This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1903
Page
2
A compact column riffs on law, royalty, races, and commerce. Quotes skein of opinions on ignorance as excuse for lawyers, European sociability of monarchs, race car and aviation effects on deaths, rising diamond prices, and summer stock. Mentions Lipton, C Oliver Iselin, Parkhurst, and various global affairs with wry humor.
Buffalo Bill admits he is a millionaire and reveals plans to retire from show business soon, signaling a major shift for his famed touring production and entertainment legacy.
The column mocks sensational boasts from various figures. It notes a would be Niagara Falls stunt with a dentist twist, contrasts fearsome questions and sports bravado with civic power, praises a rapid Broadway like writing effort, and jokes about Dr Jacques electricity from coal and Rockefeller tax woes.
Prominent figure Dr. A Conan Doyle is touted as the sole person capable of unraveling the Burdick murder mystery and is said to expect payment around one dollar per word for his investigative work.
Russell Sage has retired from active business, and reports denying plans to spend three afternoons weekly playing ping pong with Mrs Hetty Green. The statement clarifies Sage will not engage in that social activity as described.
A Missouri stance gains notoriety by making chicken stealing a felony and now argues for elevating mule theft to a capital crime in a logic driven expansion of penalties. The proposal highlights crime severity and deterrence themes.
Henry Ward Beecher's experience with the contribution plate gave him notable skill. The anecdote notes the congregation could not fool him with pants buttons, underscoring his sharp discernment in church giving.
Minister Bowen told Yale students that Venezuela is no place for young men from the United States. He added that for American young men of the right sort there is no place like home.
Granting Sir Thomas’s claims on Shamrock II’s speed, the Reliance is expected to move as races unfold, not remaining stationary. The note hints at a competitive clash between the vessels as they contend in the event.
A Maine man who built a business exporting cat o nine tails travels to London and discovers a ready market for his wares, a notion that apparently had not occurred to anyone before.
A poet laments a misprint of his work Bad-scented April Evenings in the New York Times. He argues the error reveals his poor handwriting and urges correction or better proofing by printers.
On March 20 the Philadelphia Inquirer claimed stock is freezing out in Wyoming, yet buds bloom. The forecast hints at snow in Philadelphia the following day with odds of two to one.
President Roosevelt’s Iowa tour drew massive crowds in Des Moines and several smaller towns with unreserved ovations. He praised Iowa’s farming spirit, spoke to veterans, and urged civic unity, liberty under law, and practical reforms, noting Iowa’s influence on his cabinet and national policy.
A collage of chaffing dialogue and odd facts from a vintage paper includes brash banter about letters of recommendation, a railroad workers’ day, and a claim the modern press cures cold and poverty. Quips touch on sleeping positions of Japanese, compass diagrams in homes, and social jests about love and music amid light headlines.
The Board of Control releases 1902 to 1908 data showing escapes by inebriates in Mount Pleasant, Cherokee, and Independence facilities. Of 120 admitted at Cherokee and 22 at Mount Pleasant, 7 percent escaped, with most escapes from Mt Pleasant. Thirty three transfers occurred from Cherokee to Independence. total insane admissions sum to 694 across four institutions.
Postmaster General Payne sent to Attorney General Knox new evidence about the seizure of papers from the assistant attorney general's office. The material, including statements by George A. C. Christiancy and Tyner's associates, suggests a willful law violation and asks that the case be referred to the U S attorney for grand jury action.
Osceola April 27 Clarke county joins a broad Iowa movement to raise rural teachers wages from 28 to 36 dollars monthly. Four townships voted to raise wages by five dollars, four more have independent districts already elevating pay, with broad public backing for stronger schools and county superintendent W C Davis winning another term amid calls for rural consolidation trial.
Mason City gains a $2000000 gift with the deed of the National Military College building and campus to the Sons of Veterans of the United States. The two stipulations require use for educational purposes and a permanent lien ban. The project aims to endow ongoing schooling and secure the site within city limits.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.