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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1896
Page
1
The Elgin Geko editor recounts diverse items from the era including a projected bicycle folding design, cholera in Egypt, Italian emigrants landing in New York, legal takes on Sunday laws, dueling, sea myths, a possible American cup challenge, and civic efforts such as New Orleans anti-toxin funds. The piece blends humor, commentary, and assorted clippings.
The new territorial authorities in Oklahoma have made themselves unpopular by prohibiting polygamy. An age one squaw cannot support her husband single handedly, and the policy is expected to cause hardship among the territory’s indigenous population.
The new United States battleship Oregon cost 28,120,000 dollars and was built on the Pacific coast, about 00,000 more than the Massachusetts built at the Eastern slipyards. The Oregon started five months later than the mata waus but finished nearly at the same time, showcasing Uncle Sam’s ability to build a war ship equal to the world's best wherever a port is found.
A weekly general resume notes the fortification bill funding of 10 763 888 dollars. The Supreme Court bars punishment without trial in a Chinese alien case. Senate confirms W Joplin as Elizabethtown postmaster ending a multi year dispute. A naval punishments code is approved. The president vetoes a bill to pension Rachel Patton widow of Captain John A Patton.
A survey of contemporary figures includes M Dantet and R H Sherrard authorship, Dantet’s and Sherrard’s mixed styles, and notes on Otte Camphausen’s death, born 1812, who as Prussian finance minister faced wartime needs. Renan’s warning about twentieth century ideas, Chamberlain’s oratory, Telstoi’s theater outing, and Rev Dr I Z Lansing’s Boston controversy are discussed. The piece also details Chamberlain’s Highbury horticulture routine, with 500 specimens cataloged, plus bequests from R A Messey of Toronto to Mount Allison, Western Theological College, University of Victoria, and Wesleyan College.
A jumble of brief notices details losses from fires in Massachusetts and West Virginia, a railway accident death in Indiana, fatal boiler explosion in Illinois, a fallen tree in Illinois, a collision in New York, a runaway youth near Pendleton, and a wagon accident near Franklin. Names include Longfellow house blaze victims, Lillian Russell, Ralph Wiley, and family losses in Indiana and Michigan.
Mise Magele Wells, daughter of prominent Pittafield parents, died by self-administered strychnine. Burglars invaded C. Thorney residence in Speingfehi, WV, stealing about $130. John Welle alias Charles Poll, a wanted desperado, is sought by authorities in Council.
A chaotic roundup reports Gov Altgeld restoring citizenship to Lyman Wagoner after 15 years in Joliet, amid a rash of violent incidents and political intrigue. Reports include suicides by Harry Howarth in Indiana and a police magistrate George Thorpe found dead in Texas, along with serial crimes in Missouri and Kentucky.
Foreign shores report the death of Archduke Charlies Lous of Austria at 54. The British government faces a serious crisis as Irish MPs back the home rule bid. The reform committee’s punishment was confirmed by the Transvaal executive. General Vieumn dies of yellow fever in Carralm False. Bernal to command his troops. A tug boiler blast near Bingen on the Rhine sinks two barges, eight killed. Anti-Parnellite meeting aims for reconciliation with Parnellites. Sir John Russell Reynolds, 68, in critical condition. German clergy react to Emperor William's telegram urging clergy keep out of politics.
Miscellaneuun Tockford society women ran all electric cars for a charity day. Sixteen hundred dollars was raised in St Louis for cyclone relief. Mrs B F Young passed a U S government first mate exam, the sole woman to do so. Gov Morton signed a bill to raise New York police force by 600 patrolmen. Dresser Goodrich attached Goodrich Rubber for the American Fisheries Society meeting in New York. J C McNew of Kokomo was injured fatally after a burial prank went wrong. Morris Trent of New York has been unconscious for twenty one days. A Chinese MEhado envoy studies U S power and telephone systems aboard the enunme ship Ching.
A violent cyclone swept across Missouri and Illinois on Wednesday leaving hundreds dead and many injured. Estimates place fatalities around 200 in St Louis and East St Louis with about 700 injured nationwide as crews tally the wreckage from Tower Grove to Lafayette Park and the Mississippi River. Officials report massive property losses running into millions as hospitals, bridges, and rivercraft were destroyed or damaged.
May 10 dispatch notes morning papers carrying editorials expressing sympathy for St Louis residents after the terrible disaster. Strong signals of shared sorrow and communal support appear across outlets in sympathy messages and calls for aid.
Scant details from Wildcat Ontario show the Detroit tug Larimer owned by Alex Bull went down in the middle ground near Pelee Island. The Ploteron Arepeedtied, Walisha Minn. May 10, and Chas TH Holmes are cited in the evolving condition report from Packe City authorities.
A terse note references a shortage issue affecting local operations. The report cites a need to review accounts and ensure proper fulfillment of obligations. Community members are advised to monitor further updates from city authorities.
The New England Conservator of Music in Franklin Square, Toston, Aans., is praised as the world’s best equipped music school. It highlights superior teachers, practical study, and strong language offerings with opportunities for prospective students to apply.
A new powerful portable searchlight improves sentenlifts aboard ships. It weighs under fifteen pounds, attaches in under a minute, can be hung or held by an officer on watch, and concentrates light without dazzling. It can spot a spar buoy at three quarters of a mile and sails at three miles. County Displays Set for Grand Army Encampment in St Paul feature arches ladders booths and county products. W H Boomer leads plans to help counties arrange displays with access for up to 300000 visitors daily for a week at minimal cost.
Tol Dusel of Boun observed his wife placing a large bouquet on his desk. She explained it marked their marriage anniversary and teased that he should reciprocate when his comes around.
In a noisy fragment from a periodical, readers note concerns about modern dentistry. The text mentions Marvel devices and a Dr Kivuerih APCD Stic llldey Pde, implying X ray use in dental treatment and questions about its purpose.
Fragmented OCR presents a jumble of product names and quips from old papers. It cites remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Wixstow's Bootius KYRUP for teething, alongside misquoted jokes about doctors, private property fishing, and wheel riding, reflecting period commercial humor and patent medicine culture.
A fragmented excerpt appears to reference fish, love, and mistaken phrases, with unclear context and broken names, offering no coherent event or identifiable subjects. The readable text hints at a casual or colloquial exchange without concrete actions.
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