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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
A pigeon clung inside the Trinity church steeple in Coatesville after an attempt to seal the belfry to deter birds. The bird later appeared during a Sunday service by peering from an organ pipe, hanging partway out and startling the congregation.
In Prague Oklahoma First State Bank faced a sudden cash shortage after books balanced. President Whitmore suggested the money behind the baseboard, which he ripped up with a hatchet uncovering a mouse bed. A mother mouse had just given birth to six young.
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago named at Columbus convention as Prohibition party nominee with Aaron Watkins of Ada Ohio tabbed for Vice President after Palmore declined. The party adopts a brief platform including a historic call for equal suffrage for candidates.
The piece notes Uncle Sam's inquiry into the cost to grow a bushel of wheat and the price received at farm level. It outlines per acre spending data including rent, manure, ground preparation, seed, sowing, harvesting, thrashing, housing, and marketing totaling about 11 dollars with an eventual farm yield of 13 bushels. The farm price around the inquiry time was roughly 89 to 00 cents per bushel, implying little profit.
The news notes Ullmo’s life sentence for selling naval secrets amid naval and colonial tensions. It covers the British expedition against Hohmand tribes, Canadian plans for Fort Churchill with a rail link, Belgium elections results, Korean and Persian unrest, and a Panamanian election intervention rumor tied to Taft’s tariff letter.
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago named for president and Aaron Watkins of Ada Ohio named for vice president by the Prohibition party at Columbus. The platform favors equal suffrage, federal prohibition, direct election of senators, tax reform, postal savings, and strict enforcement of laws while calling for a nationwide push to curb liquor traffic and improve infrastructure.
Helen Keller opened a shop in Manchester Massachusetts selling handicrafts by blind workers. The display features loom products and various home furnishings as the first in what she expects to be a chain of such shops.
In San Francisco Joe Gans long reigning lightweight champion loses to Battling Nelson in seventeen rounds, marking a pivotal upset as the title changes hands and the crowd witnesses a historic boxing result.
The excerpt offers guidance for hot weather behavior including diet, clothing, and precautions. It advises sparing meat, preferring vegetables and cereals, avoiding ice water, and keeping temper. It warns against alcohol, coffee, tea, and heavy meats while stressing light fabrics and ventilation. Stanley notes hats differ in suitability.
Lancaster County Orphans' Court in Pennsylvania ruled a $51,783 bequest to the Academy of the New Church to endow a Philadelphia university for teaching Swedenborgian conjugal love is void. Judge Smith held the bequest conflicts with state law and public policy, directing the estate to heirs under intestate rules.
The preliminary government crop report issued July 8 indicates 1,005,000 more acres planted to corn than last year. The July 1 condition stands at 82.8 percent of normal, unchanged from the prior year. Wheat is well ahead of last year, barley shows improvement, and the apple crop leads July of MNT.
President Welser of the Blowers and Gathers Mutual Protective Association says the country is sold out of glass and that July marks first plant operation in years. He notes last winter’s overproduction caused shutdowns while demand surpassed supply and forecasts a 36 to 40 percent price rise this fall with wage increases.
Denver dispatch reports William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and John Worth Kern of Indiana were nominated for president and vice president by acclamation, ending a long deadlock. After four hours of speeches, Kern was placed on the ticket with Bryan, amid a wave of enthusiastic support as the 1908 Democratic National Convention adjourned sine die at 4:28 p.m.
Large Midwestern corporations join the July 1 campaign to restart industry titled re employment day. The Illinois Central Railroad mobilizes 5,500 workers in Burnside and other shops while Illinois Steel resumes full capacity and International Harvester plans night and day shifts.
Current news notes report 0G O Drayton of Illinois authorized to hold seventy dollar wheat rabic. Frederick Arthur Stanley Earl of Derby former Governor General of Canada dies in London at age 67. John B Tonsdale proposes July 4 penny post between Britain and America in Commons but Oct 3 deemed more expedient.
The piece argues French temperament yields dainty designs and graceful fashion, while Germans lag due to opposite temperaments. It notes Irish as nearly as artistic, praises Paris Parisian models shown by importers, and claims American women now lead world fashion with society leaders shaping taste.
A Washington physician reports relief from periodic headaches sallow skin sleeplessness and irritability after replacing coffee with Postum. He followed directions, boiled it 15 minutes, added cream and sugar, and gained 20 pounds while his memory steadied and brain cleared. The letter, attributed to Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan, promotes Postum as nourishment and invites further reader letters.
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