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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1905
Page
6
A short verse recalls a boastful king who ruled the seas yet envied common worth. The speaker questions pride and laments the idea that true greatness lies in humility.
In a rain swept river town Dent recalls a fallen past as a barefoot girl hints he is the man. He finds a dying former lover Kittie and a letter from Joe Lineman revealing a chance to marry. Dent weighs leaving the present to reclaim a life once lost five years ago.
A wounded character clings to John, her hopeful words about recovery lift a faint smile before resting her head on his chest. The intimate moment centers on trust, care, and the wish to recover together.
A New York Times item recalls Hugh J. Bond and Henry A. Gilliam during a Raleigh circuit court term. Bond taunted Gilliam with a hogs head and turnip salad dish, sending it to Gilliam and prompting Gilliam to slice the hogs ear, quipping that it was the ear of the court. Speaks to legal wit and intra courtroom bravado.
Thought Aunt About Due, Sir Edward Monson recalls Lincoln’s polite listening to a fault finding woman and a later quip about a neighbor who shot his dog. He retells Edith’s question to her mother about when papa might shoot Aunt Martha, illustrating Lincoln era humor and perspective.
Goldwin Smith of Toronto, aged 82, is highlighted for a life spent in public service across the United States, Canada and England. A Toronto paper lauds his scholar’s impact, active involvement in national affairs, and steady blend of courage, courtesy, and intellect.
Poetic fragment describing gorse flowering and love enduring through seasons. Refrains urge fidelity as faith tested by societal chatter and rumored misdeeds. References to romantic yearning, seasonal change, and a mysterious "The Lady" appear in a lyrical, archaic voice.
A scene unfolds as a baby is paraded before friends who ask how the child imitates animals. The infant replies with a sharp glare and a firm rebuke, turning the crowd’s polite questions into a comic moment of frustration.
The narrator quotes a humorous exchange in the Elysian fields where Sir Walter Raleigh explains he refused Elizabeth I’s request to call her Liz and smoke cigarettes, noting cigarettes were not invented in that era. The piece preserves a light, wry tone about historical figures and royal mischief.
Reports from France claim Prof Moissan has produced genuine diamonds and rubies in an electric furnace, with 10 to 15 carat stones rivaling earth gems. The furnace also yields new compounds, including calcium carbide and acetylene light, boosting chemistry and industry. Also noted are mail volume on ships, starch pricing, political jests, Irish illness tale, Tioga County cradle joke, Chicago theatre crowd, and Ade’s burglar quip about his father.
A Sunflower State judge shares a glowing view of Grape-Nuts noting its daily use for six years, claims it reduces pastry consumption, sustains health, clears skin, and offers a breakfast equivalent to meat in nutrition. Rostum Co Battle Creek Mich. There’s a reason.
A new Japanese hydrographic chart renames Sakhalin waters as Mamiya Kaikyo and Mamiya Kaikyo Hokubu. The article recounts the 1808 voyage of Mamiya Rinzo and Matsuda Denjuro, the discovery of Sakhalin as an island, and later misbeliefs by foreign powers until Nevelskoy and the Elliott expedition exposed the true strait.
A Boston capitalist buys Mount Washington for over 500000, sparking alarm at the sale of public natural wonders. The piece warns such auctions could erode shared pride in landmarks like Niagara Falls and Pike's Peak, predicting a trend toward private ownership of major scenery and imagining misused signboards across the Atlantic.
Florence Kelley of the National Consumers League weighs in on the servant issue arguing public interest improves servants, raises wages, and benefits both mistress and maid. The tale recalls a tyrannical cook who defies a captain by asserting she belongs in his own home, illustrating shifting domestic power.
An observed rise in stature and vigor among young women is blamed not on physical training but on increased sugar intake. Readers note that sweets are now common at all meals and even in social romance, with a Russian wrestler cited saying sugar multiplies strength.
A poem extols inner radiance as the cure for world sorrow. It contrasts cheerful, life-affirming perception with general woe, urging that the heart’s harmony, not nature alone, makes life bright. The piece attributes universal cheer to love and spiritual light.
James McNeill Whistler, famed artist, was known among friends for sharp wit and biting sarcasm beyond his artistic genius. A young woman meeting him once noted his temperamental flair, and he quipped that differences in temperament were mere smoldering alike if one could match them.
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