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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
4
A fragment from W. Barnard Jr. recounts a 19th century dramatic valentine verse. The speaker praises a beloved youth, recalling past journeys for a ring and noting that affection remains despite changes since that dim year.
Marie and friends plan homemade valentines at Olive, Marion, Edna, and Bliss home. Marie’s dream sequence links sentiment to friendship, boys, and shared effort, while adults and a Quaker tale frame themes of courage, cooperation, and choosing kindness over fear.
Major Alderson recalls receiving a letter in Lewisburg Greenbrier County from Abraham Lincoln for Governor Price of Virginia. Lincoln urged calling the Virginia Legislature to address postwar needs and reconciliation. The letter arrived as Lincoln was assassinated, altering the intended plan for the Confederate states.
The passage reflects Abraham Lincoln’s insistence on preserving the Union and liberty, stating a vote against wrong, a duty to oppose slavery, and a willingness to die rather than surrender principles. It condemns selling or enslaving captives as barbaric and illegal under wartime law.
A clubwoman quotes Abraham Lincoln praising women’s rights and a mother’s influence. She notes Lincoln’s Vandalia speech of 1856 rejecting political secrecy and supporting universal suffrage for whites who bear arms, while opposing gender exclusion, as recorded by the Philadelphia Record.
A War Departments letter from a Western State woman recalls her fiancé, a Union soldier, who promised to return and wed her. Records show no reunion, but the War President’s handwriting orders, Let him go to her. The story also notes a large Friday night mail from Canton Street, London, bound for Chita and distant destinations.
No radical revision this session says House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. A full investigation of the Post Office Department will precede major changes. The postal commission's plan for an expert inquiry will be folded into the regular appropriation bill.
Dr. Wiley testified on insanity as Thaw defense expert while Jerome Thaw pressed him with medical terms. Grelyn Nesbit Thaw described life with Archibald White and her failed engagement to Larry Thaw, breaking down under questioning as the case centered on White’s murder.
A mosaic of historical milestones listed in a 19th and early 20th century chronicle include battles, coronations, political shifts, disasters, and notable births. Entries reference Edward II, Napoleon, the War of the Roses, the Battle of Lincoln, Calabrian earthquakes, shipwrecks, the formation of governments in the Confederacy, and the 1905 antitrust packing-house ruling, among others.
A French engineer named De Plury invented a deep sea diving suit with a shell thickness from two hundredths to ten percent of an inch. The apparatus uses press leather rubber joints and a helmet with air circulated from the surface through a regenerating chamber. Pressure is regulated by valves and depth indicators, while the diver communicates via telephone and color lamp signals. De Plury claims depths from 150 to 300 feet, surpassing ordinary divers.
Sparks from the Wires reports Gerrel Vanwyk found guilty of murdering his sister to gain inheritance. Motive cited as to collect Tsar Sserling. Widespread injuries plague his wife. investigation links to Jersey City and Allegheny events. Detectives Dorsey and Sshaniler arrest Doris Dhovlarit and wife in Ohio on suspicions tied to multiple killings. An exhibition at Carnegie Institute will not be displayed this year due to trustees’ decision.
Relis President Eliot urged Congregational ministers in Boston to resist deterministic belief in ultimate truth. He warned against claim that philosophy has exhausted truth and argued that the end of reasoning has not yet been reached, urging continued inquiry across religious lines.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe metal motifs and a moai figure, mentioning weaving, temperatures, and various unreadable terms. The text references a bath, a drowkise missy, and a bath teach with steel, but lacks clear events or names.
A fragmented report lists names such as Beethoven and Urey among a festival crowd. The text hints at a procession to the ayern during the Hiecival with references to Pius and other unclear figures.
A steel test segment reports a plan to drain Teontake near Grane Rapids Minnesota at cost SLORY water problems block shafts. pumps will run day and night to resume mining operations.
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