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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
3
Finkel, a paymaster at Union orange umbrella factory, wrestles with three men as they seize over four thousand dollars in small bills. He drops the money box, calls for help, and two suspects are later arrested while the others flee. The incident disrupts the 206 workers paid that afternoon.
A major winter storm dumped six inches of snow in South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and parts of Kansas, with five inches in Omaha and two in Sioux City. The heavy flurries caused travel disruption across the region while temperatures remained mild enough to spare crops from additional damage. Blizzard-like conditions formed in Colorado mountains.
John Kennington of Indianapolis, missing for twenty years, battles a court ruling that his estate was divided after a finding of death. The Probate Court had distributed property to his widow and son while neighbors report Kennington may be alive in Beaverton Oregon. Judge Walker received a letter from C B Kiedt confirming he is alive and that the court treated him as dead.
Affidavits filed in Magistrate Undermaan's court charging Mrs Leah Gilman and three children with murdering Dana Gilman. Body found on a commons near their home on November 20. Grand jury recently ignored the case. Warrants for arrest are being prepared. The Gilmans are in the city. Attorney says no new evidence.
Gov Deneen of Mindiy hailed a supreme court ruling forcing all former state auditors and treasurers since 1872 to repay $321000 in fees from the registered bond act. Meanwhile a $25,000 robbery at Northern Express in St Paul was solved when John Gunderson confessed the money’s hidden location. The Winds ruling struck down Chicago street wallways scrip provisions as unconstitutional.
The Standard Oil Company was found guilty in Chicago of accepting railroad rebates on shipments from Whiting Indiana to East St Louis and St Louis in 1903. A jury verdict sparks a legal battle toward United States Supreme Court review. Minimum fines start at 1.46 million with potential 29.26 million, defense argues only one offense occurred. Seven more indictments are pending as prosecutors seek penalties commensurate with savings of 223000 from rebates.
Dr. B C Schroeder and W B Cotton report experiments from the bureau of animal industry showing lung tuberculosis can arise regardless of entry route and lesions do not prove inhalation. They warn fresh tuberculous material in food, including milk from infected cows, poses greater danger than dried sputum. Cattle and hogs inoculated late fall died from pulmonary tuberculosis in twenty three days. ingestion deemed more dangerous than respiration.
A paper by Trenry Laurens Cull presented at Columbia University during an AAAS meeting argues modern corporations cause wealth concentration. He calls the corporation a monstrosity and cites Rockefeller wealth as its product, advocating public ownership of utilities and laws to convert the instrument of private greed into a cooperative tool.
Susan Rooney sues Merry Borgh of New York, former SPCA president, for 30000 alleging he dragged her downstairs and choked her. The University of Cincinnati plans to abolish the flag rush and a faculty committee seeks a suitable substitute for the annual freshman versus sophomore clash.
A San Francisco corruption wave led by Prosecuting Attorney Heney targetted officials from street corners to millionaires. Indicted were mayoral ally Schmitz and police chief Dinan, signaling a sweeping graft inquiry likened to New York’s Tammany era.
Reports from Chilpancingo and Chilapa grow grimmer as Tixtin Ayutla and Ometepec are said to be leveled. Clapa near Oaxaca also wiped out. Coast from Acapulco to Salina Cruz damaged. Acapulco partly submerged while Tehuantepec railway suffer. Over 500 believed dead with widespread ruin along the Pacific coast.
Dr John D Quackenbos a nervon and mental disease specialist and hypnotist outlines experiments on wayward girls from Tren ton New Jersey home for girls. The patient is put into sleep induced by monotone speech and continued sessions are described.
San Francisco grand jury probes mayor Eugene B. Schmite and 16 supervisors amid graft allegations. The narrative cites lavish living on a $6,000 salary, a $50,000 mansion, a $7,500 car, staff, and European travel, with Rudolph Spreckles backing the prosecution and a fund of at least $100,000 raised by citizens.
The article describes clinical hypnosis using calm conversation to put a patient into a hypnotic state. It notes that upon sleep, firmer admonitions guide mental direction toward natural talents, claiming immediate and lasting benefits with repeated sessions. It cites Dr. Quackenbos and references Prof. Timer and St Paul to argue a higher self can be awakened by suggestion.
London report states scientist Luve combines X rays with cinematograph to capture the movements of the heart lungs and other internal organs. The images can be reproduced like moving pictures and doctors expect this will aid diagnosis of lung and heart disease in doubtful cases.
Fire swept the Moore cotton mills and gin at Mangum Oklahoma, destroying 2000 Kalex of Hughmed cotton and causing an estimated loss of 150000 dollars. Meanwhile a steam coal barge No 1 was lost off the Florida coast in a storm and the crew were rescued at Galveston. President D P Glass announced the annual meeting of the Newspapers and Publishers Association will be held in Richwood on May 21 and 22.
Fugit ive Prank J Constantine is arrested in New York while attempting to flee to Italy after the La Salle avenue murder of Louise Gentry. He claims innocence and says the woman cut her own throat. Police regard the case as circumstantial with multiple theories including jealousy and robbery. The report notes his flight, disguise, and subsequent claims of innocence amid a nationwide hunt.
Mrs. William Manley of 92 Court Street, Allen, recounts six months post partum illness with headaches, dizziness, swelling, and weight loss. After taking Dr Williams Pink Pills, she regained appetite and weight, now over 180 pounds, praising the tonic as a builder and blood maker. The pills claim to strengthen nerves and organs by renewing blood and can be mailed to customers.
An expedition of the Sudan government against the Niam-Nilam tribes in Bahy el Ghazal reports a carved war drum buffalo seized with a body hollowed from a single wood block. The sultan Yan bio and his war drums were part of fierce hostilities, but the sultan was killed and the buffalo artifact survived the chase.
A short fable about a young man named Beldarine facing conflicting medical advice. He seeks a sweet remedy for a sore throat while fearing stomach trouble, while the doctor insists on a strong remedy for the stomach. The dialogue pits throat comfort against stomach health in a comic clash.
A testimonial describes appendicitis risk from starch and poor digestion. A girl plagued by constipation improves after milk and Grape-Nuts, noting weight gain from 98 to 113 pounds and recovery after adopting the cereal. The ad promotes Postum Co and the book The Road to Wellville.
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