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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
7
A reflective verse reflects on love’s fading, memory’s ache, and the pull to return to sweeter past affections. The speaker laments broken hopes under harsh reality while cherishing enduring recollections that hover beyond sorrow. The piece credits A. Vdlgerton, via the New York Times.
In Mrs McCallum’s house the ten wives of the class of ’04 reassemble for a memory feast and toast. Delight Everett confesses no tale of achievement, then Lettice Chase reveals Delight’s quiet Durham settlement work and patient care for her uncle. The group honors Delight’s selflessness as she returns to join the toast once more.
A close friend of the late General Lew Wallace estimates the estate at at least 500000 dollars not counting the Blacherne apartment deeded to his son Henry as trustee for two children. The house is valued at around 2000000. Royalties from Ben Hur are uncertain but sales reportedly reach 2 to 8 million copies with a roughly fifteen cent royalty per copy. The Prince of India production is expected soon though figures are unknown. A separate note quotes Mr Shents and AM Bongu-Varite on M Bunau-Varilla's Panama Canal plan, with cautious openness to consider it if submitted to the commission.
An engineer argues London fogs are largely caused by steam discharge from 300 plus locomotives in the London area. He estimates a 2000 horse power steam plant vents twenty tons of steam per hour, enough to form a fog twenty feet thick over a mile square, and suggests converting waste steam to electric power as remedy.
Recent travelers in Tibet note slight numbness at high altitudes but quick recovery. A New Zealand plant with long leaves is highlighted for rope-making. Bohemian and Stockholm use water to cut fuel costs in glass production. Dellwik gas cuts fuel costs by eighty percent in incandescent lamp factories. A Marinette Michigan inventor adds square spindle attachments to speed balustrade and shelving production. Jewett knives cut across wood grain without tearing. Italian Aeronautical Society reports unmanned balloons in Italy using Jada rubber, rising to 20000 meters, temperatures minus sixty Celsius.
Paris reports a French firm forms to metallize embroideries through galvanic baths. Experiments yield laces coated with a delicate metal surface that remains soft and flexible. Metals such as gold silver copper bronze may be used, enabling solderlike bonding for decorative tableware furniture and fine wood inlays.
A Harper's Weekly excerpt argues that mothering is skilled labor requiring judgment and control of a child’s life, while fathering is less specialized. It emphasizes that good mothers monitor details, dress, and discipline, and that maternal skill directly affects children’s outcomes.
An article extols rural life as wholesome and a sovereign remedy for city weariness. It argues crowding into event cities harms the poor in slums and tenements and urges removal to farms. It credits magazines promoting rural life for fostering aesthetic appreciation and preservation of nature.
A pasted children's science piece explains vacuum and air pressure with two goblets joined mouth to mouth by a rubber band, noting how water-filled experiments affect cohesion. It also recounts the Washington eagle claim, stating the bald eagle was adopted as U.S. emblem in 1785 and appears on seals, coins, flagpoles, and the liberty shield.
Attorney Warry Sloan of Janesville Wisconsin tells a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter that squirrels need no protection from dogs. He recalls in Madison Park squirrels teasing dogs for sport, guiding their escape to safe tree perches beyond the dogs reach, noting fences once built were unnecessary.
A brief note on grebes showing floating nests as another grebe prepares to lay eggs. The observation highlights nesting behavior and the readiness of the birds to establish a breeding site.
The outside air pressure strengthens seal as vacuum increases. A rubber ring binds two goblets mouth to mouth under water, proving the seal prevents air passage. When the ring melts, the goblets press together, allowing removal from water without air gaps, demonstrating the experiment's purpose. A narrative fragment follows about a mother and child bird in a waterside scene.
A brief note describes a game called Minko played by Japanese boys. One boy throws a red disk face down on the ground while the other aims with a green disk to strike it and flip the red disk, winning the game.
A writer in the Outlook recalls a farmer’s critique of a wealthy local man. The farmer explains wealth is not money but having enough and living without debt. The moral: true richness comes from contentment, reputation, and responsibility rather than possessions.
Hack Hown notes each winter look for young girls remains bold as ever with large bows changing from black to white. The broad ribbon snow accessory replaces the previous dark headpieces as winter style marks a new season.
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