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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1923
Page
1
Ratcliffe clashes with Skelton over a wild plan to join a Havana bound voyage aboard the Dryad. Jude and Satan plot with the crew, loading a bag of clothes and potatoes as they drift toward an improvised escape, while Ratcliffe negotiates a potential boarding of a fruit steamer for provisions.
On the Dryad off the Bahama bank Bobby Ratcliffe, a wealthy twenty two year old, grows restless and visits a small fishing boat. He encounters the Sarah Tyler owned by Baton Tyler and his sister Jude, who appears boyish and alluring. Ratcliffe becomes drawn to the mercurial world of the Typh and yearns for their daring life.
A reflective piece blends metaphor and whimsy noting how blood pressure and steam relate to man devices. It hints at Columbus and Christopher’s cleverness but critiques lecturing for profit while suggesting love, though not stern, can be aided by shared effort.
Art Campbell a steeplejack clung to a scaffold in a tower fire and was rescued by firemen who made a hole in the wall to reach him. He had been repairing the interior of the stack when the temporary scaffold gave way and he hung on until the hole was created.
Mrs. Florence Avery Bartigrand, married to a riveter and once a gardener’s employer, sparked gossip as she revealed a costly wedding sacrifice and a plan to move toward a farm in the East amid Detroit’s upscale social circle. The couple spoke of temporary residence and public scrutiny surrounding their marital arrangement.
In Chicago Miss Mead attempted suicide by swallowing poison after an argument with a lover described as fat, forty, and married. she was rushed to a hospital as doctors waited on the outcome. A prior similar act was noted. The piece also covers a man who nearly drowned, a Michigan bill about aging parents, a teapot thief sentence, a boy foiling bandits, and a burglar found after a phone call in Springfield.
Local report notes a cat and several kittens in New Holland Pennsylvania. The fragment mentions an assisting cat and hor context but lacks clear actions or dates. Further details are unreadable in the OCR fragment.
Cleveland resident William Petre, then a boy, shot at gunmen during the October 21 1920 Bedford bank raid and helped police. wounded, he aided in a firefight that left a bandit dead and several injured. He was promoted by the Cleveland Trust Company and awarded 2500 for bravery despite later admission of pocketing part of the money. Colonel Ayres directed the investigation and helped keep Petre from arrest.
Columbus officer Norman Gilbert was harassed by a large gander while delivering legal papers at John Talbert home in Summit County Ohio. The bird chased him a half mile and damaged his car. Gilbert fled with the papers as the animal defied him. In Philadelphia, Charles M Wessels married his adopted daughter Marie, 32, a year after divorcing his wife of 22 years.
Charles Juday and his family watched a moving picture show when their $12,000 farm home collapsed in Benton village. Firefighters saved most of the furniture as flames swept through the wreckage and the structure burned to the ground.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention druggists endorsing Swamp-Root with hints of ear issues and urgent treatment. It references a sample bottle and a woman’s fatigue, sleep walking, and social trouble from relationships, all described in a scattered, uncertain manner.
Fragmentary OCR shows a personal account claiming fearlessness and a dramatic reaction to a drug. The readable text mentions being in bed and weight changes, with unclear references to Greenville and cinema. Entities and concrete facts are too fragmentary to establish a clear event or outcome.
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