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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
1
A chaotic digest reports a 1-year-old girl's murder in Dayton and a range of incidents from shipwrecks near Nantucket to political shifts in Cuba and Wisconsin. It notes labor tensions, deaths, notable appointments, and a warned rogu es gallery for reckless drivers amid a turbulent news cycle.
The Senate committee on roimmerve approves a bill requiring all motor vessels to carry life preservers. The customs collector estimates about 40,000 boats exist in the United States. H. OD Tee, retired president of the Farmers' National Bank of Salina Kansas, once partnered with John J. Rockefeller in Ohio business.
In thick fog off Nantucket the Republic collides with the White Star liner and sinks off No Man's Land near Martha's Vineyard. Passengers and crew are transferred to the Baltic and Florida with minimal loss of life, while the Gresham and Seneca assist and tow. The incident leaves more than 1,000 aboard the Baltic en route to New York.
Four Indiana counties conclude local option votes Tuesday, adding to three counties already dry. Deentue County reports about 1500 margin with 1 percent wet, Putnam 1784 with two wet precincts, Tipton 1527 with all 24 precincts dry, and Hamilton also firmly dry, signaling a decisive victory by liquor opponents across the state.
A chaotic wartime style description notes a map of the Republic liner sinking with wireless telegraphy messages for aid and rescue. It claims broad public reassurance that the disaster was not as grave as feared, and mentions elections, holiday schooling, and civic participation across counties as voters head to polls.
A third Dayton Ohio mystery mirrors the Dona Gilman case with a young woman found strangled. Police report two arrests and a print clue as mud shows the murderer wore corduroy trousers. Victim Mary Vorselmer, a seventeen year old beauty, died in a field.
Kansas Agricultural College professor J F Roberts reports wheat breeding since 1908 could double average yields from fourteen to twenty eight bushels per acre. After testing thirty nine varieties from around the world, he predicts next fall the ideal wheat will be secured and Kansas farmers may see incomes rise by nearly fifty million dollars as granaries must expand.
Superintendent J. G. Logan and ten miners were trapped after a gas explosion at Merchants' Coal Company in Boswell near Pittsburg. Logan died from injuries, while ten others were feared dead as the mine caved in and passageways blocked. The report also notes Moro pirate activity off the southern Philippine coasts, with seven natives killed at Panang.
Senator Francis G New, a Democrat elected by popular vote to succeed himself, was reappointed by both houses of the Nevada Legislature in separate votes. Republicans upheld their pledge to follow the popular vote and selected a candidate in nomination.
Secretary Tootlas sent his resignation to President Roosevelt effective when Robert Bacon qualifies as successor. Bacon’s nomination, along with J. C. O’Laughlin to be Assistant Secretary of State, was sent to the Senate on Monday for consideration.
President Roosevelt in a special message to Congress calls for conserving natural resources and protecting the general good. He cites the National Conservation Commission report, outlines waste in minerals, coal, oil, gas, and forests, and stresses the need for inland waterways and a square deal. He notes large potential gains from reducing preventable diseases and improving public health.
Fragmentary items mention land deals in Oregon, impaired governance in New Mexico and Arizona, and political caricatures. It references rainstorms, Night Riders, and potential unrest but contains no coherent events or verifiable specifics.
A fragmentary testimonial letter praises Peruna tonic from Columbus Ohio claiming cure for coughs colds and catarrh. The author signs Joseph H Chape and references an address at 80 Tenth Street Washington D C. The notice indicates authorization to publish the photo and testimonial in any publication.
Letters from Cold and La Grippe sufferers praise Peruana as a cure for catarrhal troubles and throat lung ailments. Mr C Happy Hardin Ray Co Mo and Mr Clifford Wige Richmond Va cite full recoveries and offer tablets as an alternative to liquid medicine. A free illustrated booklet The Truth About Peruana is available from The Peruana Co Columbus Ohio by mail.
A London physician argues reduced horse traffic plus motor car and bus fumes act as disinfectants. He claims carbonized matter and creosote vapors from motors offer health benefits, despite protests over noise and air stench.
An 70,000 population city experienced a series of disasters from 1842 to recent times. Earthquakes in 1842, major fires in 1885 1894 1897 1899 1902, with hundreds of houses burned and thousands left homeless. A recent conflagration destroyed 400 homes.
A reader recalls health decline from coffee use since childhood and credits Postum as the cure. Quitting coffee improved digestion, nerves, headaches, and skin clarity within two years. The ad invites readers to seek “The Road to Wellville” and notes Postum’s Battle Creek origin and ongoing campaigns.
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