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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1903
Page
4
In a fragment from Chapter VII, Cromwell demands Parliament know its mind and refuses dissolution. Vane pushes for endurance as arresting tyranny, while Martha laments. A council meeting at the Speaker's house follows Wer Issel Serafham's protest, with Cromwell angered at the self serving debates. Cromwell then rides homeward.
In spring 1653 Jane Swaffham sustains close bonds with Matilda de Wick and Cymilin Swarthom while Stephen de Wick presses Jane for marriage. Jane remains pledged to Lord Neville, sparking conflict as Stephen vows to win her and Cymilin shows bold temper with Matilda.
An observant man notes varied uses for baby carriages beyond infants. He cites children using carriages to transport puppies, laundress baskets of clothes, and even scavenged boards as fuel, while warning mothers against trusting infants in a rickety perambulator.
At Berne University about half of the 1300 students are foreigners, mainly Slavs. In medicine 350 women from Russia study there, drawn by cheaper study and easier degree paths than in Germany. Their influx crowds labs, pushing Swiss students to seek studies elsewhere.
Classified civil service now embraces 184,017 positions across agencies. The move marks a broad expansion of employment in government administration, indicating increased staffing and scope for civil service roles nationwide.
The piece argues with biblical cadence that the saloon must go, portraying a world redeemed from drink. It contrasts night and despair with a bright future and cites religious rhetoric and prohibitionist sentiment to urge elimination of alcohol. It also quotes anti whisky messages attributed to Christian Standard and Hearst's Chicago American, highlighting moral appeals and warnings about drinking's harms.
A Michigan circuit court jury awarded $1,035 to a wife harmed by her husband’s alcohol use, faulting a saloonkeeper for supplying the drink. The piece argues universal liability for liquor sales and questions prohibition enforcement, citing figures on crime, divorce, and poverty to claim society bears the cost, with notable supporters like Carroll Wright and rescue homes cited.
A historical discussion notes that drunkenness is not inherited fully but traits such as weakened nerves and diminished will power can pass to sons. It emphasizes daily warning at home and in earnest guidance as a safeguard for children against alcoholism.
A compact survey traces how various nations and ages sought to curb drunkenness. It cites Jewish prophets, Athens, Sparta, Lycurgus, Republican Rome, Mahomet, Francis I, and Russia, noting punishments from imprisonment and bread and water to branding, amputation, and street sweeping.
Miss Frances Willard recalls asking Thomas Edison if he abstained from drink and learns he answered his head was used for better purposes not home influence. The reflection notes how drink could dull the mind that powered Edison’s grit and invention.
A prominent political speaker warns young men in public life about stimulant use. He notes artificial strength buys a price later, as hours of extreme prostration may follow overwork, and the tables will turn on those who rely on stimulants.
Dr Hutchinson reports at the Kansas reform school that cigarettes caused the downfall of more inmates than all other vices combined. He cites 360 inmates last year with 286 blaming cigarettes for their decline, highlighting tobacco as the dominant factor.
Topeka Kansas May 22 Governor Bailey recounts his first bribe encounter with a mechanic who proposed to handle state work for sixty dollars plus ten percent for the governor The governor offered to do the job for fifty dollars and nothing for himself proving his stance against corruption.
A Philadelphia DAR chapter presented Secretary Root with a certified check for 10000 to fund a memorial building at the new Manila military post. The gift comes from contributions by DAR members and friends in Pennsylvania and beyond, and benefits enlisted Army personnel.
Twenty six male Doukhobors were arrested near a village for practicing their religion. They were dragged from the area after objectors drove them away. Near the village they disrobed and marched naked into Yorkton where a mounted police company quickly captured them and held them under arrest.
Dr Walter Bradley, president of Blackburn University in Carlinville, has declined the chair of Latin and the deanship at Illinois College in Jacksonville. He favors Blackburn remaining in Carlinville and opposes a merger proposal that was discussed months ago.
Springfield Ill May 22 Governor Yates telephoned from Jacksonville where he is visiting his mother that he has appointed Edward H Marsh of Rockford a member of the state board of equalization to succeed Charles A Works deceased
In Huntaville Alabama on May 22 Mrs Thomas Countess of Meridianville and a servant Margaret Morris were struck by lightning during a storm and killed instantly. Two daughters narrowly escaped death.
The Navy Department will soon issue orders naming Lieut. Commander Roy C. Smith to serve as naval attache in Paris. He will succeed Commander Giles Harber in the post.
A bolt of lightning hit the Clymer street police station in Williamsburg on May 22, rendering Captain Bernard Gallagher, Sergeant Montague, and ten officers unconscious. Authorities reported no serious injuries and the incident prompted a safety check of nearby facilities.
St Paul May 22 Right fielder Arndt suffered a serious knee injury sliding into second tearing the tendons of his right knee. He will be out of action indefinitely as doctors determine the full extent of his recovery.
Sparks from a glass factory near Glass Mountain set fires burning Ores and threaten a large glass prize and many houses as forests rage in Ballston New York with widespread damage reported.
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