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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
8
A fragmentary dialect piece describes corn shucking in a farm corner under a pale moon. The speaker invokes Molly and Addie, urging everyone to shuck along and keep spirits up as night winds and owls echo. References to love and Angelina appear in a rustic, lyrical mood.
On a ship voyage, Madeline confronts a fiancé about an arranged marriage to another man. A letter reveals his jealousy and hope, while a changed Madeline questions love and loyalty. In a moonlit moment, a disguise is exposed as true feelings surface, weighing rank against affection.
A New York Herald report notes enormous global demand for pins and details U.S. production in 1905. The United States used about 60 million gross pins, with 43 factories employing 2,363 workers. Output includes needles, hairpins, and safety pins, with safety pins predominantly American and roughly 1 million gross produced yearly. The piece describes rapid industry growth since 1880, the use of automatic machines, and by products like hooks and eyes.
A historical note on curing balky horses under saddle using John Rarey’s technique to turn and redirect a horse’s head. It contrasts vice origins like the qubbler and rearing with calming methods, mentions kicking straps and shying due to vision, and ends with a social aside about marriage justice.
G W Scott a Waterloo Methodist minister left his wife and family twelve years ago to marry 16 year old Daisy Dolan in Haute Indiana. The girl's parents pursued them back to town and Scott pleaded insanity at trial. He was committed to an asylum until two years ago when allowed home under his wife. The upper Iowa conference then placed him on the superannuated list and he withdrew from ministry.
Emma Leopold of Le Mars sues Jane Hoey of Merrill for 100000 alleging deceit and emotional ruin. Leopold claims Hoey feigned love, gave a house and lot then reclaimed it and seeks restoration of the home plus damages.
Ed Chantiern arrested for death of Neal Guthrie Center tenant Charles I Neal. Wealthy farmer Hd Chambers is accused of murdering Neal after recent trouble. Neal found dead in a field a week earlier. Chambers reportedly seen with a rifle. Local bloodhounds traced trail to Chambers as he lies with his brother in Guthrie Center. Public authorities describe Chambers as about 65 years old.
A major blaze in Oskaloosa threatened the city and destroyed several millinery shops and nearby businesses. Four Oskalonsit establishments were ruined. total damage exceeds $12,000. Mrs. Alkina of Chicago lost her entire block of millinery. Drs Conway and Cowtes office and Crissy Crissy bank store suffered smoke and fire damage. Emergency crews used hard work to extinguish the flames.
A break in at Turnbull Cameron Degler store in Superior left the vault compromised. Thirty one dollar bills were stolen from a display, and a bottle of nitroglycerine was found at the scene. The burglar or burglars fled, leaving the vault in a state that now hinders entry.
The two year old son of Mr and Mrs Edward Sualth died under mysterious circumstances in Dubuque with physicians saying poisoning likely. The parents, strangers to the city, had given the child away after birth and have since disappeared, leaving investigators unable to question them.
Iowa grain association reports final season tally from Des Moines shows corn records with 8 per cent higher stand and average yield around 14 bushels per acre. Winter wheat output about 1.25 million bushels, spring wheat 71 million, oats 47 million, rye 28.5 million, barley 14 million. Credit given to Prof Holden for seed corn campaign and to State Agricultural School for improved corn stand.
Thomas Barlow, a Mount Vernon farmer, confronted a chicken thief at his farm with a shotgun. The wounded suspect, Bert Williams, was taken to Barlow’s house for medical care and is expected to recover. Barlow will not prosecute Williams.
Dr B J Gadd and I B Dielinson deny murder charges in Des Moines District Court after pleading not guilty. The two men face a joint indictment over the Irene Blydenburgh case with defenses to be technical and contested. Other notes describe robberies, accidents, and local incidents across multiple Iowa communities.
Commercial operations in Chicago show rising costs and brisk activity as raw materials and finished goods advance. Iron, steel, cotton textiles, and rail supplies see firmer demand while new construction and railway expansion spark optimism. reports note improved retail trade in cold New York and persistent congestion hindering full activity.
The report lists livestock and grain prices by city including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Buffalo and New York. Cattle hogs sheep and various grain grades are shown with wide price ranges and no clear closing values.
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