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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1905
Page
4
A collection of comment bites and satirical quips on political figures and events. Highlights include Depew’s surrender of $293,000 tainted funds, Norway replacing royalty at $175,000 yearly, Sequoyah as a state name, and playful jabs at politics, emperors, yellow fever, and ads paying off with life insurance.
The Post Office announces a new form of money order to deter forgeries and alterations. Postmaster General Cortelyou and Mr Hancock developed the change after recent thefts by crooks who raise amounts on orders. The scheme involved crooks buying small orders under fictitious names, cashing them for profit.
A cryptic bank scam description explains erasing amounts on money orders and filling in values between 850 and 100 dollars. The crook then uses a merchant to buy small goods, pays with the altered money order, and pockets the change as profit. The merchant detects the fraud when cashing at the post office. new money order form details are not public yet but plates are being prepared.
E C DeWitt Co of Chicago markets DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for piles eczema cuts burns and all skin diseases. The ad warns against counterfeit copies and urges customers to ask for the genuine DeWitt's sold by Smith Reed.
Des Moines Iowa weekly weather summary reports cooler conditions early in the week with above normal cloudiness and generally below rainfall except in west central and southwest districts. The period ended with warmer weather and sunshine aiding corn ripening and fodder harvest. Frostless September hoped for, 80 percent of corn crop likely safe by Sept 25. late potato crop weak and apple reports unsatisfactory.
The quarterly clerk district court and county auditor reports were presented. The auditor’s fees included bonds 60 cents, redemptions 2.50, transfers 38.50, total 4.50. Petition for tiling and grading between sections 16 and 21 in Concord township was referred. Superintendent’s report of institute fund for period ending August 4, 1905, presented. Claims against the county acted upon. Adjourned to 8 am Sept 5, 1905. Best For Children. Mothers, be careful of the health of your children. Look out for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. Stop them in time. One Minute Cough Cure is the best remedy. Harmless and pleasant. Sold by Smith & Reed. Davis & Moser have the largest stock of posts ever offered in Hardin county.
Notice announces appointment of executors and administrators in Hardin County Iowa. It directs all indebtedness to be paid and claims presented to the district court for two estates Elias O Foote and Mary J Robertson with dates of first and last publications in September 1905.
Notice announces a public sale of real estate from the estate of Sirah Parking in Eldora Hardin County Iowa. Administrator Wes Pours will offer the property at 1 p.m. on October first 1905 at the court house front door to the highest bidder in cash. The tract is described as the south half and fractional parts of section six township north range five west. Publication dates Sept 13 and Oct 4 1905.
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