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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
8
August Belmont, at a dinner in Saratoga, praised New England seaside towns but called some primitive. He recalled Rockford, a bathhouse tale where a shower flooded a visitor. a sailor proprietor teased her to lean north east to get the full force as water poured from a barrel above.
A New York City reader recounts years of itching skin, failed treatments, and costly doctors before trying Cuticura remedies and being cured. The note also includes a judgment on managing husbands and an editorial anecdote about rejected stories and a Kansas divorce case over bricks.
Benjamin Duveen of Duveen Brothers and other firm members were arrested on a bench warrant for alleged systematic fraud against the U S government. A raid seized hundreds of thousands in art, with works valued in the millions sent to the custom house. The case implicates prominent collectors including J Pierpont Morgan and Otto H Kahn.
In a small village a sharp witted orphan, Miss Kitty Havens, clashes with a quiet Boston stranger at the old mill fishing spot. A thunderstorm, a locked door, and a tense moment lead to introductions and a future engagement as Kitty reveals her true color and they reconcile after the storm.
A New Yorker scolds a lover for poetic letters while the other defends that verse to express affection is less foolish than signing deeds to real estate. The exchange highlights tensions between romance and financial commitments in a witty clash of words.
Indianapolis crowds hear ex president speak across the state urging votes for Albert Beveridge to reclaim his senate seat. From Covington to Indianapolis Roosevelt extols Beveridge’s fight against the beef trust and praises his amendments to the pure food bill.
Lexington reports three world records at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders association fall meeting. Ed Geers steered the Marvester to a two mile world record of 4 15. Aileen Wilson a pacing mare owned by John W Coakley set a mares to wagon mark at 2 0434. Joan the Walnut Hall owned bay mare trotted heats in 2 0634 and 2 0435 to establish a four year old world record.
In Des Moines Ian Lee Wilson a wealthy farmer living south of the city shot five times into Claude Masters a dairyman and then killed himself Wednesday night Masters lies in a hospital bed in critical condition Jealousy is blamed for the tragedy discovered after the shooting and self inflicted gunshot.
Attendance tops three hundred thousand as the Appalachian exposition in Knoxville Tennessee ends its month long run with a final day crowd reaching about 300000 visitors.
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