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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
3
The city to erect a $25,000 Welcome Arch near Union Station for Democratic delegates arriving by train. The 70 ton structure spans 80 feet with 34 foot center driveway and 11 by 26 foot wings, lit by 1000 incandescent lights and up to 1800 for special occasions.
In a violent confrontation at the nitrate beds near Iquique Chile, government machines and troops clash with strikers. The authorities open fire after orders to disperse, leaving hundreds of workers killed or wounded and paralyzing the city amid ongoing street clashes.
A sensational murder suicide occurs at Laurels finishing school on Aububon Road Boston. Miss Sarah Chamberlain Weed of Philadelphia kills Miss Elizabeth Bailey Hardee of Savannah then herself. Both women about 23, intimate friends since Wellesley graduation. Morse Pleads Guilty and Curtis pleads not guilty in New York federal court on a 29 count indictment. Bail set at Morse 50000, Curtis 10000.
A Manila correspondent states that the death of China's dowager empress could sharpen Japanese claims to Manchuria and draw the Philippines into conflict. The piece notes Evans fleet and compares naval strengths against Japan, with Manila seven days from potential action and no strong mechanized plan for immediate hostilities.
The article argues that patrolling 10,000 miles of island coast requires a large force, noting 11,000 US troops including the constabulary in the islands and a 40,000 troop loading capacity in the Philippines within a week. It warns that a strong force there is necessary to counter Japan and contemplates potential war driven by restless statesmen amid tensions with Russia.
Canadian foundry and machine industries employ 17 928 workers. Adelaide soap and candle workers form a union. Boston Lakers Union stands as the largest in the country with about 1 200 members. Pallbearers' Union forms in Alexandria. St Paul Wagon Drivers and Helpers Union sets wage scales for next year. Lynn convenes to organize national Shoe Cutters assemblies. Over forty unions of retail clerks move toward organization in New England. Ontario and Canadian maritime provinces gain 10 000 Ing renees in Wales in Q2. Italy passes a weekly rest day bill. Chicago forms Hospital Association with 25 hospitals. Mississippi Farmers Union plans a central bank in Jackson with 50 000 capital and branch banks in cotton regions. New York State Federation of Working Men pledges support to Women’s Trades Union League. Durham union vote approves joining Great Britain’s Miners Federation. About 90 000 abstained from voting. New York law restricts newsboy sales at night to under fourteen with permits. San Francisco clerks join a new union. New York Farmers Union plans August convention for prices. Night-work ban for women factory workers is signed by multiple nations and to take effect December 2010.
A historic account details suffragette prisoners subjected to harsh routine and dress in jail. Inmates endure cold baths, punitive rations, heavy garments, and rigid schedules as leaders like Mrs Pankhurst insist they will persist for votes. Short notes cover Leslie M Shaw leaving Carnegie Trust, Blanche Walsh's illness, Shanghai streetcar, Monterey flag, and hydrophobia cattle charges.
A parade of misfortune reports Georges W Glover of Lead 5 D son of Mia Mary Baker Eddy succumbs to a paralytic leg. Edward Dunne a rancher found dead in Deadwood after naturalization filing. Walter White held in Harrisburg for a business engagement with President Roosevelt. Henry Kalen 38 dies from carbolic acid beer in Sioux City. Lena Anderson near suicide in Minneapolis. Haggar May Reid sues Pullman for 10000 after ejection in St Louis. Sophini Baratoni dies in a 1100 foot copper shaft fall at Champion Copper Co Houghton Mich.
Holloway prison in North London holds no fear for suffragettes fighting for the ballot. Hundreds, often graduates, endure imprisonment to avoid fines for riotous conduct. When released, others fill the cells. prisoners are segregated, reduced to a single garment after clothing removal.
Ranchers around Encinal Texas wage a long battle against wolves described as coyotes that kill calves lambs and kids and spread hydrophobia. Since a hydrophobia institute opened in Austin three years ago more than one hundred people have sought treatment for mad wolf bites. Rabble losses from these attacks drive ranchers to hire constant security and build home corrals for protection.
The Senate debated the Aldrich currency bill while the House advanced pay raises for officers and enlisted personnel. A House resolution sought to investigate alleged graft in naval affairs. The United States agreed to compensate the Manila archbishop for church damages, and officials mourned Rep Adolph Meyer. Debates covered canal materials in American ships, post office funds, and railway mail clerks, with adjournments for memorials.
The enblavt meeting held that cabinet officers need not tell Congress about bills unless committees request them. Bills may be drawn on request. Colorado Congressman Cook will soon introduce a bill to restore duties on magnanese ores used in steel, a tariff cut from 1907. The Senate adopted Senator Culberson’s resolution asking Treasury for reports on New York banks and cash or reserve responses between Oct and Nov 1907.
A North Dakota reader recounts moving to Poynton Sask Canada in February and finding a warm climate, rich farming potential, and abundant game. He notes profitable yields with wheat 25 to 60 bushels an acre, turnips weighing 7 to 8 pounds, and large potatoes, plus timber, water, and building materials. Also mentions Turtle Lake fishing and compares the U.S. and Canada, urging Yankee readers to consider homesteading in Canada.
From October to May Colus are described as the icat fre and ne at cause of Headaches while SANATIVE BROMO ay ININE is claimed to remove the cause. H W Groves box 250 Annamal life exists at all depths, vegetation struggles under pressure, and public notes reference smokers and cigars. Berlin’s police presence, noted as the greatest per capita, is mentioned amid a jumble of brand names and remedies.
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