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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1921
Page
1
The president delivers a lengthy inaugural speech after taking the oath, urging the United States to lead in disarmament, international cooperation, and reform. He calls for no war, stresses national unity, and envisions a role for America as a model in governance, economy, and social welfare.
A garbled OCR style note outlines a three service combination by a defense department entity. Names and places are unreadable, with scattered fragments like a wartime or bureaucratic memo about a general, consort, and weeks. The text lacks clear facts to map into a full report.
A Senate committee report details total campaign spending in the 1920 presidential race. It cites $2,237,770 spent by Cox forces and $8,100,739 by Republican groups, with major individual candidates like Wood and Lowden spending large sums. The study notes broader costs in national and state campaigns, identifies key donors and committees, and calls for congressional consideration of election financing.
The report notes extreme heat in Milwaukee with a dated entry showing a high temperature of 53 degrees and a rare record for that date. It references a previous benchmark on March 83 with a similar reading, indicating unusual temperature patterns for the period.
Porter Indiana March report says thirty seven bodies were recovered after a collision between a New York Central train bound for Chicago and a Michigan Central train near Porter. A derailment and missed signal led to the fatal crash, with several cars buried and many victims identified only by distressing remains.
Warren Branfield, eleven, confessed to fatally shooting his nine year old brother Clare in a woods near Farmington, saying he wanted to end the boy’s misery after an accidental injury while demonstrating a sharp public safety item. Police investigated the incident as a serious case in Pontiac, Michigan.
Federal Judge Landis plans to bow out as chief baseball arbitrator if both houses approve resolutions criticizing his conduct. He offered no formal statement but hinted at remarks made before the Missouri Bar Association regarding reforms, implying resignation would avert impeachment proceedings.
Unclear text describes armed intruders abducting a man at 7 am. The incident occurred near Brownfield with a vehicle used to move the victim. Details are partly garbled but suggest a kidnapping by masked bandits and subsequent detainment of the person.
Champ Clark died in Washington in his seventy first year, within two days of retirement after 25 years in the House. The Democratic leader suffered from diabetes and rheumatism, had supported friends to the end, and whispered that life had been very good, as mourners including President Wilson and Missouri newsboys prayed for his recovery. He was born March 7, 1850, near Lawrenceburg Kentucky.
The American Federation of Labor issued an appeal denouncing Soviet Russia's actions against labor unionists. It urged protests worldwide, especially in the United States, and warned that the civilized world condemns the Soviet regime's brutal treatment of workers. The appeal called on the Soviets to heed international opinion.
A child recalls a church service saying she liked it but criticizes unfairness as one man did all the work and another took the money. The dialogue hints at absent mindedness and comic mischief within a family scene.
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