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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1911
Page
1
New wartime setback for Italy near Tripoli as Turkish forces repel reconnaissance, leaving 100 dead. Illinois stories include a Champaign house hazing incident with lashes, suffrage gains, and a ex-convict murder link tale. Taft’s tour extended, Wisconsin politics and anti-cigarette drives noted. Various U.S. crime trials, public figures, and international events summarized with emphasis on names, places, and dates.
Attorney General Cosson argues in a Nebraska Supreme Court brief that appellate courts exceed constitutional authority by acting as a third legislative branch. He cites the Fremont Creamery case challenging anti discrimination law and notes precedents about court limitations, while detailing the dairy price practices aimed at driving out competition. The appeal concerns whether the law prohibiting these price tactics is constitutional.
Des Moines report details a heated debate before the State Board of Health as narapaths and chiropractors push for state examinations to certify graduates. Physicians challenge their medical knowledge while proponents insist exams would allow practice as trained practitioners. The piece also covers Logan on federal pay, liability commissions, and efforts to boost Iowa labor and assessment reforms.
Eugene Ely noted as the first to alight on a warship deck was killed at the Macon Georgia fairgrounds when his biplane failed to rise from a Bancroft dip and plunged 150 feet to the ground. Spectators watched as he rose to 506 feet, then descended in a wave glide toward the earth and crashed. His mechanician Frank Collin rushed to aid him but Ely died ten minutes later.
The Yangtze valley from Hankow to Shanghai fell to revolutionists as thousands of refugees, many Russians in tea factories and Belgian workers, poured into Shanghai. Reports claim 809 Manchus killed in WuChang, with similar massacres in Hankow and Hangen. Rebels tested victims by pronunciation of the numeral after five, determining life or death.
Washington reports a revised currency reform plan by former Senator Aldrich proposing a National Reserve association with about 300 million dollars capital. The plan, credible to hold roughly 20 percent of U.S. bank capital, outlines relations with banks and trust companies, a method to buy two percent government bonds, and rules for reserves, discounts, and note issues.
The hobble skirt sparks a Portsmouth boom with rising demand for fancy shoe buttons and a surge in button factory business as its popularity grows.
The Southern corn show will be held in Atlanta starting in December and run through the inclusive dates instead of the original November 1 to 24. Organizers announce the new schedule and urge participants to note the change.
A Graniteville reader lauds Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief during the change of life and urges sharing the letter to help other women. The ad proclaims longstanding cures for inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration and notes Mrs. Pinkham offers free advice from Lynn, Massachusetts.
In the live box, two flies discuss a dull season and a past abundance of comfort. One notes no outings this year and returns to old quarters in a livery stable. They joke about a fly Eden with easy flypaper and three large women unable to resist. The speaker plans to return next summer.
A Shakespearean enthusiast reports counts from the plays: 106,007 ones and 814,780 yards, Hamlet the longest with 3,930 lines, Comedy of Errors the shortest with 1,777 lines, totaling 1,227 characters of which 167 are female. The longest role is Hamlet. Costard in Love's Labour Lost has the longest word.
A Texas reader praises Postum as a healthier coffee substitute. The letter claims Postum aided nursing a healthy baby, cured bilious habits, relieved constipation, and earned family preference from the youngest to the head of the house. It notes the product is from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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