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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
1
Robbers Blow Safe at Bank in Churubusco Indiana
Robbers wrecked the private bank of Oscar Gandy & Co in Churubusco Indiana and stole 85340. The interior was damaged and a guard was shot in the neck but not seriously hurt. The robbers fled in a rig from a nearby barn. Insurance coverage was noted and plans to pursue recovery are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Gandy & Co
Churebusco
Ind
George Hommick
Gandy
Second peril for battleship Connecticut during launch cradle
The battleship Connecticut, after surviving a sinking attempt at launch, dodged a new danger when a large timber from the launching cradle became snagged on her port side forward. Crews spotted and removed it before she toppled from the blocks on the yard timeline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Shocking shootings and political notes fill a gritty day
A gunman in Minneapolis fatally wounds a youth and gravely wounds the boy's mother after entering a home on 8 Paul street. Wisconsin bans cigarettes starting July 1, forcing smokers to seek supplies out of state. An American lawyer Charles Darling faces contempt charges in Guatemala. Pythian Knights report 622,253 members, a net gain of 27,583. The German Crown Prince narrowly escapes injury after a coach crash. A Central Road train wreck injures 67 passengers near Maddee Station. Albany considers stripping aldermen of franchise power. An Omaha con artist collapses as a fake scheme fails. An Iowa earthquake lightly shakes buildings. New York births reach 16,000 in four months. Fifth Avenue shows the lowest birth rate. Theodore Thomas Orchestra appoints a new conductor in Chicago.
High Wheat Crop Average Reported by Government
The monthly Department of Agriculture report shows winter wheat condition on April 1 at 1.6, with 70.5 in 1904 and 83.1 in 1903. It notes rye at 92.1, a ten year mean near 88.1, and details regional table data including Nebraska California Indiana Michigan Pennsylvania and the United States total. Acreage sown to winter wheat is about 165,000 acres down from prior estimates, with expected slight changes from May revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Staten
Taaquil
Nebraska Sl
California
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Michigan
United States
Agricultural Department
Glories of Chadwick Home Fade After Sale
The Cleveland home of Onasie L Chadwick has been stripped of its furnishings after a $25 200 sale. The buyer prepares to ship out cut glass and a perpetual clock as memories of the remarkable woman fade. Photographs recordMrs Chadwick s famed rooms including a private sitting area with Uncle Mason portrait. The dining room showcased Tiffany pieces while Mary Chadwick s room held well chosen paintings and delicate chairs. The grand bed of adrid mahogany drew praise before everything else fell into alien hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Onasie L. Chadwick
Cleveland
Cassie
Mantla
Uncle Mason
Oll “Bunele Mason
Tiffany's
Europe
Mary Chadwick
Church may try Rockefeller if charges proved
New York dispatch reports that under Baptist law John D Rockefeller could face trial at the Fifth Avenue Baptist church on extortion charges. If proven, he may be expelled. church members are urged to seek proceedings and Rockefeller is urged to demand an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York Dispatch
Fifth Avenue
Rockiefeller
Raptler
University News and Academic Appointments
The University of Town reports a new gymnasium completion. Harvard’s Prof. J. A. Jaggar will lead a geological Iceland expedition. Harold T. Madison becomes Brow University zoology instructor. War Secretary Tett to speak at Yale Law commencement in June. Harvard’s President Biot travels in Switzerland. L. V. Vernon-Harcourt resigns Galveston civil chair. Yale shows 12 085 graduates with Rev Joseph S Lord among the oldest. Wisconsin adds meteorology course led by James L. Bartlett of the U S Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Town
J. A. Jaggar
Harvard
Iceland
Harold T. Madison
Brow University
War Tett
Yale Law School
Biot
Switzerland
L. V. Vernon-Harcourting
Yale
Joseph
Lord of
Maple sap and sugar making explained in detail
A scientific explanation of why maple sap flows and how sugar is produced. The article notes an anticipated 46,000,000 pounds of syrup in spring, with 400 gallons of sap needed per 100 pounds of sugar and about 15,000,000 trees tapped. It covers starch conversion to sugar by enzymes, seasonal sap pressure up to 25 psi, and production methods from taps to evaporators and molds. It emphasizes sun exposure and foliage on yield and mentions Vermont station tests confirming sap pressure from above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iast
Simmer
Vermont Experiment Station
Yrup-Githerer
Molda
The
Alabastine Co
Wallace Reports 8000 Men at Work on Panama Canal Dig
Chief Wallace says 8000 workers are engaged as exhaustive investigations proceed to determine canal type. Diamond drills reveal geology to forty feet, and shafts are sunk at key sites. American plant at Culebra expands with six steam shovels. Costa Rica Jamaica and Barbados laborers join crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Panama
Dinginedi Wallade
Cutebra
Culebra
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Barbadors
Weor Ude
Thua Farle
Philippine census completes with 7.8 million counted
The U S census bureau releases the first complete Philippine Islands census. It records 7,835,426 total population across 42 islands, with about 9 percent wild tribes. The report notes high birth excess, literacy challenges, and population density of 67 per square mile near coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States Bureau of the Census
Philippina Islands
Independent Islands
United States
Philippines
Hiaa
Continental
Coust
Luzon
Colored colonists form Colorado settlement near Denver
A new self governing negro colony is planned for Colorado near Denver. One hundred founders will start with 200 to 300 dollars each to buy 10 000 fertile acres. Rev Allen Allenworth will lead as president and 10 students from Topeka will supervise land layout and farming as Booker T. Washington aids the project through the Colorado Negroes Business League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Denver
Allen Allenworth
Industrie and Bndncational Institute
Topeka
Kan
Photographer Blown Up In Saloon Explosion
Albert Butler a photographer from Oma ha Ned prepared to take a flashlight picture at a saloon when the apparatus exploded. fragments of his body were blown about and a bystander was seriously cut about the head. The saloon building was wrecked. Indiana labor unions circulate a petition to save George B Waruner, under a death sentence for murder in Louisville Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Butler
Omaha
Ned
Indiana
George B. Waruner
Nurder
Louisville
War Tide Shifts as Russian Mobilization Deepens Crisis
The article traces wartime strain after Mukden with Russia mobilizing vast forces to resist Japan and the risk of losses rising. It notes naval chances for Russia, political turmoil at home, and widespread unrest from Warsaw to Smolensk as peasants revolt, landlords flee, and autocracy faces a national breakdown. It cites April events: Moscow doctors proposing universal suffrage, a Tsar palace bomb threat, the Grand Horse Guards review without the Emperor, and a growing revolution amid famine and cholera fears. A minor note mentions a birth in Kentucky and local incidents in Sulphur and Camden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mukden
Gyaina
Rosaly
Vindiyostok
Russia
Rojestvendky
Wieto
Rojestyensky
Ozo
Manchuria
Marqris Oyama
St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Lodz
Poland
Batum
Kars
Erivan
Georgia
Armenia
Regulara
Moscow
Empire
Tsarskoe ‘Seloe
Horse Guards
Smolensk
Braight K. Pursues Law Amid Broad Career Reflections
The text reflects Braight K. considering law as a lifelong aim while pondering medicine or engineering. It argues true excellence requires sustained focus on a single field rather than scattering attention across diverse disciplines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braight K
Ile
Heamet
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Claimed by Joseph McCauley
Joseph McCauley of Sachem of Techisels Lodge claims his backache loss of appetite and insomnia were cured permanently after four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. He urges suffering people to use the remedy as the only positive cure and notes it is sold by dealers at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph McCauley
Doan
Yester-Mulburn Co. Sunate
Operation Avoided Experience Of Miss Merkley
A Milwaukee woman Miss Margret Merkley writes of avoiding surgery for ovarian and womb troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports relief from pain and renewed strength following the treatment, and she seeks further advice from Mrs. Pinkham. The note discusses rising cases of such female ailments and cites painful monthly periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
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