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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
8
A nostalgic Thanksgiving column describes families returning home for the holiday. Children’s laughter, farms, and old friends fill the scene as feasts are prepared. The piece recalls past gatherings, steams of welcome, and the joy of shared warmth across the community.
In a domestic scene a husband Nathaniel insists on boycotting a local election candidate, arguing steadfastly for his opinion while his wife chooses to attend Thanksgiving dinner at Mary Eden’s. Their disagreement over principle surfaces as they prepare to join a community meeting together.
A humorous Thanksgiving vignette as Mrs. Ferguson confronts George about unfamiliar guests at dinner. Family banter follows with misunderstandings, jokes about leftovers, and a sense of chaotic reunion across generations.
The article discusses current Thanksgiving fashion trends, urging a correct cut based on material choice. It favors mixed light and dark tones with a neat, balanced combination, notes conventional trimming ideas, and remarks that certain styles like the wing are not greatly favored.
Reports from Peking claim Emperor Kuangsu of China died after a long illness. Dowager empress, acting as ruler, reportedly near death. Official confirmation was lacking, with officials delaying word as illness had unsettled the court.
The emperor has suffered chronic nephritis for a decade, now worsened by diabetes and a brain issue. In 1889 he gave up direct royal duties, and on Sept 22, 1808 a edict moved government power to the dowager princesa in Pekin. Tant-Ireng, regent nominee, is Prince Chun’s brother and a Plain White Banner lieutenant general who visited Germany in 1001 as a throne envoy.
The report notes parliamentary reopens in Russia amid student strikes and mutinies in Constantinople. Hurricanes flood Bahama islands, and a British steamer Yarmouth sinks in the North Sea with 23 dead. Rif tribes in Melilla unite against authorities as Spain reports unrest. Bank thefts in Chihuahua involve youths. $182,000 stolen, $157,000 recovered. A US army transport is delayed in Nagasaki due to a sailor's cholera death. A French petition seeks women military service, arguing vigilance is key to political victory.
Jacob Bowder of Hubbard County, Minnesota, an ordinary man, suddenly finds his land offering a potential fortune after prospectors report a cross- farm iron vein eighteen feet thick and possibly wider. Surface dust yields about 60 percent iron. A company has been formed with over $1,000,000 capital to develop the deposit, but Bowder declines to name a price until offers come from iron companies.
Des Moines readers follow the pardon board’s handling of the Weems murder case. The governor aims to resolve the matter before leaving office as questions linger over the state's key witness turning accuser and the conductor’s death.
Otho Snider of Kansas City, vice president and general manager of the Kansas City Home Telephone Company, petitions in the U S Circuit Court to set aside the sale of a majority stock in the independent Dubuque Telephone Company to Bell interests, alleging restraint of trade and a move toward Bell monopoly in local and interstate telephony. The filing marks the first major phase in a legal industrial clash between independent telephone interests and the Bell monopoly.
About 20 000 gallons of kerosene were adulterated with gasoline in Fort Dodge during October. The Cedir Raplig Ol Co offers $500 for tips leading to those responsible. Inspectors had certified tanks before the tampering, with 25 000 to 30 000 gallons implicated in the month afterward. The Standard Oil Co held the local exclusive oil business since the town’s early days, while the Cadiyapie Oil Co appeared as the first rival.
Three masked men entered the Hotel Keokuk at dawn and robbed staff and travelers with revolvers while a third thief took $78 from the cash register. Police are probing the case as the grand jury considers other local corruption hints and election disputes surface in Des Moines and Knoxville. An affluent farmer near Rockwell, 60, found dead, leaving a large estate and mourning family.
Delando Trotter, 19, tired youth bound over to the grand jury on malicious mischief charges. He allegedly stole a buggy from a Newton livery barn, damaged the vehicle and cushions with a knife, and released the horse.
Carrie Wilcox, accused of killing her year-old son and attempting to murder another, was acquitted in Red Oak after the court directed a verdict on motions by her attorney. Testimony claimed insanity at the time and described cruel husbandly acts driving her to desperation. She killed June 20 with a butcher knife and attempted suicide, and is the wife of Milo Wilcox bound for Michigan.
A Des Moines Juvenile court project places Prof Edgar Adams a reputed hypnotist in charge of a reform effort. Adams claims hypnosis can curb misbehavior and he has begun with Frank Burnes, who was troublesome to probation officers. Burnes followed Adams orders to attend school and respect parents before being awakened.
Miss Bradley of Clinton, visiting at the home of Herb Currie near Baldwin, was attacked by an unknown man in the yard. She was stabbed three times in the breast and cut across the lower limbs with a stiletto. Currie’s rural telephone wire was cut and the assailant fled. condition reported as precarious and cause unknown.
Iowa County Grand Jury charges Standard Oil Company of Indiana with discrimination under a new statute by selling gasoline at Allen two cents cheaper than at Toon where competition is absent. The case cites freight rate parity and alleged price disparities. Frank Zmunt of Iowa City loses the right eye after an air gun accident and subsequent medical verdict deeming the eye hopeless. John Korta, a carpenter, may suffer a similar eye injury from a rebounding twig while working.
The Collins school board has issued bonds totaling fourteen thousand dollars for the construction of a new schoolhouse. J W Mender of 2713 Grand Avenue Des Moines reported to Ox Knoss police that he was robbed of eighty five dollars in cash. he shared a room with an arranger who disappeared. Miss Margaret McGavie of Ottumwa married Lemuel Hendrickson an elevator boy in the Socal office building. they plan to travel to Kansas City. S A Sharp of Colfax reports a large unusual clover seed crop. Threshing is about half done with around two hundred bushels expected from one hundred acres. John Wieneth of Kensett was accidentally shot while hauling fodder. the bullet struck him in the bowels. In Lowe City high school they celebrated a victory over Newton by burning a clothing store box containing about one hundred dollars in hats. Prosecution of those who started the fire is threatened by the chute owner against the boys’ parents. Mrs I D P Frater wife of a pioneer hides dealer of Iowa died suddenly in Dubuque after coughing. G Hy Archer of Bloomfield reports over one third more in potatoes this year with a yield of fifty four bushels. value per bushel one dollar. Ground prices around thirty four dollars an acre or one hundred four dollars per acre. Charles King of Waterloo, age 48, indicted for aiding prisoners to escape pleaded guilty and was sentenced to up to ten years at Fort Madison. King assaulted Sheriff Caldwell at meal time and later attacked his deputy.
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