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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1904
Page
2
A. C. MacLaren, famed cricketer, faced a prank during a picnic match up country to Australia. A batsman tried to induce him to drop a high skied catch by offering a kiss from his sister, but MacLaren resisted the bribery.
A wealthy Frenchman opens his park to elderly animals and birds. The oldest resident is a 73 year old male, fondly cared for with a 37 year old goose. Other inmates include a 36 year old cow, 27 year old hog, 28 year old bullfinch, and a sparrow marked 1868.
Herbert Spencer in An Autobiography notes a man who adopted a boy to educate him by his own system. He overestimated the task and sought a wife mainly to provide a suitable figure to rear the boy.
The text recalls Bishop Bickersteth using a lighthouse lantern-space as a pulpit to address visitors and lighthouse keepers, and preaching in a hospital operating theater to patients. The anecdotes highlight a saintly figure speaking in unlikely places.
A chemist predicts people will eat 200 to 300 more foods annually by 2000. Global governments are pushing to diversify diets, with new fruits vegetables and nuts added weekly to the world’s bill of fare.
The British Medical Journal notes chauffeurs may suffer a condition called chauffeurs' wrist akin to house maids' knee. It is caused by the hand jerking from a premature explosion when starting the car, a developing occupational hazard as society modernizes.
The excerpt presents a Chic magazine reflection on male preferences, noting that if most men were asked for what they value in women they would seek beauty to admire and sympathy to share in life and conversation.
In Buckingham district, England, rabbits have become so numerous that mowing machines cut them to pieces and a single shot is reported to have killed at least six animals. The scale of the infestation has driven residents to drastic pest-control methods.
An estimated 4,500 American travelers visited Greece each year for the past four years, leaving about 4.5 million dollars annually in the Kingdom.
Somerville Journal notes a push for an eight hour day citing farmers and labor reform advocates while a doctor at an inquest argues infants benefit from cots to prevent suffocation. A lighthearted exchange about a donkey engine with little horsepower adds a contrasting vignette.
A fragmented phrase from the York Press hints at a man claiming no entitlement to money, suggesting a dispute or legal notion about financial rights and title. The garbled text implies a discussion of fairness in husband wife financial claims within a historical newspaper item.
A brief war game note reports torpedo effectiveness against searchlights at ranges from 1,200 to 1,700 yards with practical use emphasized only at longer distances. The account highlights the gap between torpedo capability and searchlight utility during trials.
A historical note states that persons bearing the same surname, though not related, are forbidden to marry under the discussed Chinese Marriage Law. The text emphasizes restrictions based on family name rather than kinship.
A Paris butcher was sent to prison for three months for selling meat dressed to resemble lamb. The article notes remarks on national debt and claims Bolivia and Siam are the only civilized powers without national debt, reflecting dated economic commentary.
The Ames Carnegie library was dedicated before a large crowd costing $10,000. A northbound Iowa Central freight train derailed two miles north of Oskaloosa after a washout caused by heavy rains, injuring crew and killing sixteen horses. Other items include burglaries in Grinnell and Webster City, a court suit over telegram delivery, major stock show successes in St. Louis, and several accidents and crimes across the state.
Des Moines reports Iowa corn led the world exhibit at the St Louis fair with 99 of 100 points, also taking first prize in threshed grain and grass seeds. Iowa commissioner Will C. Whiting organized a statewide effort to submit premier samples despite limited funds and recent crop variability.
Muscatine Sept 22 suspects in jail charged with complicity in the Rock Island train robbery were released yesterday and told to leave town. Their identities were shielded as officers avoided interviews. The men laughed at detectives efforts and moved to greener fields. No detective remains in town and they are said to be in Davenport and Chicago areas.
Muscatine authorities announce detectives have halted pursuit of the five hay stack bandits linked to the Rock Island train robbery. A Huffmier bloodhound trial suggested the suspects escaped by fall before the posse arrived. No new developments or statements from detectives have emerged.
Mt. Ayr Sept 23 Peter Lewis aged 33 was shot by his wife early yesterday at a Blockley area farm in Decatur county and died a few hours later. The couple had been troubled by chicken thieves as Lewis returned from checking a sick neighbor. the wife fired through the hen house window. Lewis remained conscious until death. He had been married ten years with no children. He lived near Kellerton most of his life. his parents and four brothers and two sisters reside there. The widow is prostrated.
In Avoca John Whitaker aged about 50 killed himself with a pocket knife at a hardware store rear closet after financial troubles and a recent inheritance. In Atlantic a man named Elmer Parker, angered by Mrs. Krittenbrink’s Omaha marriage to Charles Colburn, attempted violence but was thwarted by a bystander, ending a potential deadly incident.
New York report quotes James J. Hill estimating the U S corn crop at 2 000 000 000 bushels and wheat at about 510 000 000 to 540 000 000 bushels with possible final totals near 500 000 000. He doubts government figures and cautions that earlier estimates may be too high. He notes deterioration and warns against overoptimistic yields.
Paris reports from the Marche Francais show France produced 110,352,422 hectoliters of wheat in 1904, down from 146,385,444 the previous year, a drop exceeding 36,000,000. The average yield is about sixteen hectoliters per hectare, with imports from Tunis and Algiers expected to ease the situation.
Lifesaving crew answered an early Wednesday call and towed a water logged lumber barge into the river after it rolled heavily in a rough sea. Two tugs assisted, bringing the barge near the harbor piers as it lay very low in the water and could not have weathered the storm much longer.
Cleveland Sept 22 George Gould will enter the independent telephone field and likely make his first purchase in Ohio. Some larger independent plants in the state are said to be under consideration for purchase.
Peoria Illinois September 22 seventy nine mothers wheeled babies in a baby parade of the fall festival. Windy unfavorable weather did not curb participation and handsome prizes drew many entrants.
In Carlisle on September 22, William Desha, who had murdered Walter Harris weeks earlier, died in the county jail from poison self-administered.
The Rock Island elevator at St. Joseph, Missouri, holding 40,000 bushels of wheat, was destroyed by fire on September 22. Loss estimated at $60,000 with no immediate report of casualties. The blaze caused extensive smoke and required police and fire crews to secure surrounding grain structures.
Portland Ore Sept 22 A local flouring mill has received an order for ten carloads of flour to be shipped overland to Boston. The shipment indicates active demand for grains crossing regional lines and signals growing trade links between Pacific Coast producers and Eastern markets.
Fragmentary OCR text references a service man and farming, with September and barter elements. The readable parts are insufficient for a clear event or claim.
Des Moines dispatch reports Governor Cummins will press the War Department to reverse the national Shiloh battlefield commission decision that excludes the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa regiments from the Shiloh monuments inscription. He aims to vindicate veterans and consider further action before Congress if needed. Desertions rise at Fort Des Moines with 11 men leaving since Sept 12, including two NCOs and two corporals, prompting a $30 reward for capture and enforcement concerns. Commission men note egg prices peaking for winter as storage and market factors drive the rise.
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