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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1911

Page

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Supreme Court affirms Payne Aldrich tax provisions

The U S Supreme Court declares the Payne Aldrich tariff act corporation tax provisions constitutional ending a long controversy begun under Taft. Walter L Fisher becomes Interior head succeeding Richard Ballinger in a ceremony attended by principal figures.

Supreme Court of the United Taftarat Congress Department of the Interior Walter L. Fisher Chicago Richard A.ballinger

End of Mexican revolution forecast by Limantour plan

The Mexican conflict may end as Senora Limantour, the finance minister, reportedly refined a reform plan acceptable to the Diaz government. Her alleged departure from New York raises speculation. An attack on Juarez Barracks used two nitro glycerin charges, injuring and capturing two insurrectos. Archduchess Stephanie and Countess Suonyay, daughter of King Leopold and widow of Crown Prince Rudolph, are seriously ill in Zurich.

Mexico Senora Limantour Munister Diaz Senor Limantour New York City Juarez Archduchess Staphanie Suonyay Leopold of Belgium Rudolph of Austria Zurich Switzerland

Sixteen Members Change Votes in Veto Battle

In Ripley Sarcastle Des Moines the Oregon plan bill failed to override Governor Carroll veto as sixty nine members backed passage while thirty seven opposed and sixteen changed votes. list of names follows with heated exchanges and parliamentary objections.

Des Moines Carroll House Huntley Lucas Brockway Loniga Beans Mahaska Brady Dallas Colin Worth Daniels Appanocose Edmunds Taylor Fry Wayne Halgrims Humboldt Harding Woodbury Jacobson Audubon Moore Lynn Patterson Keokuk Shane Wapello Smith Decatur Speer Warren Stipe Page van Camp Adair United States Perkina Delaware Ripley Hancock Country Townsend Tama Stillman

English Woman's Praise by Sylvia Pankhurst in Iowa Visit

English suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst praises Iowa and its legislature in a letter published in The Woman's Journal. She describes addressing the assembly with daffodils, the president and speaker greeting her, and her sense of responsibility as the first woman since Susan B. Anthony to speak for women in England and for the Towns bill that afternoon.

Sylvia Pankhurst Iowa General Assembly Woman's Journal of Boston Rowena Edna Stevens Boone England Susan B. Anthony Fane

Wolgast Retains Title in Ninth Round Victory

Wolgast defeats Memelin in eight of nine rounds in a twenty round title bout at the Vetton arena. Referee Eyton stops the fight amid Memelin’s severe punishment. Post-fight, promoter McCarey, Wolgast, Memelin, and Eyton arrested for violating state prize fighting law in Los Angeles California.

Los Angeles Cal George Memeln Pacific Coast Ad. Woleast Vetton Arena The Pacific Athletic Club Wolgast Charles F. Eyton Dyton Memsic Memek Eyton

Fire at Minn Billiard Plant Leaves Dozens Hurt

A Detroit or Milwaukee fire report states sixty workers leaped from windows at the Minn Billiard company factory after a dust or dynamite explosion triggered a blaze. The building, destroyed, is valued at about $100,000. One man is missing, feared dead, with multiple injuries including burns and critical conditions among several named workers.

Milwaukee Minn Billiard Company Minn Milwaukee Western Fuel Company Otto Klann Gustav Oberpat Stanfalaus Bohreseh John Reese Franz Boschutaz August Zengner John Kouttnay Alfred Miller George Kraemer Frank Gebauer Fred Grundhola Andrew Raudob

Express strike widens to 3500 in New York and New Jersey

Three thousand five hundred United States and Wells Fargo Express employees join the Adams Express walkout, bringing total out now to six thousand. National and American company workers stay at their posts amid official threats. Mayor Gaynor’s peace proposals allegedly overridden by Jersey City drivers. Labor leaders warn a general teamsters strike could be the region’s largest yet.

Adams Express Company New York Gaynor United States Wells-Pargo Express National Sttick Bia Jersey City

Grace Dexter Bryan to Wed Richard Har Greaves

Mr and Mrs Wil Nam J Bryan announced the engagement of Grace Dexter Bryan to Richard Lewis Har Greaves of Lincoln. The marriage will be celebrated early in June with the exact date not disclosed.

J. Bryan R Lincoln Ned Wil Nam J. Bryan Grace Dexter Bryan Richard Lewis Har: Greaves Lincoln

Stampeders Artillery Horses Stampede at Presidio Injures Recruits

Four artillery recruits were seriously injured at the Presidio on Friday when a passing automobile spooked artillery horses attached to a gun. The incident occurred as the team was on maneuvers near the fortifications in San Francisco.

San Francisco Presidio

Doan's Kidney Pills Helped Woman End Backache

A testimonial from Mrs. Rowana Weinmann of Chicago Illinois reports severe rheumatic back pain spreading through the body and disabling movement until taking Doan's Kidney Pills. After starting the remedy the pain diminished and finally left, with the caller urging readers to remember the name Doan's. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

Weinmann Greenwood Tarrace Chicago Saydy Doan Eve Jong Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo, N. 'S

The Happy Man Bridegroom Joy Shown

The bridegroom appears truly happy as a First Lady remarks on his joyful look. A Second Lady notes the scene, correcting that the smiling man is not the bridegroom but a gentleman the bride married six months ago.

Onions Cause Sudden Weeping Fire Fallout in City Tenement

A cellar blaze in a five story New York tenement prompted evacuations as onions stored in bags spilled irritants into the air. Residents wept and fled while the chief fireman said the fire was confined to the cellar but the tenants later departed.

New York

Dare to Be Happy and Give Thanks

A reflective exhortation urges embracing innocent joy with faith in God. It calls for sacrifice and detachment, seeking spiritual optimism that sees God as a benefactor and tolerates happiness without apology. The piece frames joy as a religious duty and personal stance.

Ideals Bind Home and School in Child Training

Mre BD Ly Franklin, secretary of the Parents' National Educational Union in England, argues that homes and schools must share the same ideals and adopt a systematic mindset to train and teach children, otherwise the child will suffer.

Mre Ly Franklin Parents’ National Educational Union England

Postum praised by editor for coffee alternatives

Editor Browne of the Rockford Morning Star recounts seven years without coffee and crediting Postum with relief from indigestion and improved health. He urges proper preparation of Postum and notes coffee’s adverse effects on digestion and the nervous system.

Editor Browne The Rockford Morning Star J. Branley Browne

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