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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1902
Page
6
Ralph Marlowe rooms with Clark after a tense night at Doc Barwood's. A drunken Crawford sings in moonlit streets while two locals stumble by, prompting Marlowe to retreat to bed and reflect on strange visitors and new beginnings.
A Western crop movement talk about newer money stringency is unlikely to materialize. The United States has higher currency in circulation than ever, with the East well supplied and the West holding more cash than before. Despite expected large crop totals, the treasury and banks are flush, making a deterring currency scare unlikely this year.
Ralph Marlowe enters a dusty one story drugstore and meets Jep Tucker, the doctor’s rough handyman, as he begins to seek Dr Barwood’s whereabouts. Tucker hints the doctor may appear later. the morning scene at the town hotel and street unfolds with sparse, vivid details.
Teeck S. Yen a high caste young Chinese graduate of Lehigh University and civil engineer is believed to be the first of his race to be received into the Masonic order in the United States. He earned his first degree that week in Covenant lodge No 458 Philadelphia with sponsors Frederick Poole of the Chinese mission and Secretary Bond of the Christian league.
V Stefansen of Grand Forks North Dakota aged 24 has been nominated by the Democratic party in the state for the post of superintendent of public instruction.
According to Lo Vie Ilustree the last surviving Waterloo battle witness is Mme Maris Therase Dupule now living at Chapellele Herlai mont near Charlerai. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday and lives with her two sons. The three ages total 254 years. Dupule was daughter of farmer Roland.
The state will not gain extra representatives in Congress under the latest apportionment. Connecticut will elect its congressman at large on the general date ticket, with no radiocratic changes noted.
Alexandria plans a 100th death anniversary monument for George Washington while Andrew Carnegie resumes British donations to Marylebone free libraries. The roundup covers diverse items from a Denver mother of 37 to Hungary's Kossuth centennial, Schwab dining details, Belt’s wealth, Becker’s pension deal, Selfridge age mystery, a notable divorce, and other historic notices.
Macedonian implement company manager C H McCready offers a reward for the arrest of William Horton believed to have robbed the firm’s safe of 110 dollars Sunday night. Horton, a harnessmaker, slept in the office last summer and is described as six feet tall, about 35, heavy sandy mustache, 175 pounds, with a limp in the right foot and a leather calf support. He was last seen on the streets about 9 pm and is said to have traveled to Carson then Council Bluffs with an ivory team.
Waterloo reports Horace Choate once presided over a Newburyport bank and, after mis fortune, has lived eight months selling books. He subsisted on one lunch daily, slept in barns, and has now been sent to Boston by his daughter, married to an architect, who will shelter him.
Onawa September 9 Judge Oliver granted Charebel A Wise a divorce from William Wise on statutory grounds. The case drew attention due to involved local prominent citizens and Wise’s reported California engagement to a wealthy state resident. Wise, once an oatoonkeeper in Onawa and formerly of Oto, Iowa, has attracted public notice amid the proceedings.
Council Bluffs reports a total 1902 tax levy of 744 mills on assessed property, combining state and county levies with city and school district taxes. City bridge, park, health board, and quarantine costs are included. the regular city levy stands at 10 mills, with the total rising about 2 mills from last year.
Sioux City youth Hood tells officers he was bound in a box car by two hoboes after boarding in Sioux City en route to Missouri Valley. They robbed him of 310, gloves, watch and a shirt, leaving him locked in the car until train crew freed him at Council Bluffs. Frank Gay of Council Bluffs faces trouble for passing a bogus 20 check in Crete Neb while seeking Doane college football prospects.
A Chicago man named Gay allegedly posed as a steward to gain trust of W. Farrish of Omaha and collected money from Houseman. He then supposedly went to the Chicago Inter Ocean office posing as a friend of the sporting editor and cashed a $10 check that turned out worthless. Houseman vows to pursue Gay with severity if given the chance.
George Max lost his right hand Saturday on the Wabash platform at Bingham while near the smoker and chair car. He regained consciousness to find the limb severed and was moved to Wabash hospital in Moberly Missouri. Koons buys the Delmontea Hotel in Clarinda for 10000 dollars and plans to run it as one of the best in the West with possession immediate.
Hedrick Sept 3 A team of horses was stolen Monday evening Aug 26 from Pied Funk seven miles south of Fremont. The thief traveled north from Fremont and stayed next day at the William Musgrove farm near Rosa Hill. Authorities offer 100 reward for the capture.
The September term of the district court convened with Judge Hutchinson presiding. A slot machine and cigars were stolen from a bowling alley, and three bicycles stolen from town were found in a nearby corn field where one man tried to enamel a bicycle. E. B. and Art Collins, indicted for concealing stolen goods, are being tried by the grand jury, with many witnesses in a potentially lengthy session. Other criminal cases fill the docket.
The state versus Margaret Hossack, charged with murdering her husband John Hossack, will be continued to the next term due to counsel W. H. Berry's inability to assist in the trial because of a broken arm.
Des Moines reports H W Tapley of Harlan Iowa, a coin dealer, in town to remove his collection from the Iowa historical department. He finds 197 of 440 coins present, with 243 missing over the past year after visitors inspected the department. Tapley seeks state responsibility for the loss, has engaged lawyers, and cites a receipted lst. missing coins valued over $600 on the market.
The Democratic county convention met yesterday and adopted resolutions demanding better county administration and a state dispensary system. Attendees included John P. Reese and C. A. Wendell. Nominated: Ed Cook Newton auditor W A Van Dyke Baxter recorder William M Boyd Colfax supervisor Willem Porter Pratria City supervisor P Reynolds Newton coroner A T Powers Kellogg clerk Bert J Engle Newton county attorney.
Mrs J Q O Lemen wife of Rev J G Lemen manager of the Christian home hare is dying tonight in Council Bluffs Iowa after months of poor health. In Ames next Sunday services will honor Dr Beardshear with remarks by Dr O H Cessna the college chaplain and a note on agricultural cyclopedia work by I 4 Pammel. An unmprinted collection of about 2500 botanical specimens has been received by the botany department from Dr F I Andrews of Mount Pleasant including specimens from South America Africa Samoa and other islands.
Stuart Sept 8 P I Sever sold 340 acres of his farm two and a half miles east of Stuart to James Healy and son of Mitchellville for 30000. The farm is known for the fancy black polled Angus cattle bred by Sever. His herd is among the best in the United States and the property is ideal for this breed. Possession will be given March 1 1903 and the future disposition of the cattle remains undecided.
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