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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1904
Page
2
In Ottilie Liljencrantz narrative, Lady Randalin evades guards to reach Canute, overhears war news, and discovers Vikings carousing while an English girl flirts with captors. The scene blends peril and bold intrusion as she edges toward the king’s quarters amid revelry.
Randalin witnesses Danish king Canute and two princes amid a wealth soaked tent scene as political plans erupt. Thorkel the Tall Rothgar Jodbroksson spar with Canute over a dangerous bargain with an English traitor. A brittle truce forms as tempers flare and old loyalties strain.
The judge spent evenings watching insects in his yard with neighbors. A locust burst from its shell as a fly pounced, killed it, and the judge angrily scolded the fly while apologizing to guests. This anecdote appears as a curious note from the New York Tribune.
A new palace for the Empress of Abyssinia is built in Jerusalem for Empress Tatou and her retinue during a three month stay at the Holy City next Wastertide. It cost about £4000 to build with £3000 more for furniture ordered from England and France. She will visit Bethlehem and other sites including Hebron Jericho and the Jordan valley.
A Washington block north of the Capitol, long famed for historic houses, faces demolition to make way for new Senate committee rooms. The Chilton house at 225 Delaware Avenue, built in 1809 by William Brent, hosted Henry Clay and notable figures such as Dr. John Witherspoon Scott and Gideon Granger. The site, renowned for its old world interiors and hospitality focused rooms, is slated for removal amid urban redevelopment.
Story by travelers Robin Broad W S Reed M D describes a robin taking possession of a long idle passenger coach near East Thompson and Southbridge on the NY NH Hartford line. The robin built a nest under the car while the train carried it back and forth 86 miles over two round trips feeding and sheltering her hatchlings.
A worn out woman advised to try the hot water remedy for fatigue claiming sleep seems impossible. Bathe the face temples wrists and cords of the neck to restore alertness and ease tired nerves.
A jokey scene unfolds as McLubberty reads a stale two year old newspaper about Duffy supposedly dying again in a premature blast. The piece shifts to a note on Japanese reverence for the carp, seen as a symbol of courage who dine on it to inspire martial resolve.
The article notes the rise of the companion or private secretary among fashionable New York women. It highlights groups leaving Grand Central for Newport, each led by a woman with a maid in charge, who acts as an equal intermediary between employer and society, enjoying wealth’s pleasures but few duties.
A pione er in waterfront homes, J J Jenkins from Pittsburg, builds houseboats from abandoned streetcars atop floats on San Pedro Bay. The design converts cars into easy homes with veranda, kitchen, dining room, parlor, and foldaway bed. Residents gain morning veranda access and quick shore trips.
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