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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
2
A collage of dated opinions and witticisms on public figures for the era. It references Homer, Russell Sager, William A. Sunday, and Terry McGovern, plus remarks on coffee consumption, journalism, and global affairs. The tone is satirical and reflective of a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page.
Over 38,000 immigrants reached New York in the first ten days of April and are urged to order coal for next winter. The Portland Oregonian says Portlanders are working hard to beautify their city. The New York Mail and Express editor declares the coronecra must go.
The article sketches a spoofed exchange on illness and remedies including a quip about giving a mad dog the street. It notes Mr Funk’s claim of talking with Henry Ward Beecher and Baron von Biedenfeld’s jab about American manners, plus the Rothschilds buying homes for England’s poor with a reciprocal payment plan.
Admiral Walker estimates 30000 workers will be employed digging the Panama Canal with Negro, Chinese, and Japanese laborers doing the bulk of the work. He notes the job will be arduous and not enviable for the laborers.
A historical note claims the battleship Alabama achieved a record in gun fire effectiveness. The writer anticipates future American crews surpassing foreign forces in marksmanship before any new conflict.
A $1,000 bill vanished on a New York ferryboat, sparking a large, frantic search. The era’s prosperity is such that dropping large banknotes is treated as routine. experts discuss hypnotic suggestion as a cure for bile faking and a true man becoming a con firmed liar. Hypnosis raises alarming possibilities about its impact on truth and behavior.
H H Rogeng, Standard Oil magnate valued at four to five tens of millions, endures severe agony as his digestive system fails. The fortunes surrounding his empire are closely tied to his personal condition and ongoing punishment.
Des Moines May 4 Colonel L Kin Kead returned from Knoxville where he argued for a venue change in the W A Richards indictment for complicity in the Sullivan yobbery at Hamilton on New Year’s Eve. Judge Nichols overruled the motion to quash and a change of venue was filed. The case may move to Monroe county Albia or Warren county depending on judges, with press anger cited. On May 6 Judge Nichols granted a venue change to Indianola for the September term before Judge Gamble. Richards says he expects a fair hearing there.
Fort Dodge May 6. C J Crawford a stubborn opponent of United States Gypsum company and C G Root of Chicago credit man for Gypsum fought in the Fort Dodge Plaster company offices where Crawford struck Root with an umbrella. Root was badly cut and bled on the floor. Crawford was arrested on assault and battery charges. The altercation arose during a stockholders meeting over Crawford entering a private room. Additionally articles of incorporation for the Fort Dodge Gypsum company were filed by Frank Towler and Rufus Clark, backed by St Paul capitalists, with capital of 120000. The new firm will operate independently of the trust and will mine gypsum land near Fort Dodge.
S Christen sen former Garwin mayor was found dead in his stairway with a shotgun by his side. Coroner's verdict calls it accidental death but indications suggest possible self inflicted action. Police say May 6 incident occurred at his Garwin home near Marshalltown.
The three year old daughter of Ed Elliott, living three miles east of Montezuma on a farm, was fatally burned yesterday morning when the bed clothes caught fire from stove sparks as the parents were milking. The child’s flesh burned away from head to feet. The tragedy is described as a recurring local misfortune in springtime.
May Britt reports the Express Messenger Peter son theft of $4,000 last week recovered. Detectives Averell Bry ant and Kerigan say $3,000 found under the office and another $1,000 secured, while naming no suspects. Citizens back Agent Peterson amid claims no guilt. findings involve two packages under the building and a third missing.
Britt May 5 detectives probe a $10,000 express robbery after a 12 year old girl May Mudgett reports seeing two men exit the express office at 10 o clock with a dark covering over their faces. Patent medicine men are in custody for questioning. no solid link yet. The package traveled from Spencer to Fort Dodge and back via Britt before transfer, with investigators checking timelines and train routines.
Des Moines reports say Chicago Great Western likely to acquire the Des Moines and Southern property if the right of way inspection by Presidents Stickney and Cherry proves satisfactory. The men surveyed line from Greenfield to Winterset and two miles above Lida before returning to Des Moines. In Keokuk a boy named Willie Connell was killed after touching a live wire near an electric plant.
Sioux City report states motive for Charles F. Rademacher's death by self harm has been found tied to a $3,240 shortage in Thornburg wholesale tobacco books after a recent trust absorption. Rademacher reportedly spent $1,500 in one week amid the financial irregularities.
Des Moines reports estimate statewide fruit loss from recent frost by Wesley Greene of the State Horticultural Society. Apples 10 to 65 percent, plums 26 to 50, cherries 25 to 50, peaches 60, grapes 10, berries 33. Despite considerable slowdown in budding, Greene remains optimistic Iowa will yield a good fall crop if weather stays favorable, though risk remains that frost may prevent fruit set.
Des Moines May 4 Sage of the weather bureau says reports of fruit damage from recent cold snaps are overstated and offers comfort that, despite April hits, prospects for a good crop remain strong. He notes northern Iowa reports show larger drops, southern areas are bleaker but early reports are usually worst, and ground temperature differences may save blossoms.
Mrs Ela McDaniel and A Livix who were acquitted at Avoca of murdering Mrs McDaniel s husband in Macedonia visited Council Bluffs. They planned to return to Macedonia but locals warned they would not be tolerated, and they later left on a Union Pacific train for the west without revealing their destination.
Ottumwa May 6 Anthony Laux a prominent farmer living near Sigourney was killed by the premature discharge of a gun.
Chinese leper Dong Gong who has been confined at Quarantine near Jefferson Barracks escaped after a year and a half of confinement. Dr Woodruff ordered an immediate search for the dangerous patient who remains at large and poses a continued threat.
London reports confirm Kishinev pogrom far more horrific than first tale. Jews tortured and mutilated, infants hurled from windows, Torahs defiled, corpses burned beyond recognition. Distress spreads as authorities face riots in Czernowitz and Besarabia with thousands fleeing.
Treasury officials say surplus receipts over expenditures will fund the $40,000,000 payment to the French company for the Panama canal property and likely cover a sizable portion of the $10,000,000 due to Colombia when the canal treaty is ratified. No new funds have been received recently.
A fog bound collision off the Virginia coast sank the Clyde steamship Saginaw and cost twenty lives including fifteen colored women in a lifeboat. The Macx Hamilton struck Saginaw about 20 feet from the stern near Fenwick Island lights, in dense fog at 4 40 yesterday morning.
The United States cable ship Burnside, launched last week at Heath Shipyards Tacoma, is billed as the largest steamship built here. She will reach Sitka in June to work on the Alaska cable. The article then describes a collision incident involving the Saginaw and the wrecked ships, detailing lifeboat evacuations, drownings, and rescues, followed by a separate Cleveland report of embezzlement charges against Edwin Kelly of the Kenneamel Brick Company.
A state department briefing notes delays in ratifying the treaty with Colombia over a proposed split of a ten million dollar U S payment and French company costs. An official argues public sentiment is less decisive than the payoff, suggesting U S control of the canal would curb revolutions and stabilize the ruling party.
Emperor William met the pope for a forty minute conference before returning to the Prussian minister’s residence. A separate report from Kiev/European Russia notes thousands of Jews fleeing the city amid rumors of an anti Semite crusade. Troops patrol and walls are placarded informing that assemblies are prohibited and force will be used if needed.
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