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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
1
An Elgin Echo item discusses a South Bend doctor’s controversial experiment to make a child of African descent lighter by preventing skin pigmentation. It cites alleged methods, racial theories, and Nordic scientist Winsen Teed as inspiration, noting widespread medical interest and patent ideas.
Jeffries halts a runaway horse and sleigh in Central Park New York to save a man and wife from a bridge danger. He grips the weakened horse and halts the sleigh, sparing them serious injury while he remains uninjured.
A 22 year old St Louis driver Frank Sebmide allegedly killed by a single shot from a pistol on the porch of his sweetheart’s home as a young woman watched from a doorway. The incident followed despondence over personal troubles and financial strain.
The Produce Exchange Bank of Cleveland closes after a $170,000 defalcation by cashier George A. Rose. Three branches shut, depositors swarm the bank, police disperse crowds, and Rose confesses to misappropriation amid heavy cash demands for taxes. The bank’s failures ripple through linked produce houses and foreign deposits.
The body of Miss Sarah Schuster, Latin teacher at Bedford High School, was found in a carriage house Friday. Police and private investigators examine a brick weapon. the 23-year-old Elkhart native recently warned her parents of unwanted advances by a young man.
Boston forms a Red Cross corps of able bodied fire fighters to attend lectures and learn life saving methods. Selected members will be relieved from duty to study, with doctors and surgeons giving instruction on removing victims, using life nets, and other rescue techniques amid frequent references to war era events and public disaster notices.
Chicago jury after eight hours of testimony recommended Grand Jury action against Mayor Harrison Will J Davie and William Mush ain for deadly theater fire. The inquest faulted theater construction stage exits and top balcony design while noting wiring faults and locked doors that trapped patrons.
London jury convicts Whitaker Wright of fraud and sentences him to seven years penal servitude. a higher court overturns the verdict, Wright dies days after conviction from heart disease amid long fraud saga linking the Globe Winance scandal and market crash aftermath. A Burlington road wreck follows heavy snowstorm injuring passengers.
The coroner's jury reports lax city governance and blames Mayor Morrison, Fire Marshal Musham, Building Commissioner Williams, and others for neglect tied to the theater tragedy. It calls for system reforms, fireproofing, separate passages, and updated inspections, with bonds set for defendants and possible ensuing lawsuits.
The cotton boll weevil arrives from Mexico and spreads across cotton regions. It damages crops, causing potential losses in the millions and prompting growers and scientists to consider wide scale controls and federal action. The pest is small, smartly colored, and feeds by inserting its snout into cotton bolls.
J F W Hubbard a New York U MLC A worker sailed for Havana to estab Wah branch of the organization in Cuba.
Tessie, a young patient, battles fever as her pulse runs high and appetite returns slowly. A nurse and mother plead for patience as doctors monitor progress and encourage small meals to steady her condition.
A testimonial from a Tennessee reader recounts kidney disease turning Bright's Disease. After ineffective treatments, Dodd's Kidney Pills are claimed to have cured the writer completely. The piece emphasizes honest user experiences and urges trust in the medicine’s efficacy.
A youth asks for a difference between white hens and black hens. The sage replies with a joke about white lies and black lies, noting the speaker’s misspellings and the humorous misdirection about telling a husband and a kiwi.
A garbled ad-like fragment touts fodder plants claiming 14 tons hay and 50 tons green fodder per acre, plus Vinton Rape with 0,000 lbs per acre. It invites sending 10 cents in stamps to John A. Salter Seedle in La Crosse Wisconsin to receive their catalogue and samples.
An examination of aging and eye anatomy notes that after middle age the skull enlarges in some individuals. Observers suggest executive ability and robust nutrition influence health, while metropolitan studies reveal cranial growth may alter eye size and surrounding bone structure.
A Grant’s Pass Oregon man recounts severe coffee sickness, claiming Postum restored his health after years of pain and weakness. He endorses Postum, cites bank and merchants as references, and invites others to try a ten day trial noted in the campaign for the title book The Road to Wellville.
A historic Chicago market digest reports rising demand for merchandise, shifting freight and wool prices, and steady wholesale activity. It notes freight delays due to railway congestion, strong live stock receipts, waning bank lending, rising fuel use, and evolving textile and consumer goods markets with fluctuating prices and new lines entering trade.
The text lists varied market quotes for cattle sheep and hogs across cities including St Louis Detroit Milwaukee New York and Shaw with prices per head or per unit. It mentions creamery products and grain like wheat and rye with multiple No 2 and No 1 grade references and mixed figures suggesting regional price reporting from a historical agricultural page.
A garbled clipping notes that This and That and Mie At Louis Star endorse Roosevelt for president. It mentions a Russian building design for a St Louis exposition, described as handsome and in the style of the Romanoft Hoyneds palace, with an estimated cost of 315U.
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