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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
6
London survivor Beagley describes the sinking of the Titanic from Queenstown to New York. He recalls calm seas, orderly lifeboats, women and children saved, men left on deck, and the ship's final plunge while the rescuers approached.
Promoter Jack Curley announced the Johnson Flynn fight would take place in Las Vegas New Mexico on July 4. Johnson will receive 310,000 of the proceeds with 1,100 paid on May 14 for training expenses. Flynn will take a percentage of remaining receipts and pay his own training costs.
Reports from New York April 19 describe Titanic survivors recounting the peril after collision, passengers urged to stay in rooms until lifeboats filled, Carpathia rescuing women children and crew. Survivors like Mrs. Astor and Miss Rule describe dawn boats, improvised garments, and scenes of prayers and lament.
Hartford report states Councilman William T. Sloper, in a white nightrobe, was mistaken for a woman and evacuated in one of the last lifeboats while attempting to aid women and children aboard the Titanic. His father, Senator Andrew J. Sloper, learned of the rescue and traveled to New York.
At the Montana Stock Growers association closing session officers were elected Kenneth McLean of Miles City named president Charles O'Donnell of Billings and N J Wumphrey of Birney named vice presidents W D Raymond of Helena elected secretary and treasurer April 19 in Miles City Mont
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a rural wedding scene where Bud Hightower fills a shoe with slugs and plaster to craft moonshine spirits for a prank. Sim Beesley jokes about throwing it at the groom. The planned mischief targets Snipe Tolliver, not the groom, in a tense prewedding moment.
G Baumel of Chicago describes three years of facial acne relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She details itching, disfigurement, sleeplessness, and eventual cure within weeks, praising the remedies’ effectiveness. A free sample and 32-page booklet are offered by Cuticura Dept. L, Boston.
Pastor Goodsole announces plans to rent a room in a fashionable apartment house and open a Sunday school on the first Sunday in May. He notes uncertainty about attendance but says the program will run all summer and could be seen as opportunity or reproach. The sermon ends with a cloging hymn.
A joking exchange finds the New Wife asking the husband to sew on a button before leaving. He retorts the cook might do it, but reminds them he married a typewriter, not a sewing machine.
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Bano antiseptic powder for tired feet with 25c price and a trial package offer from Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York. The rest of the passage interjects unrelated aphorisms about impartiality and gentlemanly behavior.
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