Elgin Echo highlights and notable events of week
A condensed Elgin Iowa summary lists Washington talks on farmer cooperation for canning, a rising spring wheat crop, and fluctuating supply in provisions. It notes Harriman's critical relapse, shipwreck rescue counts, a Hearse Creek murder torso, census clerk exams, polar news, Peary and Cook controversies, and various political and financial items across October to December reports.
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B. H. Harriman
Laurentian
Hearse Creek
Detroit
Mich
United States
North Pole
Feary
Dr. Cook
Peary Reaches North Pole Echoes of Cook Victory
The North Pole feat announced by Commander Robert Peary in 1909 follows Dr. Frederick A. Cook's earlier claim. Officials and scientists hailed Peary as the second American to report the pole within days, with rapid confirmations dispelling initial doubts.
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Dr. Cook
North Pole
Peary
Cook
Labrador
New York
Teaux
Robert &. Peary
Europe
Frederick A. Cook
Peary Declares Pole Reached in 1909 Telegraphs Home
The text reports Peary’s claim of reaching the pole with crew from Newfoundland and white witnesses, noting messages to his wife and to New Foundland officials. It mentions corroborating signals, including a Worcester Academy instructor aboard, and reactions from army and navy officers praising the feat as epochal in world history.
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Robert EB. Peary
Indian Harbor
Cape Ray
R. E. Peary
South Harpswell
Chateau
Bert
St. Johns
N. F
Peary
New Foundland
Labrador
Pole
Freeport
W. C. Fogg
B. BD. McMillan
Worcester Academy
McMillan
Ireaport
Army
Navy
Washington
Veeder
United States Naval Observatory
Desperado Burns Surrender After Days in Ohio Woods
James Burns, a farm hand, fought a constable’s posse at Mingo Junction Ohio, after setting barns ablaze at Mrs Minute Ottes home. He hid in the woods, fired on rescuers, then surrendered saying he would seek medical aid.
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Wooda
James Burns
Mingo Junction
Ohio
Burns
Minute Otte
Otte
George Griffith
Knife Duel Fatality in Akron Street Fight
In an early Sunday street duel in Akron Ohio an unidentified man slashed Jovan Kuruchich with a dozen deep wounds to the arms chest neck and head fatally injuring him after an apparent dispute Kuruchich is believed to have started the altercation and died from the injuries sustained in the fight.
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Akron
Ohio
Jovan Kuruchich
Kuruchich
Kuruehic
Men Beaten in Lumber Camps Reported in Minnesota
John Clifton Elder of the U S immigration department accuses northern Minnesota lumber camps of peonage and white slave labor. He claims foreigners are tricked and beaten when leaving employment, with law used to detain them. A case involved two Russian subjects sentenced to thirty days for trying to escape.
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Minnesota
Russia
John Clifton Elder
United States Immigration Department
Johnson
Elder
Mr. Elder
Arrest in poisoned candy case ties Ohio lover feud
John R. Dunn was arrested in Findlay, Ohio, on charges of sending poisoned candy to Fred O. Procter. The case centers on a love rivalry for Miss May Boutson, with testimony to be given by Arthur Marke and Dayton Kahn as Dunn is arraigned.
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Ohio
Cinai
John R. Done
Findlay
Fred O. Procter
Miss May Boutson
Dunn
Procter
Arthur Marke
Dayton Kahn
Building Operations Gigantic Increase Across Nation
A Department of Commerce and Labor compiled report shows a huge rise in building activity. In 190 largest cities the value of building permits for July 1909 exceeded July 1908 by 20 million dollars. Wool receipts rose, boots and shoes shipments grew, livestock totals fell, hogs declined 10 to 20 percent, and foodstuffs declined while coal coke ore and iron product receipts rose.
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Department of Commerce and Labor
Bryan Narrow Escape In Springfield Car Accident
William J. Bryan narrowly escaped injury in Springfield Missouri when a motor car carrying him to Daling Park ran out of control on a steep hill in the park. The brake failed but the car was halted on the edge of an embankment by driver R P Dickerson.
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William J. Bryan
Springfield
Daling Park
R. P. Dickerson
Votes for commission plan adopted new city charter
Campaign of education in St. Joseph Missouri secured victory for a proposition to adopt a new city charter by a majority of 1503. The campaign highlighted educational outreach and community support for the change.
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St. Joseph, Mo
City notes cut across votes and governance shifts
A late Saturday incident left a man mortally wounded after a quarrel and duel claims. In Toledo chemists report strychnine found in three candy pieces. The total vote was 4431, under half the St Joseph electorate. council shifts move to at large members and commissions oversee health, utilities, parks, and city offices with strong mayoral appointment powers.
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Kuruchich
Toledo
St. Joseph
Board of Health
Util Ties Commission
Park Board
Drought Back From Canada Arrest Of Plymouth Elevator Chief
J. G. Walter, president of the defunct Plymouth Elevator Co of Sioux Falls, was brought to Minneapolis from Saskatoon to face charges. The complaint by H. Poehler Co alleges Walter borrowed 16,000 before last July by claiming Plymouth Elevator owned property valued at 71,679, a statement the filing says was false.
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Canada
J. G. Walter
Plymouth Elevator Company
Sioux Falls
Minneapolis
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
H. Poehler Company
Walter
Flour seizures prompt actions at Wisconsin mills
U Selaun Flour by Carload seized at Mazamanié Wisconsin and another load at Madison Wisconsin. Other seizures ordered. All flour to be taken is from roller mills at Columbus Nebraska. It is alleged to have been bleached with nitrogen peroxide violating the pure food law.
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U. S
New Carnegie Library Planned at Bemidji Minn Trade Hope
Trade and industry notes report a $15000 Carnegie Library to rise in Bemidji Minnesota. Colorado foresees its best fruit crop in five years, while Stephen Minn hosts a wind and hail storm that wrecked about 40000 acres of grain. The West seeks laborers for farms and factories, with Omaha and Lincoln posting help wanted now. Wisconsin stories echo the harvest labor demand and factory work appeal for steady employment.
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Bemdji
Minn
Colorado
Stephen
West
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Wisconsin
Sioux Falls Man Killed In Attack On Daughter’s Sweetheart
George Hurd of Sioux Falls South Dakota was shot and killed while attacking his daughter’s sweetheart Eugene Radford of Franklin Hawaii. Eugene’s brother Charles intervened and after both were beaten Charles fired two shots. The brothers surrendered and are jailed.
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Wover
George Hurd
Sioux Falls
S. D
Eugene Radford
Franklin
Eugene
Charles
Fatally Injured After Recapture At Woodville
James B Hin Jr, 38, escaped from an asylum on Aug 6 in an automobile and was retaken near Woodville. Desperate after his recapture he leaped from a train to a county home return and died. He was found earlier at Rock Springs, Ohio, and was a member of Edwin M Hill Lumber Company.
Favorable Chicago trade outlook amid strong financials and rising outputs
Dun and Co weekly report notes improving commercial position with heavy bank payments and robust money supply. Demand uptick and expanded freight movement accompany record furnace and steel mill outputs as failures stay low. bank clearings surpass prior years and large liabilities decline.
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Chicago
R. F. Dun & Co
Trade and Industry Show Broad Activity in New York
New York reports rising trade and industrial activity as outputs near normal levels. Iron and steel remain strong while cotton yields and the corn crop lag. Week highlights include expanded house trade, robust dry goods and millinery demand, and cautious purchasing. Business failures across the United States for the week ending Sept 2 total 100, compared with 201 prior week and figures from prior years. Canada shows 27 failures.
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New York
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Market quotes across cities for livestock and grain commodities
Prices listed for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo Cincinnati New York. No. 2 wheat and corn values, oats and rye, hay timothy prairie and butter eggs potatoes. Quality ranges noted with shipping and farm terms across multiple markets.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
New York
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