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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1909
Page
2
The Herald notes a mix of global and domestic snippets. It cites Indiana winning at the Oraha corn show, discusses German airship plans and French death penalties, and comments on Ireland Britain India and China’s burial costs. It mentions labor trends in marriages and jobs, oil and coal hazards, a Glasgow canal proposal, and New Jersey’s bid to revive the electric chair.
The patent commissioner will not register trade marks that include the arms of the United States or any state or city. A Paris congress conclusion states automobiles harm roads little if average speed stays under ten miles per hour and maximum under 148 mph, suggesting a simple remedy.
The piece notes Gov Magoon will hand over 1.5 million dollars to Cuba’s native administration as an object lesson in American rule. It also includes a light New York anecdote where a young woman explains her excitement about the presidential election by promising marriage depending on the outcome, Taft or Bryan.
A discussion notes that in Australia the word grafters refers to people who work hard, while the broader sense of graft means plundering the public. The passage contrasts the origin of the hard-working sense with the more common mean in this country and signals the term’s evolving interpretation.
A plan to use electricity to power trains over the Rocky Mountains is proposed. The steam engine may lose its primacy as electric propulsion offers a new, efficient path for long mountain routes and rapid transit.
Peter Hjanniver, a Bulgarian inmate in Osceola, narrowly failed an escape during a jail attempt. Dubuque relief funds report $1,103.92 raised. Iowa notes cover ice harvest at Shenandoah, huntsmen hurt in Marshalltown, and Fort Dodge council approves a $100 Red Cross donation for Italy relief. Cattle losses, court actions, and local industry updates fill the rest with raids on slot machines, fire at Bloomfield ax handle works, and a Mason City poultry show.
Governor Carroll appeals to the Thirty-second General Assembly and citizens to expand corporate regulation and conservation efforts. He favors primary reform, a revenue commission, and a conservation commission, urges enforceable laws, improved auditing, and a streamlined per diem system while stressing prudent governance and state development.
Mrs Carroll and many witnesses gathered in Des Moines Iowa as Beryl F Carroll took the oath of office as governor before both houses of the Iowa General Assembly state officials and National Guard officers. The event featured an inaugural address by Carroll who is a native of Davis County born March 15 1860 and 49 years old.
Washington January 15 federal action ends tipping of pages in the United States Senate. Adelbert D Sumner of Waterloo Iowa, long in charge of the floor pages, led the reform and helped curb the tipping customs once common in both the Senate and the House.
Constantinople January 15 The Turkish government accepts the Austro Hungarian offer of 2,500,000 pounds Turkish indemnity for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina removing any possibility of war. Grand Vizier Kiamli Pasha received Marquis Pallavicini and informed him of the decision of the cabinet ministers.
Mrs. Matilda Fletcher Wiseman of Des Moines died in Rockford while attempting to secure her brother George A. Felts's release from Joliet penitentiary where he serves a life term for murder.
A man in Mankato Minnesota fatally harmed his four children by slitting their throats and then killed himself. A grown daughter, York, was despondent over the passing of his wife. The report notes crisis and tragedy surrounding the family.
Truncated garbled note: Italian minister here a tribute to the earthquake relief in Calabria and Bell y. Amount stated as 60,000 taels about 46,000 dollars.
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