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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
3
Gov. Mickay orders inquiry into Nebraska Children's Home Society after N N Akers accuses the charity of maltreating his children. Superintendent Wimner Quivey to respond to charges claiming two Akers children were given to a Nebraska City woman who abused them. Allegations include a money making trade in handling the children.
A hypnotist ran from a Lamont crowd after a trance demonstration went wrong. Ole Raamus-Sen, a youth, was put into a sleep by Brown the lecturer. The mob trampled Brown while attempting to revive the youth. A few calm spectators prevented worse harm.
Explosives wreck two cars in Pennsylvania Railway yards near Grostline Ohio injuring Yardmaster Courtier and Clerk Geisinger. Opera House in Coshocton burns with losses around 1000. Stock firm Russkam Chicago notes drop. Brown of Bay City injured saving Rogers Trust. Consolidated Grocers of America sold with purchases by EH McQuaid Des Moines and W W McQuaid St Paul. Illinois Attorney General targets 25 percent of budget for DeKalb County court house funding.
A jumble of early 20th century crises is reported, including a fatal wreck of a Big Four football train near Indianapolis with Purdue players among the dead and injured, a deadly New York tenement fire burning many to death, and fraud allegations against a shipbuilding recipient. Additional items describe train deaths in Elizabeth Pennsylvania, a British prophecy on raw cotton from Africa, Elk City fires, a gambling king’s arrest, and other sensational dispatches from the era.
An insurgent force of about seventy men led by Merderido Tange and Jun Buleedo landed along the Atlantic coast of Colombia. They penetrated the interior briefly then retreated toward Peionome Bogoth. A Royalist squadron of 115 men, dispatched from Panania, aimed to disperse the revolutionaries as Major Taneon’s troops moved through rough terrain, with few believing the uprising will succeed. Several liberal elements in Panania reportedly voiced support for the government.
Allentown police puzzled by the killing of 21 year old Mabel Bechtel found dead in the area way of her home. Forepart of the skull crushed. The victim was to marry Alfred Eckstein but kept a covert relationship with David Weisenberg from South Bethlehem. Family opposed the other suitor and warded him off. Clues point to a perplexing motive and possible lover’s quarrel.
Mugh freight for the west leads railroads to request rapid return of cars. New York City shipments of merchandise by rail remain high with trunk lines urging prompt car returns from the West. November 1 reductions in train-working staff have been deferred, and general merchandise flow to the West remains strong despite earlier congestion.
William A Patton of Lester Minnesota admits forging the name of Herman Otting to a 2000 dollar promissory note. Otting accuses Patton of forging his signature. Patton also allegedly negotiated a 10001 town note from a St Paul bank and a 20000 note from a Mankato bank.
Montana miners division officials decline to divulge proceedings from an executive session in Butte Sunday night. The Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly endorsed the union’s Saturday actions regarding buying MacGinnis stock in the Boston and Montana Company and the resolutions adopted Must Pay for Speculation. Also reported are a Fargo ruling on grain options, an arbitration offer by Thomas Lawson, a bluefields fire loss, a senator’s marriage, and other brief items.
The article recounts the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-12, detailing widespread tremors across what is now several U.S. states, the shocking subsidence of about 5000 square miles of alluvial land by roughly ten feet, and the Mississippi River reversing flow in places as forests were rocked and uprooted across the region. It notes Native American presence and the era's population, framing the event as one of history’s great calamities.
A Chicago published telephone magazine cites New York State as home to 202 independent exchanges used mostly by rural communities. A plan develops to connect these NY exchanges via a Buffalo to New York City trunk line linking an independent firm with 75,000 phones and aiming to attract double that number through low rates.
The text describes organized workers pressing demands with threats to halt work, aiming for higher pay. It notes a plan to raise wages by 25 cents daily and references 68,000 or more workers involved, plus potential actions that could disrupt meat supply.
The Dawson area reports several steamers and cargo valued at over 2 million exposed to Yukon ice dangers. Ships Columbian Victorian Zainididh Bailey and picket Will H Isom near Dawson's mouth face crushing ice. Kerr with 150000 in meat stored below Eagle cannot pass this year. Upbound steamers for White Horse reach destination. Klondike gold output last season tallies 10400000.
Rev. A. H. Gammage of the Tawo Avenue Baptist Church in Songan City resigns after deacons request. Many church members leave with him as he plans to start a new church. Deacon chairman J. W. Mode says the action rests on belief that his teachings stray from true Baptist doctrine. Gammage advocates divine healing and sanctification to sinlessness.
Major S W Campbell reports success in training Indian girls for general housework and placing them in white families. Girls from the Pitty River reservation will be fitted for service soon and extended to other Chippewa bands in Minnesota and Wisconsin. few homes are found for applicants.
Numerous labor controversies have risen. more mills and furnaces push to modern plants. No wage legislation passed in Congress yet. manufacturing activity remains mixed. Western traffic and distribution strain logistics. overall trade steady with some soft spots. Pig iron prices drop. new orders sparse. 270 U.S. failures this week versus 289 last year. Grain shipments down but retail demand strong for clothing and staples.
The report covers week ending Oct 22 with 4,265,080 bushels of wheat exports, compares to 2,906,810 the prior week and 7,900,137 the same week last year, plus 4,052,124 in 1901 and 4,982,978 in 1900. Sixteen weeks total reach 49,800,774 bushels versus 83,826,319 in 1902 and 95,530,050 in 1901.
Feeding and slaughter prices across major markets including Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York. Cattle hogs sheep and wheat rates, with varied grades and regional deltas, show mixed movements from $3.40 to $5.85 for hogs and $2.50 to $8.05 for sheep, plus wheat No 2 and corn No 2 ranges, reflecting market activity statewide.
A fragmented, pastiche narration urges urban centers to lead in speed, strength, and public resolve while warning countryside towns to remain sturdy. It stresses modern needs, collective energy, and the risk of racial tensions influencing public life.
In Winton Kentucky on November 2 a popular school teacher Mr B J Thompson was treated for diabetes by two physicians for two years. He tried Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports he was cured after about ten boxes. He praises the remedy as saving him when doctors had given up.
A playful exchange quotes an airship reporter noting a revolver claimed to shoot three miles and a free press editor urging poets to send their contributions by mail, reflecting whimsical backshop chatter on invention and verse.
A Pittsburg inventor claims a machine that will rise about 500 feet by touching two springs. The plan involves a dangerous scheme and a melodramatic claim about controlling height with a touch, while a daughter warns against trusting the device.
Neighbor comments on Nellie and her mother in a clipped exchange. Nellie deflects, noting her mother is not improving and the conversation hints at family strain.
An archaic dialogue mocks voters and workers over public works while dairy practices and butter coloring are noted. The Leeward Islands are exporting preserved goods and Germany reports about 11,000 tubercular patients in sanatoria.
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