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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a quirky or garbled notice from Milburn Buffalo area NY involving an elf like figure and weak hearts. Specific names or facts are unclear but the snippet hints at a local or whimsical report from an old newspaper.
A fragmented line presents a cheerfully defiant tone about art as fortune while addressing poverty and crime, reflecting a terse, stylized voice in a short historical newspaper segment. The readable portion centers on art and personal fate amid social strain.
A 19th century style notice warns of spring grip attacks and promotes Lane's Pleasant Tablets costing 25 cents a box sold by druggists and dealers. Readers are urged to send 25 cents to Orator F. Woodward of Le Roy New York for a sample.
A Cleveland Leader cartoon quotes a man told to deny fault in a quarrel with his wife and then buy her something nice. The gag hinges on strategic pandering as a marriage fixer.
A terse exchange depicts a working man denying luxury needs while coping with a harsh cold. The speaker rejects rest as unaffordable, insisting continued labor despite ill health and calling the illness a mere nuisance.
State legislature debates wide ranging measures on saloon control and liquor laws. Bills would raise saloon bonds, curb sales to inebriates, limit saloons per population, and bar liquor sales by druggists without prescriptions. A new pharmacy board or commissioner is proposed with set salary and bond, plus utilities regulation changes. Betsy Smith pardon request moves to parole board for case dating from 1894.
The piece warns homeowners to trust a skilled painter and not micromanage. It cites common errors by owners and incompetent rivals, argues interference leads to poor finishes, and notes cost in wasted paint. It promotes the National Lead Co painting outfit for guidance and pure white lead through its Dutch Boy trademark.
A friend advises drastic measures for the many children of an old woman in a shoe. Suggestions include sending one to a factory, others to doctors, a mine, public school, and a pure food diet. Once enacted, the woman enjoys quiet but lonely life.
A maid tells Mr. Hunter they are incompatible despite respect and affection. The rejected suitor sighs over a future home with an oversized pantry and a roomy closet for new cooking utensils. The maid asks for time to reconsider as a reluctance to end the engagement lingers.
The Kansas City Journal reports Elder W. H. Underwood state senate chaplain walking with a friend near his Clay Center home. A companion teased about his choice of company and Underwood replied he would not stop.
Albert Nelson, an ex-Oregon farmer from Benton County, recalls leaving in 1904 for the Canadian prairies. He describes rich, virgin soil in Goose Lake country, yields of oats and wheat, affordable land at 12 to 16 dollars per acre, and a dry healthy climate with long-term farming potential. The piece ends with a gag about patient taking pills in water.
The Carey Act sale offers 100 irrigated farms at 50 cents per acre in Cooper Lake Wyoming. Applicants with water rights may pay cash $5 per acre or $3 per acre annually for ten years, plus free railroad fare, accommodations, and deed to two town lots for applications before May 1. Details are provided by Tallmadge Buntin Land Co Chicago.
A reader warns that coffee and tea supply caffeine and uric acid linked to obscure ailments and rheumatic attacks. A Washington woman recalls long illness from coffee and credits Postum after months of use with full recovery.
Freddie resists the doctor’s medicine while his mother reassures it is Siniment. The dialogue captures a skeptical child and a coaxing caregiver in a humorous domestic vignette from Har pera weekly.
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