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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1903
Page
7
J R Ongb argues electric interurban lines from Ponce to the Playa signal progress for Porto Rico’s economy and society. The system, started 1901, carries thousands daily and offers cheaper freight paths for coffee and other exports, while coastal development and dock upgrades push the island toward greater modernization under American guidance.
The piece contrasts the crowded carriages once common on the white road from Ponce to Playa with the new American trolley line. It notes laborers walking barefoot, bullock carts, and naked children, then praises the trolley’s safety and the shift from Spanish to American transportation, predicting freight cars will follow.
The article describes a colonial road and transit system in Porto Rico, built for suppressing insurrections and now a village street scene. It notes palm groves, thatched cabins, a four foot ditch, and small plank bridges, with educated Spanish conductors and a Columbian University graduate among the staff. Native labor, a few Italians, and limited Black employment are mentioned as Jamaica-like contrasts, with 700 to 800 natives required under the guard.
A four year old boy William fears bears in roads and park after his mother tells him to stay away. A clergyman and mother learn she lied to keep him at home. The boy urges forgiveness while the source cites Lippincott's Magazine.
A Washington Star quotation shows Mike lamenting how people react to his attempts at reform. He says he tries to be honest and industrious, but others assign him the worst tasks, while admitting he is a transient by offering him bare sustenance if he admits it.
The item recalls a Scotch clergyman troubled by golf’s propensity to provoke profanity. After learning the game he contemplates quitting golf but not the pastime, joking he has given up the profession instead.
Harden county grand jury indicts E. Blydenburg for first degree murder charging he poisoned his wife to gain her fortune. Poison found in stomach at autopsy in Ann Arbor. Blydenburg held without bonds after previously posting 10000 dollars.
Police in Ft. Dodge locate a runaway couple after a telegram from Cherokee. Mrs Mary Walker wife of Correctionville official, and John Jones hardware merchant of Correctionville, checked in as Mr and Mrs J C Brown of Shaler. They were found at the Duncombe house and held awaiting a warrant.
Fort Dodge reports Mrs. George Habenlicht of Round Prairie to have major burns and her baby injured when a stove exploded while she burned papers and rubbish. The blast knocked the stove door off and filled the home with smoke and flame, with powder suspected in the mixture.
In Des Moines Dr L D Rand fears tetanus after pricking his thumb with a syringe used on Floyd Gay, the child who died from lockjaw last week. Rand, weakened by exposure, will learn next Saturday if he lives or dies, having already exhausted antitetanus serum locally and sending for more from Detroit.
An Ottumwa report states Mr. and Mrs. Albert Conwell, long-time Wapello county residents, and Wesley Conwell of Loyola were seriously hurt when a runaway team overturned their carriage two miles south of Chillicothe. Mrs A Conwell suffered multiple ribs broken, Mr A Conwell a broken leg, Wesley Conwell facial injuries. Mrs Weasley Conwell and Httie child escaped unharmed. Doctors from Chillicothe and Ottumwa treated the injured.
Bloomfield on October 27 reports George W. Curl sustained a fracture of the lower right jaw while attempting to crush a piece of candy held between his teeth. A cracking noise and acute pain followed, with swelling and facial pain the next day, making it hard to eat solids.
Mrs C A Seeley swept her back porch in Marshalltown and found 500 dollars worth of rings lost after a last week theft. Police launched a vigorous probe and the city marshal said they knew the guilty party but held off arrest to recover the stolen rings. Mr Seeley declined prosecution, happy to have the rings returned.
Waterloo reports bricklayers at the new Presbyterian hospital on strike over pay. Workers earned 60 cents an hour or $5 a day and seek 60 cents more per hour, raising daily wages to $6 for ten hours of work.
The Bremer Butler republican senatorial convention reconvened in Shell Rock on October 27 to fill the vacancy declared by the state board of elections. Butler county sent thirteen delegates voting according to instructions. I E W Loesbe of Greene received nomination while Bremen's ten votes went to A M Whaley of Arlington.
Oelwein October 27 election board selected F. L. Giin of this place as the candidate for judge of the superior court, replacing Judge I. L. Eliott after a local contest over the nomination papers. Judge Eliott had sent a man on horseback to file on time.
Marshalltown October 27 E O Soule cashier of Home Savings bank of Town Falls indicted for embezzling thirty thousand dollars on three counts in district court.
An excursion from Boone Ames and Nevasia brought about 500 visitors to Marshalltown last week. They spent the day at the Soldiers' home and expressed satisfaction with the entertainment and the low travel rates.
The Iowa Baptist state convention met in Sac City with about 800 delegates. Emphasis was on Christian education evangelism and missionary work. Speakers included Dr. Franklin Johnson of the University of Chicago and Dr. T. J. Villers of Indianapolis.
A thousand gathered in the Armory on October 26 as Rev. R F Coyle moderator of the general assembly spoke on Evangelism citing John Wesley. Miss Lucy Laney urged hopeful views of the black race in the South. W C Duston was elected stated clerk and E A Enders and wife prepared to serve as missionaries to India. A memorial service honored Dr McClintock, and a purse of $50 given to S B Ferguson.
Hopkinton reports the third county railroad death in two weeks as Mrs. Gustavus Merriam, about 70, is struck at a crossing by a through freight on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. She dies at home after being taken there following the skull fracture. Mrs. Merriam, wife of Gustavus Merriam, former Delaware county supervisor, was a respected longtime resident.
In Muscatine on October 26 a rail executive boosted a reorganization of the Muscatine North and South railroad. A mechanical department source said the reorganized company plans to extend the line into Burlington, noting $20,000 of the $2,000 bonds raised and a timetable of about thirty days to start the extension work.
A spark from a traction engine near Neola set fire to grain stacks on C. K. Kendly’s farm four miles west, burning four hundred bushels of oats and a Dermody brothers threshing separator. Strong wind driven spread. Kendig’s logs valued at 160 dollars. machine owners face up to 1,000 dollars in losses.
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