09 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1894
Page
1
An eclectic ranting page notes a minister’s rebuke after a baseball game, school water sanitation, a Semitic manuscript at Berlin’s library, and Stockholm’s alcohol death rate. It shelves stray items from a jury acquittal in Indiana to a carved bell’s history, plus English club banter on racing and Cromwell’s hypothetical reading choices.
In a tale of wealth and revolt, Julia Sladger defies her father Sam Sladger who aims to marry her to the moneyed Alderman Chozzle. Julia marries Van de Vere, endures poverty, and valiantly seeks a future through art and stubborn independence, culminating in a street-singing renunciation of shame and a tense reunion with her disapproving father.
A historical report details rising Mosquito sovereignty under a charismatic leader, with tensions between local Indians seeking self government and Nicaragua’s attempt to assert control. The piece also profiles Ocean Grove founder Dr. Elwood H. Stokes, Democratic gubernatorial prospects Spencer O. Fisher and David Quyer, and notes boxing and cycling modern achievements, including champion Zimerman and cyclist J. Bliss, situating a late 19th century political and sporting panorama.
A dramatic exchange ends with a character insisting on being taken as is while another warns of consequences. The piece then shifts to humorous remedies for squeaky shoes, noting chalk between soles and criticizing poorly made footwear as the true cause of squeaks.
The article discusses how early peoples may have drilled stone axes using horn drills and wet sand, enabling holes for hafting without iron tools. It describes a horn drill apparatus, experimental results by Count Gundaker Wurmbrand, and notes that drilling did not greatly weaken the final tool, illustrating Neolithic practice and its challenges.
The Russian crown and state jewels valued at about 14 million dollars. The crown, made by Genoese jeweler Panzie and once used by Catherine the Great, features hundreds of diamonds and a large ruby centerpiece. Also, Mrs. E. W. McPherson dispatched a rattlesnake threatening her path, killed it with a knife, and kept the skin as a trophy.
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