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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
6
Port Dodge District Court Judge Robert M. Wright ordered Father L. Coffin to pay Mrs. Coffin 100 monthly in a separate maintenance suit. The income trust begins from the filing date, with trial expected at the November term starting November 1.
Charles Sweet of Mason City was left with a fractured skull after a blow to the head in Marshalltown. He lay unconscious at St. Thomas Hospital, later awakening and saying he was relieved of his money. An operation revealed a skull fracture with no depressed area. He was arrested.
Hunters around Rockford gather thirty pounds of wild rice from Northern Minnesota to sow in bayous and small lakes along the river. The crop, moistened and shipped from Indiana, aims to improve duck shooting in the area.
A sweep of Iowa items lists business moves and local notes. The Neola'levator Co purchases the Oregon Lumber Co yards in Cambridge. J. W. Murphy wins apple sweepstakes in Kansas City. postmasters appointed in Aptinwell and Town Falls. several accidents, thefts, and civic decisions appear alongside university enrollment and local scandals.
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon opened a Republican gathering at the High Opera House addressing the Mayors Association. He defended against czar rule charges, dismissed revolt rumors, attacked Bryan, and criticized Fowler’s currency report. He praised the tariff act, spoke nearly two hours, and drew an audience over 1,200 strong.
San Francisco rejoices in a carnival Week celebrating the rebuilt city after disaster. Don Gaspar de Portola, represented by Nicholas Coverrubias, enters the Golden Gate as gun salutes ring from forts and warships. A parade, escort, and feast follow, with Queen Virgilla presented to the crowd.
A Detroit tea party tale ties Dr. George A. Fritch to a murder mystery. Mrs. Anthony Doemer named as a secrecy source. Anonymous letters to Sheriff Gaston and Captain McDonnell triggered a grand jury. Fritch and chauffeur Leach detained after a confession about river disposal near Ecorge where dismembered body parts were found.
Secret service reports counterfeiters operating near Washington DC, producing 25 and 10 cent coins modeled after 1808 designs. Chief Operator George S. Proctor leads the investigation as authorities trace the source, finding only a small circulation but suspecting headquarters in the capital and possible spread through confederates.
President Taft has outlined a wide set of policies to keep Congress busy through his term. Proposals cover central bank control, postal savings, income tax amendment, corporate tax, tariff steadiness, anti trust refinements, interstate commerce reforms, rail regulation, and federal court efficiency. Opposition forms around a central bank, postal savings, and tax measures, with constitutional challenges anticipated for the corporation tax.
Government officials declare the rat a national problem aiding infectious disease spread and costing millions yearly. The Department of Agriculture urges organized rat clubs and householder participation with prizes for the most rats captured, while pamphlets promote eradication campaigns nationwide.
President Remsen of Johns Hopkins and leaders of the American Museum of Natural History and American Geographical Society urged Peary and Cook to submit their polar findings to a joint academy review. Peary accepted, Cook declined to wait on Copenhagen. National Geographic invited both to a scientific commission, while Cook offered parallel data with Danish findings. Cook drew enthusiastic receptions in Washington Pittsburg and Baltimore. The Peary Arctic Club backed Peary’s discovery report.
Reports from Kansea City and New Jersey reference conventions and union movements. Industrial disputes in Canada cost 108000 working days. The International Association of Steam Engineers to print in Brooklyn. English unions push a central labor college. Goaton Maas initiates New England Typographical Union. Boston discusses a wood trades council. Eight Massachusetts building trades delegates consider a state branch. Armenian workers in Boston rally for union movement. Californian civic federation proposes co operative homes for women in offices and shops. Victorian Dockyard and Ship Labourers consider federation of dock workers. Swiss industrial work plague shows rural and urban work patterns with farming summers and factory work rest of year.
A fragmented chronicle lists moments from 1492 to the early 1900s, noting Columbus discoveries, Harvard commencements, statehood, fairs, battles, treaties, legal cases, and notable individuals. It mentions the Itata incident, leprosy cases, and balloon races, including the St Louis No 1 voyage and Centennial flight, with distances and names such as Grant, Lincoln Park, and Alaska transfer.
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