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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
3
Adrian Ga woman describes relief from female weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonial cites displacements inflammation fibroid tumors irregularities backache and nervous prostration. The ad offers confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts.
The theater faced a near blaze as a villain reportedly lit a cigarette and tossed a match into the snow. In other notes, Weston, the Ocean-to-Ocean Walker, urges hopeful acts like walking to lift spirits. An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease with 30,000 testimonials and a 25 cent trial pack.
A humorous exchange recalls a debt of seven dollars with a quirk about the exact amount. The clip includes a mix of ad blurbs and light jokes from a periodical page, noting products like Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup and various household lines.
A 1900 article by A D Burhaus stresses sanitary hog housing. It urges movable fixtures, clean troughs scalded weekly, dry well-ventilated pens, and draining floors. Avoid feeding in mud, keep bedding fresh, and install a raised feeding floor to minimize dust and waste.
The Berkshire herd eats steamed chopped alfalfa mixed with corn and oats. Alfalfa is cut four inches, soaked in a steam tank, then drained and fed on clean floors. It tenderizes coarse stems and keeps sows in good flesh without excess fat, suitable for breeding.
Consul General Skinner of Hamburg contends against a claim that European horses are generally better shod than American horses. He asserts American horses receive humane care, unmatched worldwide, while noting German horses begin adopting a new anti slipping shoe for asphalt and wood pavements featuring a counter sunk groove around the shoe with hemp rope inserted.
A brief note on ram selection stressing that a wise choice by the flockmaster impacts fleece weight, growth vigor, and longevity of the flock. Proper ram selection can raise fleece weight by one to three pounds and increase size by as much as twenty percent, yielding stronger, healthier animals.
The growing demand for high quality horses and mules makes their production a top profitable farm enterprise. Current prices reflect sustained profitability, with better horses now more common yet room for improvement. Proper feeding and development yield greater profits than starved horses, making farm-based production essential for future growth.
A narrative from A J Lege in Farm Magazine notes authorities split on grinding corn for hogs. Some say grinding lacks payoff, others claim it pays. He observes hogs vary in chewing, young hogs chew better, dry corn often not fully broken, and grinding may be needed for kernels that hogs won’t chew. Shelled corn scattered on the floor encourages chewing more than whole ears.
Practical farm notes discuss calf growth, feeding mixes, and how to manage pastures. Advice covers using mixed roughage including sorghum and kafir corn, silage, and the role of corn bran. It also covers encouraging cattle with sheep, and tips to raise early chicks by setting incubators after a cold spell.
The piece argues for retaining oil meal for export markets to Germany and European countries while urging American dairymen to value oil meal as a concentrated feed. It cautions farmers against rough handling of horses and recommends proper feeding and care after long drives.
Centerville Iowa June 3 John Junkin a Negro prisoner is confined in a solitary cell at Fort Madison awaiting execution by hanging on the last Friday in July 1910. Sheriff John Clarke of Appanoose county delivered Junkin to Warden Sanders. Guards escorted the transport and a mob fear has faded as Junkin anticipates a death sentence inside the penitentiary walls.
A canoe overturn on the Iowa river near Iowa City leads to the drowning of Gail W. Huggett an 18 year old high school senior and an unknown girl companion. Huggett's body was recovered after about forty minutes but the girl remains missing as rescuers search the river.
Boone Iowa June 3 news reports a major coal field discovery in the fifth ward extending north with Wight holes by Boone Black Coal company showing coal nearly four feet thick at 260 feet depth. Shafts will be sunk on a single 600 acre lease. Promoters predict the largest bed in the Midwest as development begins. San Francisco June 3 Evening Post notes IRven ing Globe merger talks likely to form Globe and Post newspaper.
An explosion from a gas main leak at the residence of Alderman J J Berkham in Albert Lea fatally injures Berkham and seriously injures his wife and child as well as a workman.
Bert M. Taylor and Pearl Taylor are central figures as the murder case against Bert M. Taylor went to the jury at noon in Minden Nebraska. The trial is described as one of the most important in southern Nebraska criminal court history with the outcome awaited by local residents.
A St Louis girl abandons prayer after declaring it mothers turn to ask God for blessings. A tourist jokes about counting children as supper comes. Meanwhile one million women nationwide join a tuberculosis crusade led by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, with campaigns across states and territories.
Household Hint features Mr Sirius Barker claiming a novel use for a chafing dish. He suggests punching a hole in the bottom, painting it green, and planting flowers in it, as the best way to use the device, per Washington Star’s playful note.
June 2 in New York a stabbing case involves Cornelius Shea once leader of the Treamaters. He allegedly stabbed Walph and was admitted to a $4,000 recovery fund or place.
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