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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1905
Page
2
A diffuse column from The Herald lists assorted items and quips about retirement, a death fortune, questionable marriages, royal and legal matters, and humorous observations on society. It blends brief notes on politics, clergy, fashion, science, and slang with critiques of public figures and local life, reflecting a lampooning newspaper voice of the period.
The speaker notes that a strike among farmers has never occurred because tasks like milking the cows and weeding the onion bed must proceed regardless of earnings. The farmer keeps working even if payments are meager.
Sir John Foster of Coon Rapids dies in Minnesota sleigh accident when rifle discharged. Iowa Guard units ranked top in state, with Iowa City second and Dubuque third. Jefferson county reports 1904 delinquent list. 14 people used Sheriff Wright’s leniency, average 18 days. Only two sent to penitentiary, many imprisoned for drunkenness. Debates grow on jail tobacco for prisoners. Brundage and Smith arrested for Illinois Central depot break in Delaware, with Worcester connections. Hospital board plans open air tuberculosis wards, with porch or glass roof options. Blizzard tales include a sow trapped seven days, piglets thriving. Lehigh to Fort Dodge train wreck causes no deaths, engineer injured. J P Baker bank liabilities 25,000. another bank opens amid deposits drain. William McKay rescued after breaking ice on Missouri river crossing. team drowned.
A jeweler in Paris discovers a parrot roaming the store stole precious gems valued over $1,000. The parrot confessed by pillaging the stock. authorities report the bird will be imprisoned in its cage henceforth.
A February 12 fire destroyed two major stores in Arispe, six miles south of here, with a third damaged. Origin suspected at the Mercantile Co. back room after a break in. Insurance around $11,100. authorities and factions blame each other amid rising local tensions.
Dan Shepperd was arrested at Washington by Sheriff Tetter and bound over to the grand jury after a hearing. Damaging evidence is claimed. his stepmother relates threats to kill and rob. Money motives and family testimony join in the accusation surrounding Mrs Womelsdorf’s husband’s murder. A missing whale suit and trouser findings surface as part of the probe.
Des Moines reports that Carmean, a Marshalltown buggy maker and partner in Rhodes Carmeau Buggy Co., had his two year prison sentence for embezzlement overturned by the Iowa Supreme Court. The court ruled there was no direct evidence of his knowledge or intent, though he led a bookkeeping system that allowed the error. The ruling distinguishes civil liability from criminal responsibility, noting he acted with insufficient connection to the misapplied funds.
Des Moines, Jan 18 Supreme Court affirms Bank of Irwin victory over American Express in the $2000 trough theft from Des Moines National Bank. Express argued bank employees’ prior losses, but evidence of damaged envelope papers and color of counter panels supported the bank’s claim.
Charles Branford, a farmer west of the Slaughter home, is jailed on assault charges against Mel Slaughter. A prestige hearing is set for Colfax Monday as Slaughter relatives accuse Branford of a family feud linked to Joalah Slaughter’s estate. Also reports a boy mauled by a pet wolf near Woodbine and a major injury from a coasting accident in Marshalltown. An English Birmingham nail machine’s high output is noted.
The Iowa Supreme Court convened its first session of the year with Midge Sherwin of Mason City sworn in as chief justice, succeeding H. D. Deemer of Bad Oak. The new chief shifts duties under the court’s rotation system while George E. May of Charles City withdraws from Fourth District elector nomination, replaced by W. L. Turner of New Hampton. Turner will collect and deliver Iowa’s electoral votes to Washington. The report notes state dairy production by counties, with Jones County leading butter output followed by Clayton and others, plus analysis of cream sources impacting reported shipments. Also discussed are indictments in Malone v. case and survey progress for a new interurban route toward Perry, with Westover and Woodward considerations and potential impacts on Granger and Adel.
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