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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
6
The article surveys agricultural notes from 1909 including fertilizers for nitrogen, dairy and pig care, breeding, and farm economics. It discusses nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, and cottonseed meal as key fertilizers, dairy management, stock farming rotations, and the rise of country beef clubs solving fresh meat access for rural farmers.
President Taft appeals to Congress in a brief extra session message to revise the Dingley tariff. He warns of a $100 million deficit by July 1 and urges swift action to adjust import duties to fit changed business conditions while maintaining revenue.
Alexander Graham Bell argues in World’s Work that competition is waning as monopolies rise, trusts evolve as a natural law of history, and that profit above an equitable return on capital constitutes usury to be forbidden by law. He supports limited government control over profits rather than outright trust destruction or government ownership.
Reports detail two powerful quakes striking Guayaquil and nearby Menador. Elsewhere a Westport Lumber mill burns, a Queens grain dealer dies on a subway, and Messina and Reggio plan housing for earthquake survivors. A New York artist and a drifting boat with five bodies near Algiers are noted in transit news.
Hamilton County man Frank Mulls refused to pay for his aged parent’s support after a 140 week period. The Supreme Court upheld a lower ruling awarding $80 to the county for costs, finding Chief Justice Wyine’s earlier decision erroneous in a session without the chief justice.
Gen Mulnex Ofloial Pituas New Kuhome to Onteh Mashers. Dow Molnes ig to have women police men. Connathuan Hamery, superintendent of the department of public safety, announced plans to appoint about six officers. The council must confirm, but has power over the department. Women are to patrol at railway stations, dance halls, and other public places to detect and arrest professional 'maahers' noted in recent complaints. Some officers may operate out of uniform to deter misconduct.
Police probe a string of robberies at fraternity houses and a warehouse fire attributed to an arsonist. A person seen as a woman near Wickham shops raises the possibility the culprit is a man in female clothing. No solid evidence yet to confirm disguise.
Vormer Marshalltown man Albert Satia was sentenced to two years in the California State penitentiary after forging two checks in Los Angeles. He had moved from Iowa to Los Angeles via fall and bought a fruit ranch at Burbank, with prior checks written without a bank account. Satia claimed morphine influence from long vigil beside his parents’ sick bed.
In Cornell Bluffa a 17-year-old boy Halph negligently discharged revolver rounds while juggling two loaded pistols. Miss Kyeril Brooks 1 year old was struck in the heart and died instantly. Both siblings worked in a hook bindery. the boy is distraught over the tragedy.
Iowa claims the nation’s highest telephone per capita rate with one line per seven residents. Mutual Telephone men discuss a plan to build interstate lines linking Iowa to Des Moines and other cities to counter Bell interests, arguing competition will improve service and expand networks.
In Muscntine the murderer Harry Jones allegedly hanged himself in his cell using a torn bed cover rope after the case against him in the Van Winkles murder began. The note mentions Shaye Ven Winklehum and quotes a brutal crime scene as Jones prepared to testify the next day.
John Bacon, 18, of Brute Center, Luran, and a companion were in a duck blind when a single gunshot tore away most of his right foot. The accident occurred as birds circled above and the shooter tried to take a shot. Doctors fear possible amputation and severe complications.
Willem G Welch of Greenfield kills his lover Mrs Agnes Finney then dies by suicide on a South Dakota homestead leaving wife and baby. He writes a note claiming a broken heart and asks to be buried with a ring from his gweethanrt.事故 The piece also notes four accidents at Reluneker with a brakeman killed and others injured.
Abstract of brief local items: deaths in Marshall County and Algona, ages 86 and 80. George M Phillips dies in Marshalltown. Keokuk conductors to use automatic registers. real estate sales near Newton and Gowrie. Waverly school vote passes for high school addition. gunfire errors and a saloon burglary. various accidents and arrests including a 15-year-old in Werte and a hold-up arrest in Town City. a fire in downtown stores causes substantial damage. Temple Furniture sale to cover mortgage. sudden death of Howard Anderson in Cambridge.
Iowa lawmakers consider substitutes to the Perkins bill on net weight labeling for packaged goods. Wright and Wood favor limited labeling on flour butter lard and substitutes, arguing the original bill was too sweeping. Father Daugherty decries legislating virtue and defends Sunday observance while urging theater reform.
The Whipple Bill cleared the Senate 30 to 9 after a day of discussion. Amendments from Allen and De Wolf shaped the debate. The vote signals likely House passage. The session aims to end by April, with lawmakers expecting a rushed finish.
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