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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1906

Page

3

Kiss and Make Up in Courtship of Castellane Kin

Count Stanislaus de Castellane arrives in New York en route to Cuba with Countess Perry and daughters to seek possible reconciliation with his wife. He says his brother faces press misrepresentation and cannot leave France due to political ties. The couple’s future remains uncertain with church law cited as a barrier to remarriage.

Stanislaus de Castelans Brother Cuba Flussia Count Stanislaus de Castellane Count Bont de Castellane New York Kron Pring Wilhelm Francisco Perry Terry Odetteerry Stanislaus Count Roni Mlea Aing Gould America France Windetoem Cafe Martin Count Waul Castellane Nebrarks

Ingalls' Son Wins By Straw In Legislature Race

Shefield Ingalla of Atchison, one of nine sons of late Senator John J. Ingalls, is named member of the Kaneas Legislature from the Third District after drawing lots. The state board of canvassers certified the election while the Democratic opponent, A. D. Wilcox, received the opposing vote. The Kansas law allows the board to decide such cases, and Ingalls won by lot.

Shefield Ingalla Atchison United States John J. Ingalls Smd Kaneas State’ Board of Atie Convineers Ingalis

Russian Political Prisoner Endures Harsh Soviet Repression

A Moscow correspondent reports a political prisoner jailed six months for dissent. Prison conditions include constant phonograph punishment, solitary confinement in a lit cell, and exposure to the national anthem to induce patriotism. Resulting mental decline described as hopelessness.

Odeadu Russia Yai

Victory for Troops on Leyte Island Fight

Full reports from Leyte Island depict a government victory in a clash between troops and constabulary and Pulafanes. Several of the Pulafane leaders were slain, with only one major chief remaining at large. The engagement resulted in forty three slain on the side of the baniite forces.

Leyte Constabulary Baniite

Counterfeit Bill Reaches Subtreasury in New York

Government authorities report a counterfeit ten dollar silver certificate among notices in New York. The fake bill closely mimics the Renq note but remains detectable only to experts. In another item, ten year old William Weelen allegedly struck his father John Weedon in Blendale, leading to serious injuries.

New York

Atlante Negroes Acquitted In Atlanta Riot Case

In Atlanta Georgia a jury acquitted four Negroes of murdering Po Meeman James Heard during the September riot. They were among about fifty indicted. it is likely charges against the remaining Negroes will be dismissed.

Atlanta Megroes Po- Meeman James Lkely

County Commissioner-Elect of Treble County Dies by Suicide

Worries over duties attributed to unpaid office led Clayton, county commissioner elect of Treble County, Ohio, to hang himself at his home. Authorities labeled it a self-inflicted death, noting no official duties were held at the time.

Self Clayton Treble County Ohio Anid

American sympathy urged for Cardinal Gibbons on French law

A Baltimore statement pleads for American sympathy as Cardinal Gibbons condemns the French separation law as a grave injustice to the Roman Catholic Church. The article notes Swedish King Gustaf V becoming ill with heart weakness and irregular pulse, causing renewed anxiety.

Cardinal Gibbons Ballimore America Vscaria Ile

Middletown Crime and Hunger News Clipping

In Middletown Frank Munfort a described thief was sentenced to sixty days for stealing a kiss from a girl aged fourteen. A Rich Man Dies of Hunger despite a fortune over $100,000 as Dr Goess Jing, a retired physician, refuses to buy food due to high prices and starves himself, stating it immoral to eat at the current costs.

Middletown Frank Munfort Goess‘Jing Roy No Yi Rieteen

Leopold and His Lobby Affects Congo State Affairs

A Belgian king, Leopold II, allegedly maintains a Washington lobby to influence Congress over atrocities in the Congo Free State. The Congo Independent State, successor to the Congo International Association founded by Leopold, is governed by a governor general under his orders. Critics note harsh treatment of locals and a pending inquiry with Belgians on the commission.

Leopold Washington Gango Belgium Congo Independent Congo International Association United States Commission of

Cousins Named to Foreign Affairs Chair After Hitt Death

Robert G. Cousins of Tipton selected to lead the House committee on foreign affairs, filling the seat left vacant by the death of Robert Roberts Hitt of Illinois. A native of Ames, he has served in Congress since 1893 and previously in the Iowa Legislature. He graduated from Cornell College in 1861, studied law, and has been a practicing attorney. He was also a prosecuting attorney and presidential elector in 1888.

Hitt Robert Cousins House Committee On Foreign Affairs Tifth Tistich and Congress Towan Cedar County Cornell Iowa Tipton Cousins Asumes Robert Roberts Hitt Ilinois

Spelling Reform Adopts Sixteen Changes In Message

President Noonevelt endorses a six teen spelling reform noted by the Reformed Spelling Committee as Roosevelt aged sixteen adopts terms like Theyont for throughout and Program for programme. Other entries include They for through and Thoro for thorough with further shifts such as Altho for although and Exprest for expressed.

World Demands American Wood Exports Rise Nine Months

The Department of Commerce and Labor bureau reports global demand for American wood and products surged 33 percent in the first nine months of 1900 compared with the previous year, valuing exports at about 50 million dollars. The rise includes shipments from American ports to adjacent territories, with boards, planks, and related items driving growth.

Bureau of Statistics Department of Commerce and Labor Cestiguous Tarutory

Windstorm Strikes Mississippian Town Killing Eight

Severe winds leveled sevral buildings in Mississippi with eight people dead and extensive damage reported. The storm damaged several structures while emergency crews struggled to assess the scene and aid survivors.

ISU News: Plea in Clinton murder case

Iowa State News reports Richard Zimmer and William Phillips pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the killing of Clinton painter Aigtvod Larson, with the plea accepted. The pair slashed Larson after a quarrel outside a Fourth Street saloon, ending in a severe head and neck injury and his death. A separate item notes Tom Tallinn’s violent drunken episode ending in a fatal collapse after subduing him.

Inuer PHI Pa Clinton Mtn Richard Zimmer William Phillipa Aigtvod Larson Clinton Zimmer Phillips Larson North Fourth Street

Baby fatally burned when mother left sleeping infant in fire

In Connell Bins a 4 month old boy slept on a sofa while his mother went to a neighbor. The house caught fire in the room with the infant and the grandmother rescued the child, but he suffered serious burns and died. The home was completely destroyed.

Goen Banosester Connell Iylag Terelothing

Near Killed Lassoing Freight Engine Rescues Hand

Elmer Tumerick aged 13 of Atlantic narrowly escaped death while trying to lasso a passing freight locomotive. He placed his fingers under the wheels to free a rope strand, the wheels crushed his hand and required amputation of the finger.

Lady Ren Elmer Tumerick Atlantic

Train strikes church group on Chariton river bridge near Centerville

A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train fatally injured Miss Ethel Hopkins and Prat Yorkman, breaking Miss Mabel Horne's arm as six others escaped harm. The party returning from church near Darby crossed the Chariton river bridge when struck.

Church Steeck Crain Ethel Hopkins Prat Yorkman Mabel Horne St. Paul Chariton River Centerville Church Darby

Nagel Acquitted as Brady Murder Case Resets Charges

William Nagel, once accused of murdering Carl Brady near Mascntiie in June 1905, was acquitted in Davenport of the gravest charge, robbery, while the court ruled he could be tried on related indictments in the murder case. In a separate case, John Holston was found guilty of murdering his daughter Tessie in Muscatine in 1906 and faces life imprisonment after the victim died months later.

Mam Qnow Carl Brady William Nagel Mascntiie Davenport Kuin John Wolston Cormerty Neithburg Tessie Muscatine Holston Clinton J. W. Seymour New London John Horne Council Blails Pocahontas Watgok Win Hindt Harrison Tupper Rock Rapids Joseph Merchant Buxton Joseph M. King Red Oak Edwin Price Grand Junction Colo Thomas McLaughlin Limba Ca Duawson J. ©. Dinwiddie Marengo D. M. Rowland J. A. Gunn Des Moines J. 1. Case Threshing Machine Company

Coughs Up Cockle Burr In Young Moran Boy

The 12 year old son of Thomas Moran of Clay township sucked a cockle burr into his lungs and after a coughing fit expelled it. He suffered only temporary throat inflammation and will recover fully.

Thomas Moran Clay Township

Ottumwa starch plant storage elevator destroyed

A massive fire ruined the immense storage elevator of the American Starch Company in Ottumwa, with heroic fire crews preserving nearby buildings though the ruined structure and several adjacent facilities were threatened. Firefighting efforts left the elevator severely damaged and logs reportedly ruined beyond estimate.

American Starch Company Ottuiowa Addition

France in Turmoil Over Church Property Confiscation

Soldiers guard hamlet churches near Paris as France enforces a civil separation law. Clergy resist inventory seizures and new duties while the Vatican backs firm stand. The era sees a battle over ownership dating back to 1780 and Napoleon with a $8 million annual allowance.

Hamen France Paris St Pierre du Gros Caillou St. Augustine St. Roch la Crol Pope Pius Vatican Bach Alde Fim Napoleon National Church of

Multiple Events From 1900s City News and Disasters

Reported shootings in Steubenville Ohio and a New Jersey office death precede a Santo Domingo insurgent clash and a Maine city government shift. An old barber death near Bath Maine follows a teen suicide. A ship wreck near Chatham Mass and a Vancouver Island land deal with a massive $16 million project are noted.

Harry S. Bell William Roach Steubenville National Editorial Association St. Lonia Barkentine Boony Chatlain Mass Democrats of Maine Portland Santo Domingo Insurgenta Porto Plata I. I. Barrington Century Newark N. J Barrington Vacille Itailway Vancouver Island Development Company Esquimalt and Nanaimo Vancouver Island

Cure for a twelve year eczema ordeal praised

A mother's account describes her son’s twelve years of eczema misery and how Cuticura products ended his suffering. After trying four doctors and various remedies, a doctor said incurable until a newspaper article inspired a trial. One box of Ointment and subsequent Soap and Resolvent left the child cured, now twelve, skin smooth as silk.

Stalin Michael Steinman Sumner Avenue Brooklyn

A Sleeping Car Porter Story From The Pioneer Limited

F A Miller of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway visited Cleveland and shared a tale about a sleeping car porter found asleep on duty aboard The Pioneer Limited. The inspector cited rule violations, but the man kept his job due to his wit explaining prior rough rails caused his sleepiness.

Cleveland F. A. Miller Chicago Milwaukee, and St. Paul Hollenden St. Paul Pioneer Limited Hose

Reward Offered for Catarrh Cure by Hall's Company

A historical notice offers one hundred dollars for an uncured catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Cheney & Co of Toledo. It includes endorsements from Wangs Eng & Marvin and testimonials claiming internal action on blood and bodily surfaces, with price per bottle and related patent medicine claims.

Cheney &Co Toledo I. J. Cheney Drm WANG

Handicapped Dialogue Echoes In Mock Civilized Jays

A fragmented Chicago Tribune quote features a young man with plastered hair asking if the Mikimos have adopted any jays of civilization, and an arete explorer replying about the high cost of attire and ruinous wear. The passage reads as a satirical exchange highlighting cultural pretensions.

Mikimos Chicago Tribune

Ruggles Questions Heating Arrangements in Oat

Ramage notes uncertainty about heating plans in the oat model with a mitigating basement war context. He mentions no definite arrangements beyond cautious wording.

Ruggles

Missouri adds value to barnyard pets and affection

A Kansas City paper notes Missouri values a log at $2,000 and a rooster at $800, highlighting the idea that it pays to train barnyard animals in saving. The piece claims only one wild animal can show affection, reflecting whimsical commentary on livestock and pet care.

Spose Atl Missouri Kansas City Warebington Peat

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