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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1904
Page
3
A poem fragment in which the speaker pleads for wind to free a stifled heart and spirit. The speaker names Arthur Ketchum and invokes sea air to batter closed doors and release longing.
In Hollyville Lena Winters and Mrs. Charles Logan agree to plow a field for a church fundraiser after a quarrel with shoe dealer Perkins. The plan, backed by $100 from Perkins, draws crowds as posters promote the contest with tickets sold to benefit the church.
Walter Hodge counsels the irate shoe dealer Mr Perkins to honor a $100 debt to Lena's church. The plan, born from church women’s resolve, ends with Perkins writing the check as Walter delivers it to Lena’s father, the church funds custodian. Lena reveals her father’s belief that impossible tasks exist, yet this bet on plowed fields proves him wrong.
P A B Widener, Philadelphia traction magnate, recalls his son Joseph as a child arranging chairs as a train. A visitor sat as a passenger, asking where to get off. Joe answers Chicago, then notes This s Chicago, with playful pride.
Fragmentary verse compares a small white lie to a created soul and the sunlit wake of winter's end. It laments humble origins, urges happiness, and recalls the divine Hand that formed all beings, suggesting even tiny lies have a place in a larger moral fabric.
William H. Crane was introduced to Speaker Cannon in the capitol office. After a handshake the speaker quips that it is a pleasure to see him without paying a dollar and a half, Crane retorts that visiting public men is galling when one is not paid.
George Otis Draper, of Hopedale, offers a new book that attracts notice for its originality. He recalls a humorous incident in a large city public library when seeking Patmore’s poems but a clerk offered Tom Moore's verses instead, suggesting they might suffice.
The Texas is 301 feet long and displaces 6 315 tons. The Maine measures 388 feet and 12 500 tons. Georgia reaches 435 feet and 15 000 tons. California, launched in San Francisco, is 503 feet long and 14 000 tons. Texas tops 16 knots, while California is planned for 22 knots, aiming to surpass Brooklyn and New York and rival Columbia in speed.
At Independence station near Cripple Creek Colorado an explosion under a platform kills twelve non union miners and injures many more. Authorities suspect a deliberate strike action amid a strike in the Cripple Creek district as martial law lingers and troops are readied for possible further clashes.
Peoria Ill June 6 fourteen men are believed dead after a fire and explosion at the Corning distillery Saturday afternoon Eight bodies were recovered from the ruins on Sunday four identified as George Gebhardt Peter Lettemeyer Thomas K E Montgomery and Samuel Parsons The remaining missing list includes Ernest Brown Milton Crow William Finley Jr John Hobaker Frank Knoll Alec Powell Louis Sax John Ansbee and Joseph Zimmerman The fire is out and workmen resume debris removal as search continues
National League Brooklyn leads with 8 to Pittsburg 4. American League Chicago wins big over Philadelphia 9 to 4. Rockford, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and other leagues show varied scores with multiple games postponed by rain. Saturday results highlight Chicago 25 Washington 0 and New York 5 Detroit 1 amid a busy schedule.
An 8-year-old from Dedham started a fire to get his picture in the papers, risking $20,000 in property. The blaze destroyed Curtis & Pope lumber yards and three houses. When asked why, Willie Kelley said he wanted his photo in the news.
In Cincinnati Ohio on June 6 a score of barbers were arrested for violating the Sunday law as the barbers union voted to close shops on Sunday. Most proprietors objected and many were arrested on warrants issued by the employees.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railway plans to move between 20000 and 25000 settlers to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota for the government opened allotments. About 2400 quarter sections of 160 acres each will be distributed, with many claimants from eastern and central western states. Railways expect over 50000 applicants for the drawing and will run special trains to accommodate them.
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