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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1909
Page
3
Practical notes on feed, care, and housing for horses sheep pigs cattle and poultry. Advice covers fodder quality, calving needs, chicks, turkeys, shelter belts, garden protection, fence setup, tree planting, and soil improvement with specific, hard-edged farming actions and cautions.
A writer offers free advice on building, praising a large 83 by 46 foot residence with a raised foundation and basement. He warns against basement kitchens for health reasons, recounting doctors’ opposition and the dangers of downstair labor while advocating sturdy construction and elevated first floors.
A Radford editor style feature surveys porch popularity for healthful fresh air. The plan describes four upstairs bedrooms and a large downstairs bedroom, plus a rear screened porch and a convenient laundry area beneath the back stairs. It notes modern basements returning in favor with wired heating plants and hot water systems, arguing hot water costs and comfort advantages over steam.
A Rochester N Y political gathering planned by a state Democrat leader included a dinner for Democratic editors and newspaper men. He sought a musical quartet, paid ten dollars to each singer, and asked about their dressing and number of members as part of the scheme.
Clifford H. Easton describes Labrador football in Agava with a sealskin ball stuffed with grass. Players use short-handled slings of seal hide to throw, kick, or carry the ball. Rough play includes tossing opponents, blocking, pushing, and tripping as part of the game.
A teacher asks about the Transfiguration on the mount and who was transfigured. Marker hesitates, then says he cannot recall the name, but notes the figure who slept 80 years after being up there. The snippet reflects a memory lapse and a comic classroom moment from Succaas Magazine.
Countess Marguerite Cassini, famed as the adopted daughter of the former Russian ambassador in Washington, intends to pursue operatic work. She has studied in Paris with Jean de Rosarke, and friends note her voice quality. Known as a premier social leader, she has lived worldwide, speaks several languages, and has a passion for dress, with a vast wardrobe and multiple French maids during society seasons.
The Cosmos Club of Washington, a historic gathering of scientists and scholars, discussed Dr. R. H. Chapman's report on featherless chicks hatched near Delhi New Mexico. Chicks died in cold, hair growth failed, but members consider bald poultry may ease kitchen work and improve economics. Further bald poultry experiments are planned.
A 1906 Foreign Relations release shows Assistant Secretary Bacon questioned the Italian ambassador about an American girl's suitability to marry an Italian noble. Officials deny the probe related to Katherine Elking, while Rome reports Senator Telkins sought status of a marriage to a duke.
The commission led by President Taft during his tenure as secretary of war submitted plans under the public buildings act for a memorial amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery. The 84,000 square foot roofless design would cost about 95,000 with seating for 5,000 and space for many more, plus a crypt for distinguished burials, memorial busts, and portraits. Architects favored a solemn classical style aligned with old Washington colonial buildings.
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