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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1909

Page

6

Sed Bound For Months Hope Fades After Doctors Explain

Mrs. nas Shearer of Centralia Washington recounts years of illness sleep trouble and swollen limbs. Doctors said no cure and she was given up to die. After using Deans Kidney Pills she recovered quickly and left bed. Sold by all dealers for 0 cents a box by Voster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

Nas Shearer Yew Washington Sts Centralia Wash Dean Voster-Milburn Co Buffalo

What She Escaped

A dialogue notes a young Lofty taking his fiancée Ruth rowing, the boat capsizes, and the fiancée is drowned. Ruth remarks she escaped danger as she might have married the idiot.

Jack Young Lofty Ruth

Tuberculosis Fight Dividends Clash with Insurance Plans

Large insurers push tuberculosis prevention against profit goals. Metropolitan Life sought a TB sanatorium for policyholders but was barred by New York State Insurance Superintendent Hotchkiss as illegal. The firm runs a massive 3.5 million pamphlet education campaign while other groups establish health bureaus and consider sanatoria for tuberculous members.

Metropolitan Life New York State Hotchkiss Prosident Savings Life Assurance Society Woodmen Knights of Pythias Royal League Royal Arcanum Workmen's Circle

Amusing Irish Speaker Dogherty’s Speech Gaffe

A witty Irishman named Dogherty, famed for eloquence, faces a playful post speech jab from Canning. After a talk, Canning criticizes that Dogherty addressed the speaker as Sir too often. Dogherty retorts that his state during the speech would have justified calling him Ma’am.

Dogherty Canning

An Imaginative Protection in a Curious Matrimonial

A whimsical note notes Jugsby’s marriage to an awake charmer. It suggests his motive was to convince himself that the visions he saw were real. The fragment hints at belief, illusion, and romance amid odd reasoning.

Jugsby Mailand Maitland Berty Nighthawk Toran Allie

Laborer Trades Coffee for Postum in Health Turnaround

Letters from workers recounts switching from coffee to Postum improving nerve stability and stomach strength after years of coffee use. A telegraph clerk describes quitting meat and tobacco, then coffee, and finally Postum boosting wellbeing. Readers urged to try the beverage and reference to The Road to Wellville.

Directiona Wellville

Maitland and the Gray Lady Jewel Capers

In a tangled caper Dan Maitland battles a clever crook posing as his double Anisty to recover jewels hid by Maitland and later entrusted to a woman in gray. The pursuit weaves through New York and Harlem with detectives, mistaken identities, and a dramatic twist at Maitland Manor.

Dan Maritland New York Dan Matthind Hamnermin Greenfields Womi Dn Crime Dan Atty Pallee Makthind Shim Tie Dim Makthond weoMe Snalth Toopshield Anisty Maitland Milt-land Mils Ansty Matthewd Volce Maltland Gyirl Fifth Avenue Hickey Maitland Manor Higgins Fron Mr. Hickey

Ailed Maitland and the Janitor at the Wardrobe

Maitland returns a loaded wardrobe and a note from a nameless donor. O’Hagan the janitor arranges a discreet delivery while Hickey the detective questions the suit and motive. Maitland, preoccupied by a rescued woman, plans a discreet meeting and contemplates his own fate.

O'Hagan Hickey Maitland Cray Dante Anisty Sleuth Stra O' Hagan

Sergeant Hickey Resists Wine Temptations On Broadway

In a late night scene, Sergt. Hickey rejects wine and officer enticements, seeking Broadway only after a tiring day. He reflects on unfulfilling genius while pondering police department pressures, then enters a dim Sixth Avenue tavern to rest and order a tub of water.

Sergt. Hickey O'Hagan Broadway Police Maitland Manhattan Jamaica Bronxville St. George Staten Island Sixth Avenue

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