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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
4
A curious inventor builds cedar and bamboo kite ships that soar on cords. Each craft carries a mast, a swivel wheel, and a releasing mechanism that drops sails at the spool end. The design aims for repeated ascent and descent as winds shift, with buoyant, wind resistant hulls and counterweights to manage tension.
Donna, a four and a half year old girl at Nyack, disrupts a grocer’s egg display after scolding Beata Claus for not fixing her family’s lack of brothers. She collects a dozen eggs, overturns them on the kitchen table, and explains she plans to “mate or some brothers.”
The Pall Mall Gazette decries crowds dynamiting in Yamiton as witnesses of rising hooliganism. It laments Sunday night deterioration in crowd manners on the Strand and notes that ruffians target both women and men, causing pain and annoyance under cover of gatherings.
The New York public school system for 1901 shows an estimated 409,112 pupils at a total cost of 17,019,018 dollars, averaging 343.39 dollars per pupil. Ten years earlier 226,531 pupils cost 26.98 dollars per pupil, with salaries increasing from 738.24 to 1,286.59 dollars. The expense has nearly tripled in a decade due to municipal consolidation and the Davie law raising teacher salaries.
The casket of actor Charles Coghlan, reported abandoned in Silverton after his death in November, is traced to Galveston. Rescue crews and officials note tidal disruptions and unclear reasons for the body’s transport. Further investigations seek to locate the missing coffin and clarify circumstances surrounding the death.
The piece discusses English behavior abroad, noting how foreigners adapt to English tastes in hotels, clubs, and games. It contrasts English insistence on language and manners with foreign reactions, including a French golf incident where an English party angers a local by striking a citizen with a ball.
A historical note argues that rice is not the main staple for lower class Chinese people. Pork is cheaper and common, with hogs widely raised. The piece also describes pig domestication, living arrangements, cat delicacies, and a joke about a dish called honey and squeak made from a live mouse.
The Glasgow based Thea corporation plans a half a million pounds in notes and Scottish banks warn that breaking the 1846 cooperation could flood English banks into Scotland and other cities. They argue the plan lacks sound finance since it backs only a quarter million in gold, potentially making notes hard to negotiate in tight money times.
Report describes overcrowded monkey groups along the Jumma canal at Delph. Monkeys suffer illness as crowding breeds disease. When one falls ill, larger monkeys push it toward water, attempting to drown it, while others remain apart from the fray.
The text explains how cold exposure affects the body through blood vessel contraction and congestion. It links neck and shoulder cooling to nose and throat congestion, shoulder blade cooling to lung congestion, and prolonged cold to possible inflammation. It notes wet feet can weaken the bladder or stomach if prior issues exist.
A Philadelphia Times summary reports French newspapers describe a new electric whipping device called the electric cat. A wheel driven by an electric motor delivers rapid blows to the back as a condemned prisoner remains fixed to a post. The system aims for impartial punishment with uniform force.
The article explains high altitude travel benefits for lung disease patients. It notes a rise in red blood cells when moving to higher elevations, linked to increased vitality and health. Cold air treatment for consumptives is praised as beneficial due to cooler, dry air.
Paris correspondent reports a remarkable case of female impersonation. A Brittany peasant girl calling herself Anna Fervac was hired by shopkeeper M Lefebvre in Saint Lambert, claiming to have gold hair to pay her fare to Paris. The girl proved to be a seventeen year old boy who escaped from prison, donning female garb to avoid detection, and betrayed himself by falling in love with his employer.
A Springfield Missouri club circulates a pledge titled Dont Spek Evil Boolsty urging members to vow not to speak ill of any woman. The document notes that signing frees future claims while outlining scope and intent, though the text contains transcription errors and unclear clauses.
The narrator traces several Lackawanna Valley towns in Pennsylvania from small, little known settlements to thriving communities. Villages like Scranton, Dickson, Priceville, Throop, Olyphant, Peckville, Archibald, and Jermyn grew from names tied to prominent local families and figures to centers with newspapers, banks, and libraries, enriching state history. The piece notes Scranton’s origins with the Scranton family and John Jermyn’s ascent to wealth and prominence in coal and industry.
Lord Wolseley stresses smart dress to boost soldier pride and efficiency. He cites regimental devices, discipline, and personal grooming as key to morale, noting mutinies after dress changes and urging officers to foster pride in corps. Soldiers, likened to missionaries, are cast as fanatics in their mission.
Miss Julieusroune O Hara of the New York Women s Press Club writes in the January Child Study Monthly on practical child respect. She quotes Juvenal on reverence for the child and notes tempering elder regard. She warns that rough discipline inflames a child s feelings more than legal brutality.
Sydney correspondent reports an edible earth in the Fiji Islands believed to be decomposed volcanic ash. Professor David of Sydney University notes its soft, gray pink color. Coolies imported from India also consume the substance in large quantities.
The famine in India has reached appalling dimensions, affecting all strata of society formerly sheltered. Highly fertile districts are stripped bare. one plate reports a nine ty loss in the central area and charitable donations surge. Princely gifts fund relief efforts, though need remains vast.
A hostile account describes Filipino women and Mestizos, contrasting them with American Indians and colonial soldiers. The narrator portrays Filipino women as primitive, criticizing appearance, manners, cooking, and behavior, while claiming similarities to Indigenous people and predicting danger to guests.
A Manila Dagupan line in Luzon, 122 miles, three foot six gauge, sixty iron bridges, light rolling stock, speeds 15 to 20 mph. American troops later doubled speeds. Trains carry eight aboard per car, three classes, fares from two to five cents per mile. Freight includes rice and building materials with heavy traffic gates.
In Dublin a Dublin Fusiliers reservist was called out and his employer decided to give his wife half his wages. He had claimed £6 monthly, but she received four sovereigns, thinking one sovereign was extra. The clerk explained £8 monthly was correct, provoking her to vow revenge if he returned.
The Pitcairn Islanders, descendents of the Bounty crew, have become Seventh Day Baptists through a San Francisco missionary. About 130 residents live on the island, mostly women, while the few young men are drawn to service on passing vessels.
Rumors from Benson Arizona describe a large Yaqui force heading toward the United States border. Reports mention troop movements and potential crossings, with locals watching for official confirmation and security responses from authorities.
Large shipments of whisky move from American to European ports for storage and later sale, not for local consumption. Distillers ship bonded stock to Europe for eight years to avoid immediate internal revenue, then return when market demand rises, with much of the 1891 1892 whisky cycle entering European warehouses and awaiting re importation.
A New York Tribune excerpt recounts a stag dinner where twelve attendees argued the origins of weekday names. The sole correct answer came from the questioner, noting Sundays and Mondays relate to sun and moon, while Tuesdays through Saturdays trace to ancient deities and possibly Saturn. The piece likens familiar Bible phrases to forgotten origins.
A historical text extols a sitting method that keeps the spine and shoulders pressed against the chair back to maintain an upright, effortless posture. It warns against brace-supported positions that shift load to others and cause long term injury, urging natural support and rest.
Two ten year old sisters, recently found in Brazil, are examined to determine if their shared body could be separated surgically. If the nodules are independent, treatment may succeed. if there is a natural connection, the operation becomes highly problematic and uncertain.
A fragmentary report notes Turkish students at French universities including ones University officials oversee in Montpellier Paris and Lyon. The text hints at patronage and high officials in Abdul Ham’s circle.
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