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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1903
Page
2
When white spots appear on polished chairs or tables from moisture or heat, apply raw onion juice and leave oil on overnight to restore color. Alcohol can be used for rosewood or mahogany to lift stains, then repolish with cheesecloth and turpentine once color returns.
An American woman in Aypan found a can of mushrooms with a translation that reads odd directions. The text promises satisfaction, nutrition, and sweetness if consumed in a certain manner, or can be prepared in hot water for half an hour. It also claims the product remains proper to eat and can be kept without putrefaction for many years.
The English branch founder made St Swithin's Lane his home and office for years. Upon his death abroad, his remains were brought back and laid in state in the same famous office now run by his grandsons.
Report from Vienna states oculist Ir. Sachs has invented a device that illuminates the dark inner portion of the eye. The invention, hailed as a significant scientific advance, can render Helmholz’s ocular spe culum unnecessary in many cases. Explanations were given at the latest session of the Society of Vienna Physicians.
In Italy each regiment has pictorial post cards displaying regimental devices and battles. The cards celebrate heroic episodes and serve to spread the regiment's prestige. Offered at moderate prices to officers and soldiers for use in correspondence.
A Boston newspaper printed a list of colored persons and former slaves labeled as siets, drawing fire from critics who say the piece worsens existing rifts. The New York Telegram quotes hostile sentiment, warning that stirring up “that poet business” will widen the breach.
Dr Flick warned against moving into houses once occupied by consumptives without disinfection and against employing consumptive servants. He stressed cleanliness as a key preventive measure and urged careful health practices to reduce tuberculosis spread.
Three years ago gold rings chains and a jeweled crown were found in the grave of Duke Albrecht of Molstein who died in 1619 at Dresden Kreuz Kirche. The items were claimed by Duke Ernst Gunther and courts have now recognized his title to them.
The United States and foreign governments recently released fish with metal checks attached to identify migratory patterns. The program aims to track cod movements for scientific and regulatory purposes.
The government herd of reindeer in Alaska grows from 10,000 to 11,000 under new contract. The herd is intended to supply food and draft animals for native communities, with additional stock contracted in Siberia for future supply.
Lord Dudley shows a keen interest in golf and plans a golfing carnival at Portmarnock Hinks where he is constructing a private clubhouse. Dublin notes the forthcoming event and his ongoing golf enthusiasm.
Dr. George Birbeck III, a leading Johnson authority, died in London recently and was the editor of Boswell's Johnson. He was regarded as the foremost expert on Samuel Johnson.
A quotation attributed to New York Presa discusses selecting able workers while not discarding an otherwise serviceable group. It cautions against discarding an entire team for a single failing member and suggests practical handling of flawed assets.
The new stage work titled Life among the Russian Jews draws attention as Maxim Gorki Ip engages with the production. The project centers on Jewish life in Russia and marks a notable collaboration in contemporary theater.
Senator Joe Blackburn of Kentucky favors a large black pipe over cigars, a personal preference noted in regional chatter. The observation highlights his habit as a distinctive trait in political life and public appearances.
A Philadelphia man died after a corn on his toe worsened, leading to fatal complications. Medical officials say the condition escalated despite treatment. The incident highlights risks of untreated foot infections in older adults.
Washington reports the Senate approved the Cuban reciprocity pact by 50 to 29 and adjourned. An added House concurrence clause threatens the treaty’s effect, risking defeat and prompting a protracted tariff debate that could delay U.S. action and Cuba’s response before March 31 deadline.
Col W H Michael chief clerk of the state department reports the original Emancipation Proclamation may have been destroyed in the 1871 Chicago fire. A Chicago women’s society sought to display and fundraise with it, but Washington officials resisted, then allowed temporary transfer for charity. Evidence now suggests its destruction in the blaze.
Col Peter C Haines Corps of Engineers to be promoted to brigadier general and kept on active list until July 1904 retirement. He fills the vacancy created by Brigadier General Wade advancing to major general on Major General Hughes retirement April 11. Ludington and Breckinridge to major general pending Hughes retirement, creating Wade vacancy.
Congress adjourned without action on four reciprocity treaties with France Barbadoes St Croix and Newfoundland leaving the measures unresolved. The session ends with no approval or rejection of the proposed accords.
Dr Herran the Colombian charge reports the U S Senate favors the Panama Canal treaty and he has sent official notice to Bogota. He expects his government to proceed with ratification arrangements in Bogota without waiting for formal mail notice.
The Post Office Department issued a fraud order against Crystal Novelty Company of Chicago. It advertised paying fifteen dollars per thousand for home written letters and charged six decades for articles used. Respondents received five sheets of paper and a specimen facial ointment.
Senator Cullom will likely stay in the East about a month. He is set to preside at a meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia on April 18 and is scheduled for a speech there. He may choose to return home temporarily and come back for the engagement.
The President sent to the Senate nominations for new consuls including Albert W. Swain now consul at Montevideo, for Southampton England, John Hopley now consul at Southampton at Montevideo, Uruguay, and Clarence Rice Slocum of New York named for Warsaw Russia.
Johnstown Pa March 20 A runaway train of twenty three cars wrecked on a dip smashing the rear car into which the remaining twenty two cars crashed killing three men injuring nine others. The accident happened as men were leaving the mine after washing down the shaft.
Rev. John Brown preached in Wabash on Earthly Follies warning no woman with plumes on her hat could enter heaven. Four women with plumed hats left to rear, tore off their plumes, and cast them into the stove as a visible act of defiance.
The Dutch bark Amicitia loaded with petroleum is on fire at La Roque near Bordeaux. The vessel, which arrived at Blaye on February 27 after leaving New York January 23, carried 700 barrels of oil and is expected to be a total loss with several fires reported aboard.
The United States warship Albany was preparing to sail from Algiers when a slight propulsion derangement forced a delay in her departure. No casualties are reported and the ship remains in port pending repairs.
Bangkok telegram says an agent of J Pierpont Morgan is bidding for the concession of the entire tin mining industry of Siamese Mayala. The report places the potential deal amid a broader push by Morgan interests into Southeast Asian resources.
Washington March 20 Justice Day is reported to be improving steadily. His condition is regarded by his physicians as very satisfactory.
Havana March 20. No new yellow fever cases or quarantines reported as island ports remain cleared by Florida authorities.
Lawyers for the Wabash railroad argued the unions conspired to injure the road and denied workers grievances while union attorneys countered that employees have a right to strike if aggrieved. The hearings addressed federal protection for railroads and the legality of union influence on workers quitting.
London March 20. Commissioners Skinner and Noyes, appointed to study Chinese labor for mining in Johannesburg, Transvaal, have arrived in London. They will sail to New York on the Umbria March 28, then proceed to California to investigate methods of employing Chinese workers there.
St Petersburg March 20 Interior Minister von Plehwe informed the city mayor that Murray A Verner of Pittsburg Pa had his application for the St Petersburg and Moscow traction franchises refused by the government.
Miss Susie Benler aged 19 and a Normal School student here is dead. She is the seventh victim of the grip and typhoid fever epidemic prevailing in Stevens Point Wisconsin as of March 20.
In San Francisco on March 20 a meeting of more than seventy California mine owners pledged 300000 dollars to fund a prolonged fight against the Western Miners association.
New York March 20 Mrs Henry V Lovell claims the title of Americas oldest actress as she marks her 86th anniversary. She was long associated with Edwin Booth Edwin Forrest and Charlotte Cushman in the theater world.
Berlin March 20 The admiralty after prior refusal to test turbine vessels has ordered one turbine torpedo boat built at Elbing shipyard to experiment with turbine propulsion.
London reports that Lord Roberts commander in chief of the forces announced a practical agreement for an official visit to the United States in September.
Carbondale Illinois March 20 Marion Price jailed with Bud Graves confessed a fatal attack on Mrs Nellie Reichelderfer a schoolteacher He said he struck her in her yard then threw her into a hog pen where hogs mangled her body The confession mentions Miss Lizale Stafford sister to the victim but officials doubt that claim Price and Graves aged 21 and 19 will be tried for murder The motive appears to be robbery with only one dollar found in the house and the victim was wealthy
In Bluefield West Virginia on March 20 a dynamite box exploded while workers were eating lunch on Main street, killing I. B. G. Davison, David Steele, and John Harris. Traveling salesman J. F. Craddock and two messenger boys were seriously injured. Steel walked to a hospital before dying, with both eyes blown out and facial injuries. Windows and twenty passenger cars were shattered.
In La Porte Indiana March 20 the Appellate court upheld school boards power to compel vaccination of pupils and rigid enforcement will follow across ninety six counties. Dr Hurty state health secretary cites smallpox scourge unless radical measures are enforced. Terre Haute case involved a child kept out of school over vaccination.
Petersburg Indiana March 20 Mrs Aurville Catt living three miles below here was shot by an unknown assailant while she sang with two sisters in her home A bullet struck through a window penetrating the skull Doctors say she cannot recover Bloodhounds were put on the trail The couple were divorced last fall
Surgeons at Mercy hospital in Pittsburg amputated the entire right upper limb of Amelia Zone a two year old girl due to a malignant growth. The procedure extended to the collarbone and shoulder blade. The child withstood the operation well and is expected to recover.
New York March 20 Gov Odell's life has been threatened by an assassin Extra precautions are being taken to guard the chief executive and any suspicious persons near the capitol will be arrested.
At a cabinet meeting on March 20 the decision was made to advertise for bids to vary the battleship Maine and the wrecks of the Spanish warships along the coast.
Step Shamrock s mast at James Watts dock in Greenock Scotland was stopped and placed with Sir Thomas Lipton watching the operation as Shamrock III, the new challenger, reaches a milestone on March 20.
The Hague report states the strike situation is growing graver daily as Queen Wilhelmina orders all troops mobilized and the militia service of 1902 kept under arms for an indefinite period.
A fire in Pepperell Massachusetts began at Griffin's shoe factory and spread to twenty buildings, consuming a factory and many homes. Estimated loss is about 300000 dollars with extensive damage across the area.
Berlin report says a duel between an army officer and civilian Herr Bamberg ended with Bamberg shot dead. The clash occurred March 20 as tensions rose in the city.
Buffalo March 20 details a letter in which Arthur R. Pennell threatened to kill Edwin L. Burdick. Reports show Burdick manhandled his wife to obtain access to papers, then used them to seize her property including Pennell’s letters and detective reports. Detectives tracked Burdick for over a year.
Vienna March 20 The war minister forbids all officers to join the Anti-duelling league and directs the league to resign. He argues that membership would place officers in opposition to the military courts of honor which receive official sanction.
In Manistee Michigan on March 20 Joseph Bradley a discharged farm hand killed his employer Mrs Bowerman a widow and seriously wounded her 11 year old daughter Nola. He then placed the revolver to his temple and shot himself ending the tragedy.
March 20 Newport Rhode Island. Mray Frederick Neilson and elder daughter Mrs Arthur Kemp preparing for the marriage of Miss Cathleen Neilson to Reginald Vanderbilt. Ceremony expected April 15 according to reports.
The Manila Manila March 20 statement of the customs revenues for the Philippine Archipelago for 1902 shows a steady increase over prior years. Revenues are listed as 1902 at 9,018,353 and 1901 at 8,345,017 alongside earlier figures.
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