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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
8
The poem yearns for a distant land beyond the seas where perpetual spring, unfading roses, and untroubled skies prevail. It contrasts safe harbors with phantom dangers and hopes that stern ships may someday reach that green bough land across the vast main.
A surgeon consoles a dying patient as a pastorally described hospital ward scene unfolds. A wife and sisterly figures share sorrow while a wounded man murmurs about his wife Gill and hoped letters from Ashleigh or Hessie, and Sister Evelyn tends to the sick and anxious.
In a Philadelphia Telegraph report the scene unfolds as Sister Evelyn overhears a dying patient Mary reading a letter from her husband Bill. The letter promises a cottage and a fresh start, giving Mary hope and easing her final hours before she dies, leaving Evelyn with a sense of absolution.
A Denver Post writer asserts dandelions can be killed with persistent digging and reseeding. He describes a 200 by 150 foot lawn free of dandelions after 22 years and details a method of digging, reseeding blue grass, and dropping seed into holes to choke the weeds. He cites examples of lazy caretakers and costs versus effort.
Local authorities in Des Moines move to end a red light district after a controversial moral reform drive. A city order targets disorderly houses, promising closure with police cooperation and requiring affected women to register with Mrs. Elizabeth Harrid of the Humane Society, listing names and occupations for relocation or removal.
Meservey reels from a riot over a peanut sale dispute between a clerk and a boy’s father. Dozens of merchants clashed, many injured, with several locals defying authorities. Justice Staciter, Fisher, Pauls, and Van der Vurm cited. sheriff struggled to restore calm as town remains divided and unsettled.
Highland Park College in Des Moines drew the color line affecting about 2,500 students and leading to protests by the Negro Capital Association of Town and Nebraska. President Longwell said he held no personal grudge but white students refused to attend chapel or share classes with Black students, drawing widespread reaction.
Morris Stein and her mother Mary Bayard were released by Des Moines police after bonds were set at 1000 dollars each. Chief Johnston announced no charges would remain against them as investigators pursue the case tied to the Leudonville Ohio shooting that left Merrik Stein and his wife’s aunt, Mrs Haster Voyter, dead.
Angry at being thrown from a troop island coin they attempted to block the Wilton accommodation passenger train by placing spike bars on a curve. The engine breached the obstruction with power, keeping the train on the rails. Suspects were captured at Wiltea.
A farming accident near Kanawha killed Ford Howlett, son of Charlen Howlett, four and a half miles north of town. The youth was hauling grain to a threshing machine when the team frightened and ran away. In trying to stop them he was thrown and run over by cart and wagon. The incident occurred about 4 p.m. and he died about 11 p.m. after losing consciousness.
Des Moines moves to end red light district and vice. Eighteen former workers have pledged reform, registered with the Humane Society, and seek respectable jobs. About sixty remain or plan to leave the city as authorities pursue relocation of remaining establishments.
A man named Grimahy Grimshin is held in Troy jail on pickpocketing charges after Old Home Week events. Police say he was seen on and off-ends with a companion while near the celebration. He claims affiliation with a missionary group in Shenambah Towns. Charges may be dropped due to evidentiary gaps.
A fragmented report describes several deaths attributed to self-inflicted actions. It mentions individuals with unclear names and places, including references to Dex Moines, a shooting, and a farmer named BR. G. Thompson. The text alludes to ongoing epidemics of murder and self-harm.
A gasoline stove exploded at the Midland hotel causing a fierce blaze that consumed the hotel and the De Naylles adjoining structure. A volunteer fire company and bucket brigade fought the flames, but the building and contents were totally destroyed before the fire was controlled.
Des Moines records report H. Overholt aged 68, longtime postmaster of flown City, shot himself on the fourth floor of the Kirkwood hotel. His son, attorney Chandler Woolbridge, aided by hours of searching through streets and hotels for his father in-law, came upon the scene after the act.
Masked men entered the Amos Northwestern depot and held up Night Agent Robinson at gunpoint, taking nearly $40. The robbers fled west toward Twote as detectives track the incident.
A flood of damaged lines recounts fires and collapses across towns. Buildings and railway structures were destroyed or damaged with several deaths and follow up investigations noted. In Mason City a 5 year old boy was fatally injured while a central railway accident drew inquiries. A 38 year old woman in Whit Cheer killed herself. a Canton county farmer and a Belle Taine woman also died by suicide.
A bomb sent to Governor Fort of New Jersey was intercepted in Philadelphia after lacking sufficient postage. The device, strapped with matches powder and bullets, carried threats and inscriptions from newspapers and trust names. The package was addressed using cut newspaper headlines and included flags and a uniform button. No one was hurt.
In Alabama miners face arrests over a wage dispute as dynamite damage is linked to strikers. Tennessee elects sheriff protection as white flare violence displaces black miners. A miner union leader orders Hudson mine workers to keep working or lose pay. Pennsylvania steel and tram crews see a ten percent wage cut. New York toll collectors strike past pay reductions affecting city services.
United States Signal Corps began balloon tests at Fort Myer across the Potomac from Washington. The craft built by Capt. Thomas Baldwin showed controlled horizontal plane adjustments, with Baldwin at the tiller and Curtin of Wasnerondsport operating the 10 foot propeller. The preliminary flight reached about 60 feet, with speeds later reaching twenty five miles an hour and more tests planned.
The article notes Taft calling independent southern Democrats to align with Republicans on national issues. It mentions Bryan and Minnesota admirers amusing themselves with a mascot beast, and Prohibition candidate Eugene W. Chafin claiming one third of the vote at about 14,000,000. Sherman is replaced as congressional campaign chair by W. S. McKinley. Charles G. Dawes becomes treasurer. Kern visits Milwaukee with a Democratic delegation for a rally, and Missouri primaries nominate Attorney General Madley as Republican standard bearer and Willard Cowdrd as Democratic nominee. Labor leaders press Mack to shield AFL leaders from the labor bureau post, which he accepts.
NAS and Treasury officials present tariff admin changes including raising the exemption for returning Americans from 100 to 200 and abolishing the mail fee statement. President Roosevelt postpones the Japanese Exposition to 1917 citing costs and duty of time. Military updates cover Col. Stewart’s reassignment and cadet expulsions. Commerce data show July imports and exports decline. immigration increases 1908 July.
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