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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1908
Page
1
A bomb exploded near Teheran's Shah in his palace area, wounding several soldiers and triggering a street battle. The Shah escaped injury as guards protected him, while the would-be assassin fled amid the turmoil and a tense palace security buildup.
In Springfield Ohio two burglars blew a grocery safe at Philip Schmidt’s shop, escaping with $180 in cash and notes totaling $2,000. Inspector Arthur Spiker and officers chased them to near Sugar Grove, where one jumped into the river. A policeman saved the man weighed down by silver. the suspect was named Charles Harris. The second bandit identified as Charles fled.
A composite report summarizes suicides, political narrow escapes, shipwrecks, murders, arson, and disasters including Mrs Amelia Hill’s death attempt, Gov. Hughes lightning near miss, the wreck of the steamer Larache with heavy loss, Ole Norge’s murder conviction, Vincenzo Atlillo’s fatal stabbing, William B. Leeds’s Paris death, an oil tank blaze after a lightning strike, and a Philadelphia abattoir fire with $150,000 loss.
From North Dakota, Meturne reports that United States Senator Hans Brough was defeated in the Republican primaries. Insurgent candidates C. B. Little, Statewart, and J. F. Marehall are expected to head the new campaign for the party.
Immigration officers, noting a continued drop in arrivals, launch an inquiry into why foreigners are not choosing the United States. They flag peonage warnings abroad and suspect misrepresentation of conditions. May arrivals totaled 86,217, with large declines from Italy Austria-Hungary and Russia. small gains appear from China and nearby regions.
Anthony Comstock argues divorces rise because marriages lack love and go for money or status. He blames both men under stress and women who nag, saying homes fail as retreats and husbands seek peace elsewhere, reflecting broad social pressures in New York and across the nation.
Rev Valentine Strats went violently insane at Stolper Massachusetts during an attempted arrest by a posse led by his wife. Armed and threatening self harm he opened fire. police returned fire, a shot misdirected killed the clergyman, parsonage described as a fortress.
A proposed New Jersey corporation named American Piano Company forms a trust with 36 million dollars in preferred stock and 6 million in common stock. Initial merger includes Knabe & Co., Chickering & Son, and the Foster-Armstrong Company. Together with others, the output is projected at 18,000 pianos yearly, about 70 percent of high grade pianos.
The country is shocked by the death of Grover Cleveland the only surviving ex president. He died suddenly at his Princeton New Jersey home after months of rheumatic gout indigestion and diabetes. He had been ill with indigestion and diabetes for over two years.
A historical sketch recounts James A. Cleveland born in Caldwell New Jersey March 18 1637 christened Cleveland family moved to Payetteville 1841. He studied law in Buffalo admitted to bar 1850 served Erie County as assistant district attorney 1868 sheriff 1870 Buffalo mayor 1881 New York governor 1882 U S president 1884 white house tenure 1886 marriage to Feaneer Potsom. After reelection defeat 1890 returned to law practice and settled family in Princeton.
The article notes a marriage at the White House to Miss Frances Wolsom on June 2, 1586. It recalls his 1888 bid for a second term, defeated by Benjamin Tarrison, followed by retirement in New York City. It mentions his Chicago 1802 Democratic convention candidacy for a third time.
The article recounts Grover Cleveland's health decline and death, noting his early life and political rise, followed by a profile of Frances Folsom Cleveland, the White House bride, her lineage, and marriage to the president on June 2, 1886 in the Blue Room.
Washington observes ex president Grover Cleveland with national honors. Roosevelt issues proclamation halving flags for thirty days and declares days of funeral honors. Officials note Cleveland’s long public career from mayor to president and his post presidency service.
A collection of quotations lauds Grover Cleveland as a great public servant and patriot. The piece notes historic praise from Taft and Dewey, and references speeches, views on public office as trust, and a proposed Johns Hopkins psychiatric clinic endowed with 500000 by Fleury Phipps of Pittsburgh to establish a new hospital and clinic for the insane.
Dun's Review of Trade notes reduced commercial stress as ante collections improve, with bank withdrawals down 0.5 percent from 1907. Grain and provisions rise, as does demand for iron and steel, wood products, and coal. Bank loans total 220 300 379, with 33 Chicago district failures, nine tor liabilities over 5,000, last week and year.
New York reports limited trade activity with general agreement that retailers’ stocks are moderate while fill-in orders remain frequent. Fall buying appears steadier in eastern and central western centers but crop and political developments keep buying cautious. Collections lag. Bradstreet’s notes 254 US business failures for the week ending June 18, down from 263 last week and higher than prior years. Canada shows 23 failures, down from 24 last week.
A dense, fragmented price list showing cattle hogs sheep and various grains across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo with prices per head per bushel and quality notes. Highlights include Chicago prime cattle at 4.00 to 8.40, eggs 14 to 17 cents, butter 19 to 22 cents, and wheat No 2 around 85 cents to 90 cents per bushel amid a wide regional spread.
Amador Mining and Development Company of Montana, a $10,000,000 Chicago headquarters corporation, collapsed after letters to 1,409 stockholders warned the copper gold mine near Amador, Missoula county, Montana, in which $560,000 was sunk, is worth less.
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