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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
4
A report on a Buddhist sect in Japan that claims cure through faith, founded by Yanagita in 1798 and later led by Shimamura Mitsu. The movement centers on Lotus Gate teaching, claims numerous miracles, profits from faith practices, and faces accusations of immorality and decay amid public scrutiny.
A bill has been introduced in the legislative assembly proposing a cat tax similar to Massachusetts. Proponents argue cats burden municipal revenues while dog owners defend dogs as useful against vermin and disease. The debate cites public policy, superstition, and the humane licensing push by Massachusetts women, with references to a global context including Athens and China.
In the central Pacific, Uncle Sam administers four Samoan islands, with Tuipila hosting a naval station. About 6,000 inhabitants live there, including around 1,000 children. The people are light brown to yellow complexioned and warm weather leads to light clothing. Children attend school and show enthusiasm for education and U S leadership, while working in coconuts and small plantations. Boys are skilled sailors, starting young and handling native boats by age 10. The article also notes curiosities about local life and a brief item about Theodore Quentin and John B. Sargent in relation to President Roosevelt.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch piece recalls that in April operators showed compassion for poor consumers by approving a progressive monthly advance of 10 cents per ton on anthracite. If maintained, the extra profit would have covered the miners’ demand twice over.
According to his San Francisco telenda H. H. Huntington, son of the late Collis P. Huntington of Southern Pacific fame, has cleared over 4 million dollars in recent stock speculations.
Amur River floods in East Siberia uncover a burial ground of remarkable interest. Skeletons wear curious chain armor and wield bronze frog-axes and sword hilts. Researchers believe the site marks an ancient Tartar horde roaming the region.
A military officer named Alard Bheck reportedly gained appointment due to a striking likeness to President Rocne valt and the German Emperor. The unusual claim attributes the billet to this resemblance and a remark attributed to the German emperor.
The Des Moines Capital reports Governor Cummins paroled three Polk county inmates from the Iowa Inebriacy asylum after short terms under the new law. Norman Mitchell and William H. Ramey were released in September, with terms of one to five years remaining, based on belief of cure by Dr. C J Applegate and staff.
The New York Sun reports hunters note that small calibre bullets cause deep tearing and nondramatic entry wounds with exit cavities. A Wisconsin deer shot at various ranges showed continuous movement after impact. Observers say small calibres fail to stop fast deer, unlike old black powder ammunition which tends to halt faster for follow up shots.
A dignified matron visited the newspaper office to praise an editor for an accurate society column. She thanked the writer for correctly spelling every guest name, noting only a few errors were theirs, and the star patron regretted no fault was found.
A historical report details massive timber depredations in the United States, with annual losses of 400000 acres to fire and theft. It cites millions in losses on public lands, notes failures of supervision, and urges stricter laws and updated enforcement to curb these devastations. It describes schemes by corporations and individuals, court battles over stolen timber, and calls for updated policies in line with modern forest preservation.
A survey of famous gold nuggets and discoveries. The Welcome nugget near Ballarat weighed heavy in legend after 24 discoverers, was buried 180 feet deep, and changed hands through Ballarat Melbourne London to the Bank of England. Other famed pieces include the Victorien gifted to Queen Victoria for 8,260 dollars, Heron nugget sold for 20,400 dollars, and a large Urals nugget weighing 316 pounds unearthed in 1843.
A garbled Chicago Record-Herald fragment discusses a land ally's husband claiming a scientific paper notes gata five hundred years and pike archaeology could yield centenarians if left alone. It questions how long a chicken dies of old age while mentioning a star and a fisherman making an effort to bite a piece from a wing in his possession.
A New York Sun summary notes China’s population at 426 million per a native census, with outsiders skeptical. It cites a German geographer who thinks native estimates may be more accurate and references the 1982 figure of 380 million. The piece discusses density in Shensi and the terraced farms, and compares U.S. population density with Texas’s area. It mentions the Philippines’ silver-price losses and calls for silver standard reconsideration.
The article outlines line stores built on the Canada United States border, mainly between Quebec and Vermont/New Hampshire and up into Maine. Canadian goods such as woolens and clothing sit on one side, American goods like cottons and kerosene on the other, with two entrances and shared floor space. Customers can shop on either side without crossing the border, while authorities distrusts these setups though they persist along the boundary.
Eugene Fischoff, famed French turfman born in Austria, discusses American jockeys and French steeplechase. He praises Americans in flat racing, disputes English prowess, cites a 50-horse stable worth about 150000 dollars, and notes his sons will study at St Paul’s Preparatory in Massachusetts.
The Chicago-Boeton Globe quotes President Roosevelt noting that as modern industry advances there is a growing tendency for employers and employees to unite within corporations and unions. The piece reports the formation of a potato peelers' union as a timely example of this labor consolidation.
A Rochester Herald quotation rails against greed and trust power driving up living costs while optimistic voices claim progress. A Philadelphia Ledger anecdote recalls a doctor warning an old colored man to buy broth thickener, then the man whispers it may not be necessary.
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