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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1904
Page
3
Bert plans to marry Nixie after a quarrel with Miss Cordelia and a staged wedding ruse. At a bishop's impromptu gathering, nerves tighten as Nixie and Bert confront the wedding talk and a sudden, hopeful turn under snowy night skies.
A brief poem from the Chicago Chronicle expresses longing as the speaker imagines wearing a lady's veil to rest on her cheek. The verse frames desire as vain but persistent, with sighs over glances and affectionate thoughts.
A playful escape scene unfolds as Bert abducts Nixie to be married by the bishop while the pair joke about Nellie Carl. The San Francisco Call fragment hints at a dinner, a sleigh ride, and hidden intentions as they dash toward the bishop.
Munsey's Magazine reports a Green Mountains farmer arguing with Will Carleton after recognizing him. The author, incognito, cites Carleton's poems while the poet admits his own knowledge is limited. The farmer retorts that true knowledge comes with experience.
Emma and Alfred ages four and five have been kept indoors with mild colds. They awaited Aunt Judith with affection. A neighbor visited. Emma sighs for Aunt Judith while Alfred, in bed, declares he is dying to catch up in affection.
A meek man explains he brought his wife to a hotel for rest and comfort, trading a large home with lawn and flowers for a small 6x8 room and rent. His friend questions the choice, noting the contrast between his former prosperous life and current confinement.
Russian forces claim strength to defeat Oyama and relieve Port Arthur as two Japanese flanking columns push north of Mukden. Mistchenko’s Cossacks harry outposts while Russian brigades repair rail links and advance toward Shakhe and Yentai mines amid heavy but offset losses.
A laborer, A. P. Huggard, struck by a falling iron bar at the Davenport glucose works last winter, paralyzed since, won $27,506 damages against the American Sugar Refining Co. of Chicago. He sued for $75,000 with Congressman Wade among his attorneys.
Waterloo Illinois October 10 William A Hoffmann received a life sentence for the murder of his father in law William Brandt. No appeal was filed and Hoffmann was transported to Chester penitentiary for imprisonment.
Willie Watson aged 13 was convicted of manslaughter in Texarkana Arkansas after killing his father for whipping his little sister. He received a five year prison sentence.
London mourns as Lady Besant widow of author Sir Walter Besant passes away at Manaton Devonshire from heart disease. The death marks the end of a prominent literary family era with Besant's literary legacy noted in obituaries across the capital.
A wan woman with a dying hope seeks aid from Winchell’s supervisor for a return to her son Jim at a cemetery grave. Captain Brooks pursues grave robbers as a wagon speeds to the city’s dead, where a buried child awaits the broken hearted mother.
A humorous reminiscence from 1888 on Knot and the Dinby X Rays, who chased money by placing top right page ads and faced a crash after quarreling with a foreman. Also notes literary items and upcoming magazine issues with reviews and features from Crescent notices.
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