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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1903
Page
2
A pithy miscellany of quips and quibbles on politics humor and culture from The Herald. Items touch on Canada New England annexation jokes Kipling Gunga Din bans and fashion millinery trends while referencing regional headlines and public figures of the era.
J Pierpont Morgan asserts prosperity is genuine before Europe trip, contrasting with critics who claim it is largely illusory. The piece notes a provocative idea that European monarchs might boost influence by pairing with younger princesses as key receivers of affection among courtiers.
A satirical notice notes a 2 000 000 surplus in the state treasury after adjournment. It mentions beef packers fines adding 27136.76 to Missouri’s treasury, claimed as money already collected from the people.
A Chicago woman discovered her openwork stocking could not safely carry money. Threads frayed and she lost 300 rolls of bills, prompting a cautionary tale about valuables in hosiery.
Globe-Trotter George Griffth declares South Africa a poor place for a poor man. He asks readers to locate a site suitable for impoverished people, noting their own investigations have yielded no fruitful results.
A New York chorus girl charged five hundred dollars for a nose graft to fit a mutilated countess. The price is described as the latest New York quotation on No 1 noses and deemed cheap by observers.
Washington May 29 Postmaster General Payne reports a total free delivery deficit of 227900 across regular and rural services led by A W Machen. He condemns loose administration but finds no criminal intent and promises inquiry and possible explanations from Machen.
Belleville May 22 a white barber Baumgarten was found not liable for damages after refusing to shave Rev. Mr. Thompson a negro preacher. The suit was brought under the 1879 state equal rights act and jurors announced no verdict of no cause of action in under three minutes.
A blaze at William Egans & Co. in Thurmond, May 22, destroyed the store and ten nearby houses. Dynamite was used to wreck several buildings, with the fire spreading rapidly through the frame structures.
The yacht Speedy, bought by former Congressman Conn of Elkhart Indiana in England, will first voyage to the West Indies after arriving on the lakes last year.
May 22 St Paul Minn In an address before a state medical association Dr R St John Perry a prominent physician condemned wealthy Americans for vice and immorality saying they rival African savages and Mohammedans in depravity He warned that secret polygamy and multiple spouses among the rich fuel disease and moral decay provoking strong reaction from association members.
The Joliet state penitentiary opened its new dining hall costing 43000 dollars. About 1200 inmates filed in from the shops to eat on china plates and were served by waiters. Superintendent Mallory, pardon board members, and citizens attended the ceremony. The hall seats 1650 and marks twenty two years of cell dining.
Denver May 22 strike end ends days of paralysis affecting nearly 10 000 workers and threatening to idle twice that number. A committee from the chamber of commerce and one from the typographical union brokered the settlement with concessions on both sides.
Vancouver May 22 A curling mistake in the lands and works department granted the Island Power company 480 square miles of timber lands beyond the tract applied for. The discovery is acknowledged by deputy minister W H More. Rectification steps are not announced.
Paris May 22 Premier Combes won a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies after a heated debate over government policy in making war on Roman Catholic congregations. The tally was 18 to 237 in favor of the government.
London May 22 four more prominent Finns have been exiled the two brothers Brofeldt of Knoplo the barrister Procope of Tammerfors and M Sikio manager of the Nyslott branch of the Northern bank.
Auction sale in London on May 22 fetched 2700 dollars for copies of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley’s broadside A Declaration of Rights and a Dublin 1812 tract on Ireland’s condition.
Paris reports on May 22 that conditions in the czar’s domains threaten the Franco-Russian alliance. Analysts deem it probable that the alliance may be broken as a consequence of prevailing conditions across Russia.
Madrid reports two workers were killed and several others injured in an explosion at an explosives factory in Reus. The blast left several seriously hurt and many with minor injuries.
The Indian government plans to send officials to America to study railway methods, aiming to observe U S railway practices and adopt them for modernization.
May 22 report from Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania notes Joseo von Puttkamer aged 14 a grand nephew of Prince Bismarck works as a press feeder at a local job printing shop.
At the Marlborough club a member of the king's household cavalry stated that another operation on his majesty is contemplated. The remark hints at potential medical concerns requiring treatment.
Nine men were injured in a torpedo box explosion at a Athlestane section house in Marinette Wisconsin on May 22 1910 likely three fatally.
A May 22 24 storm barrage caused multiple cyclones from Kansas through Indiana. Assaria and Salina deaths reported. Ashland homes damaged with up to fifty houses partially leveled. In Indian Territory Lone Wolf fatalities noted. Blaine Kansas hotel destroyed. Amarillo Texas Mrs Wilson and child killed. Indiana Lebanon Perkins hotel roof torn off. Elwood barns burned from lightning. Elwood and York Nebraska tornado effects. significant property damage across states.
George Francis Train is quarantined at his sister Helen M. N. Gulader's home in Stamford after arriving from New York. Doctors report a mild smallpox case and say he has been ill for about a week.
Wind toppled a large section of the elm tree planted by Abraham Lincoln after his election, located in front of the old Lincoln homestead in Springfield. The relic of Lincoln era is practically ruined and draws local interest.
On the steamer Coptic arriving from the Orient, Mrs. DeV. Miller and her invalid 14 year old daughter Marie were reported. The ship's surgeon and officers condemned the mother's treatment which included a leather whip and attempts to subdue the girl with a wet towel. The girl twice tried to kill her mother during the voyage. Mrs. Miller, a Hindoo religion lecturer, has lived in Calcutta.
The new state arsenal at Springfield Illinois is completed and ready for dedication on June 4 by President Roosevelt. It is the first state building built to original specifications within the appropriated sum and time. The structure will stand as a durable convention hall with a limited portion for arms storage and a decorative military presence at entrances.
American League Cleveland beat Washington 4 to 2 and Detroit defeated Philadelphia 6 to 3. National League Chicago won 1 to 6 against Philadelphia, Pittsburgh dumped Brooklyn 6 to New York 99, St. Louis 4 Boston 3, Cincinnati 0. American Association Columbus 2 St. Paul 1, Minneapolis 39 Portland 44 Western League St Joseph 3 Omaha 2 Milwaukee 4 Colorado Springs 2 Kansas City Des Moines 5 Denver 6 Peoria 3 Three I League Bloomington 3 Rockford 0 Central League Art Wayne 2 Booth Bend 0 Terre Haute 2 Wheeling 8 Dayton 2 Tribune scores list plausible results with boxing drafts omitted.
In Merrill Michigan on May 22 two orphans aged three and five years died when a fire destroyed the Butler home where they had been adopted by Mrs. B. L. Butler. The children perished while asleep, the cause of the blaze not specified.
Milwaukee figures for the new city directory place the population at 315000 to 320000 with an increase of 7000 to 12000 in the past year. The data comes from Milwaukee, Wis., dated May 22.
Jackson Kentucky May 22 Circuit Judge Redwine sent a plea to Governor Beckham asking for militia to attend the upcoming special term of circuit court on Monday where Curt Jefe will be tried.
Disease on the reform school ship Cornwall at the Thames mouth is linked to fever infected army blankets from South Africa. The May 22 report identifies the source as contaminated coverings contributing to an entire fever outbreak aboard the vessel.
An unknown man in Michigan City Indiana on May 22 threw himself under a Michigan Central train and was killed. A card in his pocket bore the address H Matson Lyonsville Mass indicating a possible lead.
Durban reports foot and mouth disease aboard cattle on British steamers Albey Holme and Aneglo Chilian arriving from Buenos Ayres. The outbreak noted among livestock on both ships.
New York on May 22 reports Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn will lead a party of four scientists to Alaska to explore Mount McKinley, the continent's highest peak.
Washington May 22 unofficially announced that the Wabash railroad will enter Washington not later than January 1. Construction speeds ahead from Pittsburg toward Washington.
In Harlem court Nielsen confessed that he received $300 a month from sending begging letters to millionaires and wealthy philanthropists. The case highlights a ruse attempting to solicit large sums from affluent donors.
President Roosevelt in Salem denounced religious hatred and urged no boundaries among Jews Gentiles and Christians by creed or class. He praised American toleration, faith in square dealing, and vowed the nation would rise among world powers. In Portland he laid the Lewis and Clark monument cornerstone and hosted a banquet. A child on a stretcher reached him and he kissed the girl drawing cheers.
Portland May 22 Congressman Charles I Littlefield of Maine denies any belief that congressmen are overpaid and says he would increase salaries if able. He notes he would not accept only 2500 a year and argues members should be paid more.
Washington reports the state department notified the British government of Charles Brown a late American civil and mining engineer seeking five million dollars in compensation for funds he says were taken by the Boer government before the South African War.
Judge Thompson in U S court appoints William E Guthrie and William Mattock of Zanesville as receivers of the Eastern Tube Company, incorporated in West Virginia with capital stock of one million dollars.
Port Huron Michigan May 22 The Great Lakes baseball championship faces a challenge by the Jenks Shipbuilding Company team against rival shipbuilding clubs around the lakes seeking to assert its claim to the title.
Dispatches from across New York report five weeks without rain, vegetation withering and crops suffering as drought tightens its grip. Officials warn soil moisture is critically low and farmers brace for potential losses.
Archie Wilson head of Decatur Gun company and city council member collapsed and died of apoplexy in Decatur Illinois on May 22 according to the report.
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