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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1902
Page
6
Hendricks, an escaped convict, is trapped in James Ellison’s basement as Ellison and aides plan to extract a paper. Job uses a ring to incapacitate Ellison, frees himself, and faces a desperate escape as police close in, with a hidden trap door offering a potential route to freedom.
Job Hendricks, weak from collapse, plots escape as police trap the building. He studies a dim hospital like room filled with junk and then slips into a bare corridor. A stationary silhouette on the wall guides him toward a metal stairway, wary of guards below.
The Burges Observatory director argues Mars is younger, not older, than Earth and that canals and inhabitants once believed to exist on Mars may be erroneous, challenging traditional Martian astronomy and suggesting a fresh view on planetary development.
Mrs. Martha Baker of Denver purchases 85 dollars worth of straw hats to place on horses in the city to shield their heads during summer. In Atchison Kansas James P Steckel aged 71 dies from a ruptured brain artery on the street. His wife died in the same spot ten years earlier in a striking coincidence.
Fragmentary sports note mentions Paria DAB 8 league and concerns about mortality or danger. Content is unclear due to garbled OCR and lacks coherent entities or outcomes for fuller card.
Last year Ephraim t'tah crops were ruined by grasshoppers and this year no pitch destruction. A series of entertainments charges half a bushel per ticket. At a dance the doorman collected 74 half-bushels, used as a bonfire at night. Paris hospitals, deemed outdated, may be replaced by new peignes at a cost of 1000 pounds.
Cedar Rapids Aug 12. Forty nine years ago today the first Iowa man killed in the Civil War was Shelby Norman of Company A First Iowa Infantry. Captain J O Stewart, clerk of the federal court here, recalls the action at Wilsons Creek and notes many Cedar Rapids men from Company K served, including Major E Coulter and James O Stewart. Captain Stewart himself was wounded in the same battle.
A report from Green Bay township says an unknown man was stabbed near Weaver on the Skua River. A farmer found him by the roadside in a pool of blood, died shortly after, but verification is lacking and coroners have no word or embalming orders.
Shenandoah residents A W Murphy and Frank Anshutz join to host a baby show at the fair grounds Thursday afternoon offering cash prizes for the prettiest girl between three and five, prettiest boy between six months and two, and prettiest baby overall. Judges include three bachelors, three unmarried ladies, and three mothers as babies aged six months to two years compete.
The Independent Mutual Telephone directors met in Shenandoah on August 12 and contracted for a new exchange with Otto Wettstein of La Porte, Iowa. Director Naven resigned. W F Brooksmitt, former DB C R N railroad auditor at Cedar Rapids, was elected secretary and manager. Materials have been ordered and will arrive as soon as possible.
Missouri Valley Aug 11 The first car of paper for the coffin factory arrived yesterday. Work will begin Monday making paper coffins. The sheeting will be made and after drying a week or more the cloth covering will be laid on. They will be ready for the car market with final trimmings added by the undertaker.
Despondent Utica Michigan farmer Lower killed his wife with an axe and then hanged himself on Saturday night. Despair over possible insanity and grief from his daughter's death years ago propelled the act. Two weeks earlier he sought medical advice about his mental condition.
Charles City voters approved a 25 year franchise for Charles City Electric Light and Heating Co by 567 to 520, enabling a new power plant to replace two smaller plants and supply city lights. Plant completion is slated for the holidays. Ottumwa hosts Morrell Packing picnic August 21 at Oskaloosa, moving from Durlington. past crowds reach 4,000 to 6,000 attendees.
Washington dispatch lists pensions issued for originals and widows in Iowa. Names include Frances Ackley, Jasper Gallup, Leon Carson, Jacob Schueidey, William Spence, William Raton, Philip Minzer, Daniel Shannon, Arthur Montgomery, Philo Morton and others with various dollar amounts. Also mentions George D Lottridge and local towns in Iowa.
Epidemic of acute dysentery in Sioux City with one death, Miss Inga Rahbrant, a 20 year old waitress. Remains sent to Alcester, Minnesota. Also reports a forecast of the largest potato crop in Iowa and Minnesota, with Minnesota shipping to Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and other states, while Iowa lags in production.
Town notes report Iowa banking counts and telegraph company values, with Roosevelt visit invitation to Sioux City during Ells carnival and Cedar Rapids library gift from Andrew Carnegie. Waterloo courthouse details and Nutting flora specimens join University Museum. Apple orchard growth led by Bradley covers terrain 1 200 acres. 375 acres owned, 37 000 trees, shipping 20 000 to 30 000 barrels. A murder charge ties W A Durham to Blackfoot. Cedar Falls reports appendicitis hoodoo at district schools with multiple operations ongoing.
Waterloo reports a serious labor shortage as skilled workers are scarce. Employers struggle to hire help at 1.75 to 2.00 dollars per day while nearly all who want work are already employed.
A collage of short items notes Belgian war office efforts to aid Martinique sufferers, Paris etchings by Donald Shaw McLauchlan, and immigration literacy figures. It covers theater tastes in China, West Point librarian hire, political shifts, and a cautionary Venetian tower warning. Also listed are French water power use, New York wholesale restaurants, and Australian jail reuses.
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