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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
3
A lengthy review lists amendments and new laws from the Iowa session. It notes measures favored and defeated, including anti injunction rules, railway and freight bills, forestry, election reform, state education and welfare, and a host of fiscal provisions. The piece catalogs enacted acts, tax, banking, road, prison, adoption, and cemetery trust provisions with details on administration and funding processes.
Des Moines reports a nearly week long strike by union painters and paperhangers ending in a complete victory for the unions. Workers secured 35 cent hourly wages as concessions. one worker returned to work under revised terms after the strike. The article notes other local labor actions and related legal updates in Des Moines.
Independent Foresters of Sioux City report preparations for the biennial state convention of the high court in Sioux City on May 11 and 12. About sixty delegates and equal number of visiting members will attend. A Tuesday trolley tour will visit Riverside and Morning Side, followed by a banquet with toastmaster EE M Corbett and Mayor Caldwell welcome speech. Oronbyatekha, the supreme ranger, cannot attend due to a San Francisco engagement.
New Muscatine company formed to manufacture a general line of veterinary remedies and drug specialties. Capital stock set at 50000 dollars with paid-up capital of 30000 dollars. Officers named include Charles T. Walker as president and manager Frank Jackson as vice president Frederick Daut as secretary and treasurer and board members Charles T. Walker Frank Jackson Frederick Daut Harry W. Huttig G. A. Funck D. J. McDermid Howard Warfield.
Des Moines reports Director J. R. Sage of the Iowa weather and crop service believes the current season may yield record crops in small grains. He compares it to 1895, noting similar weather patterns and well distributed moisture that preserved subsoil conditions and kept ground in good shape through the season.
Reports from the state indicate stockmen are greatly worried about slow grass growth. With less than two weeks until May 1, pasturage is expected to fail without feed. This year grass has hardly started and prospects for May pasture are poor.
The drought worsens pasture and feed supplies, putting stress on cattle and stock raisers. Farmers report scarce feed, rising costs, and a looming dilemma as warm weather continues to stretch resources. Public attention remains limited despite the severity of the impact.
In Waverly on April 21 the Ancient Order of the Red Cross and Bankers Union settled a dispute without court action. The Bankers Union claims a 1962 contract transferred assets and membership to it. A $25,000 bond backs the Bankers Union, who agrees to cover Red Cross claims since 1902, with rights to inspect records. Some related notices from Dubuque and Des Moines report pearl season starts, educational meetings, and pension awards in Iowa.
Des Moines April 19 the board of control awarded contracts for chairs and furniture for the new state hospital for the insane at Cherokee Chase West Des Moines chairs totaling 4000 dollars and furniture 1800 dollars
Deg Moines April 19. Judge Jostan Given, retired from the bench and not resuming practice, accepts the role of dean at Highland Park College of Law and will devote his full time to that department. He succeeds Judge Dille whose private practice requires all his time.
Everett Rose was arrested at Iowa Falls and charged with attempting to kill John Conrad. The assault allegedly occurred while both were under the influence of liquor. Conrad is still alive. Authorities filed the charge and prepared to proceed.
The text explains major ocean currents: the Atlantic Gulf Stream and equatorial current dividing near Cape San Roque, the Pacific currents Kuro Shiwo and Humboldt, and an Indian Ocean swirl. It notes their westward flow from the equator, north or south branches, and their role in redistributing solar heat across oceans and temperate zones.
New York Times recounts Grover Cleveland on his Mississippi trip where Colonel Dan Lamont urged a drink for the president. The mayor arranged three glasses and the president declined to drink, pouring out his partner's glass and swallowing the contents himself.
A brief notice discusses self-identification among a subset who call themselves among "our best people" and contrasts their view with that of others who see them as unknowing or misinformed. The piece hints at social divisions and class attitudes without detailing events or names.
Two German noncommissioned officers were sentenced to prison for one year and nine months each after maltreating a private who died by his own hand to escape persecution. Dr. C. H. Tebault urges medical branch members of the U C V to attend the reunion in Dallas and send papers of historical interest.
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