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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1903
Page
6
A fragment from The Herald of Eudora Iowa parodies culture, politics, and society with satirical notices. It mentions Kipling, Dr Gatling, Cornell pensions, Lipton, royal scandals, and a German smokeless powder purchase, weaving a mosaic of late 19th or early 20th century references and curiosities.
Congratulations flow for Mrs. Ormsby mother of famous quadruplets while Mr Ormsby endures an overlooked melancholy plight.
A Philadelphia minister urges young women to first ensure a suitor is thoroughly reformed before marriage, questioning the wisdom of marrying a man to change him later. He argues reform should occur prior to commitment, warning of enduring faults after vows.
A Kansas City telephone clerk receives 12500 dollars in damages after a manager shook her physically. Mora notes it is better to communicate by talking to a telephone girl.
Count Tolstoi argues that piling up vast riches is an evil act while good deeds prosper as the counterbalance. The paradox suggests virtue will always outnumber vice in human action, framing wealth as a moral test.
The monarch has joined four clubs over the past year. If the queen distrusts his late arrivals it shows she will not listen to reason.
The Baltimore city directory lists a population of 664,726, about 155,768 more than the 1900 census. Publishers are credited as enterprising for the sizable discrepancy. England weighs the food supply issue amid foreign war, noting good terms with the United States could ensure abundant food.
Mr. and Mrs. Cormac McCallis of Hazleton Penn have just had their twenty third child. Mrs. McCallis is forty five and was married at seventeen.
W A Richards former deputy United States marshal travels from Des Moines to Knoxville to post bonds for two charges in Marion county arising from the Sullivan robbery. He faces larceny from a building and breaking and entering a burning at night, with bonds set at 2500 and 1500 dollars.
Arlington hotel in West Union destroyed by fire. Four injured, one possibly dying, including Mrs MecClintock and Julius Olesen. Bertha Olesen and Jack Conlin also burned. Fire started in basement and spread quickly. firefighters unable to stop the blaze. Loss estimated at 13000 dollars.
Washington March 25 The Post says EL Clark of Cedar Rapids Iowa president of the Order of Railway Conductors is slated for assistant secretary in the department of commerce. Roosevelt told a caller he has practically decided upon an assistant secretary and a Western senator places Clark as the appointee. Henderson attorney for corporation Dubuque March 21 Col D B Henderson says he has not yet decided which offer to take likely going to New York to represent a big corporation at a fine salary. offers include Chicago and a major American corporation in Mexico. Boone Store Is Entered March 21 Boon store burglarized Simupsen's jewelry store. watches and jewelry taken valued at $150. No clue.
G A Griswold banker of Mason Iowa is killed in a hold-up on the Santa Monica electric line near Los Angeles. Three other passengers are seriously injured as robbers fire on the crowd after disabling the car. Griswold is shot while trying to shield his watch. he dies before Sawtelle. Miss Anna Funk is grazed by a bullet.
Washington March 23 Edward J Clark head of the Order of Railway Conductors and Iowa man who helped on the anthracite arbitration will not return to law making. Roosevelt will appoint him to a distinct post with a salary likely four to five thousand dollars a year. Gray chairman of the arbitration commission praises Clark as a remarkably capable and clear minded worker. Roosevelt intends to keep him in Washington and may offer another suitable position or keep watch for a better one.
Des Moines prepares for the state good roads convention on April 15 with Governor Cummins issuing the call. About 1,500 delegates from every region are expected to participate and choose 55 members to attend the international good roads meeting in St. Louis from April 27 to May 2. Secretary John Hay has invited 4,500 officials, with engineers from across the country scheduled to speak to delegates.
Jealous wife shoots at Lieutenant Bertie Faulke of Sioux City Rescue Mission through a partition, grazing her forehead. The husband fled to Omaha. no arrests reported. In Iowa Falls, blacksmith Robert Wilson is fatally or seriously injured when a horse steps on him after he’s thrown while shoeing. He’s undergoing skull surgery with possible recovery.
President Roosevelt reappointed Judge Joseph R. Reed of Iowa as chief justice of the United States court of private land claims and named associate justices Henry C. Sluss from Kansas WL Nam W. Murray of Tennessee Wilbur F. Stone of Colorado and Frank J. Osborne of North Carolina. The text includes unrelated quoted dialogue.
Seymour resident Captain Hiram Evans aged about 84 was struck and killed by an eastbound Rock Island freight as he crossed near the Wayne hotel. He fathered six children including H R Evans of Corydon. a Civil War veteran and prominent local banker with wealth over $100,000. His sixtieth wedding anniversary was noted in 1902.
Des Moines reports a nearly 2.5 million increase in deposits of Iowa state and savings banks from February 6 to December 8, 1902. The statement shows broader bank expansion, higher capital, and overall sound banking conditions with 327 savings and 237 state banks on February 6, and 566 banks total at the prior call.
Des Moines reports the Goldstone estate settlement after litigation. An executor’s sale transferred the dry goods stock to Isaac Goodman and Sam Redstone who plan to form a new company under the old Goldstone name. About 16000 in bequests go to Ohio and New York benevolent institutions, with Iowa receiving roughly 6000 in collateral inheritance tax. Dickinson Cleared in Embezzlement Case. A separate Independence note says Wit Ha P Dickinson was found not guilty after a three year audit into dealings with Hamilton Browne and the Boone Valley Railroad company. A Manly Junction flour mill burned, losses around 6000 with insurance at 2500.
Ten Indiana coal firms and ten operators were restrained by Judge Kohl in the U S circuit court from continuing a price and output cartel. The order, issued April 6, cites Sherman Act violations and bars all parties from contracts or actions that would fix prices or limit output, pending a hearing. Names include Crescent Coal and Mining, Braillette Creel, Wabash Valley, Oak Hill, and Indiana Fuel, with individuals listed among the defendants. No opposition was offered when the order was entered.
London announces Mrs Florence Maybrick the American wife of James Maybrick who was found guilty of poisoning her husband with arsenic in Liverpool in 1897 will be released from prison in 1904. The Home Office cites the forthcoming release to seek postponement of lawsuits over her land claims in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia. Officials say Akers-Douglas aided the decision with support from Britain while Ambassador Herbert was not involved.
Washington announces the president re appoints Dr W D Crum colored as collector of customs at Charleston D C and William B Byrnes US district attorney for Delaware. Both nominations failed in the recent senate session but will hold until the next congressional session.
At Manly Junction on March 2 a newly built flouring mill burned to the ground incurring a loss of 6000 dollars. The structure was insured for 4500 dollars, while officials reported the incident as a major local fire risk.
In a heated session the Chamber of Deputies rejected all applications for authorization by preaching orders, with a 804 to 340 vote. Premier Combes argued for suppressing such congregations, saying they threaten republican progress and would replace regular clergy. The move targets orders including the English passionist church group on Avenue Hoche and American Catholics.
From Montevideo and Washington reports confirm the Uruguay revolution's end with peace signed between the government and rebels. Rejoicing follows as the political balance remains unchanged. Separate dispatch notes the White demand settlement and a Mindanao skirmish involving Ladrones and Constable Clarke are reported from the Philippines.
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