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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
6
Poem praising soldiers and fallen comrades, invoking garlands, laurels, and heavenly rewards. Mentions Tennessee, Rapidan, Mission Ridge, and Chattanooga. Attributed to Will Carleton and George Bancroft Griffith, recalling bravery, home, and freedom.
A historical verse honors fallen soldiers of Company K with their battle cap and trinkets. It ponders which unit earned the duty and reminds that future history will name the correct company. The poem laments loss and preserves memory of the brave.
Safety Engineering notes 162 hotel fires in the first two days of the year in the United States and Canada, with an average of a hotel burning every 13% hours in three months. Property losses reach about 4.6 million dollars, while fifty four people die, and many more are injured or panic. The piece urges better construction, fire prevention, and alarm and extinguisher systems, and calls extending safety principles to hotels. It also mentions women workers in New York earning under 400 dollars annually.
Former police lieutenant Charles Becker was found guilty of first degree murder in the Rosenthal case after a four hour deliberation. Justice Seabury scheduled sentencing for May 29. Becker showed no emotion as jurors affirmed the verdict, while his wife sobbed and the courtroom crowd watched.
A four story burning building at 1342 West Madison Street rocked by two blasts injuring twenty firemen and many spectators. Panic spread as glass, wood, and bricks flew into West Madison Street. Property loss is estimated at 75,000 dollars with damage to nearby homes and shops.
A Wiltshire rector reports a centenarian widow innkeeper with eight sons, six in military service. King George sends a congratulatory telegram, then learns she was twice divorced and never married the latest partner. The postmaster halts delivery in a hurried scramble.
A maid reports a visitor from the installment house to the head of the house. The man has taken all the chairs and now targets the table, a humorous jab at easy payments and debt collection. The line captures a witty social vignette from a New York Herald column.
Panama authorities fear planned attack on Gatun locks following theft of a dynamite fan from a government warehouse. Three prisoners, two Colombians and a Negro, arrested Friday, charged with stealing the explosives. Dynamite traced to the suspect’s home. Colonel Goethals notes defects on the steel locks.
Wireless dispatch says the British steamer Waimute, bound Wellington to London, is alive in latitude 57 17 south longitude 79 51 west after a fire reported on board in an earlier London report.
In Terre Haute, the trial of J. Masterson, alleged gunman, began here. He is charged with attempting to kill Judge Blank enbaker whose home was shut up while he was judge in election fraud cases.
A Tennessean describes improved health after stopping coffee and using Postum. She notes indigestion, nervousness, and insomnia from coffee, then weighs 170 pounds after years of use. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum and claims similar cost to coffee.
A garbled late style column mixes remarks on milk yields from cows, dental remedies, eye granulations, and gender age notions. It cites Yeast It and Crimsonbank with scattered phrases about luck, healing balms, and a man’s age versus a woman’s perceived age.
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