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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
4
Arlington hosts a citywide 4th of July event with free amusements and dancing. Citizens and business leaders invite guests to enjoy water works exhibition, close neighborly contact, and family friendly entertainment funded by local supporters. The day features a prominent address at the city park and wide public attendance.
May month report shows no enrolled scholars, average daily attendance zero, and no perfect attendance. Students listed as not absent or tardy include Barnes Miller Mae Warren Elva Mildrad Harrington Baum girtner Jessie Lucy Till Louisa Murty Rose Reusser Earl Dummer smuth. Tardy or absent students include Walter Bauman Hazel McMillan. MapGe Bragkly, Teacher.
A bank report from Elytn Fayette county lists assets including gold and silver value at 3,157.00, land and loan securities, demand deposits with solvent banks, and several national banks in Cedar Rapids and Cedar Rapids area. Total assets amount to 25,000.00 with real and personal property valued at 3,000.00 and 1,040.75 respectively.
Democratic leaders in California during 1898 campaign are discussed, with Jeremiah Lynch Dawon linked to San Francisco mining efforts, Klondike activity, and travels to Europe. The piece notes Dawson's newspapers, electric plants, a 26000 population, and a three day journey from Seattle to Dawson by sea and rail. It remarks on Dawson’s governance, Canadian regard, and future Yukon prospects.
Mr William Als of Kimberley Road Nunhead general secretary of the London Coffee and Dining House Keepers association estimates that one pound buys less food than 12 months ago. He cites price rises across meat flour sugar tea eggs bacon currants and butter with only rain as a cheaper item.
A British Medical Association commission on centenarians finds small or medium stature, spare build, and feeble voices common. Most had good digestion, few teeth, and long health histories with moderate eating, little animal food, scarce alcohol, and ample outdoor activity. Clergyman aged 98 noted not knowing what a stomach felt like. Placid temperaments were typical among those studied.
An upper Paras gusy river and Lake Galba exploration is planned to boost commerce with Bolivia. The Paraguay River is largely unnavigable to Corumba due to low water, isolating Puerto Suarez for much of the year. A new port at Galba would shorten river travel and greatly aid river trade.
A garbled historical note questions how English libel law treats profanity and accusations of theft. It hints that unprovable insults may constitute libel while referencing detectives and a contested notion of damages and reputation.
An Eye-Witness account at Columbia University describes coeds in a gymnasium drill. The piece notes rag-time music, marching, and exercises such as hopping skipping kicking and bar work under an instructor. The senior observer blushes but acknowledges the scene and questions the gymnasium’s pooling effect.
A drunken bear owned by a Frenchman caused chaos in the town of Listic near Altoona. The bear chased boys, fought Dietz, bit his arm, attempted to seize a child, and roamed the village until townsfolk planned to shoot. The pair were allowed to stay in a toolhouse overnight and leave at dawn.
In Joseph Fe allg’s Austrian sawmills sawdust is turned into briquettes for boiler furnaces. Sawdust is impregnated with tar mixtures, heated, and pressed into briquettes measuring 6 by 26 by 1% inches. The press yields 19 briquettes per minute, each weighing two-fifths of a pound, with calorific power close to coal and 4 percent ash. The factory produces over 6,000,000 briquettes yearly at about 16 cents per thousand, sold around $1, yielding profit.
The postal department approves uniform rural mail boxes for routes, listing brands and models to be used. Patrons must pick one box type. routes will be assigned to the chosen box and protected under federal statutes. A local paper will print rival route notices and be distributed with the mail.
Homeseekers excursion tickets go on sale on the first and third Tuesdays at all stations of the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railway to many destinations with low rates. Details on routes and stopovers available from agents or Jno G Farmer AGP T&A. Also lists upcoming meetings and conventions with reduced round trip fares to various cities, urging inquiries through agents or Jno G Farmer.
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