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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1905
Page
2
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution warns against extremes with a proverb urging balance. The verse advises choosing a steady path when facing danger and uncertainty, reflecting cautionary guidance typical of the era.
Miss Arline Kimball, prima donna of the Witches of Orloff, encountered a ragged man at the stage door who kissed her repeatedly. She urged mercy, gave him money, and fled to her carriage. She explains the man is a former admirer in decline, once adored during The Merry Wizard. She had learned his name, wealth, and character, and believes his act stems from a mix of desperation and desire, not madness. The incident raises questions about loyalty, propriety, and compassion.
The speaker contemplates what to do as a carriage rattles by. Nell silences a question about losing George, asking the listener to read her Heart and say no more.
A former studio turned student home in Paris is described as intimate and impractical. The single interior room holds a sink closet, a large table, three chairs, a rusty stove with long stovepipe, and a balcony with seating for guests. An easel serves as hatrack, and a model's stand for Caroline Domett remains beneath the balcony.
A verse laments envy and the urge for just a little more than neighbors own. The speaker seeks modest wealth to avoid slavery to possessions and imagines outshining all around yet remaining meek, hoping to eclipse others next door without incurring widespread hate.
Secretary Bonaparte praises the kicker as the one means by which an American party remains in order. He explains the kicker represents opposition and embodies critical examination, mirroring the party’s function in government amid a spirit of revolt and desire for individual flavor.
A group of prominent senators and representatives toured Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. A venerable guide, an old negro, regaled them with local memories and quips, including a light remark on battles since the war.
Two or three Oklahoma men recently faced deadly accidents from empty whisky barrels after lighting a match inside. J H Dent near Stillwater and his companion Lester were badly bruised in an explosion as the barrel burned. On the same day Mr Brown north of Woodward suffered a severe scalp wound in a similar incident. Both events occurred on Sunday.
General Weston retired due to age and Brigadier General John F. Weston was promoted to major general. Weston, a Kentuckian, earned high praise from General Shafter who credited his Cuba campaign success largely to Weston.
A brief, fragmented dialogue references a latest novel about war. A meek reply offers a hint, and a bald head remark appears amid garbled lines including a date May 19.
A fragmented newspaper page features assorted blurbs and comic anecdotes. It includes remarks about Demace Starch sales, midwestern product ads, a Harvard president in a joke, Welsh Joneses at Oxford, a Boston mayor and a home mission tale, Defiance Starch claims, Lewis tobacco lines, catarrh cure pitches from Cheney Co, and a note on Lot’s family pills.
Here Is Relief for Women reports Mother Gray a New York nurse discovering Australian-Leaf a monthly regulator. It claims to cure female weaknesses Buckache kidney and urinary troubles and is sold by mail 60 cents sample free. The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York advertises the product.
With ratification, work is set to resume soon on canal projects enabling ships to carry large loads of Pillsbury's Vitos worldwide. The note also mentions Vitos as a preferred cereal and cites Britain producing about 90,000 tons of putter annually.
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