and manufacturer, will answer readers questions on building topics. He notes the popularity of a 25 by 35 foot two story house in cold Midwestern winters for efficient heating and proportionate rooms, stressing proper room sizes for furniture and family use.
The article contrasts old and modern kitchens, praising compact nine by eleven foot layouts. It notes efficiency of close quarters for feeding large crowds, benefits of pantry placement, and minimal hallway space, with hall lighting from a large window and heat from a radiator.
Mrs M Florence Erb and her sister Mrs Katherine Boisel were acquitted in the Delaware court house of the 1908 shooting death of Captain J Clayton Erb after a nearly eighteen hour jury deliberation. The sensational trial drew wide state interest with scandalous evidence aired publicly.
In St Clair County Michigan authorities shift view of Rev J W Carrichael of Adair from murder victim to possible fugitive. The found burned body in the Columbus church stove is believed to be that of Gideon Browning with suspect Browning linked by bloody clothing identified by Mrs Carmichael as worn by her husband.
Washington Jan 8 Major Sylvester, chief of police, said Judge Wright will receive standard protective measures after a recount of threatening letters tied to his labor contempt ruling. The precinct captain was instructed to safeguard the justice as would be done for any citizen against crank activity.
Sylvester Stetting, a Quemahoning Coal company worker at Jerome near Johnston Virginia, killed himself by leaping down a mine shaft. He believed his parents and siblings had perished in the Messina Italy earthquake and tidal wave.
Three blazes in New York required nearly three hours to subdue. Loss is estimated at 1,250,000. No firesmen died. several injuries to firefighters and citizens occurred, but no fatalities.
In Union City Tennessee on January 8 the jury verdict finds all men guilty of murder in the first degree with mitigating circumstances. Bob Hoffman and Bud Morris are found guilty of murder in the second degree.
Naples dispatches report severe earthquake shocks at Montelono and Palmi last evening. Houses collapsed in ruins and residents fled in panic as tremors rattled structures and fear spread through the towns.
Upwards of ten million dollars will be spent by the American Locomotive Company on a projected plant at Gary Indiana. Officials say the facility will be among the largest locomotive factories in the United States with a substantial yearly output once completed.
A Boston terrier named Bobs endures mock attacks by young birds learning to fly. The birds irritate the dog by pecking the docked tail, prompting yelps and futile chases. Bobs displays dignified bearing as he alternates between retreat and valiant pursuit, ending with retreat to the house.
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