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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1905
Page
7
In this chapter Rosemary Allyn reveals her identity and ties, as the narrator is seized by a warrant from the king. Imprisoned in a dank cell he plots escape, longs for Rosemary, and discovers a note promising night action by Gil to free him. The tale blends romance with peril in a melodramatic past.
A pursuer cries of a king’s warrant trigger a sword clash near Holborn as the narrator flees toward the Blue Boar. His ally Pat deserts the scene, and the crowd, described as bull dogs of law, closes in, leaving the narrator to yield to odds he cannot overcome.
A young woman sought newspaper work and intercession to escape home life. She secured a post but left after a month, realizing her previous life was far more satisfying. The piece argues many seek change yet few have the discipline to endure sacrifice.
A poultry enthusiast proposes erecting a cluster of incubators near several unusual springs at Glenwood Met Serings and to use running hot water instead of soap to supply heat. The project targets hatching 6 007 to 6 709 eggs each month.
A Pennsylvania railroad express collided with a freight train carrying dynamite near South Harrisburg. Explosions destroyed two derailed cars, causing widespread fires, dozens killed, and over a hundred injured as rescuers struggled amid ongoing blasts and chaos.
Mr Bowen American minister to Venezuela arrived Sunday night in New York from La Guayra. He telegraphed the acting secretary of state reporting arrival and asking when to come to Washington. Taft said Bowen need not report for a week. Count Cassini Goes to Madrid Russian ambassador to US transferred to Madrid. He will be succeeded by Baron Rosen in Tokyo. Strawberries Go to Waste Over $200000 worth of berries rotted at Chadburn depot due to lack of refrigerator cars. Damages for $200000 have been filed against an express company. Seedless apples from Colorado sold in Covent Garden market for thirty ghilings each.
Rosetti a French harpist entranced seven local Germans with his playing Sunday night in Peoria Illinois. Herman Sanders and Herman Bauer among those affected. He claimed to travel in a musical world during the trance and woke six hours later. Rosetti, 68, has been in America fifteen years and once arrested in Paris thirty eight years ago for street playing the Marseillaise.
Market notes list prices for Chicago and New York grains, oats, corn, wheat, and mixed futures. Livestock quotes cover cattle, sheep, and hogs across Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, and St. Louis with bid ranges and regional differences.
Professor Samuel Jackson Barnett, assistant professor of physics at Leland Stanford University, resigns to become head of the physics department at Tulane University in New Orleans, announced in San Francisco on May 11.
In St Louis on May 11 the Merchants' Exchange announced it will send a commission to Washington to advocate passage of the Townsend Bill granting the Interstate Commerce Commission rate making powers.
Columbia Missouri May 11. C H Allison of Booneville, a Missouri University graduate from the class of 1852, has re entered the university in the engineering department. He is 70 years old.
New York on May 11 reports a rumor that Mrs. Young widow of Caesar Young, killed in a cab with Nan Patterson, is engaged to John Millin, her late husband’s cashier.
Las Vegas New Mexico May 11 The Santa Fe Railroad company presents the Fraternal Sanitorium association with the Montezuma hotel property at Los Vegas.
In a playful exchange, Tommy explains the old cat from Mrs. Carston drifted toward Michigan. He claims the cat jumped into the water off a fishing pier while they discuss how it might swim the lake. Mrs. Tucker questions the sudden curiosity about the pet.
Reginald questions Cholly about attending a card party tonight. Cholly confirms and Reginald recalls his sister’s remark that she might land him tonight if she plays her cards right.
A poor young clerk named Ife earning $12 weekly contemplates buying a $1.25 book from a struggling seller. He hesitates to hurt her feelings and hints he will take a copy if she can change a $10 will. She opens a black satchel showing at least $450 in small currency, leaving him to wonder if he is an easy mark or a philanthropist.
A man recalls bringing home brick cheese and rubbing a ten dollar bill on it before entering his home. The next morning the money was missing from his vest pocket and he questions his wife, saying the bill was tainted money.
A man discovers a counterfeit detector inside a gum machine that usually dispenses gum. He lobs a slug into the slot, but the coin comes back out, prompting his astonished exclamation about the machine's latest feature and the bold uses of advertising to win patrons.
A fragment from the New York Mail quotes a dialogue about fate and longing. It imagines a soul’s waiting and a late-night inquiry about whereabouts, hinting at themes of love and curiosity.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier-Journal recites a colloquial exchange about a brawl or dispute with O’Brien, O’Rourke, and O’Rilly. The note captures local Irish American slang and a plan to go for a drink, reflecting social tension in a casual, street scene.
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