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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
6
Poetry excerpt by Will Chamberlain in National Weekly praising the Western wife and mother. Describes family life on the prairie, lagging mules, sod-homes, and the spirit of the pioneer woman as divine inspiration.
A wife plans a jealousy test to shake her husband Jack Preston's faith in her. She crafts an anonymous letter, mails it, and then watches him endure the moral puzzle. He remains steadfast, while she struggles with guilt and the impact on their marriage.
Preston and Kitty confront a letter TJ found. Jack questions the document and its watermark as Mrs. Preston grows vexed and emotional, while Kitty hints at jealousy and unresolved feelings. Mrs. Preston remains unsettled, still at sea.
A Arkansan recalls a cyclone event while plowing with mules. He describes being lifted into a tree top fifty feet high as the wind twisted a plow, with mules dangling and the tree trunk pierced by the plow handles. He avoids further questions, noting others felled the tree to free him. The piece ends with a child’s verse about hardship and revenge portrayed in a Bronx tone.
A rainy Yale campus scene marks the transition from President Timothy Dwight to Arthur Hadley. The two men walk arm in arm at the head of the parade as an umbrella is offered, Dwight insisting, Let me carry it, professor. Your reign will begin tomorrow.
The late Thomas B. Reed recounted a tale about Dr. Reed of Indianapolis then a congressman. During a Sunday service a stranger asked him to pray louder. Reed paused, met the man’s gaze, and said he was not addressing him but speaking to God.
Two giant women run a house in Dubovo where a spate of child disappearances ends with screams and a revelation of an alleged secret society seeking the elixir of life. Police report the women killed jailers and escaped in jailer clothes. both suspects remain at large.
The Earl of Beaconsfield served from 1832 to 1881, leading his party for about fifteen years. From ten to eleven years as chancellor and first lord, his total official pay totaled around 250000 dollars, while election costs and solicitations likely ran to about 150000 dollars across his career. After expenses, his average annual income for public life was roughly 2000 dollars.
The piece argues steam coaches reduce animal cruelty and free land for cattle and crops. It notes Liverpool and Manchester steam coaches displaced fourteen horse coaches with 168 horses consuming 252 acres of pasture yearly. If each family averages six, steam transport sustains about 1,512 people, according to Voice of Humanity 1832.
A historical column critiques the old adage early to rise. It notes rising trends shifting away from early hours to later schedules, especially in cities, and predicts rural adoption will follow as urban life alters daily routines. The piece highlights social discomfort with the traditional healthy living maxim and hints at broader lifestyle reforms.
The piece notes a shift from early bedtimes to a culture of night work and late entertainment. It cites millions in cities working at night, the theater keeping people awake late, and compares past frugal evenings with today’s rush of business and pleasures under electric lights. It reflects on social habits and urban noise shadows in Rochester.
A devotional poem extols love as the path to higher realms and happiness. It credits Jesus teaching love, promotes kindness to dispel evil thoughts, and envisions a peaceful millennium filled with contentment for all souls.
In Chicago the Studebaker Theatre audience roared with delirious enthusiasm after the third act of The College Widow. George Ade, the author, sat on a stair rail in the rear and quipped that his father thinks he is a burglar. Nearby, former Congressman Loud escorted Congressman Knowland into a committee room, only to be greeted by a harried chairman who had been waiting five days for someone to clear the room. Loud explained Knowland is a new member, not a porter.
In Jersey Shore Pennsylvania on August 28 special edition notes Mrs. C. G. Earnest praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as a life changer. She says five weeks bedridden improved to able to work and go to town and credits the remedy for healthy kidneys and relief from suffering. The piece urges women to learn the lesson about kidneys and health.
A. W. Taft of Independence Virginia writes under Sept 15 1904 that after twelve years of hair loss and dandruff he used one box of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap. His scalp cleared and hair stopped falling and began growing again. He praises Cuticura Soap as a toilet soap. Happiness is easily lost when it comes as the result of a stated purchase price.
A promotional line asserts Defiance Starch delivers longer lasting stiffness without shaking out or blowing out, offering more value for money. The copy contrasts legal caution with burglary risk and hints at people’s discomfort when their actions aren’t coordinated between hands.
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