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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
2
Poem recalls childhood days at the silenced night watch with fond memories of friends a motherly glance and a hoped return. The speaker laments fate and loss as he writes of departure from home toward an uncertain future in Clermont and mourns those who did not live to greet his return.
The Commonwealth, a Prohibitionist paper from Des Moines, slanders Father O Connor of Oelwein, leading to the editor’s arrest and bond for the next district court term. The pamphlet accuses Catholics and other churches, while defending press liberty and criticizing the editors’ publication as unwarranted.
A female lecturer blasts a man who never rises to help at home while his wife labors unseen. She points to the burden of lightening the household load and praises the worn, patient wife who manages daily chores from dawn to night. The husband, a meek spectacled man, finally speaks up, for the first time.
A sensational traveling evangelist in Washington Indiana provoked threats of violence and a public confrontation by displaying revolvers in the pulpit and issuing warnings. Local observers note the preacher courted notoriety amid rising tensions as a tense scene ensued between his supporters and opponents.
A disturbed crowd outside a service sparked gunfire from a minister, killing a sleeping child and injuring none of the rioters. The preacher fled. the father of the slain child, a fervent evangelist follower, refuses prosecution while the community questions tolerance of sensationalists and mountebanks in such events.
Leo Dorland and Lottie Lamphins, Leo Dresser and Ena Potter, Charles Jordan Rudd and Margaret J. Stewart, Louis Talcott and Estalla Adams, Charles W. Shrook and Mary J. West are listed among recent marriage licenses issued.
A Philadelphia Item report quotes a lecturer arguing brain structure shows close ties between man and higher apes. He cites Huxley on brain weight, notes infant markings resemble arboreal ancestors, and explains inherited traits and prehensile feet hint at ancestral arboreal life. The talk contrasts human mental development with physical traits in apes and old-world mammals. The lecturer also claims humans retain arboreal features in infancy while adults gain facial development and cognitive skills.
A London born artist James Seymour rose to fame for horse portraiture. He drew praise from the Duke of Somerset who hosted him at table and misread the painter as kin. The duke apologized in time, sending for Seymour to finish portraits begun for the estate.
A near 100000 patriots urged to rally for national platform principles adopted by the Democratic Party in Chicago. The message attacks Republican methods, calls for free coinage of gold and silver at legal rates, and demands rail and banking reforms, public-spirited taxation, nonpartisan state budgeting, and accountability for corporate interests. It critiques McKinley era promises, emphasizes unemployment, farmer distress, and calls for legislative changes in Iowa and nationwide.
Announcement for an annual race meeting near Independence within ten miles. Tickets offered Aug 16 to 20 at one fare round trip. Agents of B C Ry and N Ry provide details. Gold seekers may reach Klondike Alaska via Circle City and Yukon River with special arrangements through to Seattle and North America routes.
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