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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1905
Page
6
The article notes how italics dominated 1920s London Figaro critiques of politics drama and society with every other word italicized. It adds how SOS era women journalists underlined most words except prepositions and conjunctions, a habit carried by many writers today.
The article notes that fishes date to about 75 million years ago and large amphibians 25 million years before present. Dinosaurs lived around 15.6 million years ago, primitive horses appeared about 10 million years later, and no evidence of man exists yet, illustrating man as a late comer in geologic time.
A fractured OCR passage presents a playful, archaic debate among characters about a Timetsemien event. It mentions a quadroon and octoreon seeking resolution, with Squire PMillags and Bantre Billings as figures in a solemn, public decision. The source mimics period newspaper tone.
Russia houses 30,000,000 acres crown forests and 308,000,000 acres state farmed land under the national exchequer. The Czar uses 27,000 wood police who harvest about 12,000,000 tons annually mainly for firewood. Two decades ago US woodcutters felled 10,000 acres daily.
The expression denotes subjugation of the state or civil rights to church authority. It recalls Henry II of Germany failing to resist papal power in 1077 and his subsequent submission to Pope Gregory VII.
A short meditation on life character linking daily habits to inner purity. It argues that the essential issue is the quality of our thoughts and the sincerity of our aims rather than outward concerns such as eating, dress, or activity.
A historic device called a calculating table is described as the property of Levenson, a banker from Lubeck. Its glass face hides reels of figured tape, and turning a handle enables the banker to perform simple calculations.
Story notes harmful dog superstitions among the Pueblo Indians. If a dog hears barking at the moon or howls to music he is to be killed. If the animal is crippled or maimed he will bring trouble upon the master unless drowned.
Seventy men fished five hours in Dover under the Sea Anglers' Association. The heaviest fish prize went to a whiting weighing six ounces.
Brazil praises its mosquito brigades for nearly eradicating yellow fever in Rio de Janeiro. Last summer only fifty cases occurred in the Brazilian camps, a dramatic drop from the prior weekly total.
Seals emit a wailing cry that resembles a human woman's grieving voice, as they mourn the loss or capture of their offspring. The description emphasizes the haunting, plaintive tone of the seals' calls rather than animalistic sounds.
The note explains a traditional Sunday time rule in Heligoland where Sunday begins at p.m. on Saturday with the tolling of the church bell and ends on Sunday at the same hour. Historically no vessel could leave port during this interval.
Turkish women gain control over private fortunes only after marriage and may dispose of one third of it without the husband's consent. The rule reflects a practice where a spouse holds limited property rights within marriage.
The tale of Mother Goose notes her husband Isaac Goose and credits her rhymes’ printing to son-in-law Thomas Fleet, a Boston printer, marking the early origins of the famous nursery verse lineage.
A brief Chicago Chronicle item notes money speaks in many ways as people bid farewell to finances, reflecting on how cash and economic forces shape everyday life.
A terse note states that no snow remains near the sea coast and that no country imposes a perpetual snow fine reaching the shoreline. The remark contrasts climate and legal measures affecting coastal regions.
A raft of late 19th century Iowa items tracks trials and deaths from Oskaloosa to Des Moines. Aylesworth gets five years for horse theft. a library election poses cost questions. Dvorak dies after a gas incident in Nebraska. counterfeiting arrests surface near Milford. Machinery and rail plans loom as peat bricks and electric lines advance, plus editor Freid W Faulkes dies in Missouri.
The governor named F. Li Kennedy to succeed the late Judge George W Wakefield in the fourth district. The report notes railroad investments by C B & Q in Creston and Chariton, a serious injury to Jas Hazelbaker, and court actions including a livery receiver appointment for Hahn & Smith in Clarion. The Nativity of local banks and a fatal scalding death in Radcliffe are also detailed with multiple other local items.
Des Moines reports three major measures likely to be pressed in the coming session. A statewide primary law enabling US senator nominations, abolition of railroad passes except for bona fide employees, and a law to sell mileage books usable by all family members. The mileage plan could raise railroad income, while freight-rate cuts may reduce revenue.
Waterloo reports George W. Bowder’s breach of promise suit against Mrs. J H Curtiss ended as he wed Madame Fugenie De Lafayette, a renowned French pianist, in Chicago on December 9. The dismissal followed news of Bowder’s marriage, after a sensational suit seeking 18500 with 15000 for breach plus expenses. Bowder had planned to marry Mrs Hartman last winter before she eloped with Er W W Curtiss of Waverly.
In March 22 reports from Manson and Cedar Rapids, Dr Tousley, an elderly corn doctor who had lived in Sioux City, died of heart failure at the Long Hotel after arriving recently. He carried 11 cents and may be buried locally. Editor F W Faulkes of the Cedar Rapids Gannette died of heart disease in Excelsior Springs Missouri after a prolonged illness.
The Hawkeye Gold Mining company reports a cash shortage between 10 000 and 14 000 dollars during a session. A resolution limits further levies on the company stock. Frank Jackson of DesFlaines was named one of four new directors. Some remarks note marriage out of weariness of love. Knowledge learned is power earned.
At Homestead Iowa a westbound Rock Island train derailed after a rail was removed and spikes drawn from another. Detectives and a sheriff seek robbers who fled. Sixty five passengers escaped injury as the engine and cars plunged down a thirty foot embankment. several crew members injured.
James Blee shot and killed his half brother Isaac Sailer at Swan near Des Moines after a quarrel over land division. Blee surrendered to Sheriff Byboo and faces first degree murder charges claiming self defense. Both men, described as wealthy farmers, were married and in their forties.
A gas explosion at the H. H. Kneebone residence in Sioux City killed Mrs. Harland Newton of Sheldon Nebraska and her nine year old son John after ignition trapped them upstairs. Kneebone tried to save them but was unable as flames engulfed the house. The two bodies were recovered from the debris.
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