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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
6
Iowa State News notes 134 residents, mostly women, who filed for divorce in Des Moines but whose decrees were not issued due to unpaid attorneys' fees and court costs. Many remain under delusion of separation and have remarried after hearings.
H K K Wooster, a wealthy retired farmer living at Blairstown, was instantly killed when his automobile overturned near Marlow. He crossed a narrow bridge, ran off the road, and pitched into an eight foot ditch. His granddaughter and another passenger escaped unharmed.
A series of Kansas and Iowa briefs reports horseman Dan Lamasney’s suspected suicide near Burlington after a disappearance linked to Lamasney Bros. incidents. Other items note a Burlington saloon mulet law move, a child drowning at Webster City, a Des Moines drowning, jail escape by two Negroes, a mower accident near Mechanicville, a miner suicide in Scandia, and several local mishaps including a printing company closure, a baby’s blood poisoning, and fires at Mason City and Muscatine.
M Hartzell of Cummings a land owner with 19 000 acres in town Missouri files a bankruptcy petition in the U S Court at Des Moines total liabilities 495 050 assets 487 000. Major creditors include Robert Mondy Century Savings Bank Des Moines German Savings Bank Des Moines Simon Cassady Co. Hartzell owns 1080 acre farm near Cummings Onsis ranch 16000 acres in Hemphill Texas and cattle holdings in Texas and Missouri seeking to realize on assets to meet obligations.
A large fire at R W Helmes farm in Brainard destroyed barns and outbuildings, a hay loft with over two hundred tons of hay, farm implements, lumber, and other property totaling about 4000 dollars. Insurance coverage was around 3000 dollars. Twenty one horses and other livestock were rescued from the flames.
Mrs Alma Burnett wife of Rev C B Burnett pastor of the Methodist church at Dexter Iowa shot herself on a train due in White River Junction New Hampshire The body found in the toilet room of the sleeping car clothed in a night gown and TH Tuono She was 20 years old and mother of seven children traveling with her husband and sister in law Miss Burnett Burnett said she suffered nervous prostration but was recovering The train stopped at White River Junction and the body was removed from the train
Assistant engineer William Oslenness on the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge drowned after entering the engine room and stepping into the swift river current. Bridges left open for engine cleaning led to the accident.
A massive warehouse and grain terminal fire broke out Monday afternoon at the Chicago Burlington and Quincy dock freighthouse on 16th Street and the river. Two grain elevators, hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain, a freight depot, fifty cars, and several buildings were destroyed. Firefighters battled extreme heat and shifting winds, battling to prevent a citywide conflagration as the blaze crossed the river.
Chicago faced a brutal heat wave with a 96.4 degree high, the hottest since July 21, 1901, as Kansas City reached 108 degrees amid variable wind and humidity. The oppressive weather left residents prostrated, sickened, and irritated throughout Monday.
A second deadly car crash in 48 hours near Burlingante, San Francisco, kills five women and two children when a large tonneau aboard plunges down a steep embankment after brakes fail. Miss Gthel McCormel tried emergency braking but the car ran wild, striking a rock and causing multiple fatalities and injuries.
A massive blaze near the Hames and the paint on the boat Chicago shattered the riverfront, with grain elevators attacked from all sides raising crop shortage fears. The steel fireboat Illinois was sunk at 8:2 a m as the east wall of elevator F collapsed, injuring several firemen and killing none. The craft valued at 200000 was crushed, engine room and firefighting gear turned to tangled wreckage.
Secretary Borland of the Signal and Train Control Board offers a $1,000,000 prize for an automatic train stop that can be installed at a reasonable cost. After reviewing many plans the Interstate Commerce Commission board found none fully acceptable and will trial the Rowall Potter system on the Burlington road for several months.
Judge Bemson of the Federal Circuit Court at Cincinnati granted a temporary injunction to halt enforcement of the new revenue rules. The ruling preserves the old branding system for local distillers, holding that labeling terms such as apirite and alcohol remain lawful despite the new pire food law and department rules.
F A McFarland shattered the three mile open professional bicycle record in Salt Lake City with a time of 5 38. News notes Roosevelt congratulates the American life team on their Bisley Olympic shoot victory. Keene plans shipping his stable to England this fall if turf conditions improve. Latonia racing sees Will Fizer in front with Pinkola driving a wide margin, Allison Jack dies from injuries at New Orleans track meet, hammer event. Powers remains atop Latonia jockey list with a 24 percent winning rate. Col Milton Young of Kentucky to sell his McGrathlang stud and 700 weanings yearlings mares and stallions. Bryce of Columbus baseball club dies at game.
United States Senator William B. Allison died in Dubuque Iowa on Tuesday of heart failure. A veteran political figure with a long public career, his death interrupts his bid for re election and may unsettle Iowa town politics. Born March 2, 1829 in Perry Ohio, he trained at country schools and Western Reserve College.
The obituary recounts Allison’s life from admission to the bar in 1860 at Ashland Ohio through his move to Dubuque Iowa and political rise. He served in Congress from 1863 to 1871, then won a Senate seat in 1878, and was twice offered a cabinet post. A financier expert, he chaired the 1892 Brussels Monetary Conference and was famed for deep knowledge of U S government mechanics.
An Alabama or Georgia legislature bill authorizing invalidation of marriage contracts due to artificial devices used by women prompts Rep Glenn to seek state protection. He cites a flood of threatening letters from women nationwide and says the allegations may have some truth given the anger.
The Washington office of the Panama Canal Commission reports the Culebra cut about half complete with roughly 47 million cable yards excavated. American workers have dug about 18.445 million yards. Chairman Goethals reorganizes the work into eighty divisions, each led by a chief in charge of all classes of work.
A scattered report outlines union activity from Mayagues to Wheeling to Pittsburg. Workers form and expand unions, with wage increases, organizing drives, and label adoption noted among various trades, including cigar makers, photo engravers, and firemen, as labor strength grows nationwide.
Campaign led by Commissioner Bingham in Nave York targets loud city noises to protect sleep for workers. Police were urged to arrest for offenses including sirens horns organ music railcar noise street shouting roller skating peanut roasters motor exhaust and barking dogs. several arrests were attempted under the order.
The almost complete cessation of speculation in coffee on New York and other American exchanges highlights the government’s votes monopoly in Gragil. European trading mirrors this, as Brasil buys the surplus coffee crop in a bumper year of 1008, with about 8,000,000 bags in concession valued at 10 to 11 dollars, shaping market control.
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