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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
2
Gil and I chase a lost letter crucial to a plan as we trail a daring highway ambush along a heath road. A magenta coach and a revealing performance by a bold lady test our nerve and the paper’s fate hangs on the next hour.
A brisk fragment describes a journey near London claiming that a single day felt as long as twelve for the narrator, evoking travel tone and mood without concrete events. Strong entities include London and chapter reference, suggesting a literary travel sketch.
A traveling man recalls a stylish brunette on a Chicago bound train who shows how a pompadour can hide money. She uncovers a roll of bills tucked in her hair after paying for a diner meal, claiming the hairstyle is safer for travelers.
Robert Hunter, head worker at a New York university settlement, reports that despite the child labor law and inspector presence one factory employs 300 children under 14. He cites another site with a 9 year old worker, his 7 year old sister, a younger brother, and a 3 year old girl at labor, earning about 19 cents a day.
Morales pledges to settle the republic’s debts while Belgium presses for Santo Domingo customs receipts of 25,883 dollars a month. U.S. delays on a treaty and foreign claims threaten stability as Dominican ports face potential seizure and the Monroe Doctrine is debated. Police and naval movements mix with fears of uprisings as Morale’s 1,200 men prepare to defend the government.
Reading, Pa March 23 That Berks county farmer Adam W Moyer of Rehrersburg slaughters more hogs and cattle for his own use than any other in eastern Pennsylvania. He just finished his fifth butchering with a winter total of five cattle totaling 8 268 pounds and twenty nine hogs weighing 7 746 pounds.
Lancaster March 23. Thomas Cummings aged 80 sustained injuries in a trolley wreck on a steep hill near Martic Forge while returning from his wife's funeral. Burial car ran out of control and he is expected to die.
In Center Moriches New York on March 23 a burglar stole one hundred dollars from David Thompson an elderly infirm man and later returned the money. It was found tied to the outside doorknob of his residence.
Emperor William in Bremen vows never to seek world mastery. He pledges to keep bayonets and cannon ready but argues for peaceable neighborhood status. He urges youth to avoid discord, hopes for lasting golden peace as he sails to the Mediterranean aboard the Hamburg.
Attorney Daniel Noyes uncovered the missing ninety nine year lease by the grandparents of Mrs Jane Tilt of Laporte which would establish her claim to a 100 acre tract used by the town of Orwigsburg Pennsylvania valued at about 1 million dollars. She will pursue legal steps to claim the land.
Lincoln Nebraska March 23 8 The state senate seeks economy in closing days of the session by trimming all spending including charity work for two years The state board of charities is cut off without an appropriation and the board of prison visitors will have no funds at its command.
Sir U Henry Irving's United States and Canadian tour is postponed for a year by doctors' advice due to strain. His health is improving.
John White son of the late G G White, a noted distiller, was found dead in his Paris Kentucky bedroom on March 23. His two collie dogs were discovered standing guard over the remains, showcasing unexpected loyalty in the aftermath.
Milwaukee newspaper reports Mrs. J Dorgan of Chicago found her son Earl Aldrich in Milwaukee after ten months of searching. The reunion occurred in the city on March 23.
Madison Wis March 23 The senate laid over the anti cigarette bill for a week. Friends of the measure fear for its passage.
Jackson Miss March 23 Joan W Gates has quit and retires from business after years of guiding Wall Street ventures in modern finance He defected to Mexico for rest where quinsy weakened him and prompted a withdrawal He plans to hand practical control to son Charles G Gates in New York before resuming with Harris Gates Co Gates rose from barbed wire to steel to a leading Wall Street figure shaping the steel trust era He has long been a noted poker player and turf figure with past gains from American Steel and Wire and United States Steel Corp
The new Arkansas trust law takes effect today forcing about seventy nonresident old line fire insurers to stop business in the state due to heavy penalties for rating bureau membership. Firms willing to file affidavits declaring they are not in rating bureaus elsewhere may continue operations in Arkansas.
Unknown assailants attempted to wreck the eastbound No 2 limited on the Pennsylvania three miles east of Ada. A farmer spotted ties stacked on the track and signaled the train just in time.
Medford Mass March 23 Rev Hlmer 4H Capen D D president of Tufts college died at his home here of pneumonia. He was 67 and had led Tufts since 1875.
In Louisville Kentucky on March 23 Judge Evans instructed the federal grand jury to examine alleged cases of peonage within the Louisville district. The directive signals a formal inquiry into coercive labor practices amid growing federal scrutiny of forced labor issues.
The Jacksonville Republican city convention unanimously renominated Mayor John R. Davis for malfeasance in office after he was recently indicted.
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