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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
4
The article surveys diverse bridal and bachelor adornments. It notes Anglo traditions with rings as state symbols and contrasts them with practical African customs. Zulu and Kaffir practices mark marriage and manhood through coifs and ochre, framing cultural identity and social status.
A history of the peachblow vase, a prized Chinese porcelain from 1661 to 1722, with its exclusive technique tied to one family. The single fifth-form example sold at auction in New York to Mrs. Mary J. Morgan for 15000 dollars, later 18000 dollars, and now resides with William T. Walters in Baltimore.
Medico-Physiological Association in London heard Jomas Lauder Branton challenge the divining rod as a water detector. He cited experiments by two highly sensitive English women showing signs of involuntary muscular motion near water, arguing humans might detect water a few feet away and influence the rod.
The atbuth known as Jacksonity in Washington's tough area across Long Bridge Virginia faces abolition as Pennsylvania Railroad buys the land to clear derelict dens. Owners hiked prices, rail firm plans removal to make way for a new river bridge, erasing Jackson City scene per Detroitree Press.
A fragmented report from a Bowery theater describes John Dubiy managing nightly wrestling acts. Michael Pardello, a theater proprietor in a country town, proposes a revenue sharing wager to secure a wrestler as an attraction. The exchange touches venues, purses, and previously high attendance.
A list of upcoming gatherings including the Triennial Christian Sun day School Convention in Denver July 16 22 the Biennial Ancient Order of Hibernians in Denver August 20 80 the National Fraternal Congress in Denver September 1 6 the National Association of Letter Carriers in Minneapolis July Y 11 the National Education Association in Omaha October 16 28 and the National Y P U meeting with details for communities. Also O H Talmadge of the West Upton Gazette to publish a wall map of the county at a low price with township and owner data showing roads railroads streams churches schools creameries and farms. Price set at 10 previously 15 now offered near 5 with call for details.
A 1888 advertisement from Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway promotes a Colorado trip with 41 low round trip rates, limited to October 1st. Readers are urged to contact ticket agents or Jno G Parme for a Colorado booklet titled Under the Turquoise Sky. Agents wanted. reference to Talmage family editors and Philadelphia line.
A chaotic mix of lighthearted pranks and borderland mischief dominates this patchwork item. A Seattle crowd traps a Star editor and ex Governor Knapp in a waterworks standpipe amid a defiant ransom tale, while Secretary Long is lampooned as a democratic everyman visiting his Massachusetts home and laundry.
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