27 Sep 1894
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1894
Page
1
A scattered column mixes war rumors with society jests and public notices. Mentions Japan, Cape Charles fever quarantine, the Zimmermans in sports lore, Princess Eulalia, aging officials, and a turn toward home flower culture as a potential livelihood.
A target firing at Sea Girt in New Jersey produced an odd event when a bullet pierced a blackbird mid flight and buried in the center of the target. The tale reflects the peculiarities of rifle practice in the regiment.
A tranquil village morning turns grim as a sleeping woman is found near an open door and trees are felled during a predator escape. The scene hints at a child missing, a home stand out on the edge, and a family shaken by fear as forest work disrupts the area.
A Korean girl named Karen or Korea undertakes a perilous mission to deliver a village’s pledge of 200 able bodied men to Officer Hardoo. She walks five miles through woods, helps bind a sprained foot, and later battles a tiger with pebbles and courage. A rescue by soldiers ends with the tiger killed and Karen found by Hardoo.
In Russia beardlessness was linked to civility under Peter the Great. He ordered beard shaving for heathens and fined those with beards, 100 rubles for the wealthy to grow beards and a kopeck for laborers. Priests warned parishioners that without shaving St. Nicholas could not distinguish them from Turks, prompting submission.
A book agent explains a work cost five to publish and now sells it for one dollar net. A curious purchaser asks how the agent can afford this, and the agent replies the author published the book themselves.
A French Legion of Honor medal was sent to Jennie Cavey of Muckford Indiana for bravery when she warned a burning trestle would cause a wreck on a Pan Handle train bound for the World's Fair. Seven hundred passengers were saved, and the act reached President Carnot. The tale also recalls a joke about an elevator boy and a boy named Jack.
A small boy in a tin summer hotel sat with the waitress and refused breakfast. He finally dictated a long, odd list including pancakes, fish balls, bacon, fried chicken, po tates and a glass of wk, showing confusion and appetite.
A boy named Tommie injures a finger in a bowling alley and requires a doctor to bandage it after a splint is applied. He enjoys watching the doctor work despite the pain, and his father remarks on disobedience. Tommie defends the splint and notes other boys envy the treatment.
A jumbled, partial note references Mr Mennitill proposing to Tenmy's sister and asks about four brothers. The text also mentions a sister and a person named Kle, with a claim of readiness for a slater role, all conveyed in a disrupted handwriting of a family communication.
A fragmentary passage discusses archery and hunting with bows and rifles. It notes variety in bow weights and references Italy, painters, and hunting practice with blunt or sharp arrows, suggesting a comparison of weapon effectiveness. The text remains incomplete and unclear in detail.
A fifteenth century style instructional piece explains bow strength, wood choices, stringing, and arrow construction for youths and adults. It covers bow weights from forty to one hundred pounds, materials like mulberry and hickory, bowstring knots, arrow fletching, and field care, plus a rambling anecdote about a railway incident and a mountain sheep on a track.
A West town tale recalls an Italian organ grinder with a trained monkey. The monkey calmly saluted as the dog advanced, the dog retreated, and both animals watched each other before the monkey finally bowed, leaving the dog perplexed and retreating inside.
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