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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1909
Page
2
A playful exchange about rain gear and swimming mishaps. The Duckling complains parents made it wear overshoes for a dip, while the Chick-What insists it would cry too. A light humorous domestic vignettes reflects childhood antics.
A mother recalls a boiling grease accident that burned one side of her baby’s face and head. After three boxes of Cuticura Ointment, the scald healed in about five weeks with no scar. Mrs. Hare of South Shields England reports the cure and praises the preparation. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Solo Props, Boston. Also appears are items about chickens being a nuisance and a universal salve claim for Resinol and other ads from period newspapers.
A readable note reports Cascarets boxed for a week of treatment. It claims high sales volume, describing a popular product promoted as the world’s best seller with millions of boxes dispensed monthly. The brief focuses on the drug’s widespread use and mass distribution.
A Baltimore & Ohio Royal Blue limited wreck near Chewton siding Newcastle Pa leaves engineer and baggageman dead and about fifty injured. Fireman Purcell escaped death by leaping from the engine cab and applying emergency brakes saving many lives. Investigations point to deliberate wrecking with a $25,000 reward offered.
A Greenwood Indiana elevator owned by AB Cook & Sons burned, holding 22,000 bushels of wheat and thousands of bushels of corn, with two grain cars on a nearby track destroyed. Loss expected to reach 50,000 dollars. authorities suspect arson. In Bloomington Wisconsin, Sept 6, J Pringey the carpenter and Herman Horine the farmer were found dead in a boarding house after blowing out gas before sleep.
Cincinnati reports the Burley Tobacco Growers district union No 1 of the Equity society forming amid a mass meeting at the Grand hotel. Delegates from five Ohio counties and nearby Kentucky attend as Dr McMilan of Pendleton county and C O Brayton lead, opposing Lebus pooling terms with a 15 cent floor and 7 percent pooled requirement and a 20 percent fine for breaches, while President Drayton says a sale association is being organized.
Des Moines readers will enjoy two hours of patriotic music on the river front with seven military bands merged into one, part of a broader city effort surrounding the United States Army tournament. Fire department demonstrations and citywide lighting schemes accompany the events, with plans spanning Sept. 20 to 24 and city streets alive at night.
Hartford City Indiana reports that the Glass Cutters and Flatteners Association of America ordered a strike and workers in the Am erican Window Glass Company plants obeyed. The company operates six large U S plants and sets yearly wage scales and glass prices. Meanwhile other notes include the death of Isaac Brock claimed to be 121 and a New Bedford strike threat over a wage cut from 1908.
The preliminary report of the fisheries of Iowa for the year ending December 31 1908 has been issued by the census department. The data cover the fishing industry excluding wholesale dealers and canneries and the final report will analyze totals and cover other phases of the industry.
Kleango markets report mixed grain and butter prices with signs of demand. Wheat and corn futures show active trading while rye flour and oats prices move with shipments. Live poultry and butter offerings list range by grade and packaging for retail dealers.
Live Stock listings from Chicago and Omaha dated Sept 4 show mixed cattle and hog prices. Native steers hover around 4.50 to 7.00 dollars with varied ranges for cows, heifers, and calves. hogs mostly range from 6.80 to 8.35 dollars with weights affecting quotes. sheep and yearlings show modest gains and steady demand. Market reports note unchanged to slightly lower tendencies in some grades and emphasize bulk sales across cattle, hogs, and sheep sectors.
Des Moines will host a national army tournament September 20 to 25 showcasing aerial craft with Major Stutsman and Lieutenant Lamb leading seronauts in daily flights. Air less war theater includes attacks on imaginary fortifications in plain sight of 20,000 spectators at the state fair grounds.
A mother plans to alter her husband’s old trousers to fit Robbie. Robbie questions why they should be smaller, fearing others will know he is a boy. The scene from The Delineator centers on growing up and parental care.
Walter Camp, esteemed authority on American sports, will write a series for The Century Magazine starting in November. The articles will trace development of football baseball rowing track golf and tennis with emphasis on college athletics. A separate recipe for Victoria Punch appears from Woman's Home Companion.
The Town Mutual Dwelling House Insurance Association of Des Moines becomes the largest purely mutual fire insurer in the United States with 38 million dollars of dwelling property insurance in force, all in Iowa. C. E. Harsh has been secretary for seventeen years. annual management cost about fifteen cents per 1000 dollars, total member cost about sixty five cents per 100 dollars of coverage every five years. Inquire for the local agent in your town.
One of the world’s largest official flag factories operates in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Between eighty and one hundred women work year round making flags for Uncle Sam’s ships. They use about 120000 yards of cloth yearly and produce 418 different kinds of official flags costing 90000 dollars annually.
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