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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1909
Page
8
Hargraves publisher of the Cole paper suffered severe facial and head burns when gas in a small plant room ignited after he struck a match to inspect a leak. The physician reports gruesome injuries but notes he is improving and not yet out of danger.
Mrs Julia Gala of Villisca fainted as a Burlington passenger train bore down on her at Osceola. Bystanders and Roy Harrison, a baggage man, pulled her clear from the rails with a traveling man aiding, as the engine passed within two car lengths. The fright left her prone on the ground, saved from a likely tragedy.
Ray Bowman and Harry Mitchell, youths from Victor, pleaded guilty to larceny in Town County. They had been jailed in Marengo since June awaiting the October grand jury. Judge Howell imposed the indeterminate sentence law, sending both to Anamosa Reformatory for up to ten years.
An Atlantic Druggist transported a tank of oxygen over poor roads thirty miles to Audubon to aid Prior Darland who attempted suicide at the Leonard boarding house. He was found early morning, doctors treated him all day, and late in the afternoon signs of life appeared. A telegram requested oxygen from Atlantic, and Darland is expected to recover after taking carbolic acid.
John B. Digby aged 72 shot and killed himself in his Altoona home after prolonged illness. Despondency over ill health and fear of not recovering were cited. His wife and daughter heard the gun report and found him in his bedroom. The article notes Bright's disease had troubled him for years. Also reported death of Edward Entwhistle, 94, former Des Moines fireman associated with the Rocket locomotive.
The Supreme Court held that a petition for general consent to sell liquor in Iowa must include signatures equaling 65 percent of the county voters at the time of filing and that the exact date of each signature must be recorded.
Charles Arnold was fatally injured while picking apples near Creston. He stood on a tall ladder with a half sack when a branch broke causing him to fall onto his back. He was found paralyzed from the waist down.
Charles Hix of Hedrick admitted to sheriff that he wrote threatening letters from the Black Hand to James Reynolds, a clerk at Hix Brothers store, demanding money. He offered no real motive. Reynolds refused to leave and a final note demanded $500 to be left on a country road fence corner.
The Supreme Court refused Creed Bailey Murt Seeve a new trial in Polk County for burglary. The record showed pleadings only and the court affirmed the Polk County conviction without argument, upholding the sentence.
Mamie Champlain, 19, of Manchester, a high school graduate, was struck and killed by No. 5, the Illinois Central fast train, while home on vacation from Cadar Falls. The incident occurred during a short visit, following her attendance at Cadar Falls this fall.
The oldest Manly resident Joseph Kurehar has died at age 98. Other brief items note George Gherkia selling his Manly farm to Wm Walmer of Lisbon for 85 dollars per acre, Tama Hotel ice house burned with total loss and no insurance, Mineola farmers seeking help for corn picking at 4 cents a bushel with some workers earning up to 4 dollars daily, and a Davenport divorce case where James Newcomer admits joking about trading wives. Thomas Barnes, veteran city contractor, near death in Dubuque after a runaway horse frightened by a bonfire. Ben H. Murrow, jailed for his brother Charles Murrow’s murder on Murrow farm, Sept. 26, released as Polk County grand jury ignored the charge in its final report to Judge Miller.
John M. Smyth, longtime ploaser merchant of Chicago, died after a brief bronchial pneumonia illness. A key figure in early Chicago commerce and politics, he built a major West Madison Street store after starting as a newsboy. Born July 6, 1843 in a emigrant ship steerage, he rose from humble origins through business triumphs and public service, including alderman terms and Republican leadership. He and Jane Hand married in 1871 and had eight children.
District of Appeals in Washington upholds Supreme Court DC decree finding Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell of the AFL guilty of contempt. Buck's Store and range case jailed defendants. Chief Justice Shepard dissents on constitutional grounds. Court says government agencies must obey, not defy, court mandates.
Carroll city marshal Patrick Hatton was shot in the back by one of two robbers near Glidden after pursuing them from Carroll. Hatton died instantly as a posse of seventy five men later captured the robbers in a cornfield.
Railway magnate James J. Hill argues in World's Work for agricultural readjustment to meet a growing population's food needs. He urges small, intensive farming and farm education, advocating fewer war ships and spending on lessons, with future articles planned on Northwest development and trade. Land without population is a wilderness, and population without land is a mob.
The article discusses land policy, urging end to land speculation and expansion of homestead compliance. It envisions 1000 model agricultural schools funded at $5,000 yearly each, bringing practical farming instruction to counties and linking farming progress with national welfare. It argues for land access tied to homestead law and emphasizes tangible agricultural advancement.
J Enda How, dubbed the milsion aire hobo, told a New York unemployed meeting that the jobless crisis could end soon. He warned Europe faces similar misery and announced an International congress planned for January in Chicago to settle the issue and provide work for all.
A looming pellagra crisis prompts Public Health and Marine Hospital Service to launch an official nationwide investigation. Estimates reach 6,000 U.S. cases, with South Carolina reporting 500 and a national conference planned in Columbia next week.
A Barton Lumber and Brick Company plant in Jonesboro Ark valued at 190000 dollars burned down with the logs partly covered by insurance. Elsewhere a trolley collision injured workmen in Mallston New York and a Nashville election saw Hilary B Howse win the mayor and state representative seat for anti Prohibition forces. Marines from the cruiser Izuma aided San Francisco fire fighting efforts though the city was not threatened. The Army of the Cumberland elected General Gates P Thurston of Nashville as president.
R G Dun & Co notes favorable demand for law and finished products, strong solvent payments, and lower discount rates. Banking credit improves with fewer defaults. wholesale dry goods, holidays, footwear, clothing, and food show solid volume. Bank clearings reach 269,099,679, up 16 percent from 1908 and above 1907.
New York notes strong demand across many lines with full order books and overtime in mills. Industry remains buoyant with rising production of iron and steel though skilled labor remains tight. Business failures in the United States for the week ending Oct 28 total 217, versus 244 prior week and historical levels. Canada records 24 failures that week.
Regional price report lists commodities by city including Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Toledo and New York. Cattle range four to six dollars with hogs often eight dollars or more, wheat mostly around 1.20 per bushel, corn 60 to 69 cents, oats 38 to 42 cents, rye up to 76 cents, hay and butter and eggs also quoted.
Mrs Clara Beyer and her daughter Dora died when they toppled from a balcony during the Rochester Industrial Exposition parade. Police and witnesses described a fatal fall at the reviewing stand as the parade passed. The incident occurred in Rochester, New York, amid celebrations tied to the exposition.
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