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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
6
A fragmented domestic page features overheard misheard lines about visiting relatives and chores. Characters frettingly discuss timeliness, packing, and breakfast while a financial dispute on a bank account prompts a tense exchange. The scene ends with a reference to a Pittsburgh bank check.
A fragmented wire piece notes a bright young man in disjointed dialogue about fashion prices and a dramatic claim regarding a "bull of globes." The exchange hints at skepticism over claimed garment costs and a telephoned inquiry, with several garbled names and terms.
Thousands respond as harvest labor sought across Minnesota and Dakota fields. Wages range from 1.75 to 3.00 per day with board included. Tickets on sale daily August 1 to 18, 18M, from the nearest Soo Line ticket agent or by writing Minneapolis.
A choleric party misses a train and argues with porters in a crowded hotel stairway. The exchange includes garbled lines about a call and a stubborn intraparty remark, reflecting a chaotic scene and miscommunication.
A fragmentary report notes Muglum and Mr Williams discussing an old mesrschaum pipe kept for forty years. Williams claims uncertainty after the pipe was smoked in the house for about twenty four hours. An odd reference to a woodpecker and a triplammer appears in the text.
A fragmented column narrates a terrible eczema outbreak described as chest to neck and limbs. remedies claim cure, with a five year relief. It quotes societal chatter about the 400 and Tommy, then shifts to social reform debate and a royal-parliament anecdote about Lady H listening to Henry Broadhurst’s quip at a country seat.
A Washington family reports relief from stomach troubles, pimples, and nervousness after switching from coffee to Postum Food Cereal. They claim all symptoms vanished in a month and a half, with improved digestion and clearer mouths, tongues, and skin.
Government crop report shows wheat yield at 759,080,000 bushels, with corn and oats also near record highs. Winter wheat dominates totals, states listed with yields. spring wheat still rising toward an average. Britain passes education bill while Irish laborers cottages bill advances in Lords.
Henry W. Hering, cashier of the M1 Nvoukee Avenue Store Bank in Chicago, was arrested in that city amid investigations into the disappearance of nearly 1,000,000 dollars. State Bank Examiners uncovered forged signatures, numbered checks, and extensive misappropriation connected to the bank’s funds, with courts and investigators pursuing further arrests as losses are tallied against deposits of about 4.25 million.
The Eight Hour Day proposal for Southern Pacific freight conductors and brakemen, prepared under the railway conductors order, has been unanimously approved and will be submitted to all divisions of the road with sixty days for consideration. It calls for an eight hour work day to replace ten to thirteen hour shifts and asks for a wage increase.
Officials forecast a surge in activity around the G A R encampment in St Paul while rail groups report widespread use of their own cars and mounting regulatory actions. The Virginia railroad panel voids the 2 cent mileage act as unconstitutional. Indiana orders an 83 1 3 percent rate cut on classified freight. Southern Pacific eyes a fifth relocation of its main line due to Salton Sea rising. Western Pacific under George Gould seeks 7 000 new workers plus 10 000 existing, with rapid construction push. Wisconsin awaits a 2 cent per mile fare ruling to justify new rates. efforts continue to secure meat shipments via cross‑state waybill adjustments.
In the American Review of Reviews Charles I Keyes discusses radium and radioactivity reshaping views of Earth's age. George Darwin cites possible spans up to 500 million to 1 billion years, while geology estimates exceed 150 million years but may be too modest.
A patient describes severe kidney pain and fatigue before using Down's Kidney Pills, noting relief after eight boxes and restored health. The piece includes an unrelated fashion-wary railroad station scene and an advertisement for Allen's Foot-Kase, claiming foot care benefits and free samples.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Miss Quickstop and girls bringing a pickle and a novel for rent. References to Lewis' Single Binder cigars, price to dealers 26.00 per M, and Peoria factory. Also a sentence on Holland foreign trade being greater than that of the United States.
Three years ago Mrs Leopold describes a severe run-down condition spreading through her body. After trying various remedies she found Peruna to be a worthy blood remedy and tonic, with several bottles materially improving her health and restoring strength.
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