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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
1
Reads like a chaotic late 19th or early 20th century wire sheet. Notes a mob burning a Black man in Iowa, political shifts in France and the United States, Cuba tensions, a New York transit extension plan, tornado fatalities in Arkansas, oil cases in Missouri, and Taft’s congressional actions. Also mentions Ruth Bryan Leavitt divorce, Barrymore engagement, and sunken ships near Cape Cod.
A fragment notes accident liability of United States brakemen exceeds other nations. It mentions several residences and business houses in Westfield New York were destroyed by a fire with losses around $50,000. The text is incomplete but implies a significant fire damage and liability discussion.
Report from Memphis lists fourteen dead and fifteen to twenty injured from a tornado and ensuing fire that hit Brinkley and surrounding areas in eastern Arkansas. Governor Donaghey prepared to travel to the scene as widespread demoralization and rail disruptions spread. The storm damaged homes businesses churches and rail lines across Monroe Lonoke and other counties, with fatalities including a negro boy near Fourche Dam.
Weather bureau reports from Detroit show less ice on the Great Lakes than a year ago with Green Bay still rough and honeycombed. Lake Superior fields are light and drifted south, while Lake St Clair and Detroit River begin to open. Erie has light, broken fields along the south shore and Ontario shows a few small ice patches at ends.
Captain W J Thomas, a noted woodsman, reports a newly found cave in the Adirondacks near Standisk New York on Mountaln WV. The mouth spans fifty feet, first room measures fifty by twenty by thirty feet, filled with bats and sulfurous odor. Passages branch in many directions and the explorers reached about a thousand feet without reaching the end.
Josie Mansfield, famed New York beauty linked to the Pisko murder, has lived in Watertown South Dakota as Mrs. Mary Lawlor for years. Now about 72, paralyzed and dependent on charity, she plans to enter a convent for the rest of her life despite still recalling her former farmer beauty and past friendships in South Dakota.
Missouri Supreme Court denied rehearing requests by Standard Oil Company of Indiana and Republic Oil Company of Ohio. Indiana and Ohio firms ousted from Missouri. Waters-Pierce Company gains 60 percent stock control and right to do business. Fines: $50,000 for each of Standard and Republic. Waters-Pierce paid $50,000. court order compliance approved.
Reported widening of the Liberty Bell crack by seventeen inches prompts renewed opposition to a proposed journey of the relic to the Pacific coast. A second crack runs nearly to the bell’s summit and a jolt could cause it to split. Officials say each travel worsens the fracture.
Miss Kitchens of Taewisvily Ark died after her mother found her in a dying condition. Dr William Krause of Memphis examined the victim who whispered of a night intruder poisoning her before escaping through the window. Two suspects remain under close surveillance as the case unfolds.
Dealers in Topeka report no cigarette sales as the new anti smoking law takes effect. Authorities note many misread the date, expecting a May start, while shipments are being repackaged and sent to the factory after unpacked orders worth 500 dollars were found.
A mob seized Andrew Nis from Rockwell county jail in Rockwall Texas and burned him to death after identifying him as the man who allegedly attacked Mrs. Arthur McKinney. About 1,000 onlookers witnessed the public execution. Earlier, Will Clark was shot and killed when his father Andrew Clark refused to let a posse search. Ellis confessed guilt but gave no statement.
Five Layton siblings from Beloit Wisconsin Plattsmouth Nebraska Lake Geneva Wisconsin and Ames Monroe plan legal action to recover eighty acres in central Chicago they say belonged to their father and was never relinquished the siblings aged 50 to 70 met in Beloit to arrange the lawsuit seeking possession of the parcel near the Cook County courthouse.
A controller box exploded aboard a pay-as-you-enter car in St Louis injuring about 80 passengers. Panic ensued as doors failed, passengers broke windows to escape gas, flames and smoke. The conductor abandoned post as flames scorched hair and clothing and the car suffered severe damage.
QODS BENDS Creecens 2.02 started in Moscow and finished fourth trotting a mile in 2010. Columbus sold Shortstop J. 2. Rotdy to Grand Rapids. he will manage that team for the UM season. Capt. Hamilton Bish of Harvard says Brown University will take Carliste's place on the Crimson football schedule this year. Exports of American horses in six years to June 1908 were 21,004,000 while imports were 10,000,000. Stoney McGlynn to join Milwaukee American Association baseball club this season. Manager Metroskay closed deal with St. Louis Suttonals. Iowa University overwhelmed Minnesota 7 to 6. The Hawkeyes played fast. Capt. Perrine of Town scored 20 for his team. William Ha redd, formerly of the University of Pennsylvania, world record holder for vaulting and 1808 pole vault champion, chosen to coach Hamline University track this season. Racing has been killed in Washington State. legislature to ease turf betting rules. anti-betting amendment defeated and betting on races remains lawful until June 11.
The $29,240,000 rebate case against Standard Oil ends with a not guilty verdict as Judge Anderson dismisses the indictment. Government losses include insufficient evidence and a ruling that shipments cited did not fit the charged offenses. The case contrasts Judge Anderson with Judge Landis, both noted Republicans and federal judges from Indiana.
Nan-Well, there's one thing about Jack, anyhow. He speaks right out what he thinks. You always know where to find him. Yan-That's so. I nearly always find him here when I come.
The Newport crowd learns 86 million dollars once expected for the 1-year-old “millionaire baby” will largely go to Mrs. William Wrees Sherman. Mrs. Sherman, the aunt and heir, is described as among Newport’s most beautiful women. The Sherman family maintains a cottage in Newport and a town house on Fifth Avenue in New York.
The union reports indicate no strike planned at coal mines this summer with operators unlikely to concede major demands. Miners fear a summer pause but expect no disruption, noting operators hold 10 to 12 million tons of coal in hand and a three-year pattern of no suspension without a new agreement.
John Wilschock, a railroad man from Hastings Minnesota, died apparently of health related causes after an alleged infidelity event at his home. He was survived by a widow, three daughters and five sons.
Frank J Cheney swears as senior partner of F Z Cheney dy firm that Hall's Catarrh Cure will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh that cannot be cured. Presented in Toledo on December 6, 1899, the affidavit promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy acting on blood and mucous surfaces.
John Henry Grey recounts mottos on a Chinese vessel described in The China. Red paper strips with Chinese characters line the masts and a shrine sits on board. Phrases promise favorable winds, prosperous voyages, and wealth through trade, reflecting superstition around the ship’s fortunes.
A Washington woman aged sixty five claims coffee worsens teeth and causes sickness, rheumatism, and insomnia. She praises Postum after six months, saying health improved, sleep restored, and rheumatism disappeared. The letter, attributed to Postum Co, is presented as a genuine human-interest item with ongoing reader letters.
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