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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1904
Page
8
A man hid in a kitchen fired on Oska Swearingen at dawn injuring him severely as bullets shattered his brow and head. Swearingen fled shouting for help while the attacker escaped into the night. doctors say he will recover though the motive appears robbery. The incident follows a day of crime reporting and local police search in the town.
John Harris of Ottumwa received a three year term for the killing of Levi Woods on April 7 in Ottumwa. The case unfolds amid a spate of regional incidents including legal troubles, accidents, and local developments across Iowa.
A broad summary of incidents from multiple Iowa locales: fires destroy furniture stores, warehouses and farm buildings. new hotels and factories proposed or under construction. bank consolidations and stock company formations. murder trials and legal actions against individuals, including a penitentiary sentence for a horse thief and a suspected criminal case in Dubuque. Public notices include street fairs, tax collections, and infrastructure projects. assorted disappearances, health and safety concerns, and local honors or anniversaries.
The article recounts the discovery of an old capitol bell in Utah that may be restored to Iowa or Des Moines for display in the State Historical Society rooms. It also reports a will provisioning a $20,000 endowment for a women’s home for wives of habitual drinkers in Iowa, with eligibility limited to wives of town drinkers and state residents, pending a state census.
Grand Commander William Welden of Town Falls led the Knights Templar of America delegation to the triennial conclave in San Francisco. Welden, active in Iowa politics as a first term state representative, has long anchored local business interests in Iowa Falls. He served in a Wisconsin regiment during the Civil War, with his home then at Minerva Point in Wisconsin prior to the war’s end.
A collection of brief reports: Lovkridge will host a new savings bank. Blackhawk County has 501 gallons of telephone line. Waterloo population claimed at 16096. chicken thieves and porch thieves active in Union and Davenport. Insurance examiner John M. Manroy resigns. Des Moines club golf contract quoted at 17000. nearby burglaries and robberies itemized with values. a tornado touched Tes Moines township. William Webb claims self defense after beating two men. police counts note enforcement of horse stabling.
Henry C Payne longtime Wisconsin Republican leader and Milwaukee native dies at the Arlington Hotel Washington at 6 10 p m after a brief illness He was born November 23 1843 in Ashfield Massachusetts and rose from dry goods clerk to Postmaster General in 1902 Funeral services set for St Johns Episcopal Church Washington and Saints in Milwaukee His death follows a campaign period and a brief battle with heart disease leaving no children assisted by family and close aides and witnessed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the end came and a noted public servant with pacific methods and broad civic interest
Mrs. Henry Mott, newlywed, was shot near Mead Washington by rejected lover Fred Vollman who then killed himself. Fort Worth businessman J. Tries, noted dog enthusiast, has offered to cover tax on an impounded dam so it will not be led.
A unique expedition sails from Seattle on November 16 carrying a mobile exhibition to the Orient. The ship will host exhibitors only, no passengers, with free admission and no cargo, anchoring at ports from Yokohama to Valparaiso for about six months. Exhibits arranged on board to eliminate packing and unpacking.
The first financial standing of the admissions department shows receipts through Oct 1 totaling 8,050,085.00. Coin admissions amount to 2,744,830.60 from 6, etc with 7,707,038 tickets sold and free admissions reaching 4,092,507. Deposits with the treasurer stand at 8,050,820.00.
SEARS Winston Churchill will not stand for re election to Parliament. John Jacob Astor orders a thirty horsepower automobile in Paris. Arongno, the noted Italian tenor, la poutles. Mr. Winston will go to Parliament. B Komolsky a Tungarian artist paints two portraits of John D Rockefeller. The wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury is daughter of her husband’s predecessor. Sir John Asher, died at Cairo, was Edinburgh philanthropist. The Sultan sends a collection of Ansyrian weipets as a wife to King tal. The wedding proses of Emperor Wu Naw will be an exhibition at St Louis. Noerr Schabelitz dies. he did girls correspondence by postcard. Dr Robert Och secures leave of absence to January to continue work in Mulwayo. G S Bathelller sails for post at Alexandria Weypt. Camille Vetletan and M Vissier were cutna at college and are close friends. Charles Chabossean dies, leaves fortune to Paul Kruger. Emperor William presents autographed picture to Gibraltar officers. Marmaduke Wickthall writes Arabic literature. Duplicate memorialing to Sir Walter esot in St Paul’s cathedral to be erected on Thames Embankment. Lord Salisbury’s fourth son Edward Cept appointed director of intelligence and arthur agent.
Discussion of congressional plans to add Yosemite Valley to Yosemite National Park and broader moves to protect forests and mountain regions. Notes on other parks like Yellowstone, General Grant, Sequoia, Mount Rainier, and proposed groves and ranges. Mentions naval discipline concerns and crop reports, plus shifts in navy enlistment origins and Panama Canal cost estimates.
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