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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
8
In Washington April meetings note tense Senate sessions as Quay and others push for immediate action on Cuba. President's message defers to committees as debates over recognizing Cuban independence intensify amid war talk and looming House votes.
Madrid April 16 A manifesto from Don Chios hag a Alied denounces Carlists who resist Spain in war with the United States as traitors and urges government action against Cuba. It predicts the king may rely on volunteers from provinces if soldiers cannot be raised and notes tranquil Madrid while Barcelona and Saragossa face street protests.
Rome reports the pope, aged and impassioned, pleads for peace as conflict looms. He ended Mass in the Sistine chapel declaring he prayed with all his strength to avert war and avoid smoke of battle. After Mass he conferred with Cardinal Rampolla and the Spanish ambassador, touching on peace efforts and possible monk mediation to calm the island.
Fairmont W Va April 16 An explosion of nitroglycerine at Mannington kills three men while teamsters load wagons A sap caused a nitro spill Four horses and drivers are blown apart A pumper at 200 yards away is killed by a collapsing pump house All nearby windows shattered by the blast.
In Mobile on April 15 two unidentified men were crushed to death at Magazine Point by a sudden shunting of a Louisville and Nashville car. Philip Kaum of Pittsburg Kansas was fatally injured. One dead man was from Pittsburg Kansas, the other from Milwaukee. All were en route to Pensacola to enlist in the navy.
In Le Sueur Minnesota on April 15 it was found the returning board for the First ward did not submit returns for the April 5 election. L Hayford, elected alderman from that ward, is the only affected official as others retain office. Lawyers say there is no direct path to the court to correct the mistake.
Des Moines Iowa April 13 The executive committee of the State Fair association adopts a resolution declaring no state fair will be held this year due to the Trans Mississippian exposition in Omaha and state sentiment against it Citizens failed to raise a four thousand dollar guarantee to cover expenses in case of a fall failure.
Contractor George Denka of St Paul completes work on the new Swift county court house. The building is accepted by county commissioners, designed by Buechner & Jacobson of St Paul, and praised as hand some durable and equipped with modern improvements.
In Stephen Minn on April 15 farmers report very dry loose soil slowing seeding. A field rat is cited as a nuisance. Winds hinder work. A large flax acreage is planned this year while wheat acreage will be smaller than last year.
Henry W. King a Chicago millionaire and prominent figure in the clothing trade was found dead in a bow. Death is believed to have been caused by heart disease.
Charles A Boyney, convicted of killing George Marcus Nichols of Trumbull on July 23, was executed at the state prison in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, completing a capital case during April.
Mrs. George L. Rogers of West Maintreat Canton New York credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing her long inflammatory rheumatism after years of suffering. She describes twisted swollen hands and a deformed foot improved after taking thirteen boxes, restoring appetite energy and church attendance. The pills are vegetable remedies said to purify and enrich the blood and cure many diseases.
Diogenes asks Washington if he could lie and he replies he could not lie yet notes his nearly seven foot height made beds uncomfortable. The quip frames honesty with humor about tall stature and common bed length.
In a sharp exchange Mr. Dobbs questions Maud about turning down Hilven. Maud replies flirtatiously that his proposal was in his mouth, implying insincerity and a flippant attitude toward romance. The vignette captures social tensions and witty banter of the period.
Shake Into Your shoe Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet, cures painful, swollen, smarting feet and instantly relieves corns and bunions. It comforts tight-fitting shoes and sweating feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores, 26 cents by mail, trial package free from Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, New York.
In France mushrooms are grown in private homes using an old bureau as a cultivation bed. Fill drawers with rich soil and dry manure, plant French mushroom spawn, water lightly, and cover to trap heat. Mushrooms appear within days and harvest continues for many months with occasional watering.
A Chicago Tribune item notes Hle Wen of St. Johnny-Dick Stebbins anya leads a dog’s life at our house. Sammy mocks the situation, saying the dog sits on muin’s lap and hyln’ on cream, highlighting domestic tensions and humorous domesticity.
The Chicago Burlington and Northern railroad passenger department advertises a twelve part series of half tone views from photographs in the Holy Land. Each part contains twelve to fifteen views with descriptive reading matter, sample part for two cents postage, complete set delivered postpaid for ninety five cents. Send remittance by draft postal order or registered letter to George P. Lyman St Paul Minnesota.
Wraggtea exposes a mean trick played on a woman as Taggles Whit condenses the tale. Wraggles hands out a note wrapped in the want page of the newspaper.
A scrambled Patents Innod list names inventors from Minnesota and surrounding states including Thomas J. Casey Detroit Minn basic fasteney John Adgar Rochester Minn hydrant August A Hagatrnod Sundect J.C. Pope RQ W.8aiford Mota Minn stove or fuinnace Lara Jorgenson Brownsdale Minn detachable calk Edward Manix Caledonia Minn bog anout cutter Teihe A Milton Blrrb low Minn portable grain elevator William A Rosaman Detroit Minny stove or furnace Alexander S Steyw art Necho N. D. chopping machina Frank H Wheelock St. Paul Minn means for preventing a flipping of cat Wheels upon grades Charles Vai Ong pollen Brandon Minn game band design lorwin one HD LegTeM ea TOM aeeng Atte The Tire Question Weary Watkins I see some of the papers agitating the wide tire ques tion again for better rondo Hungry Higgie I don't know much about guide tires but I know I got a prelong one Indianapolis Journal
A jumble of quotes shows Willie Wibblee asking why not let a mustache be and replies about making it. The Washington Star hints at reliability, while The Mer Thing and Yonkers Statesman offer quirky leads. A stray note mentions people dying from head failure rather than heart failure.
A fragment from a Brooklynite item shows a playful exchange about paying for a visit. The admirer asks if the father has objections to paying late, and Maud replies that installments would be preferable.
A New York World snippet records a shopkeeper in a crockery store reflecting on customer demands as a humorous line about a chimniey product that won’t “koot” an odd phrasing. The fragment hints at everyday retail chatter and curiosities in historical urban life.
An old advertisement promises Konhn's Rheumatic Care will cure rheumatism or provide a refund. It lists price as one dollar per bottle and cites Kubin's Rheumatic Care Co. at 66 Van Buren St Chicago with scattered stray phrases about photographs and a personal quote.
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