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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1904

Page

3

Missing Buy is Back Lad Returns from Lake Michigan Ordeal

Robert Baldwin of Chicago is found alive after a boat on Lake Michigan was found empty and battered. He recounts being driven to shore at 60th Street, then losing memory of events before waking at Bryn Mawr station. He survived nearly twenty four hours wandering fields, aided by his younger brother. His father is A Stewart Baldwin, a railroad official and University of Chicago student.

le Michigan Robert Baldwin Washington Avenue Chicago Bryn Mawr Illinois Central 68Th Street Baldwin A. Stewart Baldwin Ancis Central Railroad University of Chicago Bryn Mawr Station 60Th Street Lani

Incendiary Fires Ravage Akron Packinghouse and Stores

Simultaneous blazes hit Akron including the Schwarzschild Sulzberger packinghouse destroyed with a $100000 loss. Kemple’s furniture store two houses and the Cleveland Provision Co branch and Siampson’s fish market were also burned. Mine Parcells, a magic dealer, narrowly saved her dog as believers suspect arson.

Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company Akron Ohio Fi Kemple Iisa Cleveland Provision Company K. Siampson Parcells

Collision Saves Train at Arlington Wisconsin

The Montreal express southbound with 380 passengers wrecked at Arlington after spreading rails. The locomotive and coaches toppled onto a dead freight train, and only the freight cars kept the passenger train from plunging over an 8 foot embankment. Casualties included a killed child in a sorcery case and a rash of criminal and public notices follow.

Rutland Arlington

Russians Reach Yentai In Bitter Mukden Campaign

Six miles north of Yentai a brutal clash halted Kuropatkin s southward push as Russian and Japanese forces clashed along the Schil river and near Yentai. Despite initial Russian gains, Japanese reinforcements pushed back the advance, with heavy casualties and intense artillery bombardments shaping a costly, indecisive struggle for control of the Yentai region and surrounding fortifications.

Kuroki Tuitse Slenchunang Baimatze Fengwangcheng Yoh Danielof Trousseff An Romanoff Sixth Siberian Rifles Hig Atong Lie Youtial Port Arthur Stoessel King High Hill Fort Btseslinn Japan Yoneal Hin River Fostonford Wis Pass Yentai Mukder St. Petersburg Europatkin Kuropatkin Mukden Yentai Station Schil River Linoytng Yeniai Liaoyang Sikwantun Oyama Oyamia Yental Flerce Yenta Inces Kuvropatida Danieloff Hun

Japan Prepares for Long War and Sacrifices in Manchuria

A Tolkle dispatch notes rising sobriety in Japan as it braces for a prolonged war to expel Russia from Manchuria. Public resolve remains firm despite setbacks at Port Arthur and Liaoyang, with expectations of capturing Port Arthur early and a strong home front sustaining munitions, supplies, and manpower into the next year.

Port Arthur Russia Wadsight Stoessiel Japan Sussia Dan Enire Jappanese Manchuria Aivo St. Petersburg Kuropatkin Properor William Freet Tasagawa Korea Mukden China Tolkle Kuropit- Kdn Liaoyang Rica Oyama Oyama To Drive Gen. Kuropatkin Into Harbin Port Arthin

Watsons Penn in Acid A Populist Letter for President Acceptance

Populist nominee Watson formally accepts the nomination in a long letter denouncing the Democratic Party and the gold standard. He calls for a national arbitration board, federal law referendum, ownership of public utilities, and limits on corporate power, arguing for reform to aid labor and the middle and lower classes.

Jn Vicrolic Dhomng WD. Watson Sumael W. Wilams Committee of Notification Democratic Party United States Watson National Board of Arbitration Posehng Mr. Watson Watray Corporte Kings Ca I. P. Morgan Congress Standard Oil Company J. P. Morgan Andrew Carnegie August Belmont Arthur P. Gorman Cheles M. Schwab Baye

Great Automobile Race Opens International 800-Mile Test on Long Island

Amateur and professional drivers raced 800 miles on a 30 mile Long Island course for the Vanderbuilt cup. Heath won in 5 hours 20 minutes, averaging about 55 mph, despite a broken tire. The event drew five US cars and entries from Italy and other nations, signaling broad potential for American auto racing while noting safety concerns and penalties for daring behavior.

Long Island W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr Sia Doting Vranca Italy America Gordon Bennett whUe Germany Ardennes France Heath Chicago New York Florida William S. Vanderbilt

Dunn’s weekly review from Chicago reports trade gains

Dunn's weekly review notes improving demand for raw materials and stronger production across key sectors. Railroads and wholesale trade show steady activity, with favorable weather aiding apparel and footwear markets. Bradstreet highlights crop prospects and interregional movement, while failures rise in the U S and Canada for the week ending October 6.

Dunn Chicago Cherge Trade Bradstreet New York Cora Pigeon United States Canada

Bourse-style Market Report of Live Cattle Hogs and Grains

Regional market prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago, Indianapolis, St Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo, and New York. Includes grain quotes for wheat corn oats rye and dairy eggs butter and clover seed with stated ranges and quality notes.

Chicago Rya Lny Timothy Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Detroit Ste. Mibwaukee Northen New York

Eastern men plan buyout of Pacific Packing and Navigation

The Pacific Packing and Navigation Company faces a proposed purchase by Tadio Few Lines, Morgan, and eastern partners to reorganize the $25,000,000 firm. A Denver Post Publishing plant fire released toxic fumes injuring thirteen workers. Lieut. Charles Dowles and John McGlada died. The Massachusetts Legislature’s Civil War veteran bounty bill, vetoed by the governor, was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. George Frama was acquitted in a lynching case in Bluntsville, Alabama.

Tadio Serpent Morgan Pacific Packing and Navigation Company Post Publishing Company Denver Glarles Dowles John McGlada Massachusetts Supreme Court George Frama Bluntsville Ala

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