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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1895
Page
1
A garbled collage discusses Miss Braddon Wein and Mrs Bronte, a Georgia preacher condemning women cyclists, early European animal upheaval, Argon and aurora, a curious claim about accountability, Russell Sage aging into new sight, Durham enfranchisement, English detectives, Caesar's robes, a Preston colliery reopening, and a Chinese minister’s comic Pennsylvanian voyage with skirts.
A wide review notes a short congressional session in Washington and debates on prose and electricity. It covers Cuban insurgent aid, a new fruit preservation method via water alcohol vapor, and editor Whitelaw Reid resuming the New York Tribune. Obituaries include Br. S. Straban, ex Oregon judge. Deadwood capitalist William F. Hoecht. Bishop Thorold. Also mentioned are Lord mayor Lewis Baker, General C. O. Howard, Laurence Hutton, and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Debate on monarchs, Bourbon Don Carlos, and a parallel between Mark Twain and Sir Walter Scott is observed.
The text notes Mr. Rider Haggard, strained by England’s election, may write a new thrillsman novel after savagery experiences. It also mentions Senor di Cousino, a Chillan heiress earning $200,000,000 yearly, visiting the United States starting in New York, where she stands among America’s wealthiest figures. It cites art sales and notes Abbey’s plan to bring European actors to the U.S. while explaining why foreign actors fail to recoup costs.
Reported vandalism explosions drownings and injuries across Ohio Kentucky Illinois Indiana and Illinois towns. The tally includes three men killed by dynamite on a canal. an Italian steamer collision with 148 dead. violent storms. accidents including a gymnast's injury and a fireman’s death. drownings on Fox River Ottawa. a railroad agent found head severed. shootings knifings kidnappings arson and a parochial school fire.
A collage of brief items notes shootings in Idaho and Illinois, a throat-cutting incident in Galena, suicides amid domestic strife, robberies, escapes, and jail breaks. Other reports cover liquor stills in New York, bird protection talks in Paris, a Quebec inquest, bank director arrests, and global cultural notes from Paris to Barcelona. Also listed are labor tensions, courier strikes, and maritime incidents along with prospects of opera, theater, and travel.
The article recounts a heated public discussion led by Mr Harvey and Mr Horr on monetary policy. They clash over free silver, gold standards, debt reduction, and who bears the burden of any monetary shift, with broad arguments about wages, pensions, and national independence from Britain. It notes the audience, location, and the ceremonial closing questions.
A late 19th century vignette recalls the Vpelled Songstress in Paris, a mysterious siren who nightly appeared with two street musicians for a summer of enchanting arias. The trio drew crowds and coin, then vanished as autumn arrived, leaving questions of identity and fate.
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