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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1903
Page
7
A reflective verse on outward resilience masking inward sorrow. The speaker notes being deemed strong for masking tears, sharing laughs, and bearing fatigue, yet laments a personal Gethsemane of grief and inward pain endured with faith and prayer.
In this melodramatic tale George Gascoigne rises to prominence while his wife Kitty Colgne plots escape through a concealed affair. Kitty’s jealousy and a secret lover drive a rift, culminating in a confrontation that shatters their pretensions and leaves the household in disarray.
State Senator Goodwin helped mark a memorial day for Thomas Brackett Reed. He praised Reed as unhurried yet prepared, with reserve power, and noted the Speaker’s room as a magnet for eminent minds. Reed’s wit and judgment, including a quip about a statesman exuding molasses, highlighted his worldly influence.
A Boston Journal account recalls Chargo Gascoigne’s breakdown amid high pressure and overwork. Kitty Chevenix nurses him at a handsome Ascot home while doctors hope for recovery, though his career and life’s work seem ruined. Olive Chevenyx’s involvement casts a shadow.
Matthew J. Donohue recalls a joke about an Englishman and an Irishman debating heroic figures. The Irishman asserts English heroes like Nelson and Kitchener are Irish by origin, and when challenged about Balaam he claims Balaam was Irish but the ass English, delivering a playful nationalist quip from a New York Times column.
Mrs Russell Sage sharply objects to newspaper attention affecting her family. She cites reporters visiting Cedarhurst on Long Island last summer when financier husband fell ill, complaining the visits disturb Mr Sage’s rest. She asks reporters to cover him at his office to avoid bother.
A Amherst professor share a family anecdote about leniency when his daughter cuts herself with a pocket knife after repeated disobedience. He tells her God has punished her, but she retorts that God allowed the danger for a long time first, highlighting a child's sharp wit.
The Senate defeats Aldrich financial reform in favor of a Philippine tariff. Senator Tillman threatens to block naval and deficiency bills unless South Carolina claims of 47245 are paid. The session includes new Delaware representation and debate on statehood for western territories. House adjourns with Henderson retiring and a record of applause and partisanship.
Washington notes show Senator Morgan offering to print remarks in the Congressional Record if a canal treaty vote is allowed at 2 pm, but senators oppose official sanction for harsh remarks about Colombia's government. Proceedings hint the treaty will stay under discussion to keep it alive.
Des Moines March 11 1903 the executive committee of the state agricultural board approved a living exhibit of crops and grasses on the fair grounds to show growth of wheat oats timothy rape and root crops in a cultivated plot west of the race track. Nearby a fire at Capital City Woolen Mills destroyed stock, with about 226 workers affected and a $60 000 loss though insured. Governors invited to national road conventions and charities meetings. prison cob pipe plant details. amphitheater seating to rise to 9000. street railway loop and depot planned for fair access. two new streetcar orders. Kansas wind storm at Fort Scott damages and injuries.
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