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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
1
A digest of international and domestic notes: Taft weighing US mediation in the Turko Italian war with backing from Dr Lyman Abbott and Dr Mary Eddy. Lodge resolution on czar treaty abrogation passes Senate. Also covered are canteen revival debate, Chicago murder reprieve, anti trust cases, and other scattered items.
President Taft’s special message to Congress outlines a surplus in general funds and a postal department surplus, calls for monetary reform, and details treasury efficiency gains. It notes Panama Canal progress, calls for rural parcel post, and pushes army, navy modernization while advocating civil service merit and reduced patronage.
Personal Clara Morris, a bedbound former actress in Yonkers, N Y, has been gifted twenty tiny strawberry finches for Christmas by Haron Uchida, former Japanese ambassador to the United States. President Taft and cabinet members attend a New York Automobile Club banquet. William J Bland of Kansas City MO, Rhodes scholar at Oxford, named secretary of the Oxford Union Society, first American and first Rhodes scholar to hold office. George B McClellan known as Diamond Dick dies in Kansas City after being struck by a train. Mar Clennap from Ogdensburg NY was noted as a native.
A Mar.-Memphis News item notes a scientist claims the earth will cease to turn in 5321 A D. The piece frames the forecast as a local curiosity and records the public mockery risk if proven false.
Fragmentary quotation argues that patriarchal rule has long defined human society, labeling men as tyrants and women as serfs, drawing on Edward Carpenter to frame the critique of gender dominance.
A reflective verse fragment questions truth as a state of the soul beyond material objects. The speaker, invoking Sharles Kingsley, muses on perception, sense, and the ghostly nature of facts as clues to inner reality.
A fragment quotes a disdainful remark about courtesy, comparing it to shaking hands with a soft mackerel and a man who offers two fingers, attributed to Sir Francia Vane. The text presents a stylized, archaic tone with a sharp edge of satire.
Attorney for the defendants tells the jury they will prove no Sherman Act violation. Judge Carpenter overrules objections as defense outlines strategy. Buckingham vows to invoke statute of limitations, attack circumstantial evidence, and argue profits were minimal and caused by scale and efficient methods. He recounts failed merger plans and the rise of National Packing to acquire already purchased properties.
Gary Alderman Walter Gibson was found guilty by a Lake County jury in Crown Point of soliciting and accepting a bribe over the Dean Keating franchise. Five other Gary officials, including Mayor Knotts, face bribery charges. City Engineer Williston’s trial ended with a hung jury.
President Taft advances Lodge resolution marking the abrogation of the 1906 passport treaty of navigation and commerce with Russia. The treaty remains in effect until January 1, 1914, while efforts proceed to negotiate a new agreement to remove the friction that ended the old pact.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue declares that dividends paid by mutual and participating insurance companies to policyholders are subject to assessment as income under the corporation tax law.
King George I bagged three tigers and three rhinoceroses at the first big game shoot in Nepal, an event noted as a record for royal huntsmen.
An advertisement from Gettysburg Pa signer R G Parry promotes Resitol Soap and Resinol Ointment for pimples blackheads and various skin conditions. It claims notable improvement and offers free samples from Resinol Chemical Co Baltimore Md with druggist availability in fifty cent and one dollar sizes.
Virginia Clowweb and Qlahie Feldman of Hast Eighty-sixth street locked in Virginia's room to “be Lad themselves.” They each wrote a swear word on paper and yelled it aloud. The ceiling did not drop nor an earthquake follow, ending their mischief with mild disappointment.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts a woman refusing a suitor because he lacks a husband’s sorrow and wisdom with a counterpoint that accepting him would have fulfilled those needs. The exchange hints at themes of experience, compatibility, and the timing of personal growth.
A humorous stage dialogue features an usher asking if she is a friend of the groom. The bride responds with a playful retort clarifying she is the bride and a mother, and a judge interjects. The exchange highlights social etiquette and wedding day banter with light, period-tinged humor.
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