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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
3
Paul Sorrento, a foundry employee in Florence New Jersey, collapsed from heat and froze to death after friends packed him in ice. The incident highlights extreme conditions and fatal risk for outdoor labor in hot weather.
The report covers a range of events including a Tarentum man losing 575 dollars in diamonds while shifting a baby, moonshine stills destroyed at a candidate’s home in Alabama, a fatal factory fire in New York, and a massive strike among iron, tin, and steel workers. It notes political moves, criminal cases, railroad leadership death, and a variety of public safety and legal actions across the United States with clashes, investigations, and calls for new party organization.
A five member judiciary committee subpanel opens a wide inquiry into the so called third degree used by federal officers. Oklahoma probes will test Gov Haskell’s claim that prosecutions under the Roosevelt era were malice driven. Alaska and California cases, Heney and Burns methods, and the Juneau removals are to be examined. The Sayler murder case spurs the inquiry though not federal venue.
A shocked crowd at Eleventh and E streets Washington witnessed a Black man sleep in a narrow alley, mistaken for a dead body. An ambulance, police, and a printing office employee in the crowd caused confusion before the man, awakened by the commotion, fled inside the building. He explained he was merely tired and taking a nap during lunch.
Secretary AMES WILSON targets abuses in food and drug sales. A Chicago seller of bogus Franklin MacVeagh vinegar was fined after misbranding and adulteration findings by pure food inspectors. Other cases include a Buffalo firm fined for ground corncob flour misrepresentations, a California to Texas raise shipment deemed decomposed, and a Chicago firm penalized for quick rising buckwheat flour mislabeling. Michigan and other dealers faced penalties for hair tonics and cocaine based remedies, while vanilla extracts and lamen extracts faced sanctions.
A Washington agriculture bulletin debunks myths about toads. It states toads do not cause warts or convulsions, do not guarantee water or household prosperity, and notes toads can live ten to fifteen years, eat at night, and hunt along roadsides, gardens, and under electric lamps in cities and suburbs.
Ira G. Rawn president of the Monon Railroad was shot at his Winnetka summer home. Family says burglar. detectives contend Rawn fired the fatal shot himself. The case ties to graft and land fraud investigations involving the Illinois Central repair department and the Western Indiana scandal.
Mrs Romadka formerly married to Milwaukee trunk maker Mr Charles Romadka is pardoned after eight months parole. Attorney Maurice McKenna of Fond du Lac led the legal effort. Four years earlier she pleaded guilty to a Chicago burglary spree and received an indeterminate sentence in Joliet.
Advice promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to preserve hands and prevent redness roughness and chapping. Recommends hot creamy lather at night dry unguent with ointment on linen and loose gloves to protect clothing. Endorsed by Potter Drug & Chem Corp Boston Massachusetts worldwide.
A chauffeur recalls how auto driving affects sight. He jokes about wearing specks before driving and claims sharp vision improves quickly, noting he could spot a distant policeman and gauge a copper’s gaze. He credits heat medicine for weak eyes as the true invention.
A magazine excerpt recounts a social gathering where a man asks Senator Julius C. Burrows of Michigan about his prominence. Burrows recalls being called the man who "died at first" before Casey's famous at bat in the Mudville ball game, linking Burrows to the enduring baseball legend.
A dialogue from Harper's Weekly features a persistent salesman and a poised gentleman. The salesman insists no apology is needed, noting it was merely an oversight while the busy man remains seated.
A reader extols Postum as a replacement for coffee in a large family, citing relief from constipation and belching, improved baby health, and general well being. The letter, signed or unsigned, emphasizes personal testimony and references a health book.
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