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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1903

Page

7

A Call for Industrial Schools for Black Citizens

A speech urges decisive action to improve conditions for the Negro population through manual training and industrial schools. It argues plain duty requires opening paths beyond menial labor, fostering self respect, thrift, and honest livelihoods to secure citizenship and reduce future trouble. It stresses education as the route to civic virtue and protection.

No More Just for a Woman to Be Compelled to Do Housework

A 1910s-style opinion argues married women should seek fulfilling vocations beyond housekeeping if not suited to it. It compares female and male labor fulfillment, urging women to follow their talents and letting others run the home.

Buckeye Town Grows as Roads and Telephones Spread

Buckeye incorportated as sidewalks fill mud holes and streets are graded. Telegraphs and telephones expand to every corner, enabling news to spread faster than newspapers. Rain and frost affect crops. a promising harvest ahead with sprouting seeds and blooming fruit. A wedding at Steam Boat Rock links Miss May Sharpshear and Otto B Smith with plans to reside in Marshalltown.

Buckeye Town Wm. Sharpshear Steamboat Rock Miss May Otto B. Smith Marshalltown Geo. H. Birney Union Owasa G. H. Birney Minneapolis Mrs. Smith Mr. Smith Soldiers’ Home

Relief and Cure for Itching Piles Advertised

A local Eldora citizen Joseph Vigars cites relief after using Deans ointment for a months-long itching neck spot. The ad claims the product soothes and cools, with Foster-Kilburn Co. of Buffalo as sole U.S. agents. Available at Smith & Reed's drug store for 50 cents.

Eldora Joseph Vigars Jasper Street Dean Smith & Reed Foster-Kilburn Co Buffalo N. Y United States

Local items and notices from a rural community column

D R Thornton on sick list E N Faris reported horse injury from wire fence churchgoer W L Reece Honey Creek and Mrs Meda Kersey Eldora visit C D Martins nearby residents L J Spurgin and Verne Brown Eldora visited last week Early Risers remedy advertisement touts constipation and liver benefit DeWitts Little Early Risers pills sold by Smith & Reed Herald and weekly Register and Leader subscription offer for one year at 1.65

J. L. Thornton Sam Hutchens W. L. Reece Honey Creek Meda Kersey Eldora C. D. Martin's DeWitts Smith & Eed

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