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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
3
A roundup of 1909 items notes O Henry’s death in New York after surgery, Roosevelt’s London speech, Taft rail and tariff deals, Italy’s quake tolls, Lorimer seat challenges, and various political, bank, and legal developments. It mentions international diplomacy, media figures, and pending state and federal actions.
President Taft, Attorney General Wickersham, and leaders of twenty four railroads reached a settlement on rate hikes. Tariffs already approved or filed become effective after June 1, and no new increases will be filed until a pending railroad bill passes. The government will drop the Missouri injunction suit once the bill is signed and provisions grant the ICC authority to suspend rates and investigate reasonableness.
Kentucky's $2,000,000 capitol was dedicated with day long exercises in Frankfort. Special trains from afar brought thousands, including over 1,000 girls from Louisville high school. Invocation by Bishop Lewis W. Burton, with addresses by Gov. Augustus H. Willson and U S Senator William C. Bradley.
The crop reporting board’s first cotton report of the season shows May 26 crop condition at 82 percent of normal, slightly above last year and the ten year average. Planted area is about 33,196,000 acres, about 102.8 percent of last year’s 32,292,000, up roughly 904,000 acres.
The Senate approved the railroad bill by 50 to 12 after a lengthy session that featured Beveridge’s bid to place the statehood measure and Nelson’s public lands proposal as unfinished business. The measure, an amendment to the Hepburn law, originated in May 1906 and now moves to conference as Cummins led a four day opposition speech. Several insurgent Republicans and Democrats supported the bill as a step forward.
With Iowa returns incomplete Carroll a Rep and Porter a Dem look set for governor. Republicans list candidates in districts with Progrssives and Stand-patters leading. Nearly complete Seventh District shows Prouty ahead Hull by about 1100 votes, Ninth District yields a 2000 margin for Smith over Byers.
The McKinley traction syndicate led by Congressman William B. McKinley of Champaign has completed the purchase of the Atchison Railway Light and Power Company properties. The reported consideration ranges from 500000 to 700000 dollars.
President Taft warned against socialism noting the private property system as the growing issue. He said the Republican party has shown it can handle big problems and urged the country to decide if it will entrust the party with the next major challenge. He spoke in Jackson at a ceremony unveiling a bronze tablet marking the 1864 birth of the Republican party and, in Monroe, Mich., honored General George A. Custer at a statue unveiling.
The annual outing will be at Glengarry Springs on Leech Lake near Walker. Also notes El Ashar University Cairo founded 983 with 8510 students last year and a push for spelling simplification by Prof. Homer H. Beverley of the Iowa State Teachers Association.
An old Hudson Ohio advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a tonic for girls and women with irregular periods pain and other symptoms. It cites letters from mothers praising the product and offers confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
An exchange recounts a young man asking to see Miss De Blank ary home. She agrees and points out her home overlooking the United Presbyterian church area near the high school building, noting no need to go further.
Mary Heaton Vorse argues that American women waste money chasing bargains at sales and 98 cent undergarments. She recalls scenes of impulse buying, compares the moral psychology of shoppers, and claims shopping frenzy reflects broader social tensions.
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