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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
2
A collection of wry observations and questions from a 20th century paper. Topics drift from Geronimo and go carts to egg bacteria and expensive London cups. The tone mixes irony about fashion, marriage, manners, and maritime prowess with light social commentary and curiosities.
A wry note praises a polyglot whose many languages impress, yet hints the speaker alone struggles with fluency in even one. The line underscores the humor in linguistic mastery versus personal ease, reflecting a light cultural observation likely from a human interest column.
An English woman captures the international golf title for women, noted as a strong outcome even without Miss Chrysanthemum of Japan in the field. The Boston Transcript is cited, pondering whether gypsy moths or firebugs rank as worse.
Paderewski cites myalgia in neck and right shoulder blades as a noble complaint. A famed pianist cannot endure merely a stiff neck. New York society ladies adopt a clever lip trend. An Englishman in Canada notes Canadians adopting American ways. Propinquity promises more changes with time.
A concise quip notes how America leads on the ocean, with the Atlantic highlighted as first and dominant. The line slyly suggests that rapid progress keeps others from recognizing the full reach of American maritime power.
A Pittsburg mother of seven teen children seeks either medical aid or a pension. The father, not accused of non support, should receive consideration in the proceeding.
The Earl of Wemyss says prohibitionists are 67 years, drunkards 59 years and moderate drinkers 71 years. He states he will not be invited to address the next W C T U convention.
The will directs executors to locate Anthony Fiala, who led Ziegler’s last polar expedition, with no guarantee of success. Venus sets between 2 and 3 am this month, and late hours may be required for sighting. A poodle bite incident leads to a $500 rug charge in a landlord’s bill. W alt Whitman birthplace owner blocks a commemorative tablet, arguing Whitman was a poet.
Reports from the leading wheat states indicate that the general yield for 1905 will be 670,000,000 bushels, the largest since 1900. It is evident that any man thinking of cornering the wheat crop this year has an extensive task before him.
A Council Bluffs man reports finding his wife dead from sudden heart failure after an inquest failed to reveal other causes. A Newton hearing tosses out an assault case. Reports include drownings in the Iowa River near Tama and in Davenport sloughs, a fatal self inflicted wound in Creston, and a gasoline explosion death in Fairfield. News covers jail escapes, bank deposits rising, state fair prizes, libel suits, robberies, wrecks, and local investigations from Osage to Ottumwa.
The British Museum houses over 1 750 000 books with shelves stretching beyond sixty nine miles. A remark notes money would buy little contentment if sold. A huge plow near Bakersport California stands eighteen feet high, can furrow eight feet wide and six feet deep.
Des Moines reports confusion over the sudden death or disappearance of Virgil H. White a prominent young lawyer and son of Fred White a two time Democratic gubernatorial candidate. His canoe trip Sunday night near Oak Park was followed by a overturned craft clothing found nearby and a search in Des Moines river with no body recovered.
Charles Yeager a 40 year old roofers agent faced bigamy charges in Justice Duncan's court. Minnie Yeager and Blanche De Carvill Yeager claimed to be his wives with seven years of shared union and a daughter and a son born in the marriage. Blanche vowed to prove the matrimony while Minnie declared her loyalty and innocence.
Des Moines reporters note Midland Chautauqua spending over 1500 dollars above normal for the Des Moines event. A host of speakers including Bryan Booker T. Washington Sam Jones McClary Syvenaga Holden and Gearhart will headline an eleven day program at affordable one dollar admission with out of town camping invited on the grounds at 354 Good Block.
Reports to Secretary Wilson indicate Des Moines may be chosen by railroads as a feeding point for cattle. Farmers urge enforcement of the twenty four hour loading rule. Sioux City is already a selected site and others likely include St. Joseph Kansas City and Omaha.
Virgil Stanley, 18, of near Caledonia, after a failed marriage attempt in Bethany Missouri, shot himself with a shotgun at his brother Herbert Stanley's home. He left notes to his mother, sweetheart, and brother and asked to be buried in Shaha cemetery. He died two hours after the shot despite medical aid.
Judge Byington affirmed that Iowa County remains dry, reversing the board of supervisors finding that general consent for liquor sales was sufficient. The Bohsted versus Board of Supervisors case hinged on illegible and foreign signatures on the petition. Costs taxed to John I. Wilson.
Mrs Edwin Conger now wears the sacred Chinese jewel torn from the Empress Dowager at a parting audience. The Empress reportedly gave the talisman for the journey home, symbolizing divine guidance. Mrs Conger described the scene as most affecting and noted her初lack of full understanding of the jewel’s history.
In Bluffs on June 21 burglars stole $35 from the drug store of R. N. Anderson and loaded the register onto a hand-cart, then carried it seven blocks and smashed it. It is unclear if they sought more money or acted out of malice toward the owner.
Ed Willams confined in the Sioux Falls penitentiary for a robbery attempt on hermit Frank Bertran near Jefferson S C confesses implicating Morris Wlevich a Sioux City second hand dealer and Frank Ammerman his clerk. He says they helped plan the crime and he and a man named Torlelson carried out the work.
Chas Carter, a miner at the Cleveland mine, was instantly killed by a slate fall. A driver found a huge chunk of slate on the shaft. Investigation showed Carter under it and lifeless, having been dead for hours.
The body of G. Harger of Randolph Iowa was found suspended from the rafters of a box car in the Erie railroad yards at Chicago. He hung by four handkerchiefs tied together. A blue ink tattoo on his right arm bore his name and a slip in his pocket read Randolph Town. The man appeared to be about 56 years old.
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