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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1905
Page
4
The edition passes along regional jests and letters about public affairs. It mentions Lafe Young’s recent court win, weather quips from a Sioux City Journal man, an Oklahoma bustle loss, and a Sioux City anti spitting ordinance. It also discusses tariffs, Iowa governance, and Bernard Murphy’s potential gubernatorial prospects.
The Eldora Everald accuses the Marshall Times-Republican of omitting its columns and questions why newspapers copy others’ ideas. The Hampton Recorder offers a corrective explanation about how papers reproduce items that align with their views and mentions Governor Cunmins, noting newspapers may echo others’ opinions.
In a critique of claimed climate changes, the piece argues rainfall, winds, and temperatures follow natural cycles. It asserts humans cannot alter long term patterns, only adapt work to natural laws. Past extreme winters droughts and floods will recur when cycles complete, per the Iowa State Register clipping.
A long jumble of quotes and opinions on politics money and war from the era. It notes New York legislators salaries and alleged bribes while railing at Roosevelt Bryan and Rockefeller. Mentions Chicago hub theory and efforts to regulate rates, mass media and the state of public life with playful cynicism.
The Alumni Association of Horn High School held its annual banquet Wednesday evening, served by the Congregational church ladies’ society. The writer notes modern schools’ progress from past days, praises graduates of 1905 and earlier, and laments lack of alumni banquets in earlier times. The piece concludes by suggesting the banquet was really a Juniors serving the Seniors.
Eldora Iowa hosts a May 21 1905 Sunday School Convention at the Congregational Church beginning 3:00 pm with long service and a program including readings prayers songs addresses on the moral influence of the Sunday school and how to teach the lesson followed by officer elections and a secretary report. A brief health note plugs DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles amid hot weather and drinking water concerns.
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