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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
6
A night telegraph operator at Humboldt absconded with about 80 dollars two weeks ago. The vacancy was temporarily filled by sending Charles Goughorn from Minneapolis. A later incident mentions a marriage settlement contract in Des Moines and a series of local notices including deaths and accidents in nearby towns.
The thirty first annual Iowa Department Grand Army of the Republic meeting drew about 6 000 visitors to Onkaloosa. Officials announced department officers, W R C leaders, and Prisoners of War Association appointees, with a year end report showing 11 728 active members and 332 deaths.
Twenty one graduates noted at a Washington centennial. Henry Johnson injured by bishops in Mason City. Benjamin F. Bonscman named superintendent near Greer. Almost 1,200 people join anti-cigarette league in Davenport. Vernon A. Willard named Baldwin postmaster, Ira E. Willard resigns. French Creek mail service moved to Lansing as post office closes. Burlington complains of leaky streetcars. Hl Houllinger, Polk County pioneer, dies at 80 near Mitchellville. Samuel Bowman dies in Coon Rapids at about 80. Miles Savings Bank files for $20,000 capital. Waterloo reports scare over a supposed mad dog. dog shot. Blackhawk supervisors refuse aid to nonresidents. Three carloads of new Iowa National Guard uniforms received at Des Moines. Thomas Gillespie of What Cheer dies of heart trouble on way home. A dam planned on Town River to power electric plants in northeast Iowa. George Bailey injured by fumes at Muscatine, saved by co-workers. Rex McNeese, four year old from Fairfield, dies after coal wagon accident. B. Snyder of Olin pleads not guilty to indictments. out on bonds. Cornell Bluffs capitalists push plans for a line to Des Moines. Martha Maria Walker of Fort Madison dies at 85.
Among our neighbors brief items report a mysterious fate horse near Cascade and wolves killed in Mun county in one week. Cement sidewalk construction planned in Tama. Al Burne of Bethany survived self-inflicted wound amid crisis. J F Zarin fined for liquor nuisance. Mrs Slavin dies after long Marley residency. Louisa Dolter jailed for school omission. Walter Norton paralyzed fishing. McManters celebrate 65th anniversary. divorce sought in Dubuque. Des Moines named winter teachers meeting site. dates December 26 27 8. Lightning strikes farm barn near St Dodge, hogs perish.
Weather conditions this week delayed corn planting in Ohio Indiana Minnesota and the lower Mississippi Valley and slowed germination in Iowa and southern Nebraska. Spring wheat improved in Oregon and Washington while frost in Washington reduced some low valley yields. Cotton stands are fair but nights lack sun and cultivation. apples show uneven prospects in Missouri New England Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee.
Pulford Amwardling, famed savannah industrialist and suspect in the Vanley Berry murder, shot himself in the hay loft of his barn at 7:20 during years of domestic trouble. Police warned of deteriorating mental state, noting the case followed Berry's death at Pulford's opera house. The town recalls Pulford's rise from poverty to wealth amid tragedy.
The business district of Mira Mississippi was destroyed by fire with losses estimated around 200000 dollars. New York Aldermen approved a resolution to investigate the alleged burning of children by landlords, prompting a broader inquiry into housing safety and tenant protections.
In Chicago a jury of twelve convicted John Hoch of murder by poisoning his wife and sentenced him to death. Hoch, who lured German widows, married them for money then murdered them as Inspector Shippy alleges he killed five women including Mrs Welcker Hoch. The judge imposed the death penalty after three ballots and Hoch expressed defiant insistence of innocence.
Statistics compiled by Rev. Dr. I Carroll and Rev. De Leonard suggest U S Christian church membership grows faster than population. In 1904 alone communicants rose about 1.02 percent while total population increased 1.87 percent. Net gain across denominations totaled 582,878, with 4,310 new churches and 1,074 new clergymen.
The Presbyterian General Assembly approved union with Cumberland Presbyterian churches amid broad discussion. Committees on cooperation, union and consolidation were tasked to finalize details, ensuring legal and corporate rights for each church. Separate notes cover Evangelistic work, Mormon expulsion resolutions, and broader church greetings across denominations.
President Roosevelt takes up the immigration issue and will present it to Congress and the nation. Reports warn that fiscal year arrivals could top one million steerage passengers, vastly expanding laborers and reshaping America’s demographic and economic landscape.
Prominent Illinois political figure Berry, a longtime attorney and former state senator, was shot dead at his Savanna office doorway by an unknown assailant. Three shots were fired, one entering his head. a second hit the arm, and a third lodged in the door frame. The motive remains unclear amid local scandal whispers and coroner secrets.
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