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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1904
Page
2
A collection of quips and curiosities on international tension, Detroit pill production, Monte Carlo profits, radiusm invention fears, barb wire fences, Saturday paydays, and social observations about city life, theater deaths, and editor flatteries, with a closing note on President Wilson and newspapers.
Prince Cupid is jailed in Washington for disorderly conduct. This marks a repeated pattern of disruptive behavior.
An Iowa man has just completed his 100th year, saying he has no regrets. He notes lifelong daily use of whisky and tobacco and reflects on his long life without wishing for changes.
A poetess named Russell contributes a short poem titled Back of It All to an eastern journal. Her name is noted as the author and she likely addresses a personal or reflective subject hinted by the poem's title.
Figures show Mr. Carnegia donated 20000000 dollars and Mr. Rockefeller 3000000 dollars while Mr. Morgan gave 10000000 dollars. Uncle Russell Sage also contributed, though details remain unstated.
J. P. Morgan has consented to talk to a reporter. When a financier is relegated to a more lowly seat on the steps of the throne it sometimes opens his mouth.
As a rule when it is necessary to light an oil stove in order to supplement the work of the furnace, either the wick is burned out or else the oil is nearly used up.
A proverb compares three sparrows to an expensive flying machine, noting each bird can outmaneuver the contraption in the air. The remark highlights ingenuity and practicality over costly engineering.
The speaker warns that if British forces continue routine floggings they will sour the Mad Mullah's disposition. A man cannot be whipped periodically without becoming resentful, suggesting growing hostility and potential retaliation.
Among South American republics and others, a view arises that every nation should maintain an adequate navy so warships can be sold to other powers at a large profit.
Miss Irwin of Radcliffe in her annual report appeals for a half million dollars to be used for instructional purposes and urges immediate action, signaling pressingly the need for support for the college.
Readers are cautioned about fraudulent firms touting radium riches. Despite widespread deposits in the region, promoters may push worthless stock to gullible investors seeking quick wealth. Exercise caution and verify claims with dependable sources.
The United States now spends about 150 million dollars annually on candy, six times the amount that satisfied demand twenty years ago. The trend shows rising sugary demand while reflecting a humorous note on Uncle Sam’s growing sweet tooth alongside his wisdom tooth.
Four Chinamen in St Joseph Missouri refuse to pay rent on their telephone claiming it cannot understand the Chinese language. Courts are expected to rule that Chinese is no harder to transmit than American slang.
A forthcoming seventieth birthday celebration for the Dowager Empress of China will include a ceremonial gift of seventeen automobiles to a noblewoman. The plan, as described, forecasts continued honors for the age seventy one official and confirms a formal aid arrangement.
Washington scene centers on Colonel Mills potential brigadier approval amid clashes over promotions under the old system. Mills leads West Point, with critics noting his late-rank due to historical promotion rules. War Department argues Mills merits higher command based on service and Academy stewardship.
Washington week opens with the Senate poised to refer the post office inquiry to the Post Office Committee amid hopes to dispose of it briefly then resume Panama Canal debate. The House plans swift action on urgent deficiency and appropriation bills, with the army bill and private pension measures ahead. Hepburn pure food legislation is set for Tuesday.
Washington Jan 18 not less than two hundred million dollars would be added to the pension total under a bill announced today. The measure sets a baseline of at least two hundred million dollars annually.
The Grand Army service pension bill would grant $12 monthly to Civil War survivors aged 62 with 90 days of service and to widows married to deceased soldiers before June 27 1890. Estimated annual expenditures could exceed $200 million, a rise of over $62 million. Also reports praise the Brooklyn’s gunnery at Alexander Egypt with high hit rates and records set by sailors.
Washington January report by Samuel McCune Lindsey shows 1006 schools in operation on Porto Rico with an enrollment of 70,216, about 19 percent of the estimated school population and seven percent of the island’s total population for 1903. Insular appropriations provided 547,767 for education, while 646,106 was spent. total education expenditures reached 817,815 for the year.
Washington reports Commander Alexander Sharp, head of the division handling enlisted men, says the seventy five deserters cited from the Asiatic fleet at Honolulu are greatly exaggerated. He notes about sixty desert, many return before sailing, some arrested, and fewer than thirty still missing.
Sixty six Michigan citizens led by Governor Bliss arrive in Washington to invite the president to Jackson for the July 8 fiftieth anniversary of the Republican party. They bring data asserting the party was born under the oaks at Jackson on July 6, 1854.
Wabash ind jan 18 great indignation rises in Andrews and Huntington over the parole of James M Key the wrecker of the Commercial bank at Andrews Key was convicted two years ago and sentenced to two to fourteen years in the penitentiary Judge Branyan opposed the parole and no one was informed of the action Prison authorities acted without warning prompting charges of external influence He is thought to be in St Louis awaiting arrest on a forgery indictment
Jacob Harlan of Union City died in Richmond after a terrifying nightmare. He awoke in a chill, told his wife he dreamed a runaway team, and that his father was killed trying to stop it. He then gasped ten times and expired, with medical exam confirming the dream caused his death.
In Hopkinsville Kentucky on January 18 a jury returned a verdict of guilty in the murder case of Charles Finch with abetting. The penalty prescribed is death.
London reports that Russia agrees to surrender after Britain pledges full adherence to Anglo Japanese treaty. Terms include opening key Manchurian ports to general commerce, withdrawal from Korea, and possible abandonment of Port Arthur. Editorials call this a major British diplomatic victory.
Fragmentary OCR item references Williamson County and Calla Marion with unclear dates and notes on a convention. The readable words suggest a political or organizational context but lack coherent events, participants, or outcomes to summarize.
San Francisco officials announce a new Chinese brigade organized with military drills and instruction. The group will train in modern warfare and ancient Chinese tactics, with quarters on Sacramento Street to become an armory gym and bathing facility. Membership already reaches 100, mainly native sons including State University students, merchants, and professionals from Chinatown led by Edward L. Park and Wong Kim.
Galveston January 18 The federal grand jury found insufficient evidence for indictments but heard claims of peonage in Texas. The state has hundreds of large plantations with thousands of black workers. Wages reportedly average 60 to 76 cents a day. Allegations say many enslaved people remain in bondage on remote plantations, including descendants of former slaves, with ignorant of emancipation and loosely held marriages.
Colonel John H. Bacon aged 75 former Colorado Springs mayor in 1880 shot himself amid illness. A note cited rheumatism and insomnia as ruinous pain. He leaves widow Mary Weaver of Princeton and a son, an attorney. His estate valued at 250000 dollars. Born in Michigan, he later moved to Iowa where he served as trustee of Iowa Agricultural College for 30 years and was provost marshal of the first district during the war.
The mother of Richmond P. Hobson died after a long illness at Shirley Davis's home in Boulder. He was with her at death and will accompany the body to Greensboro, Alabama, for interment. Born February 24, 1843 at Richmond Hill, North Carolina, she had suffered from dyspepsia for twenty years and came to Boulder last summer for health reasons.
Pittsburg January 18 United Mine Workers district convention closes with a vote ordering a strike in all mines controlled by United States Steel Corporation where wages have been cut. The action targets Steel Corp mines nationwide, signaling intensified labor conflict.
Charles Ponter, 74, found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Franz and Johanna Frehr, an elderly German couple, in their Buffalo home on November 19, 1903. The verdict carries the death sentence.
In Georgetown Colorado on January 18 a jury found thirteen union men not guilty of conspiring to blow up the Sun and Moon mine with dynamite.
Eleven indictments returned in Green Bay Wisconsin charge alleged bribery schemes. Authorities allege multiple defendants engaged in improper payments and corrupt acts during the period cited. Proceedings outline specific counts and involved parties, with no further details provided in the fragment.
Eighteen National League of Merchants delegates barely escaped when their boat sank in Echo River Mammoth Cave Louisville Kentucky. Guide John Nelson and Chicago Pittsburg and other members pulled them to safety, forming a life line and later an Echo club with motto All in the same boat. They planned to meet in New Orleans in January 1905.
Peoria Illinois January 18 A premature explosion in the Empire coal mine five miles from the city killed FE A Street and seriously injured his brother Earl Street. The accident occurred after quitting time and the men were not found until Sunday morning. Earl Street is badly injured and blinded. The brothers lived for several hours after the blast before being found side by side.
Hazelton Pa Jan 18 T D Nichols secretary of the conciliation board has sent a request to Judge George Gray of the third judicial district for the appointment of an umpire to decide five grievances from the Wyoming and Lackawanna districts on which the conciliators have been unable to agree.
Social Democratic party officials in Sheboygan Wisconsin on January 18 found Chai A Born guilty of violations of party principles. The state executive board sentenced Born to expulsion from the party organization as a result of the misconduct.
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