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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
3
New York packers report Americans substitute meat with cheaper options as spring brings abundant produce. Official notes indicate households cut purchases by about 20 percent, with $4 less spent weekly. Demand remains for higher priced cuts, while overall cash business declines amid changing consumer tastes and plentiful crops.
In a bustling sports district, clubs compete for pennants amid branding efforts. Teams emphasize identity through logos colors and fan engagement as the season intensifies at the principal base.
Allegan Michigan jury could not agree on manslaughter for Mrs Mabel Neelley after her 2 1/2 year old Walter died of pneumonia while under treatment by a faith healing sect in Plainwell. Judge Padgham discharged the panel after 16 hours of deliberation amid dissensions.
A Rawhide Nev special reports eight men and two women staged robberies across the area including the Rawhide hotel where occupants were held at gunpoint and robbed of about $300. They then set fires as a diversion. The gang also attacked a tent, beat a stage driver, robbed a drug store, and stole over $400 before fleeing to the hills. A sheriff’s posse and local police pursue the robbers in a general roundup.
The Derby at Epson Downs drew Britain’s largest crowd as Signorinetta, Ginistrelli’s filly, stunned the field of eighteen with a long shot victory amid glorious weather. Other items report city water basin burst in St Louis, a $15,000 damage estimate, and bank robbery near Vakland.
Major Alfred Dreyfus, France's military martyr, was shot twice during the Panthéon burial ceremonies for Emil Zola. The assailant, M. Gregori, was beaten by the crowd as authorities struggled to control the melee. Dreyfus sustained a wound in the right arm but was not in serious danger.
News from Victoria B S reports nearly 300 dead as a typhoon sweeps the pearling fleet near Thursday Island. About twenty Australian divers perish with many survivors rescued by the steamer Varro. Sharks follow wreckage as bodies wash ashore near Broome and the beaches bear a terrible scene.
The piece surveys party moves across states and national figures. It notes Bryan delegates to Denver, J G Burrows as temporary Republican chair, Taft delegates across several states, and Johnson’s remarks at Richmond. It mentions Capt DP Snider's candidacy for Minnesota governor and Gompers' stance on Congress. Prohibition advances in North Carolina, party loyalties shift, and New York race-trail friction, with reform clashes and potential extra sessions in governors' circles.
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, famed for colonial service and Victoria Cross deeds, dies in London after weeks of illness. Born 1880, his career ended amid Boer War defeats after Ladysmith siege relief and later command by Lord Roberts. he married Lady Audrey Jane Charlotte in 1882.
Former United States Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas died at his Washington home from heart failure at 69. The missive notes his Civil War service, legal career, and rise in politics, including chairmanships of the Democratic National Committee and influence in Bryan and Taft era campaigns. Society circles discuss potential First Lady contenders after March 6 as profiles of Mrs. Fairbanks and other notable women are outlined.
Mary Baker G. Eddy responds to circulating health rumors in the Christian Science Sentinel at Boxton. She says she is not a criminal or sick, urges friends to respect her privacy, and asserts she is living, loving, acting, and enjoying. She notes believers thrive on adversity and defends justice and honesty as vital.
Supreme Court decision defines due faith and credit among State courts in a cotton futures dispute at Vicksburg. A dealer wiped out by price decline faced a broker seeking margin claims. Mississippi bars stock gambling, blocking collection, but Missouri judgment not recognized there, while the court majority backs full force of the Missouri judgment in Mississippi.
Gaston Latyre has been convicted in New York City of selling Easter chicks, charged with cruelty to animals for the act.
The report notes rising factory output and stronger consumer demand, aided by hot weather boosting men’s and women’s wear sales and a general improvement in wholesale stocks. Bank clearings reach 216,160,701, up 16.1 percent from a year earlier, while trade in cotton goods and hardware shows firmer movement amid price declines and stock reductions.
A dense listing of commodity prices across cities including cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye and hay with varied grades and units. Highlights include Chicago cattle 4.00 to 7.60 and hogs 4.00 to 5.85 to 6.00 range, butter creamery 20 to 28 cents, and grains such as wheat No 2 around 92 to 101 cents.
Texas experiment station backs State seed inspection to aid crops. Sportsmen sow wild rice seed to ensure game bird crops along the Mississippi. Spearfish, 8. D., wins next annual Black Hills Poultry show with a bid of F450 in 1009. Shelby county Iowa farmers find seed corn from cribs underperforms compared with shack-sourced corn. Eastern Montana fruit growers report crop damage from April cold. Be Bone of Alya Illinois wins all frat prizes in hog carcass awards at the International. Over twenty five steam plows operate in Bully county turning up over a section of land daily. An agricultural expert from South Africa visits Texas to study dry farming methods for his country.
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