This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
3
A compact digest lists varied events from early 1910s Chicago to Elgin Iowa notes including political shifts, accidents, and society items. Highlights cover strikes, deaths, legislative adjournments, court actions, naval pride, a bridge crash, and wartime era discourse.
DPhonus Todd longtime Ken tucking captain and noted Mexican War veteran dies at his home in Shelbyville Kentucky. Special grand jury in Ada Oklahoma begins probe into the April 19 lynching of four cattlemen after federal deputy U S marshal A A Bobbitt led the case.
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. of the U S A. received an indeterminate sentence of not less than eight years for first degree manslaughter in the Bayside Yacht Club killing of William B. Annis in August. Justice Garretson denied a new trial and rejected questions on federal jurisdiction. Hains showed emotion as his father and relatives reacted in court. Appeals allowed within twenty four hours.
Charles Rapp, 82, once a pitcher for the South Bend Green Stockings, murdered his mother with a hammer and butcher knife then killed himself at the county jail in South Bend Indiana. Police took him into custody after the act. The crime, described as revolting, follows his troubling liquor problems that marred his former popularity.
Tracy and Co the dig stock and grain house with Chicago offices New York branches and five other city outposts passed into receivership late Monday afternoon. Creditors lawyers peg liabilities around 1.26 million with assets near 500 thousand though petition figures show 1 million and 250 thousand respectively. William W Tracy once Lincoln Park board president in Chicago led the company as a prominent Illinoisan. Unfavorable ventures in taxicab businesses in New York and Chicago and stress in grain trade cited among causes.
Dispatches from New York link James A. Patten to the engineering blamed for a failure, with H B Benedict the receiver noting outside ventures touched by taxicab promotion losses. The firm, a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Stock Exchange, reportedly had no stock exchange obligations.
Savitzky known as the Robin Hood of the Russian revolution was killed by rural guards near Mohley after a four hour fight that also claimed one guard member. Once a high school student turned brigand he terrorized Tehernigev and Mohiley provinces, tricked police with daring stunts, and robbed the rich while aiding peasants before being betrayed by a band member.
Directors of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway plan to refund all underlying bonds except Illinois division, near 65 million dollars at 4 percent, with holders offered an exchange. The Pennsylvania Railroad planted 303000 trees and 13000 forest seedlings, growing 1500000 seedlings from acorns. Linson Thomson's annual railway bureau report shows panic losses far above ICC estimates, with gross earnings down about 800 million and net earnings down 129,040,460, while passenger law costs and accounting changes boosted expenditures. The report notes a 76.6 percent rise in net capitalization and higher traffic and freight miles since 1848.
The body of Mrs William Lansing was found in Presho South Dakota with her head crushed by a hammer. Her husband landing was found twenty two miles north of Presho near a claim shack on Brule reservation after a gunfight. He died hours later. Lansing had threatened his wife and her brother amid divorce proceedings and had attempted to kill his three children before fleeing at dark.
A dredging company plans a huge dialpaga ditch southwest of Sioux Falls in Hutchinson County South Dakota. The project will drain flooded farmland restoring 1565 acres to productive use and reclaim land for future crops.
Henry H Rogers vice president of the Standard Oil Company died at his New York home on Wednesday after a sudden apoplexy. The financier rose from humble beginnings in Fairhaven Massachusetts to lead the Standard Oil group and helped organize the Amalgamated Copper Company. He was a key figure in railroads and finance and his life story is described as a modern finance romance.
The standings of clubs in the major baseball leagues show fierce pursuit of pennants across the season. Key teams and players drive the race, with early leaders facing stiff competition from rising clubs as the campaign unfolds.
Louise Arbogast, 22, was arraigned in St Paul on charges she fatally struck her father Louis Arbogast, a wealthy meat dealer found dead with a crushed head. Police say she was deluded by fortune tellers that a man pursued her. she denies the crime and a defense appears unlikely.
Lieutenant General Anatole Stoesnel and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff were released from confinement at the fortress of St Peter and St Paul by imperial order. Both men, gravely ill, had served sentences of ten years for surrendering Port Arthur and the Sea of Japan battle to Japan. Nebogatoff began imprisonment in 1907 and Stoessel in 1908. Earlier, Rear Admiral Grego rios and Lieutenant Smyrnoff were pardoned and released a month ago after commuted sentences.
Twenty three passengers were injured when a Ravenswood local rear ended an express on the North Franklin and Ohio street junction in Chicago. Motorman A Winterberger blamed brake failure. city officials labeled it gross carelessness. Notable injured include William C. Schroeder, Continental National Bank cashier, with multiple fractures. Rescue crews aided passengers as third rail danger was addressed.
The Patchen Wilkes Stock Warm prepared for training at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association track, as Cincinnati’s Columbus team, former American Association champions, opened the season with losses in Bergen straight games. John B. Taylor of Freeport Illinois, a veteran horse racing and baseball magnate, has died after injuries from a fall from a bogey in a runaway. Governor Morris of Montana warned at Frankfort that gambling linked to racing will end Western racing, while the Western Canada Baseball League forms with eight teams across Winnipeg Brandon Medicine Hat Calgary Regina Moose Jaw Lethbridge and Edmonton and many players drawn from American clubs.
In Chicago optimism grows as weather boosts industry and agriculture while rail and metal demand rises. Bank clearings exceed 1908 figures. failures fall. In New York trade remains irregular but shows improvement in iron and steel, coal, wool, and leather with cautious wholesale activity amid tariff and price pressures. Repor ts note continued business failures and cross-border Canadian figures.
Market listings from Chicago Detroit Milwaukee New York and Toledo show mixed cattle hogs and sheep ranges with grains and butter eggs and produce. Prices span cattle $4.00 to $7.20 hogs $4.00 to $7.75 sheep $2.50 to $6.15 and lambs $5.00 to $8.26 while wheat No 2 around $1.44 to $1.49 corn No 2 about 75c to 80c and oats 58c to 60c per bushel. regional variations noted through the major markets.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.