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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
3
A humorous verse dialogue asks who wears the pants among a gouhe man, farmer, aunt, and wife. The farmer faces the morning plow but the wife ends up with the prints in a playful antique exchange. The piece ends with Aunt’s blush and the line that the wife likely wears the pants, attributed to Edgar Bawer.
Hans, a river-bottom laborer at Dead Level Bar, earns two to three ounces daily while pay and risk lure men to seek wealth. A towering German immigrant becomes chief engineer on fifty dollars a day, but Hans longs for Katrina and resigns to return home, believing his lies were uncovered.
A Philadelphia merchant advertised for a boy at four dollars weekly. The test involved reading a book straight through and a puppy romp. One applicant passed and was hired, but disappeared the next morning, later revealed as a scoundrel. The merchant then relied on references for hiring.
An old time electrician argues that many lightning victims could be saved with proper aid. He outlines rescue steps: restore consciousness, stimulate respiration, and keep the body warm. Use gentle chest compressions, rub limbs, and avoid giving up. If breathing resumes, give warm liquids and seek a physician. Visible effects include burns or localized congestions.
LeRoy Eskridge Kern proposes a Richmond Virginia museum to memorialize the Civil War. The Doric building would stand on a stepped platform with sphinxes and cannons, featuring a grand arch entrance, bas-reliefs, and galleries to house relics and historical publications.
A colorful profile of Sikombo a wealthy Zulu polygamist with forty two wives in Zululand life in his kraal. The piece notes his wealth status the burden of work carried by sixty women and the daily grind of grinding pounding gathering water and weaving while describing the social dynamics and the photographer’s prompt to “look pleasant.”
The article explains how chronophotography captures a woman's face changing expressions within half a second. A lantern-projected sequence animates the face to aid deaf mutes in speech imitation, showing experimental phonetics as a broad, practical research field with scientific and educational value.
The Glasgow burglar Goodfellow was sentenced to six years in prison. He presented himself as a gentleman, owned a yacht and carriage with gray horses, and used a refined public persona to plunder coastal homes. His escape involved sailing away unseen and often pausing to attend church with victims.
Mrs. Potter bequeaths her late husband Dr. Eiphalot Mott Potter’s library to Hobart College. Mrs A W Bryant reports two more vacation schools aiding 800 children via a $2,800 anonymous gift. Dr Jayal of the French Academy challenges blind-sense ideas. An English, Australian, and Swiss party aims to climb Everest via Godwin Austen and Dapsang, then Everest. Lady Russell of Killowen dedicates her husband’s Epson grave memorial. The Ser Indians reportedly shift between calm work and cannibalism seasons near California. 1200 Italians leave Philadelphia for New Jersey berry fields under padrone-led contracts. Count Tacoli’s duel ban spawns the League Against Dueling spreading across Austria, Germany, and France. Nassau Herald from Princeton notes 258 grads with varied majors and demographics. Massachusetts bills require cash wages for manufacturers, not checks.
Baltimore officials study changing the current name of North Avenue to Schley Avenue to honor a historic figure. The move reflects the city’s northward expansion beyond the present street’s northern boundary.
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