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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Herald

Location

Eldora, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1905

Page

7

No News Designed for Ingils Paradox Blessing of Shared Truth

Poem fragment from Cleveland Leader stresses that no one owns ideas or truth. It urges humility when others reject what seems right and warns against hiding knowledge. Emphasizes shared revelation belongs to all and that minds differ.

Earth Cleveland

Mae Wel Regulated Brother and Sister Quote

A fragment quoting Rev Louis Albert Banks frames Mae Wel Regulated as a personification of kindness. The line contrasts a brother or sister moved by a heart full of tender considerateness with a broader moral exhortation.

Louis Albert Banks

Consideration Draws Reverence and Charity from Hearts

The essay argues contemplation of God's creation cultivates reverence and gratitude, citing David and Jesus as models. It asserts thoughtful consideration fosters peace, strengthens moral influence, and inspires self denial and active care for others, warning against carelessness and harsh judgment. It closes by praising a gentle, sympathetic approach to sin and the healing power of humane restraint.

David Paul Jesus

What Christianity is a living guide to perfect manhood

H W Beecher defines Christianity as the science of right living and the new manship of the world. He argues the end is the transformation of the individual into Christlike humanity, visible in living action rather than books or history.

Christ Jesus Apostle Christ H. W. Beecher

Our infirmities and the prayerful heart

The passage urges humility in prayer and recalls the Spirit's aid for infirmities. It describes times of distraction, ignorance, and wavering devotion, then guides to yield to rising desire and let the Holy Spirit steer requests toward what God longs to give, culminating in an intimate, unutterable conversation with God led by the Spirit.

Jeremy Taylor F. B. Meyer

A Holy Life Quiet in Small Things And Union

A sermon-like reflection cites Bonar on a holy life built from small daily deeds and restraint. It emphasizes steady sunbeams over dramatic miracles and the avoidance of little sins and inconsistencies as the path to negative beauty in faith.

Andrew A. Bonar

Frequent Prayer and the Shower of Grace

A Bishop Taylor quotation compares daily prayer to morning and evening dew that nourishes growth, urging believers to permit occasional full showers of prayer to enrich and overflow in times of harvest. It likens consistent devotion to dew and calls for intensified prayer at chosen seasons to overflow grace.

Jordan Taylor

Life’s Compensations Shown By Everyday Labor

Canon Farrar reflects that a life spent brushing clothes washing crockery working at a clerk desk in a harrow shop or in a laborer’s hut may be ennobled by God’s mercy such that even a king would yield his crown for it.

Harrow

Baltimore to Erect Shaft for Poe at Westminster Yard

Baltimore's Municipal Art Society raises a $30,000 fund to place an imposing shaft for Edgar Allan Poe in Westminster churchyard, despite strong opposition to moving his remains. The piece recounts public sentiment, the grave’s visibility, and related Poe death theories and other notable burials nearby.

Edgar Allan Poe Old Westminster Presbyterian Baltimore Sarah Sigourney Rice Western Female High School Virginia Clem Maria Clem Poe Westminster Westminster Churchyard Fayette and Green Streets Church Home Washington Hospital Edgar Allen Poe T. R. Pattison Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church Old Washington Hospital Elizabeth Ellicott Poe Lanier Booth Poe Ona Old Greenmount Cemetery Sidney Lawrence Turnbull John Wilkes Booth Junius Brutus Booth

Boston’s Name for Tips Joy ful checks

A discussion on how Boston uses a courteous term for tips described as Joy ful checks. The piece argues the phrase conveys generosity and reciprocal value without negative connotations, emphasizing mutual appreciation whether given verbally or in writing.

Boston

Expert Livestock Judges Need Skill and Impartiality

A discussion urges careful selection of stock jurors at fairs, noting experts deliver fair, expeditious judging while self-advertised or inexperienced judges invite criticism. Associations now help form adjudicating committees to prevent biased outcomes and protect exhibitors from insults, demanding unobstructed rings and unobtrusive officials.

A. S. Alexander Farmers’ Review

The Cow Owner Sets the Standard for Dairies

The article argues that improving dairy success depends more on the cow owner than on the cow. A clean product starts with the owner who must model cleanliness in dress and appearance. A farmer once posted a sign saying cleanliness is my hobby, illustrating the core principle of good dairying.

France Prioritizes Forest Preservation and Jobs

France aims to preserve its forests with about 6000 government workers dedicated to forestry. The effort seeks optimal use of manpower, stressing forest upkeep as crucial. Areas previously deforested are being reforested to restore tree cover.

France

Plant Diseases and Their Remedies

The U S government and experiment stations study plant diseases and remedies. Many diseases go unnoticed yet cause vast losses in agriculture. Apple scab damages leaves twigs and fruit before botany reveals its impact. rust mildew and smut also threaten crops, and preventing them would greatly increase produce value.

United States

Lean Bacon Demand Prompts Farmer Call for Leaner Bacon

Albert Jones argues lean, hard bacon is in higher demand than fatty cuts. He recalls a Chicago market where lean bacon cost 20 cents per pound versus 16 cents for fat bacon. Jones believes it is cheaper to raise leaner bacon despite higher price per pound.

Chicago Albert Jones

An Arab Churn

A traveler in Arabia notes Arabs do not rely on commercial churns, making their own churns from sheep skins. They kill a sheep to obtain a churn, clean the skin, sew it with one end open, and pour cream inside. A rope ties the top to keep cream contained while a second rope anchors the bag to a wall ring for rocking to churn butter.

Arabia

Fat Saws and Small Litters

The article notes concern over hog breeds producing small litters. It urges avoiding overfeeding brood sows during breeding, advocating balanced rations and exercise to boost prolificacy across breeds, including lard producers, over generations.

Training of Fowls in Exhibition Stances

The article notes exhibitors claim it is easy to train birds to stand erect for shows. Practitioners confine birds in exhibition coops and feed them from high positions to force an upright posture during judging.

Clover Clippings for Hens Feed Treasure from Clover Lawn

Farmers with white clover lawns and a lawn mower can harvest large amounts of first rate poultry feed. The cut clover dries quickly in sun, bags for winter use, and is reportedly eagerly eaten by even young chicks.

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Mae Wel Shaft Ryan Snodgrass Ryan’s Place Miss Poe George Poe, Sr Calvert Street Baltimore Museum Baltimore and Ohio Edgar Nelison Poe Poet Col. Crowninshield Marblehead William Farmer Boston Herald the Post Westminster Church Stoc
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