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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1905
Page
2
A collage of social asides and wry opinions from the era notes about insurance lore girls telephone exchanges and censorship while lampooning public figures such as George Gould and Harold Vanderbilt. The piece tosses sharp quips on poetry wealth politics weather and fashion with a light satirical tone.
President Angell argues woman students will be the real thing while men become merely needs. Prune consumption per person averages one and a quarter pounds yearly, highlighting unequal distribution. An eastern preacher says the Ideal wife does not boss her husband, hence she has no real existence.
A 200 pound youth faces easy college entrance exams this year. Tokio reports three naval paymasters embezzled 165000 dollars of government funds. A Philadelphia man lived an hour with his heart outside his body before waking as surgeons reset it. In Tokyo, an AP correspondent marries a Leslie's Weekly war correspondent, Cupid follows the flag.
James J. Hill notes ample opportunities for young men to advance. He asserts many football coaches seek strong, capable players and are actively recruiting across the country.
A fragmentary discovery of a Babylonian love missive dated to an age indicated as years old suggests forthcoming literary works. Analysts anticipate a long novel and later a drama drawn from the lines of the lovers Gimil and Kasi puya, indicating romantic correspondences between the named individuals.
A Belgian parents congress will meet in Liege to decide suitable stories for children and to evaluate plays and reading for wholesome entertainment during vacations. The gathering aims to gauge what appeals to both boys and girls and to promote healthy leisure activities.
Reports from Colfax describe J S Jones and Isarke Brooking badly injured by falling slate in mine No 7. DuBuque bridgeman Robert Morrell killed after missing a step on a freight car. Sioux City ticket agent Clement Scollard absconder leaving a note. Losses undetermined. Levi Huffman commits suicide near Charles City after years with mental illness. Court actions in Red Oak and Sioux City. Fire at Davenport can plant damages and displaces workers. Janesville and Welton injuries from firearms and accidents.
Reports detail a head on collision of Rock Island freight trains near Vinton with William Sands of Cedar Rapids fatally scorched by escaping steam. Separate incidents include Alec Short's son Henry dead after cane mill injury. GB Nelson's two year old crushed by a wagon. and a missing child case tied to Mrs. George Filer. Also covered are gunfire incidents in Calamus and Des Moines baseball altercation leading to Dexter’s release.
Des Moines National Bank cashier Z T Mitchell declares three forged notes drawn for George R Griswold as forgeries. Dates tied to Griswold’s July 15 payment to State Mutual Life, amid connections to Griswold’s murder mystery and a Worcester based insurer. The notes, totaling $439.20 each, were dated July 18 to mislead and were held by Des Moines and Rockford institutions.
Des Moines October 6 Frank Brothers was indicted by the grand jury for assault with intent to murder in the shooting of 12 year old newsboy Howard Wittell at the rear of 119 Walnut street He was arrested within an hour and bond was set at 1000 signed by Mose Lovich Principal witnesses included Charles Krause a Hewitt Grocery driver and George Koch a nearby blacksmith Krause testified Wittell ran to the back building leaped to the ground and Brothers then fired a heavy bullet He descended a stairway and hauled the injured boy to the police station dragging him over brick pavement with his leg injured or broken
Sept 30 Orville Whitney and a Villisca boy named King broke into Myers and Robinsons cigar store in Villisca and took about $15 from the till. Frightened they boarded a west bound freight and left the money. They were traced to Lincoln Nebraska. Both boys come from highly respected well to do families and will probably not be prosecuted.
Richard P. Clarkson 65 longtime Iowa Nebraska pension agent and ex owner editor of the Iowa State Register died at his Des Moines home 805 Pleasant street after a five year diabetes illness. He had sold the Register in 1902 after 32 years in Iowa journalism. Born 1840 in Brookville Indiana he served in the Civil War and later built The Iowa State Register with his family. He was appointed pension agent February 1 1903 and died October 8 1905. He is survived by wife son John Clarkson daughter Mrs Joe Zwart and other children including Mrs KE Meek and Frank Clarkson.
Sioux City dispatch reports Senator Thomas D Healy of Fort Dodge declares he will not seek the governor's office in the upcoming Republican primary. He cites discord and party discord as reasons and says personal information and financial considerations compel him to continue his medical practice.
Des Moines on October 2. George R. Griswold an insurance man was murdered by an assassin. The jury concluded after a week long investigation that Griswold died at the hands of the killer and that the death occurred before the body was cast into the river.
Nellie Woodley formerly of Hansell Franklin county is to be prosecuted on embezzlement charges after bondsmen covered the government claim. arraigned before a federal commissioner at Harton last week and bound over to the federal grand jury under $500 bonds. She allegedly embezzled over $1 000 of postoffice money order funds. Postoffice Inspector Stewart of Iowa City leads the prosecution.
A Mason City boy suffered a deep facial injury after an incident that involved bleeding and a struggle over clothing. Parents assisted and medical aid was sought. condition not fully described.
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