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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1908

Page

4

Lighthearted items from Eldora Herald humor column

The Eldora Herald compiles a string of pithy notes from Berlin to New York, poking fun at pretensions, modern trends, and odd stories. Items include a German coal mine safety cost, a St Louis poet’s death by action, a 100 year old climber in Switzerland, a New York marriage to dodge a sentence, a Boston waitress inheriting 200000, a new germ in milk, Japan's home driven progress, a Washington jury valuing a voice loss at 2100, and the dowager empress's edict against corrupt officials.

Charles White Boone Fort Madison J. H. Andrew Liberty Hannum Michael Cook Cedar Falls Hershey Hospital Cal Phillips Fort Dodge Plymouth Gypsum Company Warren Dale Ralph Layman Newell Samuel Carson Pocahontas Center Variva Fonda Messie Brower Fairport Muscatine Carl Truesdaye Frank Brower Nelson Eastman Rutland Humboldt Eastman Beulah Bandifield Soldiers’ Home Marshalltown Marence Ford Soldiers’ Home Landing Miss Bandfield Miss Ford Ana Howard Scarborough John Burns Newton Burns Scarborough Hammer Chatsworth Sioux City J. P. Mellus Castro Venezuela United States Roosevelt Herbert Knox Smith Bureau of Corporations Senate Committee On Brownsville Senate Magdalena Bay Navy Department Washington Harry Orchard Fremont Wood Caldwell Idaho Porto Rico House of Delegates Charles W. Morse Alfred H. Curtis United States Circuit Court New York Sarah Chamberlin Weed Philadelphia Elizabeth Bally Hardee Pennsylvania Chicago David Waldo Independence Baltimore Knickerbocker Trust Company Democratic State Committee of Minnesota John A. Johnson Owen Priester Salkehatchie Brough Common Pleas Jerome N York Wisconsin Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Aay Company Argent Provinces Mason City Michigan C. J. Barnett Bay Gi Mich Daniel Stewart Upper Alton Ill Canton Henry Schoenfeldt Riverside Ind Dville First National Bank Tipty Ind Eugene H. Cobnrich San Francisco B Ness Alexander Lucier Leondon Mount Sterley Brocton Mass Sanga John T. Dower Worcester Young M' Christian Association Harmarville William T. Manning Jon B. Parker Milwaukee Apollo Ha Jessie Daw Brooklyn Fishkill Casing N. Y Antonio Strollo Antonio Torseilla van Coylandt Park Bia T. A. Burke Joseph W. Bailey Tex Charles Aldrich Fouder State Historical Department of Town Kalamazoo Mich Danyage Giuseppe Alia Tiial Denver Col Leo Heinrichs Congress Point Loma Cal Department Admiral Evans Connecticut Frank Conley D Lodge Mont James Robinson Japan Peki Macao Costos Charles E. Hughes Republicanate Committee York D. J. Hughes New Rochelle Onion Lumber Company Paul, Minn Manitoba Army Supreme Court Nashville

Philippine Islands Count Revised to 2600 in Official Chart

Official charting shows the Philippine Islands number about 2600. Previously, counts ranged from 1200 to 2000 after government surveys. Many islands are too small to appear on standard maps.

Philippine Islands

Magnitude of Pana ma canal project and Dutch relief schemes

The canal report notes concrete for locks could build over 22,000 eight room houses, illustrating scale. It contrasts with welfare in Holland where few able-bodied paupers are found and a 5,000 acre land tract is split into six model farms for relief seekers. A forced labor colony sends vagrants to farm work.

Panama Holland

Limited Denatured Alcohol Mills Grow Slowly in Nation

The commissioner of internal revenue reports only ten mills established nationwide for denatured alcohol. The piece notes that despite the potential benefits, starting a new industry takes time to build a system that connects consumer with producer.

Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Gift of cut glass says a lot about her

A writer notes that Christmas money ran short and hopes his wife’s birthday is still ahead. He quips that the only gift always acceptable to a woman is something in cut glass. The line embodies the idea that, like cut glass, she reveals new beauties the longer one studies her.

Nothing succeeds like success Henry Farman aviation prize invitees

Henry Farman, who flew to win a $10,000 prize in Paris, has received invitations to repeat the feat in various European capitals. The public still seeks evidence that air navigation is practically achieved for everyday use, noting that airships must become common and practical before the average citizen accepts the solution as real.

Henry Farman Parlgs

Iowa News Roundup Delivers Murders, Escapes, and Industry

A wide Iowa wire reports several incidents including a miner fatally struck by a switch engine, a prisoner escape from Iowa City jail and recapture, and government mail service expansion from Fort Dodge. Other items note arrests for train wreck attempts, divorce cases, stolen mail sacks, factory bonds, oil rumors near Centerville, suicides, courtroom rulings, and bank safe cracking.

James McCulloch Northwestern Yerlek Iowa City Robertson Fort Dodge Des Moines Boone Boxham Charles Benham Muscatine Guthrie Oklo Harry Jones Walter Johnson Lockridge Burlington Robert Weihe Sioux City Wethe Iowa Central Mason City Oskaloosa Commercial Club American Supply Company Roy Novinger Sidney Joe Rolf Con Centerville Black Coal Company Centerville Jorgen Petersen Nevada Johanna Mare Neilson Petersen Denmark Moller L. D. Ashby Red Oak Modale Benson Dubuque Frank Honicek Honicek

A Week's News From Home and Foreign Lands

Madame Anna Gould sails from Cherbourg with her three children bound for New York. Harry K Thaw faced divorce summons from Evelyn Nesbit Thaw as legal action continues. The dry details cover fraud probes in a Louisiana primary, a jury acquittal in Ohio, and various political and social events across the United States and abroad.

Mme Anna Gould Cherbourg New York Harry K. Thaw Evelyn Nesbit Thaw W. C. Thaw Democratic State Central Committee John B. Lindsey McArthur, O Miller Cleveland Burke Collinwood Clarke Arkansas Senate Gov. Guild Massachusetts Italy Kansas The Methodist Episcopal Church Topeka Kan J.T. McFarland Beatrice Thomas Metcalf S. R. Hamill Terre Haute Ind St. Paul Minn New York and New Jersey Metal Trades Association Anthony J. Drexel, Jr Philadelphia Thornton Kemp Amite C. F. Hyde White House Washington First International Mothers’ Congress Houston Tex International & Great Northern Railroad Joseph Genetti Belleville Ill Royal Castle Christiania King Haakon Warren McKay Canada Tenino Wash Jesse Overstreet Indianapolis C. McR. Winslow A. L. Key van Cleave, Miss Merchants’ Bank Omaha Neb San Francisco and County Ambassador Takahira Japan Society James Rathbun Tomahawk N. C Birmingham Rheus Miller Mount Vernon N. Y Winkinsburg Edward Doan Saginaw Mich John Milwhse Sebewaing Saginaw Bay National Immigration League Newark N. J New Jersey Prince Ludwig Menelik Abyssinia Germany Senate Investigating Committee On Naval Affairs House Committee On Banking Williams California Supreme Court Eugene J. Schmitz San Francisco Lima Peru Panama Ramirez Arbelaez Pedricktown Bridgeport Count Boni de Castellane Paris Prince Helle de Sagan Waukegan Philip W. Mothersill WG. Vollva Zion City

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