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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1902
Page
6
Ralph Marlowe reaches a rain soaked village and learns his new job will be clerking for Dr. Barwood in Babylon. He encounters Crider and fellow travelers, endures a muddy walk to a dim hotel, and sits among local oil men and villagers as he awaits the landlord and supper.
Chapter I describes a river valley town where a railroad climbs toward Babylon and clings to the stream. A line of frame warehouses and docks sits near a rambling station facing the emptiness of a bustling yard. Behind, tiny houses and businesses sprawl along a single main street toward distant hills as Ralph Marlowe gazes outward.
A collection of satirical musings on clothes, liens, and work, noting how appearances mislead and the oddities of status. The item wittily contrasts athletes wearing suits and women’s clocks with social roles, then shifts to Westminster gossip about Viscount Valentia and Irish peers in the House of Commons and Irish electoral claims.
Major Giddiey recounts a curious eastern tale of a pastor submerged underwater for half an hour and revived by doctors after four hours of effort. The colonel notes it would have been impossible to save the patient if the watch had not been outside his body, highlighting the perilous element involved.
American authorities transformed Havana into a notably healthful city yet show limited progress in Maunilia, with experts urging broader public health measures and sustained funding to extend gains beyond the Cuban capital.
A brief dramatic quarrel quoted from the Philadelphia Bulletin shows Mrs Hauty warning Bridget that another rumpus will bring the police. Bridget replies that they can’t find a room for another person anyway.
A New Jersey preacher asked a congregation of children to name the best thing in the world and many shouted money, illustrating a community reflection on values and materialism.
In Owa on August 26 Herman N Rauwerdink, a 74 year old Hollander, hanged himself in his barn after a quarrel with a neighbor over chicken trespass. He reportedly possessed substantial wealth and the act followed renewed tensions over the yard intrusion.
Washington Aug 26 list of patents granted to Tow a inventors this week reported by C A Snow Co patent attorneys Washington D C F H Burr Atlantic mall receiving and delivering mechanism for railways FP BB Cleland Des Moines insulating Joint for pipes HH PB Dgedal Thorgate A W Frits Burlington adjustable throw off roller track for printing presses T F Kelley Adal Indicating mechaniss for post office boxes FE Walther Washington carburetor
Des Moines August 26 four persons were slightly injured when the interurban locomotive Jim Brenton collided with streetcar No 182 on the Sevasto pol line near the covered bridge at 8 30 am Sunday. Ward Deakin motorman Homer Wilson conductor and J McDonald rode the streetcar. The accident occurred during a practice run. the locomotive and car were not traveling fast. Passenger injuries were minor and names not learned.
In Gedar Rapids on August 26 reports say a Fairfield fire that destroyed Parsons College main building revived talk of uniting Parsons with One Presbyterian College. Coe College officials doubt any merger, while Parsons reportedly plans to open on September 16 despite the blaze.
A homeless man rode a branch train from Manning toward Audubon and caused a disturbance along the Northwestern tracks near Ross. He jumped a tie, acted erratically, and frightened farmers before being collared by the marshal, found rational, and given 30 minutes to leave to avoid arrest. The marshal confiscated a revolver from him.
The Toot & Co elevator line at Charter Oak Buck Grove Kenwood and Rodney was transferred to Atlas Grain Co of Chicago last Thursday. George Deter will manage the Charter Oak operation under the new owners, while Topl? & Co. retains its livestock business.
Centerville August 26 information reached here that the first contracts for grading have been let on the Iowa and St Louis line in southern Iowa. William Kennefink was awarded the contract for the segment from the state line north of Centerville to Melrose in Monroe county about 40 miles long as part of the proposed St Louis to Sioux City route via Des Moines. Work on the line has been underway in Missouri near Macon for some time, but this is the
The Phonograph editor Harry J Parcel left town quietly on an early morning train this week and his whereabouts are unknown. The printing office runs under subordinates and the paper is issued under his mother Purcell's name. The plant is reported leased by Walter Crafe, a former employee.
William Woolwine of Jefferson Tennessee drank a quart of whisky then an ounce of laudanum. He told family he had taken poison and showed the bottle but little help was sought for four hours. A hard drinker, he left a wife and seven children, oldest 26. He died at 2:30 Friday afternoon.
Bids for the $10,000 Carnegie library building were opened Friday and awarded to William J. Cook of Clinton, Iowa. His bid was reduced to 9430 for construction excluding plumbing and heating with the work to be completed by December 20.
Marshalltown Aug 25 a romance of the Spanish American War centers on W Diller a Marshalltown man who joined Company Ty then after Cuba service enlisted in the U S Army and joined the Third Infantry in the Philippines While on Manila streets he rescued a woman from two drunken soldiers and began a courtship that led to marriage with a Spanish heiress in Manila The couple lived in Manila until Diller returned home for months and learned his wife had visited Barcelona and Madrid He now prepares to return to the islands to join the constabulary and navy service
Aug 25 a man registered as F L Stane told stockman G C Margret of Campbell Minn he needed money to free himself and wife from the city after a gambling loss. The fraudster fled. partner F J Wilby was arrested for fraud and obtaining money under false pretense. At the Stanton hotel two women claimed wives. trunks held watches rings and cheap jewelry. The women gave conflicting stories. Wilby was released after paying the rest and leaving town.
Des Moines reports C F Johnson a Flint Valley miner left home eight days ago after saying he would attend a brick men’s meeting. Police believe he departed by train on the day he vanished and indicate it is likely a voluntary absence with no word of foul play. Mrs Johnson suffers distress, while investigators favor self-initiated departure.
Colfax Aug 25 Joe Palmer a farmer living four miles from Colfax met a cruel death this morning. He went to the pasture to catch the team turned out to grass last night and was found dead hours later by his family. Palmer had tied the horses and ropes caught around him as they dragged him. It is believed the animals became frightened and dragged Palmer and he was likely kicked by the horses while they were moving.
Farmington reports the longest Howe truss bridge west of the Migals sinpt is under rebuild over the Des Moines river. The structure belongs to C. B. & K. C. and a night crew guards the span to prevent driftwood from damaging the falco work as the river rises rapidly.
Andrew B. Montague resigns as Farman University president to lead Howard College in Birmingham. An engineer named West is jailed six months in Frankfurt for drawing weaponry. Boer widows near Johannesburg learn husbands live after peace. An Austrian jailed poison seller, 100, is freed. Emerald mines in Somondoo Colombia revived. Spain’s king ordered the 1792 closure. Mexican adoption of American clothing grows. A Romanian woman dies at 131 after living on mink. Thwarted upper bell-tower demolition in Venice. Denmark briefly ruled by three generations in one week. Eskimo journalist Moellers dies. Nordenskjold aided his start. Glasgow to fund Loch Arklet water scheme. Russia plans Sebastopol museum. Prussia forests cover 8.27 million hectares. Hessen-Nassau and others heavy forest areas. Danish expedition to Nova Zembla led by Birksland. Henry Le Schmetz named Jamestown Exposition president. Virginia to fund 200 thousand dollars for 1907 event. Balfour’s rise boosts Trinity College ties. Cambridge premier lineage traced. An eccentric German charity offers prizes to marry uglier or crippled women. widows over 40 receive prizes. Wyoming ranchers report numbers of wintered bands shrinking from 60,000 to under 10,000.
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