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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1903
Page
2
A collection of aphorisms and social notes from The Herald of Eldora Iowa reflecting opinions on marriage luck and progress. It touches on Chauncey Depew yacht building and worth of money, Rube Waddell, Sir Thomas Lipton, and the value of time. It notes coal prices and consumer impact in a breezy satirical tone.
The zebrula replaces the army mule due to immunity to tsetse fly bites. It remains unclear if the zebrula has yet competed against the Jersey mosquito in any ring or match.
A two minute trotting horse is cited as a metaphor while noting that average men measuring speed say a horse runs in 2 40. The article argues journalism instruction should clearly and accurately define the office cat's functions within the college project.
A Chicago News note describes a wealthy elderly husband who marries young wife hoping she will preserve his memory. Later he becomes the victim in a homemade green goods game involving deception and loss.
The recent runaway marriage of Lilian Russell’s daughter prompts renewed questions from a perplexed philosopher about why people wed Lillian Ruys- Beli. The remark underscores ongoing intrigue around the Russell family and choices in marriage.
Kerosene oil has risen again prompting consumers to consider returning to tallow candles, though the nacking-house combine holds the tallow trade, limiting options for households.
Robert Grau offers Mary Anderson de Navarro two kinds of courage as he proposes paying in total $225000 for a series of 150 readings in the United States featuring works by Shakspere and other poets.
A playful remark describes a boy happiest during his family's move as he walks the streets wearing a chair on his head, a quirky take suggesting that for him a chair is the only way to sit while new home adventures begin.
Two American heiresses Miss May Goelet and Miss Gladys Deacon are set to wed English suitors in the near future. The spectacle underscores the steady flow of English marriages into American wealth.
The Berlin royal academy praises Prof. Mommeen the historian after he read a paper on Inscriptions from Baalbek Syria, noting his advanced age of 76. Stock for a new women’s paper in New York is offered to the public. The New York Sun headline Cop Went on a Tear is cited.
In Marshalltown on September 17 authorities recovered $2,000 worth of fur garments stolen from H. Singer. Officers seized a cloak at Tom Lowery’s Jackson street home, pursued Austin who tried to seize a police revolver, and after a struggle Austin was captured. The haul, hidden in hay at a barn, totaled twenty nine pieces with Lowery jailed for harboring and implication. Austin, noted for a bad record, was brought to jail with injuries from the struggle.
Washington announces Des Moines army post buildings will be ready by late November for a troop arrival. Colonel Wallace in the Philippines will command a squadron of the Fifteenth Cavalry to Des Moines, then depart for the post as regimental commander next year.
In Eldora on Sept 18 the Roberts family, quarantined for diphtheria, saw Quill McCall wed Miss Etta Shade once the danger card was removed. The ill child recovered and all end well as McCall gains a wife amid the quarantine tale.
Dubuque reports Fred Bindelwander a clam fisher died in his house boat at Griple Island after two days of continuous drinking. His body found by a woman yesterday morning. he had lived in Dubuque and has local relatives. He had fished the river for years and began heavy drinking about a week ago.
Des Moines Sept. 16 The Western Town Interurban Railway held its first annual meeting in Des Moines. John A. Nash president Almer Stern vice president UH H Polk general manager Clyde B W Brenton treasurer C R Benedict secretary Executive Committee Nash Stern and BE Weeks Directors B F Kauffman and others with a Shelby county appointee to be named. Changes noted include Gullison of Harlan on the board and J W Davis replaced by Kauffman. Engineer James Wilson absent with weekly reports from Polk and progress toward Logan and Guthrie Center.
Des Moines Interurban Railway proposes a 35 mile line from Des Moines to Ames to parallel the Chicago and Northwestern route. Right of way has been purchased to Ankeny and Walker street line will be extended in East Des Moines. Plans include routes through Saylorville Oralabar Ankeny Crocker Polk City Sheldahl Slater to Ames with extensions delayed by material costs.
Clinton reports a sensational case as Michael Conroy a local saloon keeper is arrested as an accessory to the Grossman fur robbery sixteen months ago valued at 7000 dollars. A Des Moines fur dealer was cleared, Hall of Chicago implicated but jailed in Illinois. The grand jury and hearings target multiple past robberies with witnesses from several states.
Marshalltown reports a Tuesday night robbery at the Bank of Rhodes with $800 stolen from an outer vault compartment after burglars bored a roof hole and blew off the vault door. The inner safe remained untouched and authorities have no clues. Also in Council Bluffs, Charles Nolan dies from lockjaw after a mud-removal accident following a heavy rain.
Prof W H Olin at Iowa State College Ames conducts wheat breeding tests to find varieties hardy enough for Iowa winters. Seven varieties are tested this season against Turkey Red as standard, including Padin Minnesota No 560 Minnesota No 525 Khar kov and Malakof from Russia. Field plots sowed weekly with carefully selected seeds. spring crosses with Turkey Red aim to yield hybrids better suited to the climate.
Professor W J Kennedy of the Ames animal husbandry department plans an extended trip from October through several weeks to study horse and sheep range conditions in Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon. In Spokane he will judge horses and cattle at the Washington state fair while teaching animal husbandry students who have served as judges at state and county fairs across Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and other states. A carload of cattle used in feeding tests will be shipped from Odeholt and five hundred head have been tested for diet comparisons. A bulletin on soft corn feeding value is nearly ready. Sharon Crown HW a 15 month old Shorthorn owned by the college recently sold to R M Gunn of Buckingham Iowa.
Winterset on September 17 reports trustee A. Ly Shriver filed suit against F. W. Cherry seeking 90,000 claiming his share of proceeds from the Rock Island road right of way sale for the Des Moines and Southern line. Cherry contends he purchased Shriver’s interest well before the final sale.
City Physician La Force prosecutes milk men for using formaldehyde as a preservative after infant deaths last month. Pear French, a milk man, pleaded guilty to the charge and paid a $25 fine.
Marshalltown September 16. Valuable fur coats boas and unmade skins valued at about 2500 were stolen from H Singer fur store at 400 East Main Street. Entrance gained through a transom above the rear door. Goods included seals otters fox marting and sables. No clue.
In Ft Dodge on September 16 a district court awarded Corneius Wilder $3,500 damages against Great Western Cereal Company for injuries suffered while employed at the mill. The verdict cited a broken arm and leg as the injuries.
Notes from the capital cover a rise in divorce petitions before Judge Howe in Des Moines, with open court required for decree actions. The piece also examines Iowa pottery prospects, citing clay deposits around Des Moines, past and present potteries, and barriers from Ohio output and galvanized goods. It mentions state education notices, a school case reversal by State Superintendent Barrett, and a military staffing move involving Major Olmsted and the Iowa Normal School program.
Ole Johnson, a crew member from the Manaense, alleges the captain abandoned Nelson and twenty nine other Danish prospectors on Mast Cape near Behring Sea. Johnson reports thirty men perish from cold and starvation while awaiting relief. A relief ship is sought and the Dan- Agh ship will be held pending investigation.
Reading and Pennsylvania railroad officials say no curtailment has been decided yet though market for domestic sizes is practically dead. Miners may face a four day week as independent operators slash prices by up to 40 cents per ton, offering coal at mines for 3.35 versus 3.75 on the circular.
State's Attorney Voigt revealed Policeman Lee Henry once served time in Christian county for horse stealing and highway robbery. Henry resigned from the force, Chief Ramsey followed in sympathy. both resignations were approved by Mayor Menke.
Manila reports one hundred fanatics attacked the constabulary headquarters at San Jose Nueva Ecija Lu zon and attempted a storm. After a lively fight the attackers were repulsed with eight killed and the constabulary suffered five fatalities.
Helena Sept 17 The second trial of the historic Minpie Healey mine case has opened in Butte centered on a ten million dollar copper claim. Amalgamated Copper company acts as plaintiff United Copper company as defendant.
Burglars bored a hole in the Farmers Bank roof outside the gate and secured $1,000 in silver from a vault. The BR WAR was partly wrecked by dynamite. Robbers fled without accessing the money inside.
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