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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1905
Page
2
A Broad Views comment by C. B. Wheeler advocates that married couples should maintain separate homes whether houses flats or chambers. He notes no legal barrier to inviting a spouse to stay for days or weeks but insists guests should eventually return to their own fireside, to avoid uncongenial company.
Eminent Babylonian explorers report the multiplication table extended to thirty times thirty and the child learning two foreign languages besides his own. Modern scholars have uncovered schoolrooms and can examine the tablets bearing arithmetic lessons still legible.
A historical note recounts Prince Bismarck claiming to have smoked over 100,000 cigars in about fifty years, averaging five daily. It labels him a former chain smoker who lit each new cigar from the glow of the previous one.
A visitor questions the value of higher education while the village blacksmith praises college improvements. He notes an athletic course could prepare his son to be a first-class blacksmith, reflecting a debate over education and practical trades.
A wife comments on her husband buying his own car, imagining the routine of oily hands and clothing from motion and work. She sighs that it will be oily to bed and oily to rise, hinting at the wear and dirt of automobile life.
In County Clare Pat addresses his frightened horse with praise for the motor car and jokes about a missing coat and waistcoat as he contemplates the scene. The humorous aside reflects London Punch style and rustic dialogue.
After the annual Sunday school sermon at St Ann's Nottingham a collection was taken for the sick and poor. The gifts included thirty five oranges two hundred thirteen eggs forty six pots of jam one hundred two bananas fifty six tomatoes sweets tea dolly and toys.
A poet argues humor drives happiness and hope, noting that laughter cannot win battles or build cities, but without laughter the world loses vitality. Humor is linked to lasting optimism, suggesting humor sustains humanity even amid conflict and creation.
The central Congo River region hosts salt marshes where Africans dig shallow pits. Hot water streams rise from the holes and, after evaporation, leave behind a residue of salt.
A diving bell once served as a kitchen where six diners prepared and ate a six course dinner beneath the water as a wager. The unusual feat recalls earlier experiments in underwater cooking and dining, illustrating bravado and novelty in culinary challenges.
A London dairy show featured a neat contrivance that could make butter from fresh milk in sixty seconds at the tea table, highlighting the efficiency of modern dairy equipment and innovation.
A New Zealand piece from the Con tract Journal alleges party cries hinder clarity on the country’s present position. The writer laments partisan noise obscuring informed public assessment and calls for clearer discourse.
An advertisement from the Yorksire Post seeks a financially comfortable wife for a thirty seven year old clerk. The plea frames his poverty and social mismatch, inviting suitors with resources to consider a marriage of convenience or companionship.
A quoted reflection noting that English is our mother tongue, described as feminine perhaps due to its many inconsistencies and quirks, presented as a sprightly personal remark.
The value of the Pennsylvania ferries linking Jersey City New York Brooklyn and the Bronx is set at 5 698 000 dollars. The vessels provide passenger service across the East River and related routes between major ports.
A proverb notes that humor is essential to full strength. Without it, even strong abilities lack balance and insight, yielding only a partial mind.
A long list of Iowa incident reports includes the death of Herman G. Norgard from a brain abscess linked to injuries in a football game at Harlan. Other items cover manslaughter verdicts, fatal train and accident injuries, legal actions against ditch projects, and multiple domestic and public tragedies across Clarke, Linn, Story, and Muscatine counties.
Miss Lydia Allbright of San Francisco, 46, sues George . Ss . ferson for 76000 in a breach of promise case. Details include her parentage in Des Moines and the long-claimed betrothal two decades prior.
Disjointed exchanges mention Miss Oldone and Miss Sweetgirl debating refusals, a remark from New York about mail, and a Chicago quote on poets and editors. The piece notes editors giving ten to fifteen seconds to exit the office and a town where a child is born every five minutes, hinting at newspaper humor or satire.
A fierce southwest wind fueled a late night blaze in Dubuque wrecking the Diamond Jo Boat company warehouse and adjacent factories. Losses tallied at 300000 with Diamond Jo 50000, Coleman 5000, Ernsdorff 75000, Troquois Button 70000, Cooper 30000, adjacent properties 2000. Firemen saved Diamond Jo boats as the fire eased to under control by 2 am.
Mrs Floy Anderson 45 daughter of N R Kuntz a former prominent citizen committed suicide by leaping into an old well in her yard. Neighbors say she had been despondent over family losses and had been losing her mind for months. Coroner Beck summoned to the scene.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court, with Justice Bishop dissenting, upheld the soldiers' preference law as constitutional. The decision reverses Judge Obed Caswell in Shaw versus Marshalltown City Council, affecting appointive offices for Civil War veterans when qualifications are equal. The ruling may impact ouster actions against Capitol night watchman Tom Graham.
Martin Gerber a prominent merchant of Iowa City was injured when a wagon team ran away near the Iowa river. The wagon plunged down an embankment. Six other men were lightly injured.
A garbled snippet shows professor and Hix speaking in unclear dialect about money and status. Readable text is limited, leaving the exact meaning and context uncertain.
Washington reports Secretary Shaw will stay in the cabinet at least until Congress adjourns. The president told Shaw he could not spare him and preferred he remain through the current session, with a final decision on departure to follow. Shaw had expected to retire in February after four years, and the move surprised him and Mrs. Shaw who had planned a Paris relocation.
Des Moines reports secretary Kennedy and Dr. Linn along with Dr. Conniff reached an understanding on action already taken by the state board of health. They plan to publish an amendment to rule 2 requiring teachers and children with consumption to be excluded from Iowa schools, with physician certificate as final.
Colorado Springs was the scene as William Koch of Des Moines won election to succeed himself as grand foreman of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, outnumbering rival J. E. Paul nearly ten to one. W. E. B. Davy of Des Moines was unanimously reelected chief correspondent, a post held since the order’s founding.
Sioux City dispatch reports W F Nolan of Sioux City shot and killed by Mrs W T Thom in front of the Thomas home on a Wyoming ranch. The incident described involves a revolver and a fatal breast wound. Text also mentions spurious dollars circulating in Des Moines and domestic divorces linked to misunderstandings.
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