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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1903
Page
2
Elizabeth, an aspiring singer, endures years of self denial and study inspired by a teacher’s faith and a city concert. A pivotal debut brings triumph and a new ache as Stephen Strong arrives with news of a future tied to another.
Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius Garden er, U S A, reports from the Philippines that natives show eagerness to learn and improve, comparing favorably to Mexicans and Cubans. He identifies brigands as the main future threat, notes widespread use of English, and calls the colonial situation promising overall.
James J. Mattingly a 21 year old Negro lad serves as door attendant at the papal legation in Washington. A linguist he speaks English French Italian Latin and Greek and is studying several more languages. He has translated classical authors and shown musical talent with piano and composition.
A dramatic, humanitarian chronicle recounts the four months aboard the schooner Courtney Ford after it wrecked near Izembek Island Alaska on September 30 1902. Sailor Willie Odle endured hunger cold scurvy and loneliness until his death with his log recording every rise and fall of his final days. The log dated February 20 declares death near four months alone ending with Death at last Four months alone and the tale closes in a bleak Arctic prison of nature.
Charles Nordmann notes the sunspot cycle affects mean annual temperature only in tropical stations. Analyzing twelve stations shows temperatures vary with sunspots, with the coldest years occurring at maximum sunspot activity.
Seven religious bodies hold over a million dollars in Manhattan property. Protestant Episcopalians report $44,308,500. Roman Catholics $33,166,600. Presbyterians $11,520,000. Jews $11,339,500. Methodists $4,941,500. Reformed Dutch $4,702,000. Baptists $3,471,000.
Five members of the Indianapolis militia company on duty in Evansville during the riots were discharged by their employers at the urging of labor unions. The Indianapolis Business Men's association adopted resolutions condemning the employers and supporting efforts to reemploy the discharged men.
Herr Eugen Diederichs, Tolstoi’s Berlin and London publishing agent, is told he cannot publish the count’s brochure Thou Shalt Not Kill in Germany because it insults the kaiser. The work criticizes military education and aims at princes, naming the kaiser and czar, arguing killing a prince and war are linked to murder.
The University of Grenoble with 500 foreign students eyes appointing a woman professor versed in English as more than thirty young women enroll for next year. A Scotsman from Aberdeen delivered popular English lectures last year as part of a new course, and M Chaumie, minister of public instruction, supports the rector's scheme despite opposition from some faculty members.
Staunton Arkansas August 31 News from Duff Searcy County reports Justice of the Peace T E Reeves endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills saying they cannot be beat for kidney trouble. Fellow Justice BH Cox calls them effective after a bad kidney case, noting rapid improvement after three boxes and sharing pills with friends who also praise the cure.
Senator Edmund W. Pettus of Alabama, age 82, refused a long abstract of a will. A reader offered a thirty page summary, Pettus asked for a brief outline. He then compared the reader to Barthe the comedian, who pressed on with a dying man’s time running out.
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It claims inflammation of the Eustachian tube from catarrh causes deafness, offering $100 for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills, with a Toledo, Ohio company and druggist endorsements.
A childhood exchange humorously links the Daily to appearing daily and the Century to every century. An unrelated ad promotes Hin Doo Soap from the American Hin Doo Medicine Co. in Tuscola Illinois, priced at 15 cents prepaid.
The report states Mr. Balfour and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman may accompany British members of Parliament on an upcoming visit to France. Both have reportedly promised Baron d'Estournelles de Constant to join the party.
Mothers are urged to use Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the best remedy during teething. The article promotes its soothing effects for infants and emphasizes its safety for use in soothing distressed gums.
A Chicago News line argues a well-cooked breakfast more effectively preserves family peace than repeated use of "Bless Our Home" mottoes. The item frames domestic virtue through practical daily care.
Uncle Bill explains Zack Lacey’s financial collapse amid bank loans and board of trade bets. He faults greed and overconfidence as Zack chased profit, bought experiences, and lost his half section, while the editor notes similar fates among farmers drawn to prosperity and risky ventures.
A wit reflects on millionaire opinions about wealth building and notes none align with the chooser’s own route to riches. A brief exchange recalls mistaken professions and clarifies a family member’s real career. From New York to Southampton via St Louis.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item quotes a dialogue about donations and the source of money. A caller asks how funds were acquired and whether funds came from legitimate or questionable means, framing the amount as larger if legitimate.
During a financial examination just before school closing a teacher asked a pupil what form of government the District of Columbia has. The girl replied that in the District of Columbia they have an oratorical form of government, recalling district commissioners busy giving commencements.
District Attorney Jerome's brother Larry Jerome reportedly began an eccentric art career at Princeton. Robert Bonner gave Princeton President McCosh a snow white horse, proudly shown in public. Jerome painted the horse red white and blue and allowed it to roll in grass with Galway green, causing the president to miss drives for a month.
Judge Giegerich and lawyer Michael Herris discuss a so called popular tax. The judge notes a tax that is highly popular is one paid by other people. The exchange highlights a humorous, ironic view of taxation.
A fragmented 19th century style monologue mocks women and fashion. It laments shirtwaist wear and stockings while criticizing male and female behavior with ironic tone. The speaker notes misunderstandings between genders through terse, satirical lines.
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