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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1905
Page
6
In a closing scene from Ottilie Liljencrantz’s tale, Randalin and Sebert confess deep affection amid danger from Rothgar Lodbroksson. Wounds and bravado shape their bond as Wynfreda's presence tests resolve, until a final, hopeful vow seals their love.
A wounded Lady of Avaldcomb meets a red-cloaked horseman after a sunlit escape. He pleads forgiveness for a blade wound and for past wrongs as they confront danger, love, and fear of betrayal. The knight vows humility and protection while she struggles with trust and looming threats.
A curious chemistry based drawing method uses cold saturated saltpeter solution to create invisible outlines on plain paper. When touched by a glowing match, the drawing flares briefly along the lines and burns the paper, leaving a visible trace.
The Marlborough House plateroom houses what is likely England s most valuable private library collection. Underground and electrified, walls hold rare volumes gifted to King Edward and the Prince of Wales. Central safes guard a vast plate collection including two large silver pilgrim bottles from Alexander III of Russia and a gold embossed shield gifted by Indian princes.
Before the Boer War the Transvaal planned a colossal statue honoring Kruger for Church square in Pretoria. Only the base stood. During the war the statue was shipped to Delagoa Bay and then stored at a timber yard of the Lorenso Marquez Wharf company, where it has remained neglected and forgotten.
Russian soldiers move along the southern shore of Lake Baikal at about a dozen miles per hour on a new road. The winter viability remains uncertain as winds could bury the track under drifts as high as the Kremlin, then quickly cover it again.
An Indianapolis Star excerpt notes Tennessee town names honor scripture with Ark Meigs, Noah Coffee, Joshua in Jackson, Ruth and Naomi, and Ebenezers in Knox and Hunsey counties. It also cites mythic figures, Shakespeare, Greek letters, religious terms, and family terms shaping place names across the state.
An injured man with a torn cheek and a delapidated derby appeared before a department store adjuster claiming he was run over by a wagon uptown. He asks for a new hat costing $1.50, noting fault might be partly his. The claim was allowed in full.
Bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate, mixed one part to one thousand parts water, makes a germicidal solution that can disinfect utensils, dishes, and bed linen in sick rooms. Do not allow to enter metal pipes or contact aluminum or tin. Store in an earthen jug, keep away from children, and label clearly. Tablets are available for purchase.
An uptown jewelry shop accused a woman of stealing a ring last autumn but police found no ring on her. She threatened legal action and the owner paid her to prevent trouble. The ring had been fixed under the counter edge with chewing gum by an accomplice later retrieved.
Authorities urge seeking the center of a room during a thunderstorm with a thick rug underfoot and staying away from chimneys or cellars. Outdoors avoid tall trees, seek shelter under low shrubs, and keep distance from large high trees as lightning tends to strike them. Water nearby is dangerous. avoid riverbanks during a violent storm.
The text argues that success hinges on bulldog tenacity and a fixed purpose. It cites Gen Grant’s vow to fight the campaign through summer and Muville Cox’s call to persist in Africa, illustrating relentless dedication as a key to effective living.
A fragmentary account portrays Francis Parkman as seeing injustice despite impaired sight, with a friend recalling him guiding two street boys and noting a tale of sharing an apple dispute that revealed moral resolve.
A Marmaduke style excerpt discusses life and honesty, contrasting Greeley Colorado with Evans Nebraska in a drive to catch a train. The Evans town scene shows saloons dominating streets, while Greeley touts sidewalks and prosperity, sparking debate on whether liquor licenses fund public improvements.
Temperance notes from The Barns Horn cite Finland’s lectures and certificates, Glasgow imprisonments, Copenhagen warnings, Sweden's retired temples, Iron Dale Ohio local option victory, English clergy abstinence gains, Japan's 320 million yen saving claim, war bond logic, and broad U.S. dry expansion since 1851 Maine law, with Southern counties long dry.
A brief note suggests that Béfence has found a substitute for every medical use once supplied by alcohol, implying a shift away from alcohol in medical practice. details remain sparse and context unclear.
Watlant Township in Crawford County Kansas is presented as a model community with ten years of no elected officers serving justice of the peace and constable. Elected officials refuse to serve. no civil or criminal docket in district court for a decade. The last justice of the peace earned fifteen cents for two years handling pension papers before resigning.
An address argues that a German man who saves 30 pfennigs daily from age fifteen would accumulate 7,963 marks by age sixtieth at four percent compound interest. Savings of 80 pfennigs weekly could yield 1,200 to 1,600 marks yearly, while 60 pfennigs daily from fifteen to sixty could reach 13,272 marks and 2,000 mark annuity.
Mrs. Ogden widow of William B Ogden died recently at Lenox Massachusetts leaving 216000 for charity. Of that 200000 goes to Arnot Ogden Memorial Hospital Elmira with equal shares to St Marys Free Hospital for Children Elmira the Society for the Relief of the Destitute Blind and the Southern Tier Orphan Home Elmira. She also leaves a nephew 5000 if he remains sober until twenty and another 5000 after five more years. The bequest stresses abstinence over material gain reflecting a past sorrow Exchange.
A discussion on saloon patrons forming habitual views that become superficial and biased. It argues regulars rely on top of mind witty observations and political clichés, swearing by a “wiseacre” style that blinds them to other perspectives, dulling judgment.
Announcement from the general superintendent of the German railway system states that all employees who are not total abstainers will be discharged at once. No moderate drinkers will be kept in trust positions. only temperance men with clear heads and steady hands should apply.
The article warns that frequent large alcohol intakes strain the heart beyond its reserve, forcing extra blood flow and overloading vessels. It notes that a sound heart can endure some demand, but persistent overburdening reduces heart power, with stronger effects in middle age, leading to weak heart conditions.
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