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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
6
The clearly cut profile of a rock formation appears as a natural sculpture on Blue Hill opposite Northumberland Pennsylvania across the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. The hill bearing the carved face rises at least twelve feet high.
Mrs J W Madden an invalid who lived above a grocery died recently in Memphia. Foster son Ed Halley led a treasure hunt with a friend. They found 20000 in gold and silver hidden around the house and 184000 stored in a savings bank. Police guarded the search as they planned a world trip to celebrate.
Mrs Frederick B Malkin a prominentSouth Norwalk resident died after swallowing a handful of pins Following several weeks of strange behavior she writhed for six hours before physicians could relieve her suffering An autopsy was performed Coroner Huntingon presided The case suggests possible mental imbalance and the unusual nature of the death left a husband and young daughter
Dr Maddox of Monroe County Missouri found a white rattlesnake with seven rattles in his field while watching his gene plow. It is reported as the first white rattlesnake discovered in that section.
A two year old 150 pound deer burst through Ennis' pharmacy plate glass, damaged aisles and a mirror, then fell to a cellar level. Assistant chief game protector Dr. Willet Kidd arranged the animal's removal to a barn for recovery before release. The deer is likely the one that swam the Hudson to Bannerman's Island and reached the city shore.
Fred A. Schermerhorn of Tom's Mountain Connecticut witnessed a clash between a rattler and a blacksnake as the blacksnake wrapped the venomous foe in a tight circle. The rattler snapped its neck in the effort and the blacksnake won the strange battle. Schermerhorn traps and handles snakes without gloves, keeping 16 large specimens on his back porch and two dying in his cellar.
A Chicago steeplejack named Baward a has crossed the Atlantic on deck scrubbing a tramp steam er and completed a 14 month journey on foot through France Italy Austria and Germany without money or a passport reaching Antwerp after the $6 000 wager.
An American woman seeking a German baby was lured by an adoption firm advertising noble-born infants. After paying half the price she was directed to a midwife’s residence, only to find a group of women with carriages awaiting a blonde infant. The midwife’s apartment was empty. it proved to be a clever fraud.
In Stenna Italy a young shoemaker Dino Tacamoni was examined for conscription and found to have his heart on the right side and liver on the left. A specialist noted the case is exceptional but heart action is normal and Dino could live a long life. A commission of physiological experts will study him.
A Vancouver surgeon advertised paying $1.66 28 per square inch for healthy human skin, or $5 for three square inches for grafting. He sought 600 square inches to treat a badly burned man, and reports indicate he received many replies and sufficient offers.
Washington's family desertion law aims to secure support rather than punish. Deserters promised to pay are put on probation with wages sent to the wife. noncompliant men are sent to the workhouse and put to hard labor in Rock Creek Park. The system keeps families intact and reduces Saturday night sprees.
In the tale retold from National Imaginings, Theodore Roosevelt seeks a famed bear dog named by a Rocky Mountain guide. The guide refuses sale or hire, prompting a tense exchange where the president reveals his identity. The dog remains with its owner, leaving bears unharmed and everyone else amused.
In a lively session Senator Charles Curtis of Kangaa, the first aboriginal American in the senate chair, presided as debate heated. Senators Bacon, Dillingham, Kean, and Warren clashed while Curtis pounded the marble gavel, finally restoring decorum as Bacon yielded the floor and Curtis apologized.
Birds blamed on a storm cloud flew into the upper floors of the New Willard hotel in Washington. A flock of swallows created chaos as they maneuvered through open windows and struck roofs and panes, forcing hotel staff to shoo them outside with many birds killed or injured.
The piece urges readers to consider homesteading in Central Canada as corn planting ends and wheat surges. It cites rising land prices, expanding rail networks, abundant immigration, and strong yields of around 150 million bushels, with government agents ready to assist.
Keen observers forecast a major land boom in Wantland Colorado a new town near Little Lake River Valley Routt County A 60 000 acre irrigation project will support land priced at 60 cents per acre with water rights at 86 per acre Ten year payments may attract industries like sugar factories mills and canneries The Routt County Colonization Company Denver is the contact for more information
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