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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1905
Page
7
Less than two years after marriage Gayman began neglecting promises to stay away from the club. He arrived home at night at all hours, making excuses less often. His wife played a quiet game, steering him to leave for the club and return on time, but the pattern persisted as he grew more reluctant to stay in.
A Times Square host split a one dollar bill to reward a slow waiter then pocketed the other half. He boasted he would return with the remaining half to dine again and watch the waiter hustle for it, a plan recounted from the New York Times.
A young man seeking a railroad brakeman job wandered into a yard shanty and tested the men with questions. A joker taunted him that ten to fifteen men are killed daily and employment is unpredictable, sending the youth away to keep an earlier engagement.
A 400 year old line of five cypresses in Santa degli An geli cloister, planted by Michael Angelo Buonarotti, was reduced by a severe rainstorm with four trees blown down. The last surviving tree is badly damaged and may fall. The Carthusian monastery behind the church was seized by the Italian government, monks dispersed, and the site turned into a museum of excavations. The well and fountain in the cloister were removed, desecrating the historic site and injuring tree roots.
A Western dentist in uptown Manhattan faced a language barrier with an elderly Greek patient and his son. The patient spoke Greek, the son English, and the dentist summoned a French-speaking colleague. The exchange traveled through English to French to Greek and back, shaping the treatment plan.
Tennyson recalls G I Craik telling a dinner tale about The Ladies. He relays a brother Georg’s remark to his children about advice and money. Hallan questions Craik’s exact wording, noting the Scotch origin and the truth in either language.
At the mission a fairy catechist questions a boy about how many creators there are. The boy answers four then three, provoking repeated corrections. The scene ends with the boy edging toward his hat and fleeing.
Uncle George Blodgett, a prohibitionist farmer near a summer New Hampshire resort, made cider for vinegar. Bil Small bought a barrel. a prank at BUHI's hotel led to a glass of English ware mistaken for cider. George tasted, drank the entire glass, noting it kept elder’s claim unmet.
At a legislative committee hearing on the equal suffrage bill Cy Lyman Abbott, showcased by anti suffragists, argued safety in numbers. He claimed the majority of women do not want suffrage, a view challenged by Mrs Howe who quipped that Jesus Christ and the twelve were a minority.
Indianapolis News argues that schools must inculcate obedience to law. Without discipline and a spirit of obedience, schools fail their vital function and the state’s theory of educating good citizens collapses.
A historical note highlights early 19th century glass industry advances. A Sandwich carpenter devised a glass pressing method transforming manufacture, followed by Henry Flockner's annealing lehr in 1820s Pittsburg cutting kiln times drastically. Philip Argo Vast's machine bottles and jars reduced reliance on costly Monaver processes, boosting monthly production significantly. Cosmopolitan.
In a reminiscence Coldans Hauil ton Powis recalls a pre EF era visit to Sam T. Piles near Seattle. He borrowed $4.25 from John McGraw to attend a Saturday dance, while a Prince Albert coat enabled him to join a revival meeting the next day.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reflection cites Senator William J. Bate of Tennessee for prompt replies to constituents. It argues that public figures owe timely answers to letters, warning that ignoring questions is insulting and damaging to trust in leadership.
A Philadelphia Press item recalls a public school moment when a frustrated teacher braced to erupt over a gum chewing girl. The class erupted in laughter as the teacher demanded, and the tense mood broke, yielding a cheerful remainder to the term.
A short verse from Dew Drops praising children's good manners and temper. The speaker, Grandm Gray, wishes boys would be polite and girls neat, hoping all would do right and make life pleasant, stressing that behavior depends on the children.
In this essay the author argues that moral bravery is rarer than physical courage. He notes universal fear of ridicule among many cultures, laments how fear of opinion stifles genius, and recalls a few individuals who showed true fearless integrity. He stresses the need to emancipate ourselves from others judgments to live nobly and calmly.
A reflective poem ends a traveler’s long journey with questions about home and loved ones. The speaker recalls battles and victories, praising honesty, loyalty, and friendship while longing for home and mother as the distant hills fade.
W S Gilbert was asked by an Australian amateur composer to write the libretto for an opera on Savoy lines. He praised the composer’s score as promising but declined, saying he would have preferred a born chemist educated as a musician.
James Laughlin, financier and treasurer of Jones & Laughlin Steel, mistaken for a burglar, was arrested near his home after midnight. He was jailed at No 4 station, refused to identify, offered a $30 bail, and eventually released after Magister Nexley’s hearing confirmed his identity. Congressman James B Burke and Laughlin’s attorney argued for release.
The Franklin fund board in Boston votes to spend the fund on a trades school modeled after Cooper Union and New York’s Mechanic’s and Trades School. It names the institution the Franklin Union and recommends formal acceptance of Andrew Carnegie’s $400,000 offer by the city of Boston.
Lieut James Brownrigg Dillard of Fort Riley Kansas wed Miss Elinor Webster Lusk at the Rock Island Arsenal home of Col. 8. I. Blunt in a brilliant ceremony marking a notable Army wedding.
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