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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1905
Page
2
A broken down car asks for a tow but pulls its helpers into failure. More autos attempt rescues, all end up broken down, blocking the road. A garage man repairs the first car and departs, declaring he was lonesome. The tale ends with a moral about bad smells and useless aid.
A fragmentary verse excerpt reflects on loss and grave doubt as a speaker mourns a presumed death. The lines pivot on a person named Te and the pain of memory, conveying a somber mood of grief and unfinished recollection.
Gwen Cheeks a late night scare as Graham reveals his debts and temptation with jewels in her room. He confesses he might steal to pay his creditors and prepares to flee. Gwen urges him to take the jewels she offers, but he refuses, torn between love and guilt, and rides away into the night.
A brief note suggests the man named William tends to issue checks more frequently than the person identified as Percy Exchange.
A Pennsylvan ia academy examination excerpt presents Julius Caesar as a blood tragedy and notes a Shylock scene stained with blood. Caesar refuses crowns in daylight, grows vast, and Brutus stands apart while Rome's citizens face rights and fate. Brutus mourns Caesar and contemplates action with his wife. The fragment ends as she defies a warning and eats the fire.
A dialogue mocks how “a lady” is defined, citing the Century dictionary. Blifkins and John-50n debate refinement, breeding, and even a lobster’s calcareous stomach part, ending with a wry note that Bug King trims it to “she is an lady.”
A poem laments jealous writers and a political anecdote recalls Cy Silloway, the New Hampshire congressman, visiting a Dover estate where a digger quips about being dug up next election time. The verse mocks writers who quit for cleverness and links to the fate of climbers faced with obstacles.
The Whittington chimes rang at noon on October 11 from Bow Church, London, after being silent for nearly twenty years. The old chime was destroyed in the great fire of 1906 and has been recast by Sir Charles Willigan Stanford.
Leading medical writers endorse Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for chronic catarrhal diseases and related digestive and bronchial ailments. The bottle wrapper highlights a glycerine based formula with no alcohol, using Black Cherrybark and native medicinal roots, with authorities from Jefferson Medical College to Hahnemann College cited. A booklet of extracts from eminent authorities is available by mail from Dr. R V Plevo in Buffalo New York.
A town watches for change as residents linger for something to happen while waiting for fate or events to shift. The scene captures patience and anticipation amid uncertain prospects.
An advertisement touts Tall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal action to purify blood and mucous surfaces, offering a $100 reward if it fails. Included are testimonial notes and a Toledo address for J. Cheney & Co.
A consumer notice promotes Defiance Cold Water Starch claiming every 16 ounce package saves time and money. It asserts competitors use cheaper %-pound packs at the same price and warns grocers against selling older 12 to 7 ounce stock. Also mentions a thundercloud accident at the Royal Opera House in Vienna injuring two actors.
A fragment notes JITS permanently cured relating to nervous fits after a Fort Harem trial and mentions Elrm 1 Arch Street Philadelphia. The second fragment adds Cromwell era boots weighing ten pounds apiece.
Defiance Starch guarantees the biggest and best product with a money back offer. A 16 ounce package is advertised at 10 cents. The copy also claims grape culture in France has provided employment to over 2,000,000 people.
Grocers report not stocking Defiance Starch because shelves hold other brands in 12 oz packs. Defiance offers 16 oz for the same price, and stores fear unsold stock. The ad notes no cooking needed and ends with a quip about chauffeurs and showers.
A line about the highest elevator in the world built on the Eigenstock near Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, raising passengers five hundred feet. Included is a note from J W O'Brien of Minneapolis praising Piso's Cure for coughs.
An advertisement extols Defiance Starch for unmatched quality and quantity with low prices, urging readers to try it and spend a small amount for a good product. The copy emphasizes value and consumer satisfaction in a period-appropriate sales pitch.
A reflective saying notes that some men live by their words while most prefer preaching their practice rather than performing it. The line contrasts intention with visible actions in public life and personal conduct.
A promotional claim states Defiance Starch delivers flexible, lasting results, resisting shaking out or blowing out. It asserts superior performance to any other brand and claims customers receive one third more product for the same price.
A man described as a Chinaman carried a ladder into a police court in Singapore and removed the clock above the judge’s seat. Onlookers thought he was one of six workmen, but he proved to be bold and audacious in his act.
A rare curiosity in the London Fishmongers’ Company collection is a model of a French frigate built by French naval prisoners of war in Lewes prison. Frames planking decks masts and yards are carved from mutton bones of rations. The model, dating to the early 1800s, is praised for its fine grain and meticulous craft. Rented to the company by Mr John Hall who served as warden in 1883.
A Baltimore rat catcher travels to hotels and other sites to curb pests using a small air rifle. He first locates rat holes in basements kitchens and plumbing by listening for scratches or squeaks, then fires to flush and pull rats out with a long hooked wire. Sometimes he removes entire nests in one pull.
A New York Herald description details a goat with unusual horns resembling those of the Suleiman Markhor of Asia. The curving horns rise from a massive base, twist in opposite directions, and can reach about two feet in length with sharp, dark-tinted tips.
Two renowned pioneer trees, the Lone Jack tree in western Missouri and the Lone Elm in eastern Kansas, mark historic routes. A skilled horseman could traverse the distance in a day, with Lone Jack hosting a Civil War battle and Lone Elm serving as a Santa Fe trail halt where two branches of the trail united.
The British Museum catalogue now lists over 3,860,000 entries and grows by 60,000 yearly. The library spans forty three miles of shelves and adds 276,000 newspapers per year. Annually about 68,000 books arrive, 10,000 are donated, and around 80,000 volumes, mainly contemporary foreign signatures, are purchased.
Damaged OCR text fragment mentions a pond near Torrington with a corked pot or bottle and hooks and mine attached, plus flying and descending references and a swallow.
A. B. Stotts testifies at the State Capitol about kidney illness and relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes backaches and urinary disorders, collapsing on the sidewalk, and a ten week decline before starting treatment. He cites twelve boxes yielding lasting health and weighs 188 pounds. 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y. Shipping an ocean liner New York to Liverpool costs 50000.
Mrs M Co Maitland of Jasper Ontario reports a three month old boy suffered an itching watery rash, scratched till blood ran, wasting to a skeleton. After one Cuticura application he slept in his cradle for the first time in weeks. She endorses Cuticura as a cure. The notice also notes camels used as beasts of burden in Hungary up to the twelfth century.
A testimonial from Mrs L C Law of Horton Kansas endorses Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic for indigestion and weak digestion. She recounts severe symptoms from overwork in 1897 and credits three boxes of the pills with restoring appetite strength and general health. The advertisement notes pills do not act on the bowels and are available nationwide via mail postpaid.
A farmer asserts that loafers and politicians share the same traits, arguing that both evade work and criticism. The remark, made during a rural gathering, sparks debate about public service and personal responsibility.
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