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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1905
Page
8
Poem by Ela Wheeler Wilcox imagines wealth and honor if ships return from sea. The speaker longs for one safe voyage bringing back freight and love, weighing fortune against loss with a plea to storms to spare at least one ship. The verse blends maritime imagery with emotional reward.
Fragmentary text from Elgin paper hints at a local Berg’s event titled Fat Kinds. Readers see unclear references and partial phrases, suggesting a public discussion or local feature. No clear names, dates, or outcomes are readable in the fragment.
A young lawyer, nearly broke, takes on a case when honest machinist Campbell seeks to recover 6000 dollars. Through backstory, a missing note, and a chemist’s trick with invisible ink, the attorney reveals a blank blotter turned into a valid promissory note, leading to Bronton's arrest and imprisonment.
A New York Post note describes a kitten fainting on a rug and being treated with camphor by a caregiver. The neighboring veterinarian confirms fainting in cats and other animals, noting differences from fits and the need for appropriate care.
Louis De Blasio, seated on his piazza in Tarrytown New York, counted cash for a trip to Italy when a nearby lightning flash struck his pocketbook. The pocketbook and about $200 vanished in flames, though De Blasio escaped with unburned hands.
A Baltimore notice states a man seeks employment with no pay for his labor. He mentions using a large cone for amusement but admits no satisfactory method to amuse himself. The fragment provides limited details and lacks clear identification.
A freight collision near town City injures a man and kills another. Fire destroys three barns and grain structures at Farmer-Arispe, with estimated losses around four thousand dollars. A St Louis traveler drowns in the Mississippi near Dubuque after a skiff incident. Arispe Savings Bank fails with twenty two thousand in deposits, blamed on poor security. John Egey, found north of Oxford, hanged himself. Des Moines council debates a brewery permit veto. A child from Thurman drowns in a tub at age two.
A sequence of brief, jumbled notices recount various local incidents and appointments across Iowa towns including Seymour, Des Moines, Dubuque, and Burlington. Highlights mention a mine death of James Ambury, numerous divorces, naval and postal appointments, a dormitory project, a minstrel fundraiser, and a church fire, among other disparate items.
Patchwork Iowa notes report a pioneer merchant of Des Manog town city banks plan a new brick factory. Dubuque and housewives complain of servant shortage. 110 telephone systems in Keoki county. Drake University attendance hits record. Marshalltown to host fall festival. Ottumwa census shows 5 420 school age children. Mason City population 18 680, up 6 844 since 1900.
Des Moines correspondence notes 1904 county expenditures totaling about 28.8 million and a per capita government cost around 14 dollars, while urban areas accounted for 42 percent of towns and municipal spending. The report details state, county, township, and municipal funds and revenue sources including taxes, liquor tax, penalties, and school costs.
News notes and obituaries from Ames and surrounding areas report public works funding, deaths of John Yeager Boone county pioneer Z B Jones Des Moines real estate figure Dr A G Bradshaw Fairfield aged 1, and more. The Davenport Commercial Club reaches 400 members and chautauqua gains over $500 in net proceeds.
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