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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1909
Page
1
A condensed chronicle lists events from Bolton to Washington including notable deaths such as Prof Simon Newcomb in D C, political shifts with Taft actions, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testimony, a Paris or Munich incident, and various disasters from tornadoes in Illinois to earthquakes in Greece. It records crime, legal notes, labor strikes, and international tensions with dates and locations across the week.
Some 25 000 to 30 000 workers across western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and West Virginia join strikes in mining steel tin and sheet plate trades as resumption returns raise tensions at Pittsburgh plants amid disputes over pay hours and recognition. State police quell clashes at McKee s Rocks injuring about thirty. overall strikes remain largely orderly with isolated violence and broad industry-wide unrest.
The British submarine C11 was sunk by the cargo steamer Eddystone four and a half miles northwest of Halsborough lightship. Thirteen crew members died, three were saved. C16 and C17 damaged after avoiding collision with the freighter. no fatalities there. C11 lies in fifteen fathoms of water. efforts underway to raise her. Submarine service noted as highly dangerous in naval history.
United States Attorney Baker elected not to seek a conviction in another Post Office Department scandal case from 1903. The indictment named August W. Machen former superintendent of the free delivery service John T. Cupper of Lock Haven Pa and William Long of Washington accused of conspiring to defraud the United States over a contract to paint letter and Package boxes nationwide.
A fogbound collision off Whitefish Point between steamers Ysane M. Scott and John B. Cowle left the Cowle sunk with 14 crew lost. The Scott, damaged, returned to Sault Ste. Marie with survivors and part of the Cowle’s crew aboard. The Goodyear rescued several others as boats crowded the scene.
Sports items note open air gym at the St Paul Y M C A and list many results from rowing, racing and baseball. Yale and Harvard win Thames races while Harvard wins Yale Harvard, Cornell wins Hudson. Wisconsin plans to abandon Japan trip. Montreal Jockey Club spring meeting praised. nationwide rain delays trotters and pacers prep. Berlin tracks stir with Lou Dillon. Cincinnati tests baseball by electric light. Arnat retains world sculling title on Zeland river. Crown Point meet hits losses for Chicago Automobile Club prompting schedule changes.
Secret Service men allege an international counterfeiting operation run from Italy with agents across Italy and the United States. Officers report arrests of two Italian women and two Italian men in Chicago, with a fifth likely to be taken. The gang allegedly crafted high quality bogus notes reportedly circulated for four years. The plant is said to be in Italy under Italian police, with thousands of dollars in bogus and ten dollar silver certificates circulating. Ritchie located gang members in Warren, Massachusetts, but arrests were postponed as investigators tracked the plant.
Commerce and Labor Secretary Nagel announced a major personnel overhaul in Washington. About 100 employees were reduced and around ten others resigned following an investigation of efficiency. Further dismissals and resignations were anticipated as the department seeks fresh energy, with many clerks potentially promoted.
Milas Lola Campbell, 18, daughter of Vice President Campbell of the Frisco Railroad, leaped from her father's private car on a Burlington flyer west of Ravenna Nebraska as it sped at midnight. She was unconscious, recovered, flagged a freight to the next station, where a search party found her. she was practically uninjured.
Dr. Von Bethmann-Kotlweg was appointed chancellor of the German empire Wednesday, in succession to Prince von Bulow.
Epochmaking events marked the Lake Champlain tercentenary observation led by officials from Canada the United States New York Vermont and France and Great Britain. Pageants depicted Champlain discovery Fort Ti and Benedict Arnold naval actions with Canadian and American Indigenous participants and a reconstructed Fort Ti.
A bomb exploded during a Holy Rosary Catholic Church celebration in Kansas City killing three parishioners and wounding two policemen. A bystander had filled a gas pipe section with a fuse, causing debris to injure bystanders and shatter windows in the church and nearby houses while thousands attended the event.
Tensions rise after a La Paz disorder following Argentina's boundary ruling. Analysts fear war between Peru and Bolivia, while Chile declares neutrality but readies ships to safeguard Chilean interests.
Two hundred and seventeen girls graduate from Vassar this year. The Woman's College at Jacksonville Illinois completes sixty one years with a 61st class and a $70,000 building underway. Chicago school board eliminates Latin and algebra in lower grades and shifts to practical studies. A domestic science training school for girls will be established. At Michigan William W Morris scores 87.73 the top mark in forestry across universities. he funded mostly by self support. Macalester College highlights its endowment fund reach of 450000 with a music recital. The Minnesota Indian School at Mooring will not be taken by the government for an agricultural station soon. $27000 is allocated to keep it until state control. St Josephs Academy in St Paul grants diplomas to 31 students. Aron Lishop Ireland delivers the outdoor commencement address.
A Baltimore woman describes years of female ailments ending with relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial claims the remedy cures irregularities, discharge, backache, and nervous exhaustion, urging others to try it and seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
A Cincinnati Enquirer reader argues that fiction unfairly labels deformed characters as villains. Citing Quasimodo, household-clubfoot fathers, Dick Crookback, Nosey the Dwarf, and other classics, the writer claims such depictions foster harmful stereotypes and misperceptions about real deformities.
A simple device to amuse a baby uses a broad bright ribbon with little toys suspended above the bed. One end is attached to the head and the other to the foot, allowing the child to push the toys back and forth and watch them swing. This Harper's Bazar idea aims to keep the baby entertained for hours with reachable, swinging playthings.
A reader testimonial urges a ten day trial of Postum to learn if coffee causes illness. The letter claims headaches nervousness and stomach trouble vanish after switching, then return when coffee is resumed, praising Postum as the healthier choice.
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