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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
8
In a violent attack, a woman was beaten with a brick and slashed with a knife, then leaped through a window to escape. Neighbor assistance and family intervention led to her rescue as the suspect, Brooks, was captured and jailed. Jealousy alleged as motive.
A Yale junior like ritual at a high school dormitory escalates to a feared initiation. A student named Lorraine is blindfolded and sealed in a box-like cellar overnight until friends release him at dawn. Local authorities note the incident as a hazing event under investigation.
Fred TL Ballou, secretary-treasurer of the Cascaden-Vaughan Company of West serloo, saved $500 in his pocket to pay workers. While guiding a horse near the factory one mile west of town, he was confronted by two robbers. A shot wounded him in the chest but he influenced the horse onward, reaching the factory despite the injury.
A Bloomfield businessman's house was ransacked while the family was away. The burglar left behind a tub full of black water and mud in the tub, a blurred silhouette on a towel, and took nothing of value except a bath.
WLOGS trampling and slashing by hogs injures six year old Vera Uaird and seven year old Thyrée near Mason Gutty. The hogs were restrained after the attack. Local women claim land ownership in Des Moines, heirs of Hugh Pursely. Building plans announced for Des Moines post with War Department approvals. A frost threatens Iowa crops with minimal damage reported around Webster City. Doctor H. Ly Getz, former railway surgeon leader, attempted suicide at West Liberty station. remains in hospital.
A late century Chronicle item lists local misfortunes and civic notes. Fire damaged a mill and kitchen stove caused losses near Griswold. A Des Moines lad loses an eye in an accident. County cases include a Great Western Accident verdict for 2680 dollars. The Marshalltown district sees election appeals and school shifts. The Algona fair draws 10,000 visitors and the railway debate renews interest in regional canals and a Lakes to Gulf waterway plan.
The piece outlines a proposed Lakes to Gulf Waterway linking New York to New Orleans. It highlights a Chicago led drive with plans to use a lower Michigan route and St Joseph river area surveys. It claims 200 million dollars in rail and land subsidies and a five month shipping advantage between Chicago and Detroit.
Five members of the Parkowices sect in Zion City UL were arrested on manslaughter charges for torturing to death 64 year old Mrs Leticia Greenhaugh to cast out devils. The group included her son Walter and daughter Jennie Greenhaugh, Harold Mitchell, his wife, and a Mrs Smith. The case centers on exorcism rituals blamed on possession and culminates in a death after violent efforts to drive out the supposed spirits. The sect, founded by Charles P Ham about a year ago, believes sickness signals possession and uses tongue speaking and other practices. The five allegedly restrained and tormented the elderly woman until she weakened and died then staged a resurrection scene.
The U S District Court delivers a drastic move against Standard Oil executives including Moffat of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Judge Landis condemns directors tactics amid a $20 240 600 fine and rebukes rebate practices at Alton and Jersey corporations while directing Moffet to appear before a special grand jury. The case centers on anti monopoly enforcement and government prosecution versus corporate persecution claims.
A garbled report notes WU TING FANG returning and mentions a reshuffle or appointment in Washington. It references a ministerial post and a five year tenure, with a November date in a fractured timeline and mentions a dignitary engaging progressive elements among countsmen.
The text notes years in London and admission as bar rister in the Inner temple and mentions the minister having hosts of friends in Washington and throughout the United States.
Prof C W Gilmore and Prof W J Shaw with a Washington State College team report finding a nearly 40 foot tall Mastodon specimen embedded in ice near Chitkoot Pass in central Alaska. The 73 foot length shows hair and flesh preserved briefly during air exposure.
At the Wisconsin State fair in Milwaukee the gathering of Republican politicians pledged that Senator La Follette would run for the presidential nomination next year. A Lake Shore electric railway car crash near Woodville road killed Frank Barnes conductor and Amos Mierka of Fremont Ohio and injured motorman Samuel Jones and about thirty passengers when the car struck an open switch.
In Chicago the week notes a conserv erative tone with continued activity across leading industries. Production holds steady with no sharp decline as costs ease for materials and supplies. Transport and freight are tested by higher offerings while crop marketing stays robust. Staples show strongest absorption and distant buyers place orders. Bank clearings hit 248.9 million, up 16.8 percent from last year, with limited liabilities among local concerns.
In New York the general financial outlook shows improved sentiment amid favorable weather boosting crop development. Retail trade is not as brisk as hoped though warm conditions aid crops. Jobbing trade for this fall is mostly favorable with a cautious undertone. US weekly business failures end Sept 19 total 179, up from prior weeks. Canadian failures total 40, up from last year.
Regional commodity quotes list prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and Toledo with figures for wheat corn oats rye and hay butter eggs and barley by grade and type reflecting historical market rates and ranges across multiple markets.
The Notes recount a Cornell football candidate from a local interest, Ketty Green's son eyed as a future oil operator and to be known by a new name. Ryan will tour New York giving speeches under the Progressive Debiocratia League. The Morning Sun warns of a June halt ordered by Senator Foraker over political pressure. A Parker block fire in New Haven, Conn causes substantial losses. rats reportedly sparked the blaze by gnawing into a box of matches.
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