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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1903
Page
2
A columnless set of zingers and observations from The Herald Iowa includes jabs at foreign affairs a joke about Boston and the Philippines notes on tobacco crops and a salt company sale. It playfully references Sir Thomas a missing binnacle and Mrs Peary amid broader world notes.
The column criticizes current European affairs leadership and questions Corre spondent Creelman. A bather at Asbury Park is arrested for wearing a high hat in the water. Lipton’s Shamrock sales and Lipton’s finances are referenced amid trenchant wit about journalism and sport.
Capt Wringe is viewed as a first rate American citizen candidate for the skippers role to sail the cup de fender. The discussion notes three or four other available skippers between him and the job, while noting a new French term nickel joining biftek and rosbif in usage for the five cent piece.
A bold Frenchman plans an Atlantic crossing aboard an airship next May. Prof Langley is scheduled to greet him on the Potomac River banks with an automobile.
In a brisk market moment aided by notable citizens including Mr Rocke feller, Cornelius Vanderbilt has reportedly made 10 million dollars in stocks. The question remains who suffered the loss in the same episode as gains surged.
Following his plan to honor the army and navy in music, Mr Sousa intends a spirited symphonic poem titled Uncharted stocks as his next composition.
Reckless discharge of a revolver during a Middletown New York concert sent a bullet through the bass horn of a band member. The incident disrupts the performance and raises safety concerns about crowd control and venue protection.
An Eastern woman on the eve of her wedding wished the word obey struck from the marriage service. She wondered why others not bound by modern versions do not share her view and questioned the broader tradition.
The piece compares Uncle Sam's daily income above 2,000,000 to Rockefeller's income, noting Rockefeller's profit percentage is higher with less competition. It criticizes associating loud piety with religion, asserts religion as good conduct, and invokes love and justice as core law and prophets. It ends by predicting editors will welcome the news.
The report covers a Citizens' Electric Light substation accident in Council Bluffs where Charlie Bloomquist was electrocuted while helping transfer wires. It also recounts a fatal stabbing near Waverly, a near miss with a knife fated to the aorta at Grundy Center, and other incidents including a Denison tornado damage and a bank cashier shortage inquiry in Iowa Falls.
Thomas F. Ward wrecker of the LeMars National Bank pleaded guilty to misappropriating about $13,000. He was fined $13,000 and sentenced to 30 days in jail with release possible if unable to pay. The case details his purchase of the bank, losses from speculation, and eventual arrest. Also reports other Iowa incidents including a Davenport death by choking, a shooting near Tabor, a jail sentence in Knoxville, road ditch contracts in Calhoun County, a burglary in Gilman, a defamation suit in Pomeroy, and historical remarks by Judge Theron Metcalf.
Lu cilla Mulhall a 17 year old friend of President Roosevelt won the $1 000 steer roping contest at South McAlester I T defeating top Southwest cowboys. She tied three steers in 43 seconds 1 minute 11 seconds and 40 seconds earning the title Queen of the Range amid cheers. Her home is Mulhall I T where her father is a Frisco livestock agent.
Miss Elizabeth Young daughter of Lieut. Gen. Samuel B. M. Young and Capt. J. R. R. Hannay of the Twenty second Infantry were married at St. Thomas church with Miss Margaret Knight maid of honor and Capt. Peter D. Davidson best man. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Ernest M. Smith. President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt, and Admiral Dewey attended.
Peter Myers a 70 year old retired farmer of Chatham Sangamon County was duped in a marriage ruse by a woman calling herself Annie Smith. He arranged for a license at the courthouse and gave her money including ten dollars for a dress. She vanished after he obtained the license and he recovered a portion of his funds.
A Burling ton passenger train derailed at an open switch in Beardstown Illinois on October 8 and struck six loaded oil tanks on the sidetrack. Two tanks exploded creating a fire that damaged nearby tarps and sheds. The train was wrecked but all crew and passengers escaped with minor injuries.
Four men were killed and two injured when a double header freight train collided head on with an extra engine four miles north of Siloam Springs Arkansas on the Kansas City Southern road. Three engines were demolished and traffic delayed for hours. The dead included engineers and firemen.
Six coal mines north of Colorado Springs have resumed operations with non union workers. Forty special deputy sheriffs are stationed at the mines as a precautionary measure to prevent violence.
A pair of Kansas tornadoes killed three people and injured many as they devastated Hamilton and Aliceville in Greenwood and Coffey counties. Homes were destroyed, barns wrecked, and crops scattered while Bear Creek and nearby areas reported heavy damage. Joplin Missouri also faced a severe wind and rain storm damaging power and infrastructure.
Severe wind swept Omaha on October 8 burying four men under brick and timber at the Union Pacific shops. One man died, others were seriously injured. two Omaha residents and two from Lawrence Kansas among the injured. A local dealer was knocked senseless by a falling screen. Several East Erd buildings, including the Union Pacific HQ five story block, shook as the shop walls collapsed during roof preparations.
Report states a blast damaged a rail line near Dynastere on the Algoma Central route. Officials say several dynamiters from a Consolidated company brick plant are suspected. track repairs are underway and trains are running normally again.
An Edmundston New Brunswick freight car incident led to robberies and a prison sentence, with police noting a night snap and a base incident at the Canadian road station. The details point to a single breach in the railway route and subsequent confinement.
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