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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
8
Georges Andrea, a French athlete and rugby player once praised by the premier as an all round athlete, is promoted to sergeant after being mentioned in dispatches. In Lorraine he led a young detachment, drew a saber, and killed two Germans as his comrades fell, earning a military medal recommendation.
A youth seized a flag from a German and tucked it under his arm, sprinting through a village street as if in a rugby run. A number of Germans pursued, but after about a quarter mile he distanced his pursuers.
Germany has surpassed France in naval strength by tonnage. In vessels completed and under construction Germany totals 943,338 tons while France reaches 651,002 tons.
President Wilson issues the annual Thanksgiving proclamation designating November 26 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. He notes wartime burdens, national unity, and gratitude for peace and American abundance, urging citizens to pause from labor and worship in thanks to Almighty God.
An explosion at the Franklin Coal and Coke mine near Royalton Illinois traps workers in lower levels. Rescue crews recover 47 bodies with at least 3 more visible but inaccessible as officials report 60 dead from the blast and 434 men entered the shaft before it occurred.
Madrid reports a sixth child for Queen Victoria of Spain, a granddaughter of the English queen. Missouri Supreme Court invalidates the blanket ballot law, ballots to be printed on separate sheets by party. A Detroit accident leaves Agnes Brown dead and two sisters injured as an auto plows through a group. Horace Newsom faces manslaughter charges. Portsmouth navy yard reports a torpedo boat grounding and the Paulding incident. Joliet guards pursue escaped convicts. Roosevelt visits Johnstown with a birthday cake from McKeesport party.
In El Paso on Oct 29 a would be assassin, Branciaco I. Mugia, was executed after confessing before American consul George C. Carothers that he had been paid by General Pablo Gonzales in Mexico City to kill General Francisco Villa. Mugia claimed he died a traitor and linked the effort to Villa's foe Gonzales, once seen as his strongest opponent.
In Galesburg Illinois on October 1 0 W M Stromberg a candy maker, while temporarily insane or intoxicated, shot and killed his three children, wounded his wife, and then killed himself after a quarrel over bed clothes in the night.
Chesapeake and Ohio train No.1 a flyer from Richmond and Washington to Chicago left the track and jumped the ditch. Five seriously hurt and others injured as crew and passengers receive aid. Authorities report no fatalities and investigation underway.
Two bodies reached port aboard the Inez Carnlu the remains of Admiral Hobert Winslow who died in Florence and Mrs M A Spencer Miller who died in Naples.
Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria is severely troubled with asthma and related weakness. Sleeplessness and depression worsen his condition, causing concern in Vienna and Rome as reports trace rising anxiety over his health.
Washington reports the Fifth Infantry is held in readiness to move from Plattsburgh barracks New York to the canal zone to reinforce the Tenth Infantry and three coast artillery companies already there. The transport Buford at Vera Cruz will carry the regiment from New York to Panama. The move aims to repel any attack on the canal and ensure adequate protection.
A Bystander contributor cites Ireland’s easing tensions between Nationalist volunteers and Ulster men. anecdotes show a shared drill field, a rifle shortage, and a nationalist wait to borrow Ulster rifles. The piece underscores a shifting spirit amid ongoing division.
A farmer asks Doster Briggs to hurry to his sick child, described as having a "very bad card." The doctor detects measles, asks why a "very bad cold" was reported. The mother, glancing at her husband, admits they both did not know how to spell measles, revealing their ignorance.
A prisoner in an Irish police court faced a prosecutor asking about his trade. He said he pursued various calls, and when asked if he picked pockets he replied that he does not pick them, he simply takes what comes.
An emotional exchange unfolds as Bill the burglar admits he has no money and recalls a taxpayer who supposedly suffered a hard luck story. The policeman presses, while the criminal claims the tale moved him to shed tears and lend his last cent, highlighting a moral twist in a petty crime.
A curious old note muses on roles in love and class, with a widower continuing his guitar serenade as a maid and a widow swap personas. It riffs on age, perspective, and social bars, ending with a wry line about Gold, poverty, and social gates.
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