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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1903
Page
8
A Washington hotel steward explains the proper method for boiling water to make coffee or tea. Use fresh water, warm the kettle, boil quickly, and remove at the boiling point. Do not let the kettle remain on the fire as water loses quality in steam. Doctors advise five minutes of boiling to kill germs.
A New York Tribune item notes public hygiene uproar as nail care in elevated trains and streetcars prompts harsh judgment. A man trims nails in cars and then surveys peers with self-satisfaction, while others deem him a boor, fearing his habits could reflect poorly on commuters and attract censure.
A New York exhibit features what is believed to be the largest land exhibition whale, a female finback sixty eight and a half feet long with a face circumference of thirty feet. It surpasses typical right whales which average forty five to fifty feet. The specimen was procured after washing ashore near Forked River, New Jersey last November.
A nineteenth century digest notes superstitions of Don Cossacks including rules on clothing on Mondays, meat on Thursdays, wool rotation, and odd traditions with hens eyes and funeral bones. It sketches a code of rites and prohibitions for daily life and meals.
An Australian auctioneer with more schooling than skill tried to sell cattle to a farm audience. He proclaimed a fine lot of heifers and bullocks, but a sharp farm voice cut in, joking that something was wrong with the herd or he wouldn’t be selling them.
Mrs Cawker warns her daughter against sharing gossip about Mrs Gilfoyle to Mrs Cumso, favoring telling it herself. The dialogue shifts to a Brannigan Flannigan exchange about supper timing and domestic tensions.
In Brooklyn Life and Schoolmaster excerpts, a man rejects pity as marriage grounds, arguing against weak ties and fear of marrying for sympathy. A girl counters with humor about universal pity, while a teacher warns against breaking a boy’s spirit with harsh methods and advocates for education through reason.
A defense of the judiciary’s role as a limiter of other branches and a warning against judges overstepping into legislative territory. The piece argues that courts must self regulate, maintain due process, and practice restraint to preserve American liberty and civic power.
An observer praises the American Cavalry for its efficiency and discipline, noting absence of swagger and emphasis on practicality. Regulars favor simplicity while militia officers appear more ostentatious, with vivid uniforms and the famed monkey drill forging horse and rider bonds. A French expert lauds drill as magnificent yet questions its war practicality.
A discussion contrasts nineteenth century free market ideas with later shifts toward collective action. It argues that consumer interests suffer when organized capital and labor clash as in coal strikes, urging a higher motive than self interest and a better value measure than self to address production disruptions.
Fragmentary OCR notes show references to numbers No. 5 No. 7 No. 4.05 No. 6 and names H. C. STUART S. BEMAN with an address likely related to an agent or schedule. Timing digits and route codes appear, but details are unclear and incomplete.
A first excursion to Clear Lake via Iowa Central under Marshalltown Division No 600 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers departs El Dora at 8 10 am with round trip 1 65. Return leaves Clear Lake at 7 pm. Information from arranging committee members J M Speers R F Holt Wm Jennings or Geo M Martin Os Kaloosa IA A B Cutts G P & TA Minneapolis MN.
On the engineers excursion the event occurs Sunday June 21 featuring wine boating fishing and chutes the chutes. A special train departs Eldora via the Iowa Central at 0 10 a m round trip 1 50 cents. Returning the train leaves Clear at 7 00 p m.
The Iowa Central railway will sell round trip excursion tickets on July 3 and 4 at one and one third fare to all points within 200 miles. Return limit is June sixth. See ticket agents for particulars.
The Citizens Bank of Eldora Iowa promotes time deposits and low interest farm loans along with reliable abstracts of title. J Wardin serves as president.
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