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Newspaper
Emmet County Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
1
Fragmentary reports describe violent unrest across the region with mobs clashing, patrols, and looting incidents. Authorities deploy National Guard to restore order while Confederate state leaders pledge support and promise swift action.
The readable words describe two wrecks and a fatality with tangled, unclear details. Names and places are garbled, yielding no coherent event, date, or location to identify a specific incident or outcome for a concise summary. The piece resembles a damaged OCR fragment lacking usable facts.
Reader summaries depict a Syrian woman facing deportation who killed herself on a Michigan train amid migration anxieties and an attempt to marry abroad. A Dublin lord lieutenant’s state entry drew subdued crowds. A hanging of Louis Russell for the murder of Perry Brout took place in Michigan City Penitentiary after a Friday morning execution.
Dan Patch, the famed pacer, set or attempted a world record mile at Rendville track. The event featured cheering crowds, a strong crowd reaction, and multiple references to the record and pacing attempts amid a tense finish.
A garbled sports item describes a recent game or event with multiple misread phrases. It references teams or players and places but specific names and outcomes are unreadable, yielding a rough outline rather than a clear report.
A Oklahoma wreck killed two people and injured about twenty others, many seriously. Reports say cars and locomotives were badly mangled and the scene showed extensive damage with injured passengers. Jurors and investigators prepared to assess the tragic accident.
A garbled historical note records a donation of 100000 to Boers by Arthur Witte, mentioning land allotments, rebates, and a commission, with unclear references to property loss, payment, and relief actions amid a convoluted, damaged OCR segment.
A New York woman, enraged after a quarrel with her husband, stabbed him and then cut her own throat. An ambulance took the wounded man to Brooklyn hospital where he died. Police say the wife claimed he abused her and she acted in self defense before dying.
Power outage hits Cinein veel Are Chote to Te Aisineda d eiumath as Vacra of heated collapses. Pibean Kleetie Diaht Company loses current causing darkness and disruption to telegraph wires and city services. Telegraph companies reroute power from other cities to restore lines. newspapers revert to manual operation as power fails. Will of late queen.
The will of Mage Henrietta, queen of Belgiaos, bequeaths twelve horses to a private secretary named Baren Gather and mentions burial beside her beloved. The document notes no public lying by state and lists other private bequests to a secretary and a rider named Leopold.
A remarkable journey from Flint Michigan to Rawton-ton Ohio and beyond ends with a record heavy wagoning feat. Robert J. Tuirith and Darragh complete the longest cantinm trip despite a single brake in Ohio and New York, aiming to cover the entire route within two years.
A Wyoming frontier disaster report describes a wedding party cut down by a blaze that swept through a country road reception site. Firefighters battled a rapid blaze as guests were wounded or killed, with towns devastated and emergency crews racing to aid survivors.
Reports from multiple towns describe a fatal spider bite linked to a toxic infection. Victims include Joseph and Morris families with medical staff named. A separate Reading hanging case relates to a murder in Gutuber of a 15 year old girl. Emperor of Corea reported dead with succession notes. Ottawa silica warehouse collapse causes substantial damage.
Des Moines report says Mrs Harry Lingd was grand jury in a case alleging attempts by her husband to cause her death and obtain alimony. She accuses him of cruelty, withholding medicine, cocaine coercion, conspiracy with a doctor and a fake lawyer to divorce and cheat her. The child involved is three years old and found in a disturbed condition.
Reports detail a spike in home break ins across Burlington with a dozen residences looted yet little valuables taken. Police fear a coordinated gang operates citywide as two burglaries occurred Friday night two miles apart but suspects fled. Citizens urged to stay indoors after midnight and authorities to question anyone on the streets.
A fire in a camald frame at J. BE) St. Onge's Bakery narrowly escaped spreading. A gale and quick actions by DL BR. Woodward and Scot, Cage prevented major damage to inflammable oils, with loss totaled at 100 dollars insured. The near disaster spurred calls for waterworks as town agitation grows.
The Rhoades Carney Buessy Company of Marshalltown has assigned for creditors. Liabilities total about 180000. Assets consist mainly of real estate and other property. The Marshalltown State Bank is principal creditor with debt around 344000. The end of a wild career follows the discovery of G Francis Staubier’s dead body in Merrill. He was famed as an English adventurer who settled nearby and faced heavy losses before his demise. News from Storm Lake reports the wife of Warence Throom in Lincoln Township struck by lightning but alive and unconscious. Thomas Guine, a Chicago Northwestern brakeman, died of heart disease in Ames. An intoxicated saloonkeeper in Waukon caused a jail fire and his death, leading to a civil suit for damages by his wife.
A young man named Olin Mtandard died after a stack accident at Locust Grove ten miles south of the town. He fell onto a sharpened stake, piercing the groin and entering ten inches deep, while others worked nearby. He pulled the stake free but died shortly after in great agony with medical help arriving too late.
Sophia McGahen, 12, daughter of H McCiachen, burned while trying to rekindle a fire with kerosene oil. She ran outside through a window, jumped into a tank of water, and later died Monday morning from injuries after assisting with cooling the interior fire. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon while the family was away in town.
George Jones, a confessed thief and enabler at Elw aling Morris clothing firm, killed himself by poison at his parents home near Andover. He had confessed thefts totaling about 15,000 dollars over twenty months, with an earlier attempt failing when the sheriff could not serve a warrant. He died Saturday forenoon.
Bewildered by night darkness Jer cy Bagley a Duncombe farmer drove onto the Indiana Central right of way Monday night. His body lay beside the track Tuesday morning with a crushed skull and his team and buggy wrecked a mile farther on. He leaves a wife and six children.
The preliminary hearing for Lewin Smith in the murder of his companion Charles Edwards concluded Saturday afternoon. Smith was bound over to the grand jury without bail after evidence in Justice Rohlf's court left little doubt of guilt, including a pipe fragment tied to the assault earlier that evening.
Iowa City officers halted a plan involving vials of poison allegedly meant for Mrs Gallagher the accused murderer of her husband. The prisoner claims the items were medicine for herself and her mother in law but officers doubt the tale. A knife was found in a wallet. In Waterloo a two year old drank kerosene and is in serious condition. Steel laying from Cambridge toward Des Moines will begin this week. W A Wells of Hyxton sues BEH Gibbs for 110000 for coal sale commissions. A house in Verhulen was destroyed by lightning, with 1200 loss insured for 600. An effort to establish a superior court is underway by the Buslauga Men’s Association.
President Roosevelt was wounded in the trolley crash at Pittsfield and arrived in Indianapolis for an urgent operation at St Vincent's hospital. Doctors say the abscess near the left leg requires immediate surgery but the case is not serious. He will rest for ten days to two weeks and cancel remaining trip engagements, returning to Washington. Cortelyou issued official bulletins detailing the diagnosis and hospital proceedings.
The weekly trade review from R. G. Dun & Co reports continued favorable conditions in capital markets and shipping, with rail earnings rising and payments prompt. It notes rail congestion in the Northwest, heavy freight tonnage, and overburdened West Chicago railroads delaying shipments, while exports and domestic demand for iron and steel show strength. Wheat and corn exports and river movement reflect improving but tight supply, with stockpiles Declining in Minneapolis and a cautious outlook for prices near current levels.
Market listings show cattle hogs sheep and grain prices by city including Chicago Todlou apolly with cattle $3.00 to $7.50 hogs $4.00 to $7.00 sheep $3.50 to $4.00 wheat No 2 about 60 to 78 cents a bushel corn No 2 ~57 to 60 cents oats mixed 60 to 72 cents rye No 2 40 to 68 cents and local price ranges in Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Toledo and St. Louis with butter hay and potatoes noted.
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