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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1905
Page
2
A voice in the press previews Prince Weary of Prussia considering another American visit. The piece riffs on marriage, gender, and fame, noting Carnegie medalists and hero stereotypes, with jokes about poetry, literature, and notable personalities. It surveys modern feats and follies including fashion, exploration, and international relations.
The piece warns that Philadelphia may not stay good and suggests a longer test at the mourners bench would help. It cites the San Francisco Chronicle mockingly over the untitled American traveling to Paris without risk, arguing that the innocent bystander often suffers.
Nan Patterson faced stalled fame as reports claimed she was offered large pay for theater work, but audiences did not respond. The narrative portrays her career as unremarkable and fading despite initial notoriety.
Dr Weir Mitchell warns that cats can cause bad dreams and the dreamer is not surprised upon waking to the sounds of a feline inferno in the yard as activity continues behind the house.
Doctors treating a 16 year old boy in New York report his brain development is incomplete but express confidence in a quick cure. The outlook is described as encouraging for many young men in society.
A fragment recalls a naval banter during a sailing contest. A question about seeing competitors provokes a reply directing attention to Sandy Hook. It references the emperor's cup race and mirrors the decisive outcome of the America Cup’s first race with no second place.
A diverting scientist suggests a law limiting marriage to handsome men and beautiful women as a food policy thought. He predicts a great rush for marriage licenses if such a rule existed, sparking debate over social engineering and personal freedom.
Washington reports a treasury deficit of about 20.02 million with under two weeks left in the fiscal year though receipts exceed expenditures by roughly 250 thousand daily. Proposals to raise revenue include restoring the beer tax of one dollar a barrel and imposing a three cent duty on coffee imports to cover deficits and fund government needs.
Edgar County National Bank in Paris Illinois reports a shortage of 7000 dollars after expert audit following a dynamite wreck. Officials cannot state how the embezzlement occurred while further findings show bank shipments to grain commission houses by Bankkeeper W W Juntzen amounting to about 2000 dollars, not 4000 as first reported.
Feddles Cigarette Papers in Terra Haute Indiana fined $25 for selling cigarette wrappers. He carried them in a satchel and served regular customers in the red light district.
Charles 44 and Sheldon, once a noted breaker in Kansas politics, face bankruptcy with liabilities totaling 312,500 dollars while assets show only 300 dollars. The case highlights a dramatic financial reversal for a public figure once active in Kansas political circles.
Twenty three crew members were saved when the steel steamer Etruria sank after a morning collision with the Amasa Stone ten miles from Presque Isle light on Lake Huron. Thick weather contributed to the crash as both ships carried iron ore and coal in transit. Crew landed at Detour with only their clothes, then to Cleveland aboard the Japan. Etruria valued at 2400000. Stone at 350000.
National League results include Chicago defeating Brooklyn 4 to 8 and St. Louis 8 to 2, New York 2, Cincinnati 11. American Association games show Columbus 4 over Milwaukee 1, Louisville 4 over Minneapolis 1, Toledo 0 over Pot Paul 8. Minor leagues report varied scores including Springfield at Rockataat in an eleven inning game and others like Decatur 2 over Dubuque 3 Davenport 3, Mearla 0. Central League results list Terre Haute 7 over Wheeong 1 and Evansville 7 over Dayton 2.
The body of General Maximo Gomez was placed in state in the palace salon on Sunday, surrounded by flowers from relatives, friends, and officials. Guards from rural police keep watch while friends act as honor guards. The public mourning period lasts three days with suspended government business. Congress appropriated $15,000 for the funeral.
Oliver C Iselin yachtsman is ill at his All View home in New Rochelle under a specialist and nurse care. He is said to be suffering a nervous breakdown and has not been seen since returning from Aiken two months ago. Friends say he never recovered from press criticism after his yacht raced Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock I.
Pittsburg date June 13 Sir Henry Clay Frick backs Allegheny county G A R in building a Civil War memorial hall raising no less than 2.6 million dollars and pledges a million himself. A visiting delegation led by Capt Duvall outlined plans and Frick confirmed the contribution.
The Chicago market report lists prices for dairy meats and produce including butter and cheese with entries for P duce Rutter-Creamery and fresh stock. It covers poultry turkeys chickens ducks geese and prices for berries melons potatoes greens and vegetables with per doz per case per lb and per bunch figures.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions New York produce and price terms with scattered percentages and odd phrases. It reads like market notes but lacks coherent facts, places, dates, or identifiable entities to anchor a proper item.
Grain prices across Chicago New York Minneapolis and St Louis show Wheat No 2 red around 1.06 to 1.13 per bushel with several futures and cash quotes. Corn bids include New York No 2 and St Louis No 2 mixed near 68 to 5214 cents. Oats notes Chicago standard around 31 4 to 24 half. hogs and cattle prices varied by market with Chicago Omaha and St Louis quotes and gains or losses noted.
Zion City project advances as Gladstone Dowie and Judge Barnes of Chicago finalize terms to acquire the Gonzales ranch in Tamaulipas Mexico for a tropical Zion City. The tract covers about 1,000,000 acres.
Francis Murphy the temperance advocate, seriously ill at his Los Angeles home, shows slow recovery on June 19. He remains very weak but doctors hold optimism for improvement despite the fragile condition.
Cayuga Indiana witnesses a deadly fireworks mishap as Masaline Ashley aged 19 is instantly killed and Madaline Adams aged 2 is fatally injured when a sky rocket misfires during a local fireworks show on June 19.
Two blasts in the subway constriction power house at One Hundred sixtieth street and the Hudson river caused heavy damage and many injuries. Assistant engineer Daniel Barry and executive clerk John Keaveny were arrested, Barry hospitalized. Wrecked boilers obstruct tunnel work toward Fort George.
Frank McCoy known as Blg Frank, a famed old time bank burglar and partner of Jimmy Hope, was found dying in the street and taken to Bellevue hospital. He helped restitution of his share from the Philadelphia Beneficial Savings Bank raid of 1872 and claimed he never profited from the Manhattan bank theft.
Youngstown June 19 The rail mill of the Carnegie Steel Companys Ohio plant idle since October 1903 will resume operations July 1. The mill employs 600 men.
An explosion at the Ivan colliery, Khartsisk, part of the Russian Donetz coal firm, killed about 300 miners. The incident occurred in Ekaterinoslav on a June day in 198-. Government and rescue teams responded as figures remained unconfirmed.
Budapest on June 19 reports the death of Father Basile Popovice from the Tziducani monastery uncovers that he was a woman.
Dubuque Iowa June 19 William Clark aged 2 a pioneer resident was thrown from a carriage in a runaway and instantly killed.
Rushford Minnesota June 19 John Pfeifer proprietor of the local brewery fell into a hot water vat and died from the burns his death is reported as the only detail available in the notice and no further information about the incident is given
Tokio reports Field Marshal Oyama has begun a general advance. He routed 6,000 cavalry under Gen Mistchenko, taking Ilayangopeng, and driving Russians toward Liaoyangwopeng. Japanese lines widen as pursuit continues with heavy casualties and villages burned to conceal losses.
In Lafayette Indiana on June 19 Harry Hatton aged 30 shot and killed his sweetheart and his niece Lulu Hatton then fled through a rainstorm to his sister’s home and shot himself dying instantly as authorities arrived.
Mahony IL June 19 Fire practically destroyed Johnson City five miles away, with forty buildings including the entire business district burned. Firefighters fought flames as the town faced extensive damage and economic loss.
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