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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1905
Page
3
In a dramatic revelation Madame discovers a hidden letter about Lord Waters and a kingly assignation. Raoul Dwight uncovers family ties as Sir Raoul and Lord Felton reconcile, Rosemary accepts Quentin Waters, and a pledge of friendship seals the union as the tale ends.
The scene unfolds with Lord Felton's guilt revealing itself. Lady Dwight reads a note, Raoul Dwight stands in the doorway, and the room tightens with a hidden confession about a secret long guarded. A decisive moment of truth approaches.
Coleridge in London, destitute, joins the Fifteenth Life Dragoons. The district general tests him and asks his name, Comberbach, and his aim to become a soldier. He vows he would rather fight a Frenchman than flee.
Isadora Duncan, the California-born reformer of Greek dance, faced a German court for insulting a government bailiff who served papers. Dressed in white with hair in a fillet and bare feet in sandals, she claimed nerves and hysteria from overwork. the judge accepted her plea and imposed a 30 dollar fine.
Murphysboro sheriff and citizens stopped four teen prisoners from blowing open the county jail with nitroglycerin. Two charges exploded, wrecking cells and bullpen. a third failed at the street door. Turnitessly, a 14 year old told of the plot led by Pat Bobinger.
Frank Metzger a farmer of Roomville was found guilty in a justices court of not paying dog tax. Fines and costs totaled 12.50 or thirteen days in jail. Metzger asked that his whole family of five be allowed to help serve the sentence, each receiving about one dollar per day, but the prosecutor opposed the plan.
Information reached Mrs. Stella Vold law of the death of her son in law Edson Ens, who married her daughter Flo Sanford, a Wabash society favorite. Ens, a jewelry firm traveler from New York, lived in Canandaigua, N. Y. He attacked a police officer with an ax and was shot dead before a surgeon arrived.
Verona sells the house linked to Romeo and Juliet. Bidding started at 1200 dollars and the city of Verona bought the property for 2900 dollars.
During a severe storm in Prospect Park Brooklyn several people were struck by lightning. Some sustained minor injuries but no fatalities were reported.
In Laconia New Hampshire on July 10 two brothers Fred and Justin Winn aged 14 and 12 were drowned while swimming in the Winnipesaukee river.
Leo and Frank Wendt brothers drowned when their small rowboat capsized at the mouth of Kenosha harbor on July 10. Local rescuers recovered the bodies and notified relatives. The incident adds to shoreline dangers reported along the lakefront.
July 10 Evansville Indiana reports a two year old, Joseph Rigler, fell into a kettle of boiling water and was scalded to death. The tragedy occurred at his home, prompting a family and local emergency response. Authorities investigated the incident as a fatal accident.
Springfield July 10 Judge Gray fifth member of the arbitration board to settle the United Mine Workers of Illinois and Illinois Operators Association controversy orders operators and miners to share the expense of running shot firers law. He says inspection duties are a humane benefit to operators. Operators call the ruling a bitter disappointment yet will comply. Miners say the decision exonerates their organization from contract violations. Wages set at four dollars per day for shot firers and inspectors for an eight hour day.
London reports Admiral Shrieger's squadron engaged the Potemkin with mutineers killed and wounded. The vessel escaped and is at large in the Black Sea pursued by Smetlivy and the Black Sea fleet. Other rumors place Potemkin near Tuapse or Poti, with conflicting outcomes.
Incorporation papers filed for the Great Tunnel and Mis sound Punnel Company to bore a tubular steel tunnel under the Mississippi River linking St Louis and East St Louis. Capital stock planned at 105060. incorporators Edward L. Thomas George K. Thomas and John F. Pawler. George K. Thomas county clerk of St Clair Illinois says tunnel would run fifty feet below river bed for about a mile and a half. Work may start within a year with a year to complete.
Secretary Walt addressed a large audience under an oak at the University of California. He argued for keeping out the coolies, urging exclusion for merchants and students to protect the nation and avoid offending China’s empire.
Richmond Ind July 10 A Spek enhefner appointed receiver of the defunct Commercial bank at Hagerstown Ind places liabilities at 257 715 and assets at 80 000 There are 600 individual depositors.
Iseentown New York July 10 Thomas O Keefe a farmer learns he is one of the heirs to a fortune of 46000000 left by Venuss O ixede his cousin who died years ago in Texas He becomes an heir after the discovery of a vast inherited claim tied to a distant relative.
In St Paul Minnesota on July 10 James J Will is said to be planning a large merger of the Grand Tranic Pacific, Canadian Northern and Great Northern railway systems.
In a classic oyster shippers case cited by Yale President Hindley, Senatorial hearings examined how railroads aid local farmers. Aroostook potato growers relied on Boston and Maine rates to reach Boston and New England markets, while Michigan shipments used unusually low rates to Detroit and Chicago. The piece notes railroads’ role in moving crops, the danger of price cuts, and argues against government rate meddling, citing potential rot if rates rose again.
A brief from the Somerville Journal notes a domestic dispute scene with a wife calling a husband’s warning doom excessive as an overdrawn recount is discussed. The fragment references a bank name and a marital exchange without stable details.
An old advertisement claims a pleasant herb remedy called AUSTRALIANS LEA cures female weaknesses back ache kidney bladder and urinary troubles. The promo urges readers to contact Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York or order by mail for samples.
John HH Nelson of Oil City Pennsylvania discovered a carrier pigeon that had fallen through his chimney during a commotion. He bathed the bird, dried it, and granted the pigeon its liberty once revived.
A Chase Lab family in Maine has only one death in fifty years. Airs. Chase, now 84, heads the household with ten living children. The youngest child is in his forties. There are 25 grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Mrs. Chase's husband died in 1875.
A Kansas editor recounted a rail worker who battled illness yet sprang to toss a comically marked package. The tale ends with the man collapsing after a dramatic throw that sent the package the length of the depot platform.
Kushequa Pennsylvania reports a growing belief that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the one sure cure for rheumatism and lame back. Mrs. M. I. Davison says thirty years of rheumatism eased after two boxes, with back pain vanishing. Local readers note continual favorable reports as the claim spreads in the area.
A brief note suggests that an introduction is unnecessary when one already knows their second gift or guide, implying ease in recognizing or receiving guidance from a familiar source. The passage emphasizes familiarity over formalities in this context.
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