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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
2
In a LOA Chapter VI excerpt MILLICENT E MANN describes a social gathering where a young lord honors a comely mother and her child with a gold coin. Jealousy erupts as Jim Scrugs mocks propriety and the narrator confronts the instigator, inviting a possible rough showdown. John, a sturdy farrier, steps in to back the narrator, heightening tension.
In a rural setting, a quarrel escalates into a staged fight witnessed by locals. After a brutal contest, the victor tends the wounded foe and rides away amid approving shouts, while tension lingers between lovers and rivals. Gil mocks authority as memories of youthful mischief echo through the scene.
The narrator recalls a soggy journey after leaving the King's Head inn where a magenta colored coach and four with a postillion stopped the night before. There was debate over how many ladies were aboard, with a stable hand claiming two appeared while others insisted one. The tale highlights vivid gossip among inn staff and a boastful hustler who claimed the double sighting was a joke.
The narrator and companion push through a moonless bog road seeking safety by trusting their horses. A candle lantern at a distant inn marks arrival at the White Swan where landlord Jock Swan greets them. The coach stands in the yard as they ponder the next phase of their pursuit.
A boy named Kenneth questions why he cannot play in the fountain and pleads to go near water. His mother gives brief explanations as the family moves through a day of play, search, and supper. The vignette ends reflecting on the cost of college education and supporting a son to live up to it.
Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, en route to the Orient, died in the Moana hotel after an apparent overdose of strychnine in bicarbonate of soda. Dr. Humphris believes poisoning caused death though chemical analysis awaits confirmation. Witnesses recount her final hours and her assertion that she had been poisoned before.
Allentown police arrested Herbert Ebert, charged with murdering his father, banker John P. Ebert, shot to death in the family yard. Herbert denies the crime. his mother Mrs. Mary J. Wertz backs his innocence and reveals long concealed paternity.
Ottawa March 2 Clifford Sifton minister of the interior resigns from the Dominion government over opposition to the educational clause in the Northwest autonomy bill. The clause would endow separate Catholic schools. Sifton cites policy conflict as reason for stepping down.
Lawton Oklahoma March 2 Ranch 101 purchased from a halfbreed Indian at Missoula Montana a herd of twenty full blood buffaloes and will maintain them for breeding purposes.
Topeka Kansas March 2 The house 82 to 18 passed the anti discrimination bill aimed principally at the Standard Oil company and the last of the anti trust measures in this session.
Chicago produce prices show butter creamery extra at 82 cents with retailers at 82 1/2 to 83 cents. Cheese ranges include full cream and cheddars with eastern cheddar at 124 1/4 cents, Swiss brick 11 3/4 to 12 cents, and imburger choice 10 1/2 to 11 cents. Live poultry prices list turkeys 14 to 13 cents per pound, chickens 12 cents, ducks 12 1/2 cents, geese around 6 to 9.10 per unit. potatoes road lots 38 34 to 85 30 per 100 pounds. onions home-grown yellow 15 cents, sweet potatoes Illinois 2.75 to 3 per unit.
Market notes show butter grades and creamery varieties with varied prices. Western factories offer common to extra grades from 20 to 28 cents, while Pennsylvania and nearby regions list fancy white cheese at 36 cents and choice at 35 cents. Other cheese grades range from 8 to 29 03 cents, reflecting regional pricing.
A scan of market listings shows bid and asked prices for wheat and corn across cities such as Chicago New York Milwaukee and St. Louis. Also listed are live stock quotes for cattle sheep and lambs with values in Omaha Kansas City St. Louis and other markets.
Three heavily armed men halted the east bound St. Louis and San Francisco Arkansaw Traveler eight miles south of Mammoth Springs Arkansas on Wednesday. They entered the express car and forced Messenger Harry White to surrender. The safe was blown and about two thousand dollars taken. The robbers fled into the woods after the raid.
London report says Premier Balfour told the house Milner the British high commissioner in South Africa would not remain in that post. The decision was announced with regret.
Jay Cooke's will from Norristown Pennsylvania dated March 2 leaves all assets after debts to heirs as dictated by intestate law. The estate is believed to be worth several million dollars.
The body of Elvina Schneller an 18 year old girl was found near Neillsville after she vanished from Humbird January 9. She had been frozen to death.
Walter Fishleight of Michigan vaulted 11 feet indoors in Ann Arbor on March 2, breaking prior 10 feet 9 inch record. The achievement highlights Michigan's track program and individual prowess in the pole vault event. It marks a notable performance in the indoor season.
Helena March 2 United States Marshal Guthrie arrested Mrs Nellie Leary at Silver on charges of robbing mail facilities. The case cites alleged involvement in mail robberies with details still unfolding in local courts.
J Pierpont Morgan sailed for Europe Wednesday aboard the Baltic. He expects to remain abroad for several weeks.
The Senate acquitted Judge Swayne on all twelve articles. It approved a naval bill totaling 100,300,000 and discussed foreign policy. The House moved toward free entry for Philippine products under the Curtis bill while other pages covered Indian appropriation debates and preparations for adjournment. The day featured votes on post office, pension, river and harbor, and deficiency bills, with the James town exposition and English settlement anniversary bill advancing.
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